Historic Building of the Week: 137 Washington St.
One of the forms of buildings I love most is the Charleston single house. These buildings, found in – you guessed it – Charleston, S.C. have a narrow street...
Historic Building of the Week: 29 Pleasant St.
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a reader named Ron. In his kind email, he suggested I look into the building at 29 Pleasant St. So, Ron, here we go. 2...
Historic Building of the Week: Old Fettyplace
My first venture into historical architecture was during my freshman year of college when I took a course called Building Urban America. My professor, Dr. Lasdo...
Historic Building of the Week: Carcassonne Castle
You will notice something special about this week’s B4 (the page you are reading right now): it’s all about Carcassonne Castle. And I mean castle. To put in...
Historic Building of the Week: Sevinor Block
When you think of the various commercial ventures undertaken by Marbleheaders, you likely think of seafaring, shoemaking, fishing, and maybe farming. But like a...
Historic Building of the Week: Pollard Carriage House I
When I sat down to write this week’s Historic Building of the Week, I said to myself, “I want to write about a pretty building this week.” Since no one ca...
Historic Building of the Week: The Marblehead Municipal Light Plant
Now that Thanksgiving is over, I think it is time to start stringing up the lights (if you have not already) to ring in the holiday season. Of course, you canno...
Historic Building of the Week: Moses A. Pickett House
You know what I’m thankful for? The endless supply of strange and wonderful stories I come across in the Marblehead Historical Commission and Massachusetts st...
On field hockey and hate
On Nov. 2, the Swampscott field hockey team hosted Dighton-Rehoboth for a playoff game. The matchup, broadcast by Swampscott TV and uploaded to YouTube on the B...
Historic Building of the Week: Old Gun House
Last week, I wrote about the building at 43 Elm St. This week’s building is not too far away. In fact, it is right next door. Standing at 45 Elm St. is a buil...