<p>The William Perrin House is a historic house in western Andover, Massachusetts. It was built between 1850 and 1852 by William Perrin on land owned by his wife&#39;s family. The house features Greek Revival and Gothic Revival details, including corner pilasters, an entablature below the roofline, and a dramatic entry portico with attenuated columns, sidelight windows, and a transom window. The sophistication of the styling is relatively uncommon for what was at the time of its construction a rural agricultural setting. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>The Pillsbury–French House is a historic house in Andover, Massachusetts. It was built circa 1790 for William Clark of Tewksbury, but was sold at auction just a year later. The property was occupied by Jacob French, whose family bought the property in 1795 and kept it until 1841. It was purchased by Paul Pearson Pillsbury in 1843, and remained in his family until 1926. The building exhibits some classic Georgian features, which have been enhanced by Greek Revival alterations made at a later date.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>The Platts-Bradstreet House, is a historic house museum at 233 Main Street in Rowley, Massachusetts. Its oldest portion dating to about 1677, it is a well-preserved example of First Period architecture, modified by repeated addition during the 18th century. The house has belonged to the Rowley Historical Society since the 1920s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Platts-Bradstreet House is set on the southeast side of Main Street Massachusetts Route 1A opposite its junction with Pleasant Street in the village center of Rowley. The house is a -story wood-frame structure with a two-story rear ell, wooden clapboard siding, and a large central chimney. The front facade, facing the street, is an asymmetrical five bays, with the entrance in the center bay and sash windows elsewhere. The entrance is set in a simple frame with an overhanging cornice. In addition to the house, the property includes a barn, a small shoe shop, and a long rectangular structure with a pitched roof.</p><br>
<p>The oldest portion of the house, a full-width two-story structure with a depth of one room, was probably built in 1677 by Samuel Platts (1617-1682), who purchased the land in 1660 and was charged with tax on a house in that year. Early in the 18th century this structure was enlarged by adding a lean-to section, which would have given the house a classic New England saltbox appearance. In the late 1760s Moses Bradstreet (d. 1786) raised the lean-to section to a full two stories, giving the main block its present form. The interior styling of the house also appears to date to this time period. Because of the property&#39;s long history of use, it is believed to have historical archaeological artifacts relative to the domestic history of its occupants. The property has been owned by the Rowley Historical Society since the 1920s.</p><br>
<p>The Benjamin Punchard House is a historic house in Andover, Massachusetts. Located in the center of Andover, it now houses a bank. The house was built in 1846 by Benjamin Punchard, a successful merchant and shopkeeper. Punchard built the house on the site of a Federal style house he had previously occupied, which was moved to 33 High Street, and is known as the Abiel Pearson House. The house he designed has a number of distinctive characteristics, include a number of early Italianate details. Punchard died a wealthy man, and the town&#39;s high school was named for him.</p><br>
<p>First African Baptist Church and Parsonage is an historically significant church building and an associated parsonage located in the United States on West Jefferson Avenue in Georgetown, Kentucky. In 1842, First Baptist Church moved from their West Jefferson location to a site closer to Georgetown College on College and Hamilton Streets. The church&#39;s previous building and property were leased to local black Baptists so a new congregation solely for blacks could be formed. The current building was constructed in 1870. The buildings were added to the USA National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The First Baptist Church congregation in Georgetown, Kentucky was organized in 1811, and its first meeting house erected on West Jefferson Street in 1815. In 1842 Howard Malcom, the pastor of the church and president of Georgetown College, urged the relocation of the church to a site near the college. The congregation moved from their West Jefferson location to a site on College and Hamilton Streets. The building at the original site was leased to black congregation. G. W. Dupee, a slave, was the first official pastor of the black congregation. Reuben Lee was pastor when the current building was constructed in 1870.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The church building has a Gothic Revival style. The original twin doors to accommodate women and men separately entering have been closed on the front facade and replaced with "a single centered entrance highlighted by three lancet arches."</p><br>
<p>The Rogers–Downing House is a historic house in Andover, Massachusetts. It was built between 1848 and 1852 as the country house for Benjamin Rogers, a wealthy Boston businessman. After Rogers sold it in 1870, it went through a succession of owners before coming into the hands of John Downing, who established a dairy farm and orchard on the estate. Their family retained the house until 1968. The house is an unusual example of a Gothic Revival summer house. Its shape is that of an H, with two -story wings connected by a -story connecting section. The gable ends of the side wings face the street, as do two gable dormers on the cross section. These are decorated with bargeboard trim, a typical Gothic Revival detail. The house sits prominently on a rise above Highland Road.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>The John R. Rollins School is a historic school at 451 Howard Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The three-story brick structure was built in 1892 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, and is a prominent feature of the Prospect Hill neighborhood, visible from nearby Interstate 495. It is named for John Rodman Rollins , a local politician who served both as mayor and superintendent of schools.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is still in use as a school.</p><br>
<p>The Ross Tavern is a historic building in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Now a private residence, the building was moved to its present site from central Ipswich  in 1940, and carefully restored to a First Period appearance. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>The building has a complicated history, in part because it includes parts of two different structures. A house was built c. 1680 in downtown Ipswich, and moved near the Choate Bridge in 1735. This house, known as the Ross Tavern, remained at that site until it was disassembled and moved to Jeffrey&#39;s Neck by Daniel Stone Wendel, an amateur architectural historian, in 1940. Wendel was the son of local American Impressionist Artist Theodore Wendel. Nothing is known of its original owners. Wendel joined the tavern to a second house, the c. 1675–1700 Lord-Collins House, that he also moved to the site. This house is one of a very few First Period homes to provide evidence of a transom window.</p><br>
<p>The Rowley Village Forge Site is a historic colonia-era iron foundry site in Boxford, Massachusetts. The first iron forge in the area was established on Fish Brook in 1668 by Henry Leonard of the Leonard family, who were instrumental in the Saugus Iron Works further south. This business ran until about 1681, but the site also saw industrial uses into the 19th century, with sawmills and gristmills quickly replacing the foundry after it failed. Remnants of these works are visible from trails through conservation land off Lockwood Drive.</p><br>
