Portsmouth African Burying Ground

The Portsmouth African Burying Ground is a memorial park on Chestnut Street in , United States. The memorial park sits on top of an 18th-century gravesite containing almost two hundred freed and enslaved African people.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: Memorial park in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
  • Also known as: “African Burying Ground”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Music Hall and South Parish.

Theater building
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is an 895-seat theater located at 28 Chestnut Street in , , in the . Built in 1878, claims to be the oldest operating theater in New Hampshire and the 14th-oldest in the United States. is situated 390 feet northwest of Portsmouth African Burying Ground.

Place of worship
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is the historic name of a church at 292 State Street in , in the . The church building, built in 1824–26, is one of the earliest examples of Classical Revival architecture in New England, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. is situated 390 feet northeast of Portsmouth African Burying Ground.

Museum
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The is a historic house at 43 Middle Street in . 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. is situated 420 feet west of Portsmouth African Burying Ground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portsmouth and Kittery.

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is a city in , United States. It had a population of 21,956 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the bordering the state of , was formerly the home of the Pease Air Force Base, since converted to .

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is a small town in , directly across from the border, that features a number of outlet stores.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic company-built worker subdivision in . Bounded by I-95, the , and the tracks of the Boston and Maine Railroad, this small neighborhood was built in 1918–1920 to meet…

Portsmouth African Burying Ground

Latitude
43.07487° or 43° 4′ 30″ north
Longitude
-70.75882° or 70° 45′ 32″ west
Open location code
87MF36FR+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 456208604
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q97357199
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In Other Languages

“Portsmouth African Burying Ground” goes by many names.
  • Hausa: “Gidan binnewar Afirka na Portsmouth”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Central Fire Station and Rockingham Hotel.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Court Street (Feaster Apartments) and Court Street / Chestnut Street.

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