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LUCY LARCOM, 1826-1893 Poetess, Born in Beverly
A thriving business was carried on in this period by the Eagle Rubber Company, who had a factory
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on the corner of Cabot and Rantoul Streets. In the early part of the Civil War it was in operation day and night, making knapsacks and haversacks for the soldiers. Fire destroyed the building in 1862.
Another industry was the production of ropes for ships. The ropewalk early owned by the Cabots was west of the ferry, and the construction of the railroad bridge necessitated its removal. It was cut in two and taken to Lothrop Street, where the business was carried on until 1862.
In the small stone building at 160 Cabot Street, Israel and Oliver Trask made silverware and pewter. In 1808 they began the manufacture of britannia by using more antimony than the earlier pewter had contained. Beverly was the first place in America where britannia ware was manufactured.
Toward the middle of the nineteenth century foreign commerce in Massachu- setts was absorbed by Salem and Boston, but coastwise trade continued to - flourish in Beverly, and many seafaring men held shares in merchant vessels owned elsewhere or sailed in their service. Among the imports were spices, which the Webber Spice Factory prepared for market.
All Beverly industries were aided by improvements in transportation. In 1837 the Eastern Railroad was put through from Boston to Portsmouth, replacing the stage last driven by Woodbury Page, who became the agent at the first railway station near the end of Essex Bridge. When the Gloucester Branch line was built Mr. Herrick, who had driven the Gloucester stage, became conductor. Better mail service and lower rates of postage still further helped the develop- ment of business in Beverly.
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Reform Period
In the wave of reform beginning about 1825 Beverly had an active part. "Squire" Robert Rantoul founded a total abstinence society and delivered lectures at lyceums upon intemperance, slavery, and capital punishment. His drug store, established in 1796 on the corner of Cabot and Washington Streets, is the oldest in the United States. His son, Robert Rantoul, Jr., was an ardent abolitionist, a friend of labor organization, and an associate of Horace Mann in improving public schools and es- tablishing normal schools. He also completed Daniel Webster's term in the Senate.
[ Honorable ROBERT RANTOUL, Jr., 1805-1852 Second U. S. Senator elected from Beverly
"Squire" ROBERT RANTOUL, 1778-1858 The leading citizen of Beverly in his day
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Development of the North Shore
In 1845 began a transformation of the "North Shore" through the advent of summer residents. Beverly Farms owed its name to the large holdings of the West, Woodberry, Thissell, and Ober Families. Pride's Crossing was named when the Gloucester Branch Railroad established its station on the land granted in 1636 to John Pride, a nephew of Colonel Pride, the regicide. Montserrat received the name of an island in the West Indies where fishermen bought their salt; the name really belongs to the rocky ledge south of Grapevine Road.
The first men to purchase land along the shore were John G. King of Salem and Charles C. Paine of Boston. Other lawyers followed: Charles G. Loring, Franklin Dexter, Judge Peleg Sprague, and Sidney Bartlett. Also came Franklin Haven, a distinguished banker, Colonel Henry Lee, aide of Governor Andrew during the Civil War, the Sohier, Lowell, Pickman, and Burgess Families, Doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes, and his son, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Justice of the Supreme Courts of Massachusetts and of the United States. Some of these have become citizens of Beverly.
The development of the North Shore caused an immense increase in the valua- tion of the town, and enabled it to improve its schools, to establish (1855) one of the earliest libraries in the state, to introduce water service in 1869, to make better roads, and to organize up-to-date police and fire departments.
In the eighteen forties the population of Beverly increased through the immigration of Irish families. The Liffins, Connollys, Bradys, Linehans, Riordans, Murrays, and Watsons became prominent citizens. French Canadians began to immigrate about the time of the Civil War, and Italians came toward the end of the century.
In 1848 the discovery of gold lured many citizens of Beverly to the West Coast, and-seamen as they were-they chose the long route around Cape Horn.