<p>The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<p>The Russell House is a historic house in Andover, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<p>The weatherboarded Federal-style home was built in 1805. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The farm encompasses some 11 acre. The house and farm were owned by Deacon Joseph Russell, a descendant of Robert Russell, a Scotsman, who emigrated to Massachusetts in the seventeenth century and was the first person buried in Andovers newly created South Parish Burying-Yard, as it was called, in 1710 at age 80. Russells descendants intermarried with the Holt, Abbott, Marshall, Chandler, Dane and other early Andover settler families. The Scotland District name for that section of Andover derives from Robert Russells Scottish birthplace, and his subsequent name for his landholding which he called Scotland farm.&#39;</p><br>
<p>The Nathaniel Rust Mansion is a historic house at 83 County Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts. It is a -story colonial style house with First Period origins, indicated in part by its asymmetrical front facade. The date of its construction is uncertain; the first record of the house is its sale by Deacon William Goodhue to Nathaniel Rust, a tanner, in 1665. It was for many years located on the South Green, but was moved to its present location on County Street in 1837 by Asa Brown. Brown at the same time made modifications to the house, giving it its Federalist character. The house is one of the oldest houses in Ipswich that is situated outside one of its central historic districts.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>Salem Common Historic District is a historic district bounded roughly by Bridge, Derby, and St. Peter&#39;s streets, as well as Collins Cove in Salem, Massachusetts, United States.</p><br>
<p>The Common was established in 1667, and during this period it was partially a swamp. Until 1802, there was no enclosing fence, allowing livestock to freely roam across it. In 1802 a subscription was put forth to beautify the park. The current wrought iron fence around the Common was built in 1850 and has undergone restoration.</p><br>
<p>The white archway that stands near the north entrance was originally a design by Samuel McIntire, but it had to be removed because of its condition. The current archway is a replica of the original that was made in 1976.</p><br>
<p>The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1976, and further expanded on June 27, 2002. The district boundaries include the Essex Institute Historic District, a cluster of buildings along Essex and Brown streets owned by the Peabody Essex Museum.</p><br>
<h2>Joseph Story House</h2><br>
<p>The Joseph Story House was built in 1811 for USA Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story. The house is located at 26 Winter Street and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<h2>Andrew-Safford House</h2><br>
<p>The Andrew–Safford House was built in 1819 and was designed in the Federal style by an unknown architect for a wealthy Russian fur merchant. It is located at 13 Washington Square and is owned by the Peabody Essex Museum.</p><br>
<p>When under construction it was reputed to have been the most expensive house erected in the United States at the time. The massive vertical façade and the four large columns rising from the ground to the third story on the south side makes this one of the most impressive houses in Salem.</p><br>
<p>In addition to being listed in this district, the house is also part of the Essex Institute Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Andrew worked with Samuel Archer III to create the first commercial block on the location of the Hawthorne Hotel that has been known as Wakefied Place, Andrew&#39;s Corner, and the Franklin Building.</p><br>
<h2>John Bertram House</h2><br>
<p>The John Bertram House was originally built for John Forrester in 1819. Forrester had married one of Joseph Story&#39;s sisters. Captain John Bertram purchased the Federal mansion from John Forrester and later sold it to Col. George Peabody.</p><br>
<p>Col. George Peabody lived in the mansion for about 60 years and while there he made the mansion larger by the addition of a one-story dining room.</p><br>
<p>Around 1930, the home was purchased by the estate of Captain John Bertram, and is now called the John Bertram House. It is currently a home for the elderly.</p><br>
<h2>Salem as the Birthplace of the National Guard</h2><br>
<p>In 1637, the first muster on Salem Common took place where for the first time, a regiment of militia (the East Regiment) drilled for the common defense of a multi-community area, thus laying the foundation for what became the Army National Guard. In 1714 Salem decided that forever in front of Nathaniel Higginson&#39;s House on the Common there shall be a training Field for the militia.</p><br>
<p>On August 19, 2010, the Governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, signed HB1145, "An Act Designating the City of Salem as the Birthplace of the National Guard." This is the first step and was later approved by the House in Washington in March 2012.</p><br>
<p>On January 10, 2013, President Barack Obama signed executive order HR1339 "which designates the City of Salem, Mass., as the birthplace of the USA National Guard."</p><br>
<p>Every year in April, the Second Corps of Cadets gather in front of St. Peter&#39;s Episcopal Church, where the body of their founder, Stephen Abbott, is buried. They lay a wreath, play Taps and fire a 21-gun salute.</p><br>
<p>In another annual commemoration, soldiers gather at Old Salem Armory to honor soldiers who were killed in the Battles of Lexington and Concord.</p><br>
<p>On April 14, 2012, Salem celebrated the 375th anniversary of the first muster on Salem Common with over more than 1,000 troops taking part in ceremonies and a parade.</p><br>
<h2>The Salem Common Improvement Fund</h2><br>
<p>In 1802 Elias Hasket Derby Junior assumed command of the Second Corps of Cadets. He gave them the task of leveling the Common, taking down the 3 hills and filling in the 5 ponds and the river to the Cove, planting the trees, and erecting a wooden fence. A subscription of 159 people paid for this large public works project.</p><br>
<p>The Salem Laundry is a historic laundry building at 55 Lafayette Street in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Salem Landry". The building was erected in 1906 and is the first concrete building to be constructed in Salem. The four-story building is divided into three wide bays, with the central bay projecting slightly. The bays have broad windows divided by ashlar-tooled concrete blocks, a styling that became fashionable in the following decade before unadorned concrete became more widely used. The building was built by, and has remained in the hands of, the Hooper family. In 2003, building was converted to condos. who established a commercial laundry in Salem in 1806. It was listed on the National Register in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Oldest pizza shop in Salem</h2><br>
<p>Engine House Pizza is located on the Street leve & has been serving pizza since 1977.</p><br>
<p>Saugus Town Hall is a historic town hall in Saugus, Massachusetts. It was built in 1875 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>In 1874, construction began on Saugus second and present town hall. The cornerstone was laid on October 17, 1874. The days exercises began with a procession from Sutton Hall up Chestnut Street, through Winter and Central Streets, up Main Street, through Summer Street, down Pleasant Street, and down Central Street to the site of the Town Hall. The Rev. Mr. Allen delivered an invocation and then the stone was laid by members of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. The East Saugus Brass Band provided music. Harmon Hall then made the introductory remarks. Nathaniel P. Banks followed with an oration. Wilbur F. Newhall made the closing remarks. The exercises ended with a benediction by Rev. F. V. Tenney.</p><br>
<p>Saugus Town Hall was built on a low, wet piece of land purchased from Samuel A. Parker. The land was filled at great expense and construction of the town hall put Saugus in a $50,000 debt. This was one of the reasons that the neighborhood of East Saugus sought to be set off from Saugus and annexed to the city of Lynn. East Saugus was unable to get a bill in both houses of the state legislature, and the issue was dropped after the town appropriated $5,000 for the laying of water pipes through East Saugus.</p><br>
