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STRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM 14 Hancock Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 603-433-1100 www.strawberybanke.org TODAY AT STRAWBERY BANKE strawbery banke MUSEUM HOURS MAY 1 – OCTOBER 31 Self-guided tours, demonstrations and hands-on activities OPEN 7 DAYS, 9 AM – 6 PM. HISTORIC HOUSE TOURS 10 AM – 5 PM NOVEMBER 1 – DECEMBER 30 (WEEKENDS) Guided walking tours and special events Visit www.strawberybanke.org for more information. About Our Buildings Strawbery Banke Museum is unique in preserving neighborhood buildings original to their sites, buildings from other Portsmouth locations rescued from demolition, and a vast collection of objects from Portsmouth’s past. 32 buildings at Strawbery Banke are on their original sites. Four were moved here to save them from demolition. Research and archaeology provide an historical background for the restorations. Additional research into the lives of former residents continues the story and provides the basis for interpretation. Strawbery Banke Museum is a not-for-profit educational organization supported by admissions, sales, contributions and membership. Strawbery Banke Museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tax-deductible Gifts and Bequests support educational programs and the preservation of Strawbery Banke Museum. For more information on supporting the important work of Strawbery Banke Museum, please contact the Development office at 603-422-7508. Become a Member and receive FREE daily admission May through October. Join today and your admission fee is credited to your membership. For more information, visit the ticket desk. Membership support helps the Museum restore and maintain the historic buildings and gardens, care for the collections and provide special events and educational programs. For Your Safety and Comfort: Pets are not allowed on the grounds. Please do not touch or eat the plants in the gardens. Smoking is prohibited. Food and beverages are prohibited in exhibit buildings. Cell Phones: please be courteous to fellow museum visitors when taking calls. Photography and Videotaping Tripods are not permitted in exhibit buildings. Visitors may photograph and videotape for their personal use only. Commercial photography and special projects require advance permission. Please contact the Director of Marketing. Shopping The Museum Store carries a wide selection of reproductions, crafts, books, prints, toys and other gift items and souvenirs. Dining The White Apron Café Mombo features creative, internationally inspired cuisine. The Museum Store offers a variety of snacks and hot and cold beverages. Restrooms are available in the Tyco Visitors Center, Jefferson House and Penhallow House. Members always save! Memebers receive free daily admission, discounted admission to special events and programs and a 10% DISCOUNT in the Museum Store and the Café. Puddle Dock, circa 1890

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  • Strawbery banke MuSeuM 14 Hancock Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 603-433-1100www.strawberybanke.org

    To day aT S T r aw b e ry ba n k e

    strawbery banke

    MuseuM HoursMay 1 – OctOber 31 Self-guided tours, demonstrations and hands-on activities OPeN 7 dayS, 9 aM – 6 PM. HiStOric HOuSe tOurS 10 aM – 5 PM

    nOveMber 1 – DeceMber 30 (weekenDS) Guided walking tours and special events

    Visit www.strawberybanke.org for more information.

    about Our buildings Strawbery Banke Museum is unique in preserving neighborhood buildings original to their sites, buildings from other Portsmouth locations rescued from demolition, and a vast collection of objects from Portsmouth’s past.

    32 buildings at Strawbery Banke are on their original sites. Four were moved here to save them from demolition. Research and archaeology provide an historical background for the restorations. Additional research into the lives of former residents continues the story and provides the basis for interpretation.

    Strawbery banke Museum is a not-for-profit educational organization supported by admissions, sales, contributions and membership. Strawbery Banke Museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

    tax-deductible Gifts and bequests support educational programs and the preservation of Strawbery Banke Museum. For more information on supporting the important work of Strawbery Banke Museum, please contact the Development office at 603-422-7508.

    become a Member and receive FREE daily admission May through October. Join today and your admission fee is credited to your membership. For more information, visit the ticket desk.

    Membership support helps the Museum restore and maintain the historic buildings and gardens, care for the collections and provide special events and educational programs.

    For your Safety and comfort:• Pets are not allowed on the grounds.• Please do not touch or eat the plants in the gardens.• Smoking is prohibited.• Food and beverages are prohibited in exhibit buildings.• cell Phones: please be courteous to fellow museum visitors when

    taking calls.

    Photography and videotaping Tripods are not permitted in exhibit buildings. Visitors may photograph and videotape for their personal use only. Commercial photography and special projects require advance permission. Please contact the Director of Marketing.

    Shopping The Museum Store carries a wide selection of reproductions, crafts, books, prints, toys and other gift items and souvenirs.

