Penhallow House Project

FAIN: CHA-276748-24

Strawbery Banke Museum (Portsmouth, NH 03802-0300)
Rodney Rowland (Project Director: May 2020 to May 2023)
Linnea Grim (Project Director: May 2023 to present)

Restoration of the 1750 Penhallow House to preserve existing architectural elements, remove later additions, and stabilize the structure. Once rehabilitated, the building would be used to tell the story of resident Kenneth D. Richardson, a leader in the Civil Rights movement and the first African American supervisor at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

The restoration of Penhallow House will preserve a c. 1750 historic house at Strawbery Banke Museum, enabling the Museum to create an exhibit to interpret the history of an African American family in the mid-1950s during the Civil Rights Movement, the first house exhibit of an African American family in Portsmouth, NH.