<p>The building was officially dedicated on March 1, 1877. It was attended by residents from Saugus as well as from surrounding communities. Seated on the stage were dignitaries from Saugus and Lynn, including the Saugus Board of Selectmen, Lynn mayor Samuel M. Bubier, and former Lynn mayors James N. Buffum and Hiram N. Breed. The dedicatory address was given by Wendell Phillips. Mayor Buffum then made a speech and was followed by Building Committee Chairman E. P. Robinson, who made a brief speech followed by a formal handing over of the building&#39;s keys to Board of Selectmen Chairman E. W. Newhall, who also spoke. The hymn Old 100th was then sung and Rev. Samuel Jackson ended the ceremony with a benediction.</p><br>
<h2>Layout</h2><br>
<p>The first floor originally housed the selectmen, town clerk, and town treasurers offices, as well as the school committee room, a high school classroom, and the public library. The high school and library have since moved to their own buildings and the school committee room is now located in the School Administration Building. The second story originally served as a community room that hosted a number of events including town meetings, political rallies, high school graduations, plays, boxing matches, puppet shows, firemens balls, banquets, and school dances. It was later divided into offices for the accounting, financing, public works and personnel/purchasing departments. When the Town Hall was renovated in 1997, the second floor once again became an assembly room. The basement housed the town&#39;s police department and jail until a police station was constructed in 1936.</p><br>
<h2>Notable events</h2><br>
<p>On March 14, 1892, town collector William F. Hitchings died during the Annual Town Meeting. He was distributing copies of a circular addressing an inaccuracy he had made when he suddenly died.</p><br>
<p>In 1922, Private Winslow Hodgson lay in state after his body was returned from burial in France. The local American Legion post wanted to hold the lying in state on a date the conflicted with a dance held by the Saugus Canoe and Tennis Club. The club chose not to postpone its dance, citing short notice and the great expense that had gone into the event. Members of the Legion stood outside of the dance with a banner that read "Enjoy Yourselves Dancing While The Body Of A Dead Soldier Lies In The Morgue".</p><br>
<p>On October 31, 1927, a fire in the basement of the town hall caused $5000 in damages. The fire started in the cell room of the police headquarters and ate through the floors and partitions of the building. Police officers and firemen were able to save the town&#39;s irreplaceable documents, books, and articles.</p><br>
<p>In 1929, Marchioness Townshend, mayor of Kings Lynn, visited Saugus Town Hall on her visit to the town. The Marchioness, who was visiting the area as part of Lynn, Massachusetts tercentenary celebration, also visited the Boardman House and the Saugus Iron Works while in Saugus.</p><br>
<p>From August 26 to August 28, 1932, the body of John Burke, a soldier killed in Tientsin, China was laid in state at the town hall.</p><br>
<p>From December 8 to 11, 1947, the body of Staff Sergeant Arthur F. DeFranzo was laid in state at the town hall. DeFranzo was later awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.</p><br>
<p>In 1975, $30,000 in municipal funds (about $19,000 in cash and $11,000 in checks) were stolen from a vault the Collector–Treasurer&#39;s office. The theft occurred two weeks after a set of keys was taken from a custodian who had left them in a ladies room door. Town Manager Maurice Cunningham could not explain why the money had not been deposited in a local bank as it usually was.</p><br>
<h2>Renovation</h2><br>
<p>In 1976, the building underwent renovation. The rear portion of the building was reconditioned and aluminium siding was installed. In 1977, the building was painted and the broken slate tiles on the roof were replaced.</p><br>
<p>By the 1990s the town hall had fallen into disrepair and the town proposed tearing it down. However, the Saugus Historical Commission pushed to save and restore the building. The town&#39;s Capital Improvement Plan included funding for its renovation. In 1998, The Friends of Town Hall was formed to raise money to complete several projects not covered by the plan. This included the purchase of a piano for functions in the town hall auditorium, installation of display cases exhibiting historic items on the first floor, and the dedication of "The Founding of Saugus Mural" in the Town Hall auditorium. The town hall was closed during the renovations and the offices were moved to the former high school extension building on Main Street.</p><br>
<p>A reopening ceremony was held on November 17, 1998. Board of Selectmen chairman Janette Fasano served as the master of ceremonies and delivered the opening and closing remarks. Father John Mulloy delivered the invocation. Town Manager Steven Angelo, former town manager Richard Cardillo, Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin, Historical Commission chairman Stephen Carlson, United States Representative John F. Tierney, Massachusetts Senate President Tom Birmingham, and State Senator Edward J. Clancy, Jr. spoke. Selectmen Richard Barry, Jon Bernard, Chris Ciampa, and Anthony Cogliano also made remarks. Reverend Gregg Messerole delivered the benediction.</p><br>
<p>In total, the renovations cost $3.5 million.</p><br>
<p>The Sawyer House is a historic First Period house in Boxford, Massachusetts. It is a -story central-chimney house with an attached rear two-story wing. A two-story full-width portico supported by seven turned columns shelters the front of the house. Like many First Period houses, this one was built in stages, and exhibits a variety of architectural styles despite its early origins. The first portion to be built was the center chimney and the two-story section to its right, in c. 1700. Later in the First Period the rooms to the left of the chimney were added. The rear wing was added in the 19th century, as was the front portico. There two further additions in the 20th century, including a sun room at the rear where the 19th-century addition meets the main house, and single-story shed-roofed addition on the west gable end, running the full depth of the house.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>Searles High School, now Methuen City Hall, is a historic former school building at 41 Pleasant Street in Methuen, Massachusetts, and an excellent example of English Renaissance Revival architecture. It was designed by Henry Vaughan, a favorite of wealthy industrialist Edward Searles, who funded construction of the building in 1904. Searles was a major presence in the town, also funding construction of the Vaughan-designed Methuen Memorial Music Hall. In the atrium rests an early small demonstration version of the Emancipation Memorial, which Searles purchased from its designer, Thomas Ball. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It now houses offices of the City of Methuen.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The building is set on the southeast side of Pleasant Street, east of Methuen&#39;s central business district and facing the former Searles estate to the south. It is a large 3-1/2 story brick and stone building, surrounded by a stone retaining wall. The building has three front-facing gable sections, which are joined by cross-gabled sections. Each of the three sections has a central projecting multi-story bay, that in the center section rounded and topped by a balustraded. The two joining sections have arcaded lower levels and windows with quoined surrounds above. Four brick chimney towers rise above the building, with stone quoining and false arches on the long sides.</p><br>
<p>The school was built in 1904 as one of many gifts to the town by local son Edward Searles. It served as the community&#39;s high school until 1957, and then as an elementary school until 1975. It then housed school administration offices until 1983, when it was sold to a private developer for conversion to offices. The town repurchased the building in 1992, and it now houses municipal offices.</p><br>
