What is the history of Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA?

People, Pictures, Old Postcards and Stories From the Past

• 1633 - Ipswich is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1634 - Ipswich is incorporated
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
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  Map of Ipswich in 1640
  
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  The Olde Burnham House, built 1640
  
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  Old Historical House, built 1669
  
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  Ross Tavern, built 1734
  
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  Choates Bridge built 1764. The Oldest Stone Arch Bridge in America, Ipswich, Mass.
  
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  Old Heard House, built 1795
  
• 1845 - IPSWICH. [Pop. 3,000. Inc 1634.]
  The Indian name of Ipswich was Agawam, and the first minister, Mr. Ward, wrote a witty satire, entitled The Simple Cobbler of Agawam.
  
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• 1854 - Ipswich
  Ipswich, a post-village, port of entry, and one of the shire-towns of Essex county, Massachusetts, is situated on both sides of a river of its own nam...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• Ipswich Massachusetts, 1890
  Ipswich is a pleasant seaboard town in Essex County, 27 miles northeast of Boston by the Eastern Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad. It is of t...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  The Old Hayes Tavern, Ipswich, Mass.
  
  "The Hayes Tavern had originally been built by the Peatfield brothers c. 1840. It is said to have been the first men's underwear factory in the country. Converted to Hayes Tavern by John W. Hayes in 1885. it... Read MORE...
  
  
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  High St. from Lord's Square
  
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  Market Street from Depot Square
  
•  1894 - FLAMES FANNED BY THE WIND. Firemen of Ipswich, Mass., Struggle to Save Their Town.
  Three Blocks Totally Destroyed and Several Dwellings Burned.
  
  Fire Fighters Suffered From the Bitter Cold - Sparks Carried a Half Mile.
  
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•  1894 - House Will Be Destroyed
  IPSWICH, Mass., July 21. - The black diphtheria has broken out in Ipswich. Already two children in the family of Thomas Began have died from this dise...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Ipswich
  Ipswich, a post-village of Essex co, Mass., in a town ship of the same name, on the Ipswich River, 3 miles from its entrance into the ocean, 27 miles ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1899 - Lightning Strikes Steeple
  Ipswich, Mass., June 16. - During a heavy storm last night lightning struck the steeple on the South Congregational church and soon the entire buildin...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Ipswich Mills, Ipswich, Mass.
  
  "The Ipswich Mill Company was founded in 1868 by Amos Adams Lawrence, and developed this area, which had seen a variety of industrial uses since the 18th century. The company manufactured hosiery, one of the... Read MORE...
  
  
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  Ipswich, Mass. Ipswich River at foot of Summer St.
  
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  Main Street, Ipswich, Mass.
  
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  Steamboat Landing, Ipswich, Mass.
  
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  Railroad Station and Square
  
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  Tyler Block
  
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  Great Hill from West Shore Road, Hough's Neck, Mass.
  
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  Soldiers Monument and Old North Church, Ipswich, Mass.
  
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  Agawam House
  
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  The Bluffs
  
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  New Fire Station
  
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  Ipswich Light House, 1910
  
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  Meeting House Green
  
• 1916
  Ipswich, a banking post-village and township (town) of Essex co., Mass., on the Ipswich River, 3 miles from its entrance into the ocean and 27 miles N...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Cottages at Little Neck and Crane's Hill
  
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  St. Joseph's Church and Rectory
  
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  Upland Farm
  Parson Bros.
  
  
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  Cable Memorial Hospital
  
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  High School
  
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  New Bank Building
  
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  Memorial Hall
  
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  Town Hall