NH Historical Marker -Wentworth Coolidge Mansion

Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion
At the end of Little Harbor Road is the farm of
Royal Governor Benning Wentworth (1696-1770).
Appointed in 1741 by George II, Wentworth
governed the province of New Hampshire for 25
years, promoting expansion as far west as
Bennington, in present-day Vermont. The Cushing
family acquired the farm in 1816, and by the
1840s began to show the mansion as one of
America’s first historic houses open to the
public. In 1886, John Templeman Coolidge (1856-
1945) of Boston purchased the site for a summer
home. In 1954, his widow, Mary Abigail Parsons Coolidge, donated it to the state of New Hampshire.

Marker Name: Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion

Official Marker Number: 194

Marker Type: Official NH State

Marker Location: Portsmouth N 43° 03.659 W 070° 45.227 19T E 357191 N 4769079

Date Marker Established: 2005