John Paul Jones House

	John Paul Jones House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location	Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Built	1758
Architect	Capt. Gregory Purcell
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	72000084
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 28, 1972
Designated NHL	November 28, 1972

The John Paul Jones House was the home of Captain Gregory Purcell and his wife in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The house was built in 1758 by the master housewright Hopestill Cheswell, a successful African-American builder in the city.^[3] Purcell lived there until his death in 1776.

Afterward, his widow took in boarders. The American naval hero John Paul Jones rented a room at the widow Purcell's during 1781-1782, while supervising construction of the ship America. This is the only surviving building in the United States known to have been associated with John Paul Jones.^[4]^[5]

The house is located at Middle and State Streets. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1972.^[2]^[4]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "John Paul Jones House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
^ Mark J. Sammons and Valerie Cunningham, Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of African-American Heritage, (2004), pp. 32-33, accessed 27 July 2009
^ ^a ^b Charles W. Snell (February 14, 1972). "Template:PDFlink" (Document). National Park Service. and Template:PDFlink
^ Jones died in Paris in the house at 19 Rue de Tournon in 1792.

External links

"John Paul Jones House", Portsmouth Historical Society
"John Paul Jones", Seacoast New Hampshire
Mario de`y Cocom, "Cheswell", The Blurred Racial Lines of Famous Families, PBS Frontline, 1995-2012

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[nhlsum-2] "John Paul Jones House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-13.

[Black_Portsmouth-3] Mark J. Sammons and Valerie Cunningham, Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of African-American Heritage, (2004), pp. 32-33, accessed 27 July 2009

[nrhpinv2-4] Charles W. Snell (February 14, 1972). "Template:PDFlink" (Document). National Park Service. and Template:PDFlink

[5] Jones died in Paris in the house at 19 Rue de Tournon in 1792.

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