Historic Building of the Week: Abby May’s Candy Shop
This week’s historical building is pretty sweet. At the corner of Washington Street and Atlantic Avenue — more specifically at…
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Historical Building of the Week: 11 Glover Square
Glover is a big name in Marblehead, in case you haven’t noticed. Something tells me you have, though. While his…
Historic Building of the Week: 48 Hawkes St.
Not everything comes together at once. As the cliché goes, you have to take it one step at a time….
Historic Building of the Week: Old Post Office
Whatever you do, do not bring your mail to Pleasant Street. The functioning post office is on Smith Street, right…
Historic Building of the Week: Sorosis Farm
Wool-d you believe me if I told you that sheep used to roam where your child now attends high school? …
Historic Building of the Week: 3 Bowden Street
If the color of the house at 3 Bowden St. doesn’t make it stand out to you, perhaps the style…
Historic Building of the Week: 150 Front St.
Some buildings really stick out. Especially in a town like Marblehead, where boxy colonials with shingle siding and other pre-1900…
Historic Building of the Week: 32 State Street
If, like me, you tried to find parking for the Sustainable Marblehead event at State Street Landing this weekend and…
Historic Building of the Week: Ebenezer Hawkes House
Sometimes, even after renovations and updates, historic buildings maintain a subtle sign of the past. With brick buildings, this can…
Historic Building of the Week: Gardner Cottage
Usually when I read the Massachusetts Cultural Resources Inventory System (MACRIS) documents for a historic building, there are details about…