Portsmouth Public Library
Portsmouth Public Library is the public library of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Established in 1896, the library's mission is to provide popular media materials to the public as well as to supply information and access to reference works.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Library
- Description: the public library of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
- Also known as: “Portsmouth Library”
- Address: 175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leary Field and Rundlet-May House.
Leary Field
Pitch
Photo: Spike-from-NH, CC0.
Leary Field is a baseball park in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, adjacent to the South Playground. Local American Legion teams play there. It was the home of the Seacoast Mavericks, a summer team of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, occasionally in 2012 and continuously from 2013 through 2017. Leary Field is situated 560 feet southeast of Portsmouth Public Library.
Rundlet-May House
Museum
John Paul Jones House
Museum
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The John Paul Jones House is a historic house at 43 Middle Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Now a historic house museum and a National Historic Landmark, it is where American Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, resided from 1781 to 1782 when it was operated as a boarding house. John Paul Jones House is situated 1,200 feet north of Portsmouth Public Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portsmouth and Kittery.
Portsmouth
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. At the 2020 census it had a population of 21,956. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Strategic Air Command's Pease Air Force Base, since converted to Portsmouth International Airport at Pease.
Kittery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kittery is a small town in Maine, directly across from the New Hampshire border, that features a number of outlet stores.
Atlantic Heights Development
Neighborhood
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Atlantic Heights Development is a historic company-built worker subdivision in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Bounded by I-95, the Piscataqua River, and the tracks of the Boston and Maine Railroad, this small neighborhood was built in 1918–1920 to meet… Atlantic Heights Development is situated 1½ miles northwest of Portsmouth Public Library.
Portsmouth Public Library
- Categories: public library, building, public building, and education
- Location: City of Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.07203° or 43° 4′ 19″ northLongitude
-70.75985° or 70° 45′ 35″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Levels
3Open location code
87MF36CR+R3OpenStreetMap ID
way 370121698OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=civic
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