The Jefferson House and Stores on Marcy Street sits near the working port and harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as a historic Federal style mixed-use building. The structure dates to the early 19th century and consists of a brick first floor and clapboarded upper stories. Likely due to coastal flooding during storms, the brick ground floor with slightly raised granite foundation would provide some relief from floodwaters getting inside the building. The shortened windows at the third floor, fanlight over the main entrance, and form with shallow hipped roof, are all hallmarks of the Federal style. The building is today owned by Strawbery Banke and rented out to the Gundalow Company, a non-profit that seeks to, “protect the Piscataqua Region’s maritime heritage and environment through education and action.”
Buildings of New England 