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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Sr. 1809-1894 Poet, essayist, novelist and physician
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Military Record
Beverly people opposed the Mexican War because of little sympathy with its main purpose, the extension of slavery. Few enlisted for service. The part the town played in the Civil War is too well known to recapitulate. The Eighth Regiment was the first from Massachusetts to report for duty, and Charles S. Homans repaired the engine disabled on the way South so that the troops arrived in time to prevent the destruction of Old Ironsides by the Confederates. General Charles .G. Loring served throughout the war.
For the Spanish-American War there were many enlistments from Beverly. Major Augustus Peabody Gardner served as Captain and Adjutant-General. He was also a Massachusetts State Senator from 1899 to 1901 and a member of the national House of Representatives from 1902 to 1915. William Stopford was Senior Major of the Eighth Regiment. He retired with the rank of General. He was a State Senator from Massachusetts in 1891, and became Mayor of Beverly in 1925. His son, Frederick William Stopford, was a captain in Company E, Eighth Regiment. After the Spanish-American War he went into the regular army with the rank of First Lieutenant. He served in Europe during the World War and retired in 1934 with the rank of Colonel.
Beverly's active participation in the World War is too long a subject for this manual. The citizens did their share, not only in enlistments in army and navy, but also in the Red Cross and canteen services. Names of squares have been given in honor of men killed in action. James Delaney of Beverly was one of the first American prisoners taken in the World War. He was captured August 6, 1917 from the S. S. Campana at Bay of Biscay by Germany. He had the honor to be chosen as body bearer for the Unknown Warrior who was buried in Arlington Cemetery, November 11, 1921.
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Municipal Development
Probably no city in the Commonwealth blends the old and the new as well as does Beverly. It has handed down to its present generation a worthy heritage of tradition and history. A recent compilation gives Beverly a population of over 31,000.
Beverly became a city in 1894. The first mayor wa's the Honorable John I. Baker, the "Nestor of the Senate". The second mayor was Charles H. Odell.
JOHN I. BAKER, 1812-1897 First Mayor of Beverly
Following is a list of the men who have served Beverly as its mayor since 1895-
John I. Baker 1895
Charles H. Odell. 1896
Freeborn W. Cressy 1897
Perry Collier. 1898
Benjamin D. Webber 1899-1900
Samuel Cole . 1901-02
Parker S. Davis 1903-04
VJoseph A. Wallis
1905-06
S. Harvey Dow
1907-08
Charles H. Trowt.
1909-10
Frederick A. Dodge.
1911-12
Herman A. Macdonald 1913-17
James McPherson 1917-20
Frank D. Tuttle. 1921-2:
George H. Whittemore 1923-24
William Stopford 1925-28
Roy K. Patch 1928-30
James A. Torrey 1931-32
Paul S. Eaton 1933-34
James A. Torrey 1935-36
Daniel E. McLean
1937-
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Throughout these years there has followed a steady expansion of industry, and many citizens engaged in business in Boston. In 1905 the United Shoe Machinery Corporation established its plant on Elliott Street, and it has since given occupation to thousands, greatly in- creased the city's revenue, and become known for its generous treatment of its employees.