    Dining • The White Apron Café• Mombo features creative, internationally inspired cuisine. • The Museum Store offers a variety of snacks and hot and cold

    beverages.

    restrooms are available in the Tyco Visitors Center, Jefferson House and Penhallow House.

    Membersalways save!

    Memebers receive free daily admission, discounted

    admission to special events and programs and a

    10% diScOuNt in the Museum Store

    and the café.

    Puddle Dock, circa 1890

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    JACKSONHOUSE

    MARDEN-ABBOTT HOUSE,STORE AND GARAGE

    LOWD HOUSE

    PEACOCKHOUSE

    PATCH HOUSE

    JEFFERSONHOUSE

    ALDRICHHOUSE

    YEATON-WALSHHOUSE

    YEATONHOUSE

    WINNHOUSE

    WHEELWRIGHT HOUSE

    WEBSTER HOUSE

    WALSHHOUSE

    VICTORYGARDEN

    TYCO VISITORS CENTERWHITE APRON CAFÉ

    STOODLEY’S TAVERNEDUCATION CENTER

    STABLE

    SHERBURNEHOUSE

    SHAPLEY-DRISCOHOUSE

    SHAPLEY TOWNHOUSE

    SHAPIRO HOUSE

    RIDER-WOOD PRIVY

    RIDER-WOODHOUSE

    SHAPLEY HOUSEPITT TAVERN

    PENHALLOWHOUSE

    CONANTHOUSE

    ALDRICH MUSEUMCHASE HOUSE

    COTTONTENANTHOUSE

    DINSMORE SHOP

    DUNAWAY

    PENHALLOWGARAGE

    GOODWINGARDEN

    GOOKIN HOUSE

    COMMUNITYGARDENS

    GREENHOUSE

    HERB GARDENHOUGH HOUSE

    JONES HOUSE

    GOODWIN MANSION

    CARTERCOLLECTIONS

    CENTER

    VICTORIANCHILDREN’S

    GARDEN

    ROWLAND GALLERY

    JACKSONHOUSE

    MARDEN-ABBOTT HOUSE,STORE AND GARAGE

    LOWD HOUSE

    PEACOCKHOUSE

    PATCH HOUSE

    JEFFERSONHOUSE

    ALDRICHHOUSE

    YEATON-WALSHHOUSE

    YEATONHOUSE

    WINNHOUSE

    WHEELWRIGHT HOUSE

    WEBSTER HOUSE

    WALSHHOUSE

    VICTORYGARDEN

    TYCO VISITORS CENTERWHITE APRON CAFÉ

    STOODLEY’S TAVERNEDUCATION CENTER

    STABLE

    SHERBURNEHOUSE

    SHAPLEY-DRISCOHOUSE

    SHAPLEY TOWNHOUSE

    SHAPIRO HOUSE

    RIDER-WOOD PRIVY

    RIDER-WOODHOUSE

    SHAPLEY HOUSEPITT TAVERN

    PENHALLOWHOUSE

    CONANTHOUSE

    ALDRICH MUSEUMCHASE HOUSE

    COTTONTENANTHOUSE

    DINSMORE SHOP

    DUNAWAY

    PENHALLOWGARAGE

    GOODWINGARDEN

    GOOKIN HOUSE

    COMMUNITYGARDENS

    GREENHOUSE

    ETHNOBOTANICALGARDEN

    HOUGH HOUSE

    JONES HOUSE

    GOODWIN MANSION

    CARTERCOLLECTIONS

    CENTER

    VICTORIANCHILDREN’S

    GARDEN

    ROWLAND GALLERY

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    PUDDLE DOCK LAWN

    Pitt tavern Furnished building. Revolutionary War-era tavern visited by many dignitaries, including George Washington, John Hancock and the Marquis de Lafayette. Built c. 1766.

    rider-wood House Furnished house and exhibition. Early 19th-century home of English immigrant and widow Mary Rider. Built c. 1800.

    rider-wood Privy Reconstructed outbuilding.

    rowland Gallery Public exhibition space for the Museum. Special Exhibits highlight pieces from the permanent collection as well as items loaned from other institutions. Built 2007.

    Shapiro Garden Recreated vegetable garden of 1919.

    Shapiro House Furnished house and exhibition. 20th-century home of the Russian-Jewish immigrant Shapiro family. Built c. 1795.

    Shapley-Drisco House Furnished house. Contrasts home life in the 1790s and the 1950s. Built c. 1795.

    Shapley House Private. 18th-century workshop/store. Built c. 1790.

    Shapley townhouse Private. Built c. 1814.

