Historic Building of the Week: Waterside Cemetery
In these articles, I usually discuss places where people live or in other ways carry out everyday life. Sometimes, I recount stories of the people who lived in these...
Historic Building of the Week: Brookhouse
There is a psychological theory about names that posits that what we are named can influence what we do with our lives. The theory, called nominative determinism,...
Historic Building of the Week: 14 Cottage St.
“There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do.” Or, that is what Mother Goose and “The Dorling Kindersley...
Historic Buildings of the Week: The Woodfin houses
They say good things come in threes, but what’s wrong with a pair? The houses at 11 and 13 Sewall St. are not twins, but they look similar. The reason for that...
Historic Building of the Week: Bide-a-Wee
There is something special about being a regular at a restaurant, cafe, or any other establishment that serves up food and drinks. Everyone has a different reason...
Historic Street of the Week: Miles Standish Road
Change is never easy. Whether it’s leaving home for the first time, finding a new career, or even getting a new haircut, change is inherently disruptive. It...
Historic Building of the Week: 11 Grant Road
How are Sweden, a Lynn-based contracting company, and a beer-brewing company connected? The answer is a house at 11 Grant Road. Let’s peel the layers back. First:...
Historic Building of the Week: 68 Front St.
Many readers will be familiar with the local dispute over the origin of the American Navy. Both Beverly and Marblehead claim that the Navy was born in their waters,...
Historic Building of the Week: 30 Franklin St.
One of my favorite songs is Bastille’s “Poet,” off the double album “All This Bad Blood.” In the chorus, frontman Dan Smith sings, “I have written...
Historic Building of the Week: Marblehead High School
When I am choosing a building to write about for these articles, I often ponder the question “What does it mean to be a historic building?” I have pushed the...