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Residents and Visitors of Distinction
The descendants of the Old Planters include James Bryant Conant, President of Harvard University, and Cleveland H. Dodge, President of the American College in Beirut, Syria. From Andrew Elliott, the first town clerk, was de- scended Charles W. Eliot, former President of Harvard University, and the Reverend Christopher Thayer, minister of the First Parish. A. Lawrence Lowell, President Emeritus, who preceded James B. Conant at Harvard University, spent his early years here. Other distinguished residents not already mentioned include: Henry Herrick, son of Sir William Herrick and ancestor of Colonel Henry Herrick, a Revolutionary patriot, and of many stanch citizens in Beverly; the Reverend John Chipman, for nearly sixty years the minister of the Second Church at North Beverly; The Reverend Joseph Willard, minister of the First Parish and later President of Harvard University; the Reverend Joseph McKeen, also minister of the First Parish and First President of Bowdoin College; the Reverend Joseph Emerson, pastor of the Dane Street Church, founder of a seminary in Byfield and author of a memoir of Fannie Woodbury, a missionary from Beverly; the Reverend Edwin M. Stone, minister of the North Beverly Church and author of the "History of Beverly"; the Reverend George Trask, philanthropist and ardent crusader against the use of tobacco; William Endicott and his sons, Robert R. and William Endi- cott, Jr., descen- dants of Gover- nor John Ende- cott and leading citizens of Bev- erly for half a century; Wilson Flagg, the natu- ralist; Isaac
JOSEPH WILLARD, 1738-1804 Minister of the First Parish, Beverly and a former President of Harvard College
JOSEPH McKEEN, 1758-1807 Minister of the First Parish, Beverly. First President Bowdoin College
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ISAAC BAKER WOODBERRY, 1819-1858 Born in Beverly, studied in Boston and Paris Composer of many musical selections
Baker Woodberry, composer of hymns and Į
. ular songs; Andrew Preston Peabody, mini to Harvard University and professor in Divinity School; Luke Prince, painter of 1 traits; Edward Burgess, naval architect ; builder of the "Mayflower", the defender America's cup; Benjamin O. Pierce, mather tician and designer of the seal in the Pul Library; George Edward Woodberry, one America's immortals, poet and essayist; Colo William D. Sohier, for many years an act member of the state legislature; Profes: Charles L. Jackson, head of the Chemical Department of Harvard Universi ;- William Caleb Loring, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; Augustus Loring, State Senator, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1917, a author of the "Trustees' Handbook"; Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, philanthropist a: leader in the temperance cause; Sidney Winslow, founder of the United Sh Machinery Corporation; Roland W. Boyden, lawyer and statesman, achievil greatest fame as the unofficial representative of the United States in Euro] after the World War; Honorable William Phillips, distinguished diplomat, ar his brother, John C. Phillips, a writer on birds and leader in the conservation movement; Hon- orable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., United States Senator, the third to be elected from Beverly.
Physicians of long service in the community include: Ingalls Kittredge, Elisha Whitney, Wyatt C. Boyden, Augustus and Samuel Torrey, Charles Haddock, Walter E. Bongartz, Oscar F. Swasey, and George A. Stickney. Doctor Abner Howe came to Beverly early in the nineteenth century; his grandson, Doctor Octavius Thorn- dike Howe, wrote "Beverly Privateers in the
ROLAND W. BOYDEN, 1863-1931 Distinguished statesman and lawyer Born in Beverly
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American Revolution" and "Argonauts of '49". Beverly has today many physicians of outstanding skill and reputation.
Beverly has been hon- ored by visitors of re- nown: Rufus Choate THE . STANDLEY. HOUSE.I. B PRESTON BUILT . BEFORE . 1700 . argued his first case in the Baker Tavern at North Beverly; Lafayette was welcomed in 1824; President James Monroe was enter- tained by Israel Thorndike; Daniel Webster was the guest of Franklin Haven; Horace Greeley, George Bancroft, Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner, Elihu Burritt, Theodore Parker, John Quincy Adams, Doctor Asa Gray, and Louis Agassiz visited Beverly; Edward Everett Hale wrote "A Man Without a Coun- try" in Mr. Sohier's home; President William Howard Taft made Beverly the summer capital for two years. He and Mrs. Taft were very popular. Summer visitors have come in recent times from all over the country, and since 1900 this section has been a favorite resort for diplomats, including Ambassadors James Bryce (Viscount Bryce of Dechmont) Lord Esme Howard of Penrith, and Jules J. Jusserand. For more than thirty 0 years Colonel Edward M. House has been a familiar figure in our neighborhood, sometimes living in Beverly, although generally in Manchester. Ellery Sedgwick, writer and editor of the Atlantic Monthly, has a home here.
