“Codfish aristocracy.” As much as I would like to take the credit for coming up with this intriguing phrase, I must attribute it to historian Robert Booth Jr. What it refers to is the booming fishing industry that burst in the mid-1700s in Marblehead, furnishing those involved — and the town at large — with wealth. One family that benefited from the boom was the Pedrick … [Read more...] about Historic Building of the Week: Pedrick Store House
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