<p>The Second OShea Building is a historic commercial building at 9-13 Peabody Square in Peabody, Massachusetts. It is one of two similar buildings  built by Thomas OShea, a local leathermaker, in the 1900s. The three-story brick-and-sandstone Colonial Revival building occupies a prominent position in Peabody Square, the citys central intersection. Similarities to the earlier building include the arched entrances and window bays, and the brick pilasters  between some of the window bays.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 2017, the building was sold at auction for $1.47 million. The building is currently under renovation by local developer Pat Todisco and will include 29 residential units, as well as restaurants on the ground floor.</p><br>
<p>The Sewall-Scripture House, is a historic house museum in Rockport, Massachusetts that is owned by the Sandy Bay Historical Society. The Sewall Scripture Museum features antiques, period artifacts and items of local history. The Federal style building, the only house in Rockport built out of native granite, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Sewall-Scripture House is set at the northeast corner of King and Granite Streets (the latter designated Massachusetts Route 127), on the outskirts of Rockports main village. It is a -story structure with a side-gable roof, whose main block is constructed out of locally quarried granite. The front and side walls are formed out of dressed blocks about 1 x in size; the rear wall is formed out of coursed random and square rubblestone. A -story wood-frame ell, apparently original to the houses construction, extends to the rear; it is finished in wooden clapboards. The main facade is five bays wide, with a central entry set in a round-arch opening with flanking sidelight windows.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1832 by Levi Sewall, owner of a granite quarry located on Pigeon Cove. Stone for this house was hauled from the quarry by teams of oxen. Sewall was one of Rockports leading quarry owners, his business operating independently until its merger in 1921 with the Rockport Granite Company. Sewalls descendants owned the house until 1957, at which time it was acquired by the Sandy Bay Historical Society. Although there are a number of commercial buildings in Rockport built from local stone, this is the only house that is.</p><br>
<p>Shawsheen Village Historic District is a historic district in northern Andover, Massachusetts. Shawsheen Village was completed in the early 1920s as a planned corporate community. Conceived by William Madison Wood of the American Woolen Company, the village was designed a team of architects including Adden & Parker, Clifford Allbright and Ripley & LeBoutillier of Boston and James E. Allen of Lawrence. John Franklin, a civil engineer for the American Woolen Company was responsible for designing the village, under the direction of Wood. Buildings from the original Frye Village were also incorporated into the design which included a railroad station, shops, apartment buildings, factories, parks and numerous single-family dwellings. The village was located just up the road from the Company&#39;s main factories in nearby Lawrence.</p><br>
<p>The village was roughly divided into three sections. The westernmost of these sections, around the junction of Main Street (Massachusetts Route 28) with Massachusetts Route 133 (Lowell Street to the west, Haverhill Street to the east), was the village center, with shops, a post office. Immediately east of this area, descending to the Shawsheen River, was the industrial area. One residential area was primarily north and west of this central area, and it provided housing for the upper level executives of the Company. The third area was east and south of the industrial area, spilling across the railroad tracks and river, where middle class worker housing was provided. Sprinkled throughout were old houses from the Frye Village settlement that were relocated according to Wood&#39;s vision.</p><br>
<p>Although the company community was well conceived, it was short-lived. William Wood committed suicide in 1926, and the single ownership strategy of the community began to fall apart. Most of the company&#39;s properties were purchased by a realty trust in 1932 and resold, often to the tenants of the property. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Shepard Block is a historic rowhouse at 298–304 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. It consists of a row of four brick residences, which were built in 1851 by Michael Shepard as an investment. Each unit is three bays wide and 3.5 stories high; windows on the second and third floors feature granite lintels, while the ground floor of each was modified in the 19th century to accommodate retail storefronts. The roofline of each unit is punctured by two clapboarded gable end dormers, and there are slender rectangular brick chimneys that rise between the units, and on the end facing Summer Street.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The United Shoe Machinery Corporation Clubhouse is a historic clubhouse at 134 McKay Street in Beverly, Massachusetts. The building is now known as Beverly Golf and Tennis Clubhouse. The English Revival building was designed by Boston architect Henry Bailey Alden, and built in 1910 as a gift from the senior management of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation to its local employees. The club, which originally occupied 300 acre, became a significant social center in Beverly, providing a place for all manner of social and recreational activities. The property was sold to a developer in 1971, who sold the clubhouse and 168 acre to the city of Beverly.</p><br>
<p>The clubhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>The James E. Simpson House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. It is a -story house, finished in wooden clapboards, with a steeply-pitched gable roof with exposed trusses. It was built c. 1920, and features typical Craftsman features, including dormers with deep eaves supported by trusses, and half-timbering above the windows. Its porch and foundation are faced in glazed fieldstones, as is its central chimney. The house is Methuen&#39;s finest example of the Craftsman/bungalow style.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The Hazadiah Smith House is a historic First Period house in Beverly, Massachusetts. The 2.5-story wood-frame house was built c. 1686, probably by Hazadiah Smith, whose profession is frequently listed in contemporary records as a builder or housewright. It is possible that he was responsible for a number of surviving First Period houses that survive in Beverly. This particular house, which he is believed to have lived in, was built with a two cell center chimney plan, and then extended to the rear at a later date, replacing the roof and leaving the chimney protruding from the front roof slope.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>The South Green Historic District encompasses one of the oldest central civic parts of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The towns South Green was laid out in 1686, and is now the heart of a collection of historic properties dating from the 17th to the 19th century. The centerpiece of the district is the green itself, and its most notable associated property is the John Whipple House, a National Historic Landmark and museum. The district boundaries extend from the junction of South Main and Elm Streets, southward past the green to where County Road  crosses Saltonstalls Creek.</p><br>
<p>Ipswich voted to establish the South Green in 1686, after which it was used as a common grazing area, and as a training ground for the local militia. It was also the site of Ipswich&#39;s earliest school buildings, which even predated the establishment of the green as a common area. The first schoolhouse was built in the area in 1652; it was moved to the Meetinghouse Green in 1704, at which time private education continued in the area. A public school was again introduced to the South Green area in 1794, which became the English High School from 1836 to 1874.</p><br>