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LAFAYETTE, 1757-1834 Joined Washington's staff in 1777, visited Beverly on August 31, 1824
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HISTORIC BEVERLY
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BEVERLY HISTORICAL HOUSE
Starting from the
BEVERLY HISTORICAL HOUSE
117 CABOT STREET, corner Central Street
Erected in 1781 by John Cabot. Here are col- lections of furniture, china, glass; and portraits; also shipping papers, genealogies, and histories which are available to every one. Open daily from ten to four o'clock during July and August, and on Saturdays the remainder of the year.
Proceed North to 191 Cabot Street, to
CITY HALL, on right
Erected in 1783 by Andrew Cabot. At his death the mansion passed into the ownership of Captain Moses Brown, and he sold it to Israel Thorndike, who retained it as a summer residence after he had moved his ship- ping interests to Boston. Here he entertained President CITY HALL James Monroe. In 1841 the town of Beverly bought the house and converted it, much enlarged, into a town hall.
FIRST CHURCH
Continue North to the Square where is situated on the right the FIRST CHURCH
Original building erected in 1656. The church was organized in 1667.
Continue on Cabot Street one mile to Balch Street. (Look for State Marker on left.) BALCH HOUSE-448 CABOT STREET
Built before 1638 by John Balch, who came from Somerset County, England, with Captain Robert Gorges in 1623. He was
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one of the five Old Planters who received a grant of one thousand acres at the head of Bass River. The house is the oldest in New England, of which there is a written record. It has been enlarged, but the original structure may be seen at the northeast corner of the building, and the successive stages of alteration are indicated in the attic. It is open to the public every day.
Nearly opposite the Balch house, at 463 Cabot BALCH HOUSE Street a tablet marks the site of the dwelling of Roger Conant. From Balch Street runs the Planters' Path to their earliest landing place.
Continue on Cabot Street to the
SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL-527 CABOT STREET, on right
The former residence of Sidney Winslow, founder of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation.
Continue to junction of Cabot and Dodge Streets
SITE OF FIRST COTTON MILL IN AMERICA 4 DODGE STREET, at right of fire station
Established in 1788; visited by George Washington in 1789 and described in his diary. Close by, at the junction of Cabot and Dodge Streets, was the famous Baker's Tavern, where Rufus Choate argued his first case.
Continue to left of fire station on Route 97 to the
OLDEST CONANT HOUSE STILL STANDING 634 CABOT STREET (note State Marker on left)
Erected on land given by Roger Conant to his son, Exercise, in 1666. In 1715 the house was sold to the Reverend John Chipman, and was his home during his long pastorate of nearly sixty years.
The lot beyond the Conant House was used twice during the Revolution as a camp; Benedict Arnold's troops passed the night there on the march to Canada; and French soldiers were quartered there while they awaited the arrival of the French fleet to convey them back to France.
CONANT HOUSE
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Continue to next street intersection and turn right noting immediately on the left the SECOND CHURCH AND NORTH BEVERLY CEMETERY
The Church was erected in 1714 and in the cemetery are the remains of the famous Revolutionary hero Colonel Ebenezer Francis and Rev. John Chipman.
Continue ahead to Traffic Light and turn left on Route 1A to
PETER WOODBERY HOUSE-82 DODGE STREET, on left
Built before 1691 by Deacon Peter Woodbery, the youngest son of John Woodbery, the Old Planter. The dwelling was the home of a second and third Peter, and con- tinued in the possession of their descendants until 1902.
Continue on Route 1A as far as North Beverly Depot then bear right across railroad tracks, following signs with arrow marked "Manchester, Gloucester" through wooded road about 11/2 miles, then bear left at "Stop" sign passing small park with stone monument and cannon to Essex Street.
Continue 11/2 miles and note sign on right marked Old Standley House to the
STANDLEY HOUSE-122 STANDLEY STREET
Built on land conveyed to George Standley in 1671; house and barn standing before 1700 and in the possession of the Standley Family until recent years. It is open to the public. Much of the charm and atmosphere of colonial times has been retained.
