Print, Photographic

Title:

Pitman-Whitcomb House

Date:

1935-1945

Dimensions:

Print Size: 3.5" x 2.5"

Description:

The Pitman-Whitcomb House, 48 Fleet Street, Portsmouth, NH

Originally a one-story house of Joseph and Mary Pitman, the building was enlarged to a two-story structure around 1776. Their daughter Mollie had been the focus of Governor Benning Wentworth's unsuccessful romantic pursuit. After the Pitmans, Captain George Turner and his family resided in the house. In 1842, Benjamin Whitcomb opened a confectionary shop in the attached ell. He and his family became the occupants of the house in 1850. The last of the Whitcombs, Miss Nellie Whitcomb, passed away in 1954 at the age of 93.

In 1955, the building and its attached ell were demolished to make way for a bank. Today, the bank building is operated by TD Bank.

Subjects:

Historic buildings, Confectioners, Demolished, Banks

People:

Pitman, Joseph, Pitman, Martha, Pitman, Mollie, Wentworth, Benning (Gov.), 1696-1770, Shortridge, Richard Benjamin, 1762-1811, Turner, George, dfl. 1765-1775, Whitcomb, Benjamin

Collection Name:

Harriman Photograph Collection

Item Number:

P07_23_02

Accession Number:

1990.0007

Type of Material:

Photographs

Copyright Statement:

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Participating Organization:

Portsmouth Athenaeum