The home of John Sullivan, one of New Hampshire's most prominent Revolutionary War figures, stands on Newmarket Road at the edge of the historic district. Sullivan was a major general in the Continental Army, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and three-time governor of New Hampshire. The house is a National Historic Landmark, a plain 18th-century farmhouse that has survived in remarkably good condition. It's viewable from the road, though not open for regular tours.
John Sullivan House
A story
John Sullivan served as a general under George Washington, was captured by the British at the Battle of Long Island in 1776, and was later exchanged. He led the 1779 Sullivan-Clinton Campaign that drove Loyalist and Iroquois forces from western New York — a brutal campaign that destroyed dozens of Haudenosaunee villages. He returned to Durham and served three terms as governor of New Hampshire before his death in 1795.