SAMUEL CORNING HOUSE
Swing back to Essex Street; continue ahead to Hull Street, next road on right, to house with stone wall in front.
SAMUEL CORNING HOUSE HULL STREET, on right
Erected about 1680 by Ensign Samuel Corning. There is a good example of overhang in the upper story. On Bald Hill near by Mr. Corning built the first wind- mill on record in Beverly.
Follow Hull Street to Grapevine Road, right turn; straight ahead on Hale Street about two miles, keeping straight ahead at water trough to
THOMAS WEST HOUSE-850 HALE STREET Just beyond Valley Street on the left. A yellow house next to red house.
Built in 1673 by Thomas West, whose father, John West, acquired a large tract of land, consisting of three earlier grants made to John Blackleach, Richard Gardner and John Horne.
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Continue to white house beyond on curve opposite "Danger" sign to
FORMER RESIDENCE OF THE LATE CHIEF JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES AND OF HIS FATHER DOCTOR HOLMES - Physician, author and poet. 868 HALE STREET
Continue straight ahead to junction with West Street and bear right across railroad tracks on Route 127, immediately on the left is
WEST BEACH
Included in the grant made originally to John Blackleach and transferred to John West. Thomas West had a landing place as early as 1689 near present Corporation bath house.
Continue straight ahead to
EARLY INDIAN SETTLEMENT
To the left of West Street-where the road makes a right turn-is the Haven estate. Here was formerly the largest Indian settlement on the shore. Much of its site is now under water, because of the sinking of the land.
Continue ahead on Route 127, turning left around blinker at fire engine house in Beverly Farms Square, on Hale Street to
ST. JOHN'S PARISH HOUSE-705 HALE STREET, left side
Built about 1802 by David Larcom, ancestor of the poetess Lucy Larcom.
Continue to
WILLIAM HASKELL HOUSE 680HALE ST., on right at sign "Single Line"
Built in 1689 on land conveyed to William Haskell by Thomas West as a part of the dowry of the latter's daughter, Ruth. It is said that six generations of Haskells named William came into possession of this house.
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WILLIAM HASKELL HOUSE
Continue on Hale Street, Route 127, across railroad tracks on left is
SITE OF FORT
About one half of a mile from the highway are the ruins of one of the forts built during the Revolutionary War. It stood on the hill and commanded the ship channel between Baker's Island and the mainland. In the house of Josiah Ober, on the plain below, were
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quartered French soldiers of Rochambeau's army, either in 1780, when those ill scurvy were in camp in Boston and its evirons, or in 1782, while the troops awaite arrival of the fleet to take them back to France. In Mr. Ober's house was invente card game of Boston, the points of which were suggested by the outlook from his l
PRIDE'S CROSSING RAILROAD STATION, on right
On land granted to John Pride in 1636. He was a nephew of Colonel Thomas ] the regicide, (note state marker).
Continue just ahead to
LANDING PLACE OF PARTY FROM THE ARBELLA-163C-on left
Plum Cove, included in the Jackson, Loring, and Shaw estates. On the beach one mile from Hale Street, by way of a private avenue through the woods, a part o company on board the "Arbella" landed, June 12, 1630, and "gathered a store of strawberries"-Governor John Winthrop's Journal.
FIRST HIGH SCHOOL-558 HALE STREET-on right
In 1858 the town of Beverly voted to establish a high school "at the School H now owned by George B. Upton at West Farms".
Continue ahead on curving road one mile, through Frick and Warren estates, and not left a stone wall on right curve in road.
MINGO BEACH
Named for Robin Mingo, a negro slave belonging to Thomas Woodbery. Robin's r ter is said to have promised him his freedom if ever the tide ran so low he could v out to "Aunt Becky's Ledge" lying off shore. This actually happened the very ! Robin died, 1773.
