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John Paul Jones House : ウィキペディア英語版 | John Paul Jones House
The John Paul Jones House is a historic house at 43 Middle Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Now a historic house museum and a National Historic Landmark, it is most significant as the only known structure associated with American Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, who was resident here in 1781-82 when it was operated as a boarding house. ==History== The 2-1/2 story wood frame house was built in 1758 by the master housewright Hopestill Cheswell, a successful African-American builder in the city.〔(Mark J. Sammons and Valerie Cunningham, ''Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of African-American Heritage'' ), (2004), pp. 32-33, accessed 27 July 2009〕 The house was built for Captain Gregory Purcell, who owned it with his wife Sarah until his death in 1776.〔 After Purcell's death his wife took in boarders, until her own death in 1783.. The American naval hero John Paul Jones rented a room at the widow Purcell's during 1781-1782, while supervising construction of the ship ''America''.〔〔 Jones died in Paris in the house at (19 Rue de Tournon ) in 1792.〕 The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1972.〔〔 and 〕
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