The lions now guard a condominium and a restaurant. Check out the restaurant at:

https://www.libraryrestaurant.com/

It has to be a very fine restaurant if the food is up to the decor.

For us history buffs, the building history has to be an extra attraction:

https://www.libraryrestaurant.com/history-of-a-top-nh-steakhouse-library...

​A​s a hotel, this building was the site of the signing of the Russo-Japanese Peace Treaty of August 8, 1905​, known now as the Treaty of Portsmouth. Seems they had to find a neutral place as far away as possible from either Russia or Japan.

More on the Treaty itself from the Office of the Historian at the Department of State (hope the Office survives cutbacks at the State Dept.):

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/portsmouth-treaty

​Seems history can be everywhere, even at 401 State Street in Plymouth Portsmouth.

That would be ominous if the bug were a bark beetle, vector of Dutch Elm Disease which led to the denuded streets we see in Street View (but not until 20 years later).

Go the other way on State Street to the waterfront and you can clock your highs and lows on an unusual clock.

The streets are wet, but the sidewalks look dry. So I'm guessing the water truck made a recent pass to wet down the (unpaved) street to keep the dust down, possibly with something to collect the 'road apples' that would have populated the streets.

[The street is paved. - Dave]

Minus the bug. Click to enlarge.

Below, the Rockingham Hotel and its various mascots -- including a bug at the bottom of the frame that was evidently in the camera when the exposure was made, or got stuck to the glass plate after it was developed. Click to embiggen!