Built 1751 (1751) Opened 1751 Architectural style Georgian architecture | NRHP Reference # 85003359 Area 800 m² Added to NRHP 11 October 1985 | |
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Location 32-34 Livermore St., Portsmouth, New Hampshire Similar Water Country, Strawbery Banke, The Music Hall, USS Albacore (AGSS‑569), South Meetinghouse | ||
The General Porter House is a historic house at 32-34 Livermore Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This 2-1/2 story wood frame house was built c. 1751 by Matthew Livermore, who was New Hampshire's first formally-educated lawyer, and was a representative to New Hampshire's provisional government during the American Revolutionary War. A "Portsmouth double house", it is five bays wide and two deep, with additions on either side, and an ell to the rear. The house has been moved twice, both times in the 19th century. Another major owner was Samuel Coues, a leader of the shipbuilding industry in Portsmouth during the 19th century, and General Fitz John Porter, a United States Army general who served in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.