Continue on Route 127 to
WITCH WOODS-on right after passing Mingo Beach
Extend from Boyles Street to Thissell Street and from Hale Street to the railroad. ( reason for the name given to these woods was that persons accused of witchcraft : ordered to be put to death, hid here and thus escaped arrest. There is also the story Giles Corey, who was sentenced to be executed, but was allowed to go to Gloucester say farewell to his family, on condition that he return to Salem in two days. He out on Saturday, following on foot the trail through these woods. The short time which he made the trip and his early return furnished additional proof of his gt : of witchcraft. He refused to plead his case, and was pressed to death.
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On left, one-quarter mile ahead is
WILLIAM WOODBERY'S POINT-PRINCE STREET leads to this point Site of the first house erected in Beverly, 1630. A fort was built here during the Revolutionary War.
Continue on Route 127 with a left turn around blinker at Chapman's Corner, continue to Neptune Street, second left, leaving Route 127. Continue on Neptune Street to Bay View Avenue on left to
HOSPITAL POINT
. Early called Paul's Head, because it belonged to Paul Thorndike, whose son John Thorndike built the house still standing at 184 Hale Street, in 1696. "Paul's Head" was fortified during the Revolutionary War. In 1801 a smallpox hospital was built here. The lighthouse was erected in 1871.
Return to Neptune Street, and continue straight ahead on East Corning Street. Turn left at first intersection and continue to Woodberry Tavern just ahead on left. Continue ahead to junction and leave Route 127. Continue straight ahead on Route 62, passing cemetery on right. Here are buried Nathan Dane; Lucy Larcom; Robert Rantoul, Jr .; John I. Baker; Sidney W. Winslow; George Edward Woodberry; Benjamin O. Pierce.
The first house beyond the end of the cemetery is the WOODBERRY TAVERN, BUILT 1690
JOHN GILES HOUSE-54 HALE STREET-on right 1.75981
John Giles came to Beverly in 1679.
Continue straight ahead on Hale Street, at intersection leaving Route 62 and note on right BEVERLY COMMON
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BEVERLY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Early the training field; site of the first schoolhouse and the first powder house. A tablet marks the tree under which the members of the First Parish held services when their church was being rebuilt in 1770. Note Public Library in background.
Proceed on Hale Street and observe immediately on right WATCH HILL
Site of a lookout in early days. On the eastern slope was the first home of the Reverend John Hale, the first minister of Beverly.
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Immediately on the left is the
HALE FARM-39 HALE STREET (note state marker)
The house was erected in 1694 by the Reverend John Hale. A charge of witch- craft brought against Mistress Hale con- vinced the community as to the folly and wickedness of the delusion; and thus ended all persecution of witches in Beverly.
HALE FARM
Turn second left to Atlantic Avenue; continue to Lothrop Street (last cross street) and tur right; continue straight ahead to
INDEPENDENCE PARK-on left-See tablet on boulder
Here Col. Glover's amphibious regiment was camped when the order came to assi: General Washington at Trenton. It was these men who ferried Washington's Arm across the Delaware.
Continue ahead to the end of Lothrop Street and turn right on WATER STREET
Laid out in 1803, and for many years the business street of the town. The nearb' wharves were scenes of much activity.
On the left is the size of
GLOVER'S WHARF
Here the "Hannah", first ship of the American Navy commissioned by authority of the Continental Congress, was fitted out for an expedition as a privateer in 1775. Beverly on this fact rests its claim to the honor of being the Birthplace of the U.S. Navy.
Continue to end of Water Street and turn left to
ESSEX BRIDGE
Opened for traffic in 1788, at that time one of the longest bridges in the country; in- spected by George Washington in 1789; decorated in honor of Lafayette's visit in 1824.
Turn back to Front Street, just back of Chamber of Commerce information booth, here is the site of the First Sunday School in New England, 1810.
Return to Cabot Street to the starting point. In this section of the city are many houses of which the doorways and proportions-stories diminishing in height toward the roof-indicate construction in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century.
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Visitors will find a trip to the plant of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation of interest. This is the largest factory in the world devoted to the manufacture of Shoe Machinery. Here may be seen the old shop where the founder of this great business started his career.
