Upper East Street today
The abrupt change in the name of High Street to East Street at the intersection with North Street is odd unless one knows a bit of history. When Ipswich was laid out in the 1600’s, town center was Meetinghouse Green. A road headed south and crossed the river — it was named South Main Street. It continued north from the Green one block as North Main Street and ended. From here one could go west on High Street, or East and down to the river on East Street.
East Street, 1870
East Street, 1909
Although still unpaved thirty years later, the street already looks more elegant.
East Street along the Ipswich River before the current Town Wharf was created in the early 20th Century. At that time the river came to the edge of the street.
The Hodgkins Lakeman house on East St. Photo by George Darling, circa 1900
East and Hovey Street intersection by George Dexter
The intersection of East and Spring Streets, with a Hayward Scale in the intersection, before 1900. Photo by George Dexter
| 2 East St | Robert Jordan | 1863 | Read |
| 6 East St | Daniel Russell | 1790 | Read |
| 7 East St | Sadie Stockwell | 1888 | Read |
| 8 East St | Matthew Perkins | 1709 | Read |
| 9 East St | Foster Russell | 1756 | Read |
| 10 East St | Nathaniel Harris | 1840 | Read |
| 14 East St | Baker-Newman | 1725 | Read |
| 16 East St | Lakeman – Johnson | 1835 | Read |
| 18 East St | Dodge | 1725 | Read |
| 22 East St | Moses Fellows | 1790 | Read |
| 26 East St | Polly Dole | 1720 | Read |
| 25 East St | Willcomb mill | 1830 | Read |
| 27 East St | Elizabeth Caldwell | 1740 | IPS.56 |
| 30 East St | Jordan-Snelling-Potter | 1708 | Read |
| 31 East St | Old Asylum Wash House | 1828 | |
| 33 East St | The Old Store | 1830 | Read |
| 35 East St | Luther Wait | 1810 | Read |
| 37 East St | Stephen Baker | 1834 | Read |
| 38 East St | John Harris | 1742 | Read |
| 50 East St | Hovey-Dodge | 1865 | IPS.569 |
| 59 East St | Ringe-Lord | 1832 | Read |
| 62 East St | Wainwright-Treadwell | 1727 | Read |
| 64 East St | John S. Glover | 1872 | Read |
| 76 East St | Hodgkins – Lakeman | 1690 | Read |
| 80 East St | Perkins-Hodgkins | 1709 | Read |
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