Portsmouth African Burying Ground Memorial Park

PORTSMOUTH AFRICAN BURYING GROUND MEMORIAL PARK

The African Burying Ground is located at Chestnut Street between Court and State Streets in downtown Portsmouth. If you were to map it using internet mapping products, you could use the address of 97 Chestnut Street which is a building in the middle of the block. The site is an outdoor, public cemetery/park, re-dedicated in 2015.

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Question of the Week -- Who pays the cost of the new Foundry Place Garage?

Taxpayers do not pay a penny for any parking related expenses, including the new Foundry Place Garage. The City’s Parking Division is fully funded by parking revenues. In fact, parking revenues offset the City’s tax bill by over $4 million ($2.4M in direct contribution and $1.8M in additional services) -- which reduces the tax bill for most households (a savings of approximately $300 per year for the median value household). For more information, click here.