Clik here to view.
The Elephant’s Graveyard of Tin
Not very far away in space or time, the Elephants’ Graveyard of Tin, poem by K. Peddlar Bridges, Music and video by Tammy Murawski through Ipswich ICAM. Filed under: Places
View ArticleClik here to view.
The old tool guys Jake Burridge and Jim Giannakakis visit the Heard House
Paul Valcour heads down to the Ipswich Heard House and gets a lesson on old farm tools from Jake Burridge & Jim Giannakakis. Presented by Ipswich ICAM. Filed under: People, Uncategorized
View ArticleClik here to view.
19th Century political toasts
In April, 1778, a number of prominent Essex County men gathered in Ipswich to discuss the drafting of a new Massachusetts constitution, and became the local backbone of the Federalist Party, advocating...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book wagon on the North Green, 1898
An itinerant family from Seattle, stopping over in 1898 behind the Congregational Church in Ipswich. The house behind the wagon is at the corner of Meeting House Green and North Main St. The caption...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Nostalgic Glance at Harvard’s Early History
*From it’s earliest days, the people of Ipswich made frequent contributions to Harvard College. William Hubbard of Ipswich, the son of the Rev.William Hubbard, in his twenty-first year, ‘was one of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Asbury Grove Methodist Camp Meeting, Hamilton MA
The Asbury Grove Methodist Camp Meeting on Asbury St. n Hamilton is listed in the National Register of Historic Districts, and has a collection of historic buildings that were built between 1870 and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Which Switch is the Switch, Miss, for Ipswich?
I’ve just had a row with a telephone girl, a telephone girl, my brain’s in a whirl. I asked her for Ipswich, but she lost her head, And somehow she switch’d me on Northwich instead. She got so mix’d...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Great Revere Train wreck, August 26, 1871
On the evening of August 26, 1871, the Eastern Railroad’s Portland Express slammed into the rear of a stopped local train in Revere, Massachusetts. It is reported that the night was very dark and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thomas Dennis, legendary Ipswich joiner
In 1937, Irving P. Lyon published a series of six articles about Thomas Dennis, joiner of Ipswich, analyzing numerous articles of furniture and family documents. The furniture of Thomas Dennis took on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cleaning gravestones
Section C is to the right when you walk in the front gate of the Old North Burying Ground on High Street. It has many of the oldest tombstones, and was studied by Fannin-Lehner Associates under a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The shipwrecks at Ipswich Bar
The Ipswich Bar has a long history of tragic shipwrecks. Its swift currents and shallow waters are especially dangerous during storms, and many ships have gone aground. In 1802 and again in 1852 the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Bay Circuit Trail in Ipswich
The Bay Circuit Trail is approaching the fulfillment of an eighty-year old dream – a permanent public recreational trail and greenway, linking parks and open spaces in fifty-seven Boston area...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 2016 Ipswich drought
Based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Palmer Drought Severity Index, the three-month period between May 1 and July 31 was the driest for those three months in Massachusetts since...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The early homes of the Shatswells
The oldest section of the Tuttle – Lord – Shatswell house at 88 High Street in Ipswich is said to have been built before 1690 as the home of John Shatswell, who came to join the Ipswich settlement in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Old North Burying Ground index and photos
The Old North Burying Ground in Ipswich, Massachusetts was established in 1634 upon the founding of the town of the town, and is one of the oldest cemeteries in North America. The Old North Burying...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eat your broccoli leaves!
Planting boxes in our back yard garden I’ve grown vegetables since I was young, so when we bought our Ipswich house in 2006, one of my first projects was establishing a new garden in our back yard....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Historic events
Ipswich Massachusetts was founded in 1634, and became one of the most important towns in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Read hundreds of stories about Ipswich, North Shore communities and their history,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1910 Ipswich census and maps
The 121 handwritten 1910 Federal Census survey forms for Ipswich provide a wealth of information about the population of Ipswich during its greatest period of industrial growth, which included the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A First Period house with a faux-Gothic entrance
30 East Street, the John Potter house The lot at the corner of East street and “Hog Lane,” now known as Spring St. was owned in 1648 by Francis Jordan the town-whipper, whose gruesome business it was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Summer Street
Summer Street may be the oldest public way in Ipswich, and in the earliest days of the settlement was called Stony Street, or simply “The Way to the River. ” Thomas Franklin Waters wrote that for two...
View Article