Another Summer Throwback: Visiting Strawbery Banke Museum

While warm weather is still a distant dream for those of us in the northeast, I thought I’d continue to share photos from my New England getaway last summer. So far I have shared photos of my visits to Salem and Gloucester in Massacussetts, a sunset cruise through the Mt. Desert Narrows of Maine, Bar Harbor, Maine, and most recently, Acadia National Park. In this post I will share photos I took at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH. Strawbery Banke is a collection of historic homes and gardens, some of which date all the way back to the late 17th century. They essentially make up what used to be a neighborhood in the city of Portsmouth. Unfortunately, some of the buildings were closed when I visited, but I still managed to get a glimpse of quite a few.

The Goodwin Garden is one of several on the property.
I captured this portico in the Goodwin Garden at two different focal points.
Some of the buildings, such as this one, are not open to the public. Although this building is an office, some of the buildings even have tenants currently living in them as part of a unique program.
The Goodwin Mansion dates back to 1872.
A peek inside the parlor of the Goodwin Mansion.
The dining room in the Goodwin Mansion.
The sunny kitchen of the Goodwin Mansion.
Bunting can be seen on several of the buildings.
The dining room in the Shapiro House, which dates back to 1919.
The bedroom of Mollie Shapiro, Abraham and Sarah Shapiro’s daughter.
The Shapiro Garden.
A look down Atkinson Street.
The Marden-Abbott House and Store date back to 1919, but the store is frozen in the 1950s.
Mrs. Tucker talks to visitors outside the shop.
A peek inside the store.
The Jackson House dates back to the late 17th century, and is preserved without restoration.
A peek inside the Jackson House shows us how an old house ages over time.
A look down the stairs of the Jackson House.
The Sherburne House dates all the way back to 1695.
The Drisco family was one of the last to inhabit the neighborhood that is now Strawbery Banke. This living room is restored to look as it would have in 1954.
A peek inside the Drisco kitchen.
The other half of the Drisco’s house is set up to look as it would have in 1795, when the Shapley family lived there.
The Shapleys also had a storefront.
A peek at the store’s ledger.
The Dinsmore Shop Cooperage dates back to 1815.
The side of the Dinsmore Shop.

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