<p>Most of the surviving structures in the district are houses. The oldest is the c. 1653 Whipple House, which was moved to the area in the 1930s. The green is flanked by buildings dating through the 19th century, in a variety of styles. The predominant styles are Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival, although there are several later Victorian properties. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>The Smith House, also known locally as the Tilton-Smith House, is a historic house in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Built in the first quarter of the 18th century, it is a good example of late First Period architecture. It suffered serious fire damage in 1998, but underwent a meticulous restoration. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Smith House stands in a rural-residential area of eastern Ipswich, on the north side of Argilla Road, roughly midway between Northgate Road and Fox Creek Road. It is oriented facing nearly south (the road runs east-northeast), and is screened from the road by mature plantings. It is a -story colonial style house with five window bays and a center chimney. It features an integral leanto section at its rear (rather than being a later addition). A number of the critical framing members of its construction are still exposed, showing workmanship that is typical of the First Period, but there are also typical Georgian period features, such as a plastered ceiling and wood paneling, and the stairway to the second floor is Georgian in character. The main entrance is sheltered by a small gabled Greek Revival porch.</p><br>
<p>The exact date of construction is not known with certainty. Architectural analysis places its construction toward the later end of the First Period of colonial construction, which ended around 1725. Other evidence suggests it may have been built about 1720 by Abraham Tilton, Jr. The house was extensively damaged by fire in 1998, and underwent a meticulous restoration by its owners, using period building techniques and salvage materials from 18th and 19th-century buildings. The building is the subject of a preservation easement held by the Ipswich Historic Commission.</p><br>
<p>The Southwick House is a historic house in Peabody, Massachusetts. Probably built about 1750, it is one of the city&#39;s oldest surviving structures, and has a long association with a prominent local family. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Southwick House is located west of downtown Peabody, on the north side of Lowell Street just west of its junction with Southwick Road. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a gambrel roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade is five bays wide but slightly asymmetrical, with a center entrance framed by simply moulded corner boards with rosette blocks at the tops. An ell, built soon after the main block, extends along the rear, giving the house a saltbox profile, and extending beyond the sides of the main block by one bay in what is locally known as a "Beverly jog". The interior follows a typical center chimney plan, with parlors on either side of the chimney, and the kitchen behind. There are many original period finishes on the interior, including floorboards, paneling, and trim.</p><br>
<p>The house was traditionally claimed to be built about 1660, but was more likely built about 1750, possibly on the side of an earlier building. The land was first settled by John Southwick, a persecuted Quaker who had been banished from Danvers for his beliefs. The Southwick family became a significant presence in what is now Peabody, operating a tavern and becoming one of its largest landowners. In the 19th century they became involved in the manufacture of pottery, and in the tanning business. This house remained in the family until 1816.</p><br>
<p>The Spicket Falls Historic District encompasses the historic industrial and commercial heart of Methuen, Massachusetts, and one of the lower Merrimack River&#39;s best-preserved 19th century mill complexes. It is centered on the falls of the Spicket River, from which the 19th century textile mills of Methuen derived their power. The historic district, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, includes commercial and civic buildings in and near Gaunt Square, the heart of the city, and along both sides of the Spicket River between Gaunt Square and the Boston and Maine Railroad tracks south of the river. It abuts the residential Pleasant-High Historic District, which lies to its east.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The falls of the Spicket River were the site of small scale industrial works in the 18th century, but the area did not begin to take shape as the town center until larger-scale development began in the 1820s. The area had long been a stop on the north–south route, with hotels and taverns dating from the mid 19th century. The oldest buildings that survive are brick buildings constructed in 1825 and 1826, when the main "A" mill was built. The mill complex was expanded in the 1840s with the construction of a wood frame cotton processing mill and a brick warehouse near the railroad. Industrial David Nevins added six more buildings and a new dam between 1879 and 1882.</p><br>
<h2>Notable buildings</h2><br>
<p>A number of buildings from the middle 19th century survive, including the Masonic Hall, which was formerly a hotel. The old brick town hall, from whose parking lot fine views of the Spicket valley are seen, was built in 1853 with Greek Revival styling. Notable early 20th century additions to the area include the central fire station (1899, Romanesque Revival), the Oddfellows&#39; Hall (1904, Renaissance Revival), and the 1909 railroad station, built in Queen Anne style with funds donated by philanthropist Edward Searles.</p><br>
<p>The Spofford-Barnes House is a historic colonial house at 20 Kelsey Road in Boxford, Massachusetts. The -story wood-frame house was built in 1749 by Paul Pritchard, a leading citizen of town. It was originally built in a saltbox style, but the rear was raised to a full two stories in the 19th century. From 1788 until 1911 the house was in the hands of first the Spofford and then Barnes families. In the 20th century it served for a time as the headquarters of the Kelsey Arboretum.</p><br>
<p>The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
<p>The Sprague House is a historic house in Danvers, Massachusetts. It is a -story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, end chimneys, and clapboard siding. This well preserved Federal style house was built in 1810 for Joseph Sprague, Jr., son of a wealthy Salem merchant who was also involved in the family business. The house&#39;s main Federal feature is its central doorway, which features a semicircular fanlight window and a pedimented overhang supported by pilasters.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<p>St. Michaels Church is an historic Episcopal church in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Built in 1714, it is New Englands oldest Episcopal church building on its original site. It is currently part of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>St. Michaels is set on a property that primarily faces Summer Street to the south, even though its address is on Pleasant Street to the north. The church building was constructed in 1714, originally as a parish church of the Church of England, and twenty-nine of the original thirty-three donors were sea captains. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts provided the church with its first rector. The original square church had a similar architectural style in layout and roof design to the Nieuwe Kerk Church (Haarlem) in the Netherlands. The church was expanded in 1728. During the American Revolutionary War in 1776 a mob of patriots raided the church and removed the British royal coat of arms from the building. Many of St. Michaels members were Loyalists who fled to Canada during the Revolution.</p><br>
<p>In 1793 the original spire on the bell tower was taken down due to being rotten. The building was renovated in 1833 with Gothic windows, new pews and with the altar, a pulpit and original reredos at the north end. Stained glass windows by Redding & Baird were installed in the Gothic windows in 1888. The windows over the south entrance were added later. The church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. In the 1980s, residing activity uncovered some of the original window configuration, and archaeological activity was done in its crypt area to study 18th-century burial practices. In August 2014 a spire was added back to the bell tower as part of the church&#39;s 300th anniversary celebration.</p><br>
