Thompson House
Mid to late 19th century / Foster, Sarah Haven (1827-1900)
"Built by Capt. Thomas Thompson in 1784. Capt. Thompson was one of the first naval officers commissioned by the Continental Congress. He commanded the frigate Raleigh, and afterwards (1785) was colonel of a regiment of artillery. The house was long the residence of Dr. Josiah Dwight, who married a daughter of Capt. Thompson. A large and ancient elm stands on the premises.
"The spot where the barn stands was previously occupied by a Sandemanian meeting house, built in 1764, when Mr. Sandeman first promulgated his tenets. When this house was built by Capt. Thompson, the meeting house was taken down, and the society afterwards worshipped in a room in the brick schoolhouse on State street."
Excerpted from The Portsmouth Guide Book, 1896, by Sarah Haven Foster.
Inscription reads, "Capt. Thompson's house (Dwight). Pleasant St."
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"The spot where the barn stands was previously occupied by a Sandemanian meeting house, built in 1764, when Mr. Sandeman first promulgated his tenets. When this house was built by Capt. Thompson, the meeting house was taken down, and the society afterwards worshipped in a room in the brick schoolhouse on State street."
Excerpted from The Portsmouth Guide Book, 1896, by Sarah Haven Foster.
Inscription reads, "Capt. Thompson's house (Dwight). Pleasant St."