John Paul Jones House

Infobox_nrhp | name =John Paul Jones House
nrhp_type =nhl

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caption =
location= Portsmouth, New Hampshire
lat_degrees = 43
lat_minutes = 4
lat_seconds = 31
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 70
long_minutes = 45
long_seconds = 39
long_direction = W
locmapin = New Hampshire
area =
built =1781
architect= Purcell,Capt. Gregory
architecture= Georgian
designated= November 28, 1972cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1197&ResourceType=Building
title=John Paul Jones House |accessdate=2007-10-13|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 28, 1972cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=72000084

John Paul Jones House was the home of Captain Gregory Purcell from his building it in 1758 until his death in 1776. His widow ran a boardinghouse, and American naval hero John Paul Jones rented a room here during 1781-1782 while supervising construction of the ship America. It is the only surviving building known to have been associated with John Paul Jones' life.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1972.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/72000084.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: John Paul Jones House / Purcell-Jones-Langdon House] |329 KB|date=February 14, 1972 |author=Charles W. Snell |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/72000084.pdf Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1971.] |805 KB]

It is located at Middle and State Streets in Portsmouth.

References

External links

* [http://www.portsmouthhistory.org/jpjhouse.html Portsmouth Historical Society - John Paul Jones House]
* [http://seacoastnh.com/Maritime_History/John_Paul_Jones/John_Paul_Jones/ Seacoast New Hampshire: John Paul Jones]
* [http://www.goseacoast.com/detail.ihtml?lid=18&catID=10 Go Seacoast: John Paul Jones House Museum]