<p>The Abiel Stevens House is a historic First-Period house in North Andover, Massachusetts. The -story wood-frame house is unusual for retaining its basic 18th century form with minimal alteration. The house was built in 1710 by Abiel Stevens, one of Andover&#39;s early major landowners. The major alterations since Stevens built the house include a late 18th-century lean-to added to the back of the house, and the front porch, which dates to the same time.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Story Grammar School is a historic school building at 140 Elm Street in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Built in 1880, it was the town&#39;s first modern graded school, and is a prominent local example of Colonial Revival architecture. It was named for a native son, United States Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, and served as a public school until 1978. It is now in residential use. it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The former Story School is located north of downtown Marblehead, on the southeast side of Elm Street opposite its junction with Curtis Street. Now predominantly residential, the area was until an 1877 fire an industrial area with many small shoe factories. It is a two-story red brick building, with a hip roof and Colonial Revival styling. Windows are set in segmented-arch openings with keystones at the tops, and there is a gabled pedimented in the roof above the main entrance, in a section that projects slightly. The entrance, a double door, is also set in a segmented-arch opening, with a large single-pane transom window. Above the entrance is a tall doubled three-sash window. The rear facade is similar to the front, but with simpler detailing and lacking the projecting center section.</p><br>
<p>Early education in Marblehead was largely conducted in private homes of teachers or other such facilities, with college preparation typically taking place at the private Marblehead Academy, founded in 1789 by Dr. Elisha Story and others. In the first half of the 19th century, the town established a series of district schools, including one at the site of this building. In the 1870s, the town&#39;s population surged, buoyed by local shoe manufacturing industry, increasing pressure on the town to improve its educational infrastructure. This building, completed in 1880, was the first brick school built by the town, and its first major investment in improved education. It was named for Joseph Story, the son of Dr. Elisha Story and a noted associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. The school served the town until 1978, and was then converted into residential units.</p><br>
<p>The Superior Courthouse and Bartlett Mall are, respectively, one of the oldest active courthouses in the nation, and one of the oldest public grounds in the city of Newburyport, Massachusetts. The mall and courthouse were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976,</p><br>
<h2>Superior Courthouse</h2><br>
<p>The courthouse, designed by architect Charles Bulfinch who also designed the Massachusetts State House in Boston, was built in 1805. Architecturally, the building has two stories and was designed and built in the Federal style. Originally, the courthouse had brick pillars and arches that supported the second floor, and also displayed a statue of "a female figure, representing Justice, holding a pair of scales in her right hand."</p><br>
<p>The Courthouse has undergone various renovations since 1805, first in 1853, when the front side of the courthouse was remodeled, the statue of Justice was removed, and the roof replaced with Italianate; and then again in 1973. Author/Historian Euphemia Vale, in her 1854 history of Newburyport, wrote that "The alterations cost $12,400, and the new furnishing of the rooms brought the total expense of the improvements up to more than $13,000."</p><br>
<p>According to the paperwork on file with the government of Newburyport, after construction of the Superior Courthouse was completed as a joint undertaking by the town and county, annual town meetings were held therein until 1834. The space was also used during that time as a location for a summer school for girls. On April 18, 1834, a town committee was appointed to sell off the town&#39;s financial interest in the building. Their goal was achieved by June 3 of that same year and the property officially came under the ownership of Essex County.</p><br>
<p>Many historically relevant figures argued cases within the Superior Courthouse, including Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, and Caleb Cushing.</p><br>
<h2>Bartlett Mall</h2><br>
<p>Bartlett Mall, which runs in front of the courthouses along High Street near its intersection with Green Street, predates the 1764 separation of Newburyport from Newbury.</p><br>
<p>Even prior to the building of the courthouse, it is noted that Bartlett Mall "has always been a focal point of the community."</p><br>
<p>The Sutton Block is a historic commercial building in Peabody, Massachusetts. Built in 1859, this three story brick building is the only Italianate commercial building in Peabody. It was built by Ebenezer Sutton, a local textile manufacturer. The building originally had a steeply pitched roof, but this was removed sometime after 1877. Its first floor facade may also have been compromised by retail-related alterations, but original details may survive under the current finish. The building was designed to house retail spaces on the ground floor, offices on the second floor, and a social venue  on the third floor.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>Swampscott Fish House is a historic fishing supply storage house off Humphrey Street on Fisherman&#39;s Beach in Swampscott, Massachusetts. It is the oldest active fish house in the country.</p><br>
<p>The shingle-style house was built in 1896 on land taken by eminent domain. The Fish House consolidated the many fishing structures that stretched along the oceanfront obscuring views of the ocean and subtracting from the area&#39;s appeal as a swimming beach. The Fish House is also home to the Swampscott Yacht Club and the Swampscott Sailing Program. The yacht club is refinished with a porch and a bar.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>The Tavern Acres Historic District encompasses a residential development known as Tavern Acres, which was built in the 1920s with a landscape design by Henry Vincent Hubbard, then with the Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm. It is bounded by Bradstreet Rd., Green and Main Sts. and Park Way in North Andover, Massachusetts. The district encompasses Memorial Park, the Stevens Library, and properties facing Memorial Park and further along Bradstreet Road. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Tavern Acres development is set in a suburban residential area of northern North Andover. Main Street, the eastern boundary is a major north-south road, and Green Street is a collector road running through the residential area. The northernmost part of the district is the triangular intersection of these two streets and Davis Street, in which the Stevents Library stands. The Davis Street stretch is functionally part of the librarys parking area. South of the library, across Davis Street, stands Memorial Park, a five-sided grassy area about 2.75 acre in size. At its northern end, near the library, is the Patriots Monument, which honors North Andovers military personnel.</p><br>
