I am really bad at roller skating. I got a pair of roller skates during my junior year of college in an effort to get outside more, but after trying them out in my dorm and later on my parents’ driveway, I realized that it might not be the sport for me. I’m decent at ice skating, but that’s irrelevant. Maybe if the roller-skating rink on Pleasant Street was still open, … [Read more...] about Historic Building of the Week: A roller-skating rink lost to time
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
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 common. The original structure at 18 Sewall St. was destroyed in the fire of 1888, just a few years after being built. Before the fire, it appeared on the 1885 Sanborn Fire Insurance map of Marblehead. There, the … [Read more...] about Historic Building of the Week: 18 Sewall St.