Historic Building of the Week: Maverick
Maybe I have spent too much time riding the Blue Line, but when I hear the word “maverick,” I think of a rapid-transit stop, not a Marblehead neighborhood. ...
Historic Building of the Week: Marblehead Neck
Every head needs a neck to support it – even Marblehead. Marblehead Neck was not always the highly-desirable spot it is today. It long sat relatively empty, w...
Historic Building of the Week: The Sparhawk House
I am not always able to find historical photographs of the houses I write about. Sometimes, all I can ask for is a square on a map or a portrait of one of the r...
Historic Building of the Week: Marblehead Shoe Hospital
There was a hospital in Marblehead, except the focus was less on treating souls than it was fixing soles. Of course, I am talking about the Marblehead Shoe Hosp...
Historic Building of the Week: Thomas McCool Tobacco & Variety Store
61 Atlantic Ave. was on the tiny-house trend before it was cool. In the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS), the building is also referr...
Historic Building of the Week: The Alfred Irvin House
As you all likely know, February is Black History Month. You probably have also noticed that much of the history in these Historic Buildings of the Week fails t...
Historic Building of the Week: 7 Franklin St.
Marblehead is full of ghosts. Lining the streets are spirits of the past, each with their own story to tell. Each has seen the town and its people change, grow,...
Historic Building of the Week: 18 Sewall St.
Fishing. Boating. Shoemaking. Partaking in the Revolutionary War. All of these industries were once booming in Marblehead. But I want to write about one less co...
Historic Building of the Week: The world’s narrowest sidewalks
Last month, I hurt my ankle. I was climbing at a rock gym, fell off the wall, and landed horizontally on my typically vertical right ankle. I’ve taken to call...
Historic Building of the Week: Capt. Blackler House
I don’t know about you, but the word “Washington” is so ubiquitous that I often forget it’s the last name of our first president. “Washington” pops ...