Location
The Mark Wentworth Home is located near downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a quaint seaside city with amenities that are normally found in much larger cities. Portsmouth is a community that revels in its history and proudly showcases historically important buildings, brick-lined streets and horse drawn carriages. The city is renowned for its many restaurants, boutiques, and cultural opportunities.
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream” —Les Brown
About Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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The Mark Wentworth Home is ideally situated in a residential section of the Historic District, within easy walking distance of Market Square, the hub of downtown Portsmouth. Strawbery Banke and Prescott Park are two blocks away and the new library is a short walk around the corner. Additionally, The Mark Wentworth Home overlooks a tidal estuary, flanked by beautiful perennial gardens. Our location is incomparable and unique.
History
The Mark Wentworth Home consists of three buildings. The Mansion was built in 1763 and was the home of the last Royal Governor, John Wentworth. Portsmouth was the site of many Revolutionary War incidents and the loyalist governor often ignited fierce opposition. On one particularly explosive occasion, a mob of patriots gathered outside the mansion and demanded the surrender of Governor Wentworth's associate, Colonel John Fenton. Before Fenton gave himself up, shots were fired—and the evidence remains to this day in the mantle and bullet holes in the plaster of the mansion's front room.
Over one hundred years later, a relative of the governor, Susan Wentworth, secured the mansion and founded The Mark Wentworth Home, naming it after her father. In the 1920s, a slate-roofed brick building was added which has a charm of its own. The largest building was built in the 1980s and completely renovated in 2007-2008.
