Rockingham Hotel
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Rockingham Hotel
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| Location | 401 State St., Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
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| Coordinates | 43°4′31″N 70°45′35″W / 43.07528°N 70.75972°WCoordinates: 43°4′31″N 70°45′35″W / 43.07528°N 70.75972°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1785 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
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| Added to NRHP | March 11, 1982 |
The Rockingham Hotel is a historic former hotel and contemporary condominium in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. A previous structure on the site was built in 1785 as a residence by Woodbury Langdon, prominent merchant and politician. Thomas Coburn converted it into a hotel which opened November 1, 1833. Portsmouth mayor, congressman, and prominent local brewer Frank Jones bought it in 1870. After a fire in 1884, Jones rebuilt it extensively, retaining Langdon's dining room, today's Library Restaurant.
The building incorporates lions, Jones's personal symbol, terra cotta sculptures of the Four Seasons of Man, and busts of Jones and Langdon. A hotel until 1973, the premises hosted presidents George Washington, Franklin Pierce, James K. Polk, Theodore Roosevelt, Chester A. Arthur, William H. Taft and John F. Kennedy. It was converted into condominiums and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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