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Name of Meetinghouse: Gosport Chapel
View on a mapStreet Address of Meetinghouse: on Star Island, Isles of Shoals, New HampshireYear(s) Built: 1800 National Register of Historic Places Designation: ? New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places: ? Organization responsible: Star Island Corporation Organization's address: Morton-Benedict House, 30 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 Organization's web site: Star Island Town Information: n/a Tax status: 501(c)(3) - tax exempt Contact: Star Island Office Telephone: (603) 430-6272 E-mail: none This page was last updated on: January 19, 2010 Acknowledgements: The following text has been taken in part from the book Colonial Meeting-Houses of New Hampshire, published by Eva Speare in 1938, which is now in the public domain.
Several meetinghouses were built, only to be burned by the ungodly fishermen, according to tradition. In 1800, a stone chapel was erected with its interior furnishings made from the timbers of a Spanish shipwreck. The village has disappeared, and, except for the grass-grown cemetery, all traces of the former settlers are lost. Many monuments mark historic sites, memorials to those who once lived on the islands. Above them all, the little stone chapel guards the graves of the forgotten people. Today, Star Island is home to a large summer retreat center, which is run by the Star Island Corporation.
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Before the mainland of New Hampshire was settled by white men,
the English fishermen used the Isles of Shoals for a summer colony about 1575.
Later, a fishing village of 600 inhabitants was formed on Star Island, and was called Gosport.
