Deer Street was the first address of the Jeremiah Hart House, now near the center of The Hill in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Probably built in the late 18th century, it is a well-preserved example of a late Georgian urban residential structure and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Imagine that it once stood on Deer Street before being moved here as part of a road widening project that created this close cluster of houses.
Near the center of The Hill, east of the Phoebe Hart House and north of the Hart-Rice House, this 2½-story wood-frame building greets you with a side-gable roof, clapboarded exterior, and a central chimney. Its main facade is four bays wide, with an asymmetrical placement of windows around a centered entrance. That entrance is the house’s most deliberate flourish: pilasters, a transom window, an entablature, and a full gabled pediment announce the care taken in its design. Inside, the building preserves a number of original details.
Closely spaced historic buildings press in on the house, with Deer Street to your north and High Street to your east.