Governor Benning Wentworth's Residence
- Title:
- Governor Benning Wentworth's Residence
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creation Date:
- 1750 (building)
ca. 1900-ca. 1930 (photograph)
- Location:
- Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 10046116
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00491
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10046116.jpg
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- historic house museums (buildings)
Bays
bodies of water (natural)
Governor Benning Wentworth Residence, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
photographs - Measurement:
- 17.78 x 24.13 (centimeters)
- Description:
- From printed notice affixed to verso of mount: "Gov. Wentworth's Homestead at Little Harbor, about two miles from the centre of Portsmouth, N. H. . . . was built by Governor Benning Wentworth in 1750, and occupied by him until the termination of his commissionin 1767. The mansion has yet the Council Chamber, an imposing, high-studded room, where meetings important to the State and nation were held by the Council for many years. . ."
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.