Wentworth Gardner House, Built 1760

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $8.95
Original Price: $15.95

Stock #:509257
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Portsmouth
State: New Hampshire (NH)
County: Rockingham
Publisher: Curt Teich & Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
Wentworth-Gardner House, Mechanic and Gardner Streets - Erected in 1760 by Madam Mark Hunking Wentworth for her son Thomas. It is noted for its fine doorway and interesting interior wood carving. It is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts. In the kitchen is a huge fireplace equipped with an automatic device for roasting meats. A magnificent linden tree, more than two hundred years old, stands beside the house.

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