Its 1895 campus has been repurposed to house city offices and the police station, and a senior living facility.

[1] The Portsmouth Cottage Hospital was founded in 1884, and was an outgrowth of charitable impulses that included the operation of almshouses for the poor and needy, and the provision of care for wounded veterans of the American Civil War.

The hospital was run as a secular charity, providing a significant number of patient stays at no or reduced cost.

At that time, the old building was converted to house an outpatient mental health clinic as well as hospital administrative offices.

[2] The original 1895 building was converted in 2004 into a senior living facility by the Portsmouth Housing Authority (PHA) and renamed “Connors Cottage” after Timothy Joseph “Ted” Connors, two-time Portsmouth mayor, and Director of PHA who championed saving the aging hospital and converting it to senior housing.