Market Square is the heart of downtown Portsmouth. Market Square is a center of activity with art galleries, bookstores, antique shops, ethnic restaurants, and many original 17th-century buildings. Portsmouth is a city in the state of New Hampshire. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine. Portsmouth shipbuilding history has had a long symbiotic relationship with Kittery, Maine, across the Piscataqua River. In 1781–1782, the naval hero John Paul Jones lived in Portsmouth while he supervised the construction of his ship Ranger, which was built on nearby Badger's Island in Kittery. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was established in 1800 during the administration of President John Adams and is the U.S. Navy's oldest continuously operating shipyard. It sits on a cluster of conjoined islands called Seavey's Island in the Piscataqua River, whose swift tidal current prevents ice from blocking navigation to the Atlantic Ocean.—Wikipedia
The Henry B. Plant Museum is located in the south wing of Plant Hall on the University of Tampa's campus in Florida. Plant Hall was formerly known as the Tampa Bay Hotel, which was a 511-room resort hotel opened in 1891 and was built by Henry B. Plant near the terminus of his rail line. Unlike most museums dedicated to lifestyles of the past, it contains the actual furnishings enjoyed by the first guests to visit there. The Museum accurately reflects the opulence of turn-of-the-century America and the vision of American transportation pioneer, Henry B. Plant. The museum's exhibits focus on Gilded Age tourism, the elite lifestyle of the hotel's guests, and the building's use during the Spanish–American War. The Tampa Bay Hotel was built between 1888 and 1891 and the construction cost over $3 million. The hotel itself covers 6 acres and is a quarter-mile long. It was equipped with the first elevator ever installed in Florida. The elevator is still working today, making it one of the oldest continually operational elevators in the nation. Henry B. Plant was a railroad magnate, successful businessman, and founder of the Plant System of railroads and steamboats; he brought the railroad to Tampa, Florida in 1884. The entire building (under the title of Tampa Bay Hotel) is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and is known as a stunning example of Moorish and Turkish architecture. Complete with ornate Victorian architecture features (sometimes referred to as gingerbread), as well as Moorish architectural features including minarets, cupolas, and domes. The hotel’s distinctive silver minarets are each topped with a crescent moon.—plantmuseum.com, Wikipedia
Downtown Portsmouth, is a center of activity with art galleries, bookstores, antique shops, ethnic restaurants and many original 17th-century buildings. Portsmouth is a city in the state of New Hampshire. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine. Portsmouth shipbuilding history has had a long symbiotic relationship with Kittery, Maine, across the Piscataqua River. In 1781–1782, the naval hero John Paul Jones lived in Portsmouth while he supervised construction of his ship Ranger, which was built on nearby Badger's Island in Kittery. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was established in 1800 during the administration of President John Adams, and is the U.S. Navy's oldest continuously operating shipyard. It sits on a cluster of conjoined islands called Seavey's Island in the Piscataqua River, whose swift tidal current prevents ice from blocking navigation to the Atlantic Ocean.—Wikipedia