<p>Bradstreet Road defines the southern boundary of Memorial Park. Ringing the north, east, and south sides of the park, and extending east along Bradstreet Road are a collection of houses that were all built as part of the initial Tavern Acres development. This development had its origin in a series of land acquisitions in the 1860s by Moses Tyler Stevens, whose family owned many mills in the area. In 1904 Stevens donated land and funds for construction of the library, which was completed in 1907, after his death, and was named in his honor. Stevens&#39; heirs sought to develop the remainder of the 20 acre parcel, and retained the famed Olmsted Brothers landscape firm to lay out the master plan. The Tavern Land Company, formed by the heirs to manage this development, contracted with Charles R. Waite of E. M. Parsons to design most of the houses that it built before the company dissolved in 1924. Only twenty houses were built by the partnership and are included in the district. These houses are general 2-1/2 story wood frame structures, in Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial, and Craftsman styles. Fourteen of the properties include garages as part of the original plan, which are considered contributing elements to the district. The houses and properties are organized to have a certain degree of uniformity in setting and scale.</p><br>
<p>The Asie Swan House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. Built c. 1720, it is one of the oldest buildings in the city. It is a -story frame house, five bays wide, with clapboard siding, central chimney, and granite foundation. Its central entrance is flanked by sidelight windows. The house originally stood at a location on Prospect Hill in what is now Lawrence, where it was used for the first town meetings beginning in 1726. It was moved in 1808 to its present location.</p><br>
<p>The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The Tapley Building was a historic Romanesque building at 206 Broad Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. The five story brick factory building was built in 1890 to replace an earlier factory, which was destroyed in Lynns 1889 fire. It was built for the firm founded by Philip P. Tapley, which was one of Lynns leading shoe manufacturers. It included firesafe construction methods including fireproof stairwells, and two elevators.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. A total of five Holman K. Wheeler structures in Lynn are listed on the National Register.</p><br>
<p>The building was destroyed by fire in 1999.</p><br>
<p>The Tenney Castle Gatehouse is a historic gatehouse at 37 Pleasant Street in Methuen, Massachusetts, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 20, 1984. It is the only surviving element of the large estate of Charles H. Tenney, a leading local industrialist.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The gatehouse was originally a two-story rough stone farm house built by Richard Whittier between August and November 1830. In April 1882, it was purchased by Charles H. Tenney. It was redesigned in 1883 by architects Damon Brothers into a gatehouse for the 76 acre Tenney estate known as Grey Court.</p><br>
<p>When first built, it was a two-story stone structure with five bays on its front facade and a central entry. The modifications by Damon gave the building a distinctive Queen Anne Victorian character, changing the roof to be hipped, and adding an ornately decorated tower with weathervane on one corner. A porch was added to shelter the entry, whose gable has rows of decorative shingles. The interior features Anglo-Japanese wallpaper that was replicated in 1999.</p><br>
<p>In 1951, the Tenney family gave 26 acre to the town for Tenney High School (now Tenney Grammar School). The family offered the castle and the 80-acre estate to the town of Methuen which rejected the generous gift. It was later sold to the Basilian Salvatorian Order. In the 1970s, after the Basilian Salvatorian Order vacated the property, the castle was used as a substance abuse treatment center and was then abandoned, boarded-up, looted and vandalized. A series of fires over a number of years heavily damaged the mansion. A major fire, intentionally set, destroyed the roof and most of the interior. Instead of preserving the still-impressive ruins of this Carrere and Hastings Beaux-Arts mansion, which despite the fire, still featured original exterior terracotta details, brickwork, and granite walls, the remains were almost completely demolished by approval of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management. The town government of Methuen did not act to prevent the demolition either. Of the mansion, only a very small corner and a section of the interior courtyard arcade exist. The ruins are currently in poor condition and continue to be vandalized. The Gatehouse, is now home to the Methuen Museum of History and maintained by the Methuen Historical Society. The Stock House or Stables remain standing as part of the original estate. The Tenney estate is currently a Massachusetts state park, known as Greycourt Park.</p><br>
<p>The Capt. John Thorndike House is a historic First Period house in Beverly, Massachusetts. It is a 2.5-story wood-frame house with a central chimney and a raised leanto section in back. The house, like many First Period houses, was built in several stages. The oldest part, the chimney and the right side, was built as a two-story section with leanto, likely in 1702 . This particular type of original sections is rare among First Period houses. Later in the first period, the left side of the house was built; it was constructed without a leanto section. The left side leanto was added later in the 18th century, and part of the leanto section was raised by a shed dormer in the 19th century.</p><br>
<p>The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>The Benaiah Titcomb House is a historic First Period house in Essex, Massachusetts. The oldest part of the house, built c. 1700 in Newburyport, was a two-story section two rooms wide, with a central chimney. Sometime before the end of the First Period  a shed-style leanto addition was added to its rear , giving it a saltbox appearance. The house was moved to its present location in 1917, oriented to provide views of the coast. At this time a new chimney was provided, and a large dormer was added to the rear to expand the upstairs living space.</p><br>
<p>The builder, Benaiah Titcomb, was the son of William Titcomb, an early settler of the area. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>The Topsfield Town Common District encompasses the historic town common and surrounding buildings in Topsfield, Massachusetts. The common, established by 1650, is the traditional civic and religious center of the town, and is surrounded by houses dating from the 17th to 20th centuries, the town hall, library, and Congregational church. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Colonial settlement of the area that is now Topsfield began in the 1630s, as colonists moved up the Ipswich River. By 1650, the year of the towns incorporation, a training ground for the local militia had been established. The towns first meeting house was built in 1703, where the present Greek Revival First Congregational Church (built 1842) now stands. Standing northeast of the common is the district&#39;s oldest building, the Parson Capen House; a National Historic Landmark built in 1683, it is one of the best-preserved houses of the period in the United States, and is now a historic house museum.</p><br>
<p>The common is now an irregularly shaped collection of triangular greens, divided by and bounded by the five roadways radiating in all directions. The northern side of the common, bounded by Washington Street and North Common, is lined by houses dating mainly from the early 19th century. The congregational church occupies a triangular section at the western side of the common, while the town hall (Chateau style, 1873) and public library (Classical Revival, 1935) dominate the southwest and southern edges. Facing the eastern side of the common is a large Federal mansion, built 1815 for a member of the locally prominent Emerson family; it is now part of a local preschool.</p><br>
<p>The Rev. John Tufts House is a historic First Period house in West Newbury, Massachusetts. It was the house of John Tufts , an important early American music educator. The -story central chimney building is framed entirely in oak, and its main block was built all at once  in c. 1715. It is five bays wide, with an enlarged central bay, where the door is located. The doorway is framed by Georgian period pilasters and pedimented entablature. There is a 20th-century saltbox-style addition across part of the back of the house, and a gabled addition on the right that is connected to the main house by a narrow inset section.</p><br>
