Georgian lines survive almost untouched in the Hart-Rice House at 408 The Hill in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This is a house built sometime between 1749 and 1756 and now sits in The Hill, a close-knit cluster of historic buildings southeast of Deer Street, some of which were moved here as part of a road widening project. It is a little-altered example of Georgian architecture with only modest Federal period alterations, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
You are in the central cluster, just south of the Jeremiah Hart House and west of the Simeon P. Smith House. Look up at the 2½-story wood-frame structure: a hip roof and clapboarded exterior, punctuated by two chimneys and three original gable dormers on the main facade. The main entry is quietly formal, flanked by pilasters and topped by a triangular pediment.
Inside, the house preserves many Georgian-period qualities that speak to its age and care. Notice the quiet doorway and its three dormers, then picture the neighboring historic roofs sharing this compact streetscape of the Hill.