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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...