    Sherburne Garden Recreated Colonial-period, raised-bed kitchen garden and orchard based on archaeobotanical evidence.

    Sherburne House Exhibition. 17th-century house construction. Built c. 1695/1703.

    Stable Private. Built c. 1890/1920.

    Stoodley’s tavern The Lou and Lutza Smith Youth Learning Center serves as an education center for school groups and Museum offices. Moved from Daniel Street in 1966 to save it from demolition. Built c. 1761.

    tyco visitors center Ticket desk, orientation film, lecture hall, White Apron Café at Strawbery Banke serving breakfast, lunch and light supper menu. Built 2005; expanded 2013.

    victorian children’s Garden A family teaching garden based in the Victorian era. Daily scheduled activities with NH and Maine Master Gardeners.

    victory Garden Recreated 1940s victory garden of the Pecunies family.

    walsh Garden Late 18th-century teaching garden.

    walsh House Reserved for special events. Home of sea captain Keyran Walsh in the early 19th century. Built c. 1796.

    webster House Private. 1814–1816 home of statesman Daniel Webster at the beginning of his law career. Moved from High Street in 1961 to save it from demolition. Built c. 1785.

    wheelwright House Hands-on exhibition of life in 1785 and 18th century cooking demonstration. Built c. 1780.

    winn House Exhibition. Late 18th-century home of storekeeper Timothy Winn, brother-in-law to Thales Yeaton. Architectural styles and building construction. Built c. 1795.

    yeaton House Unrestored. Late 18th-century home to shopkeeper and tobacconist Thales Yeaton, brother-in-law to Timothy Winn. Built c. 1795.

    yeaton-walsh House Unrestored. Built c. 1795.

    aldrich Garden Colonial Revival garden created in 1908.

    aldrich House Furnished house and exhibition. Victorian novelist, poet, and editor Thomas Bailey Aldrich spent several years of his childhood living here with his grandparents. Built c. 1797.

    aldrich Museum Unrestored. Built c. 1908.

    carter collections center State-of-the art facility constructed to house the Museum’s important collections of furniture, ceramics, textiles, glass, archaeological artifacts, tools, and works of art on paper. Built 2007.

    chase House Furnished house. Home of Stephen Chase, an early 19th-century merchant. Portsmouth furniture. Built c. 1762.

    conant House Private. Ongoing restoration. Home of Aaron Conant, a stagecoach driver on the Portsmouth-Boston line in the mid-19th century. Built c. 1791.

    cotton tenant House Weaving Demonstration. Built c. 1836.

    Dinsmore Shop Coopering demonstration. Moved from Dundee, NH. Built c. 1800.

    Dunaway The Mombo restaurant features creative, internationally inspired cuisine. Built 1967.

    ethnobotanical Herb Garden A globe-spanning exploration of herbs used for food, medicine, textiles and flavor.

    Goodwin Garden Recreated Victorian garden based on an 1862 landscape plan and Sarah Goodwin’s detailed diary. Interpreted to 1870.

    Goodwin Mansion Furnished house. 1832–1896 home of Civil War governor Ichabod Goodwin and his wife, Sarah Parker Rice Goodwin. Moved from Islington Street in 1963 to save it from demolition. Built c. 1811.

    Gookin House Museum Store. Moved to this site in 1878 by William Cotton and was used as a warehouse structure. Built c. 1790.

    Greenhouse Victorian era hothouse, removed from Wentworth By the Sea, featuring period plants.

    Hough House Private. Home of Thomas Hough, a ship’s carpenter in the late 19th century. Built c. 1750/1860.

    Jackson House Exhibition. Comparison of structural and decorative changes and a look at the lives of various residents of the house over a span of 160 years. Built c. 1790.

    Jefferson House restrooms. Built c. 1816.

    Jones House Family Discovery Center and play yard. 1796–1843 home of Joshua Jones. Built c. 1790.

    Lowd House Exhibition. 1824–1837 home of cooper Peter Lowd. Early craftsmen’s tools and trades. Built c. 1810.

    Marden-abbott Garage Exhibition. World War II Homefront. Reconstructed outbuilding.

    Marden-abbott House and Store Furnished house. World War II-era home and family-run grocery store. Built c. 1720.

    Patch House Private. Built c. 1820.

    Peacock House Private. 1-1/2 story urban dwelling. Built c. 1821, expanded c. 1880 and c. 1940.

    Penhallow House restrooms. 18th-century home of Deacon Samuel Penhallow, moved from Pleasant Street in 1862. Built c. 1750.

    Penhallow Garage Private. Built c. 1920.

    (formerly a tidal inlet that rose and fell by 14 feet)