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…
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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…
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…
Historic Building of the Week: Old Back Street School House
Schools are an integral part of any city or town, Marblehead included. Especially since the pandemic and growing desire for…
Historic Building of the Week: Samuel Tucker House
Samuel Tucker was born in 1747 at 70 Prospect St. So, who is he? Tucker, in regular Marblehead history fashion,…
Historic Building of the Week: Chisholm House
Sometimes I like to start the stories of the historical buildings in Marblehead by finding something out of the ordinary…
Historic Building of the Week: Shepard Pharmacy
If you have managed to see the collection of historical signs at the Historical Commission, you may have noticed one…
Historic Building of the Week: The Chapman House
There has been one person from every town in Massachusetts who has lived at 277 Washington St. OK, OK, that…
Historic Building of the Week: The Churn
We tend to think of building as a human action. Sometimes animals partake — consider a beehive or beaver dam…
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…