PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) – The Strawbery Banke Museum has gotten a $20,000 grant for an 1830s house that is being restored.

The Roger and Theresa Thompson Endowment Fund for the Benefit of Local Charities has helped Strawbery Banke for six years.

The living history museum will use the latest grant to draw up a visitor education plan for the Cotton Tenant House.

The Cotton Tenant House was always a rental property and sometimes housed immigrant families who couldn’t afford to be homeowners. The museum says it tells an important story about the way American cities were settled.

The exterior renovation will be completed next year.