The Freeman Winslow shop has been proclaimed typical of all the little shops which had such an important place in shoemaking history and which have survived the ravages of time. These shops are rare indeed, but of those which have been preserved only two or three come within the characteristics of the ten footer, and of these the Winslow shop stands preeminently the best example of its kind.
It is the first shop occupied by Freeman Winslow after moving from Brewster, his native town on the Cape. For a great many years it stood at the corner of Jewetts Court which is in the rear of 54 Collins Street in Lynn. It was in this little shop that Sidney W. Winslow, who was in later years to become the founder and for many years President of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, learned the first rudiments of the shoemaking art.
In 1912 Mr. Winslow, with thoughts of his boyhood and the remarkable change that had come in shoe manufacturing since the days when he ran his father's errands from the little shop in Lynn, pur- chased this ten-footer and had it so restored that it could be moved to Beverly where it was re-equipped with the benches, tools, and other furniture used in the days of its greatest activity.
It has since remained on the grounds of the factory as one of the interesting places to which the attention of visitors is called. Also on the grounds may be seen the millstone from the old corn mill built in 1647.
The factory can be reached by proceeding North on Cabot Street and following Route 62, which passes the plant on the right side of Elliott Street.
THE FREEMAN WINSLOW SHOP
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BEVERLY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 244 CABOT STREET BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS
ORGANIZATION 1937
President LEWIS R. HOVEY
Ist Vice President HAROLD W. LEE 2nd Vice-President GEORGE H. HURD Treasurer JOSEPH P. NIXON Secretary-Manager NEILAND J. DOUGLAS Directors JAMES W. BLACKMER RUSSELL P. BROWN WILLIAM H. CANN JOHN S. CROWLEY FRANK W. FOSTER ABRAHAM GLOVSKY JOSEPH M. GREENLAW ROY P. HATCH CHARLES B. HODGSON
HE work accomplished to date by the Publicity Committee of the Beverly Chamber of Commerce in publicizing Beverly as one of the outstanding cities of our country, was made possible through the financial assistance and co-operative efforts on the part of Chamber of Commerce members and other public spirited residents of Beverly who are with us in our objectives. We wish to extend our special thanks and appreciation to Miss Katharine P. Loring and Miss Alice G. Lapham for their painstaking work in the preparation of the text of this booklet.
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
LEWIS R. HOVEY
GEORGE H. HURD
JOHN C. KELLEHER SAMUEL G. KRANSBERG HAROLD W. LEE LESLIE MORGAN JOSEPH P. NIXON THEODORE F. NUTTER
JOSEPH P. NIXON ROBERT L. SPILLER
BENJAMIN A. PATCH FREDERICK H. PIERCE ROBERT L. SPILLER DR. WILLIAM C.TANNEBRING JOHN A. TROWT
EDWARD S. WEBBER NEILAND J. DOUGLAS, Secretary JOHN S. CROWLEY, Chairman
A WELL BALANCED CITY
Home of over 50 industries. The world's shoe machinery center. Intelligent, reliable labor supply. Excellent transportation facilities by rail, water or by air. Twenty churches. Class "A" modern hospital. Low tax rate. Reasonable valuations. Pure filtered water-Public sewerage. Many conveniently located industrial sites with railroad and harbor front- ages are available for development. Adequate banking and trading facili- ties.
BEVERLY
THE GARDEN CITY OF THE NORTH SHORE
Stretching for seven miles along the beautiful and world famous North Shore of Massachusetts Bay, Beverly is the mecca for fashionable and socially prominent people from all over the world. Healthful climate, bracing sea air, within 30 minutes commuting distance of Boston. With its unexcelled modern educational, recreational, and social facilities, Beverly offers the homeseeker the very best in home sites.
The finest Airport in Essex County officially approved.
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THOMAS H. BOTT, JR. ROY P. HATCH CHARLES B. HODGSON LEWIS R. HOVEY GEORGE H. HURD
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