Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth is a community of about 22,000 residents located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
Portsmouth functions as an historic seaport and popular summer destination.
Mark K. Wentworth Home Information:
Mark Wentworth’s mansion was believed to have been built in 1763. It was home to Governor John Wentworth, the last Royal Governor who lived in the residence until just before the start of the American Revolution.
In the summer of 1775, a mob of patriots gathered outside the Wentworth mansion demanding the surrender of Governor Wentworth’s associate, Colonel John Fenton. Shots were fired before Colonel Fenton finally gave himself up. Today, bullet holes still remain in the plaster above the fireplace in the mansion’s front room.
Approximately 100 years after the American Revolution, Susan Wentworth, a relative of Governor Wentworth acquired the Wentworth mansion and founded the Mark K. Wentworth Home for Chronic Invalids. The facility was named after Mark Hunkings Wentworth, the Home’s original owner. It was open to the elderly and children who suffered from incurable diseases. In the 1920’s a brick building was added to the historic Wentworth Home to accommodate the growing number of people in the facility. The property was completely renovated in 2007-2008. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Mark K. Wentworth Home has 48 apartments and 11 rooms in a secure setting.
Ghosts and the Paranormal at the Mark K. Wentworth Home in Portsmouth, New Hampshire:
Full body apparitions that are able to converse with staff and residents/patients are regular occurrences at the Mark K. Wentworth Home.
Objects move without explanations. Doors open and shut on their own. Disembodied footsteps and voices are regularly observed.
The older part of the Mark K. Wentworth Home is the paranormal hotspot that most staff will avoid if possible, complaining that often they feel as though they are being watched, especially late at night.
Resources:
Wikipedia (2011). Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Retrieved May 24, 2011 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire
Shadowlord (1998). Haunted Places Index. Retrieved April 23, 2011 from http://theshadowlands.net/places/new_hampshire.htm
No Author (n.d.). Mark Wentworth Home. Retrieved May 24, 2011 from http://markwentworth.org/about-us/history