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The oldest surviving house in New Hampshire is the Jackson House on 76 Northwest Street in Portsmouth. It got it's name because it was built in 1664 by a dude named Richard Jackson. Richard was a woodworker, farmer, and mariner. It is also the oldest wood-frame house in the state.

Mary Josephine Ray of Westmoreland, New Hampshire, is the oldest person on record to ever live in the state of New Hampshire. She passed away at the age of 114 and 294 days in 2010.

From sweet treats to iconic sandwiches, here are 10 of the oldest bars and restaurants in Portland, Maine, that have endured and thrived over time.

We all know that Massachusetts has an incredibly rich history. It may also be pretty common knowledge that the oldest city in the Bay State is Plymouth. However, over on the western side of the state, it's not nearly as much of a known face just how old some of these towns in the Berkshires are.

According to Wikipedia, Choate Bridge located in Ipswich, Massachusetts (about 30 miles North of Boston) is a stone arch bridge built in 1764 carrying Route 1A/Route 133 over the Ipswich River. It is considered one of the oldest surviving bridges in North America and is more than likely the oldest in Massachusetts.

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A church in Kittery Point, Maine looks nearly as it did almost 300 years ago.

The list of these oldest restaurants dates as far back as the late 1600s, and expands all the way to the 1950s. If a restaurant has been in business for centuries, you know they are definitely doing it right. Like they say, the customer is always right!

While Maine is home to several old malls throughout the state, the oldest standing and functional mall is surprisingly still thriving 65 years later

This is a whole different level of owning a piece of history. These five vintage homes are straight out of the 1600s. Yep, they’re older than America itself.

The property was built between 1637-1641.

Cassie crossed over the rainbow bridge at the age of 13.

For more than two centuries, Maine has been home to the one of the oldest active military bases that exists in the entire United States

It's called NEW England, but in reality, she old.

I had no idea that the New Hampshire Lottery was the oldest legal lottery in the United States.

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