<p>The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>Turner Hill is a historic estate located at 315 Topsfield Road in Ipswich, Massachusetts. It was built for Charles Goodnough Rice and Ann Proctor Rice to a design by Boston architect William Rantoul. Begun in 1898 and completed in 1903, the estate echoed European country estates the couple had seen in their travels. The estate house features extensive plaster molding and detailed woodwork, notably in the reception hall, whose wildlife motifs echo those of Haddonfield Hall in Scotland. Rice died in 1943, and the estate was sold to the Missionaries of La Salette, who established a spiritual retreat on the site. It has since been converted into a golf club, with the main mansion house providing club facilities. In addition to a golf course, the grounds also have a large condominium complex.</p><br>
<p>The estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>The former United States Customhouse  is a historic building at 25 Water Street in Newburyport, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<p>The Classical Revival-style building was constructed in 1834 and served a custom house until Newburyport declined in popularity as a major port. The Newburyport Maritime Society, Inc. operates the Custom House Maritime Museum to showcase the maritime heritage of the Merrimack Valley. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is also a contributing element to the Market Square Historic District (also listed in 1971), and the Newburyport Historic District (listed in 1984).</p><br>
<p>The United States Post Office—Beverly Main is a historic post office in Beverly, Massachusetts. Built in 1910, it is a prominent local example of Colonial and Classical Revival architecture, and a significant work late in the career of architect James Knox Taylor. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, and continues to serve as Beverly&#39;s main post office.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Beverly&#39;s main post office is located west of downtown Beverly, at the eastern end of Odell Park, which separates it from the historic Beverly Depot. It is a single story building built out of sandstone in a Classical Revival style. The front facade has a projecting portico supported by six Doric columns on a granite base, with granite steps leading up to a recessed entrance. The lobby area occupies the front of the main block, and is styled with terrazzo marble. There are one-bay wings on either side of the main block, which house offices. The roofline has an extended overhanging eave, above which is a parapet and a smaller gabled section topped by an octagonal cupola. The interior lobby areas retain original multicolored marble terrazzo flooring as well as period woodwork.</p><br>
<p>The post office was begun in 1910 and opened in 1912, to a design by Treasury architect James Knox Taylor. Taylor retired in 1912, so this building represents one of his later designs. It is in part unusual because most buildings of this type have flat roofs, while this one is gabled. A rear addition, in buff brick, was made to the building in 1935 with funding from the Public Works Administration. It was built as part of a projected urban renewal project in the neighborhood that was never fully realized.</p><br>
<p>The Thomas P. Costin Jr. Post Office Building, formerly known as the United States Post Office—Lynn Main is a historic post office building at 51 Willow Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. It still serves as Lynn&#39;s central post office.</p><br>
<p>The two story granite Art Moderne building was built in 1933. It features a central three-bay entry pavilion that projects slightly from the facade; there are pilaster elements flanking and between the windows of this section. On either side of the entry are four-bay wings. The building occupies the entire width of a city block. Inside, the lobby area is richly colored, with multiple shades of marble used on the floors and decorative wall and ceiling elements. It also retains a number of original features, such as writing desks and light fixtures.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<p>In late 2018, the building was renamed by an Act of Congress in honor of Thomas P. Costin Jr., the 45th and youngest Mayor of Lynn, who later served as Postmaster for the Lynn District from 1961 to 1992. The official dedication ceremony was held on May 24, 2019.</p><br>
<p>The US Post Office—Newburyport Main is a historic post office in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Construction of the Georgian Revival single story brick building was begun in 1927 and completed in 1928. It was Newburyport&#39;s first purpose-built post office facility. The building is faced in red brick laid in running bond. Its central section, which houses the lobby area, projects slightly from wings on either side, and features three round arches trimmed in marble. The wings house offices, and the rear of the building houses the service area. The front block has a pitched hip roof, while the rear portion has a flat roof.</p><br>
<p>The building was designed by architects in the Office of the Supervising Architect, then under the direction of acting supervising architect James A. Wetmore. The contractor was A. M. Lundberg of St. Louis, Missouri.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986; it was also included in the Newburyport Historic District in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The George A. Waldo House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. Built in 1825 and altered somewhat around 1900 by local philanthropist Edward Searles, it is one of Methuen&#39;s finest examples of Federal period architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and is currently occupied by the Kenneth H. Pollard Funeral Home.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Waldo House is set on the north side of Lawrence Street, a short way east of Methuens central business district, and abutting the former estate of Edward Searles to the north. It is a large -story wood-frame structure, whose main block is five bays wide, and is topped by a hip roof with a distinctive monitor section. The central bay has an early 20th-century Colonial Revival -story projection, with a gabled top and a flat-roofed balconeyed portico supported by Ionic columns. A number of additions, also early 20th century additions, extend to the main blocks side and rear. At the western edge of the property there are two massive stone columns of the Corinthian order, which are topped by urns.</p><br>
<p>The main block of the house was built about 1825 by George A. Waldo, who was apparently in the shoemaking business, and involved in the development of Methuen&#39;s central business district. In 1872, the house is listed as being owned by John Low, a local druggist. Mrs. Mary Low sold the house in 1888 to Edward Searles, retaining a lifetime occupancy. In the early 20th century, when Searles was developing his large estate on the property to the north, he made significant additions to this house and property, which included creation of a small park whose entry was marked by the two large columns, which he had transported from New York City. The house became a funeral home in the 1960s.</p><br>
<p>The Vamp Building is a historic factory building at 3-15 Liberty Square in downtown Lynn, Massachusetts. The eight-story brick building was built in 1903 as the Lynn Realty Company Building #4 The building served in its early years as a home for all manner of businesses related to the manufacture of shoes. At the time of its construction it was the largest brick building of its kind in the world.</p><br>
<p>The building suffered relatively little damage in the fire of November 28, 1981, losing only its top floor. The strong construction and newly installed sprinkler system were credited with limiting the scope of destruction of the fire, preventing the blaze from reaching farther into the city.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and is one of three registered buildings in Lynn designed by Henry Warren Rogers.</p><br>
