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Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Beverly includes: Centreville, Cove Village, Montserat, Prides Crossing, Ryall Side, United Shoe Machine Co., West Beach, West Farms, and Beverly Farms.



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  • 1626 - Beverly is settled

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates

  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    First Church in Beverly, (Organized 1667)
    Postcard
  • 1668 - Beverly is incorporated


  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    The Oldest House in Beverly, Massachusetts, Balch and Cabot Sts.
    Postcard
  • 1775 - First Navy Ship
    The first ship of the US Navy, the schooner "Hannah", commissioned in
    Beverly.

    www.e-referencedesk.com/ resources/ state-history-timeline/ massachusetts.html

  • 1839 - Beverly
    Beverly, Massachusetts
    Essex county. This town lies N. of Salem, and is united to it by a bridge across the North river, built in 1788, 1,500 feet in length. The people of this town are noted for their enterprise in commerce and the fisheries. There are some merchant vessels belonging to this place...Read MORE...


  • 1845 - BEVERLY. [Pop. 4,689. Inc. 1668.]
    Beverly is separated from Salem, of which it was originally a
    part, by an arm of the sea called Bass River, over which is a bridge.

    Beverly is quite an agricultural town, although extensively engaged in the fisheries, and in the manufacture of boots and shoes.

    Captain Lathrop, who, with his m...Read MORE...


  • 1854 - Beverly
    Beverly, a post-village, in a township of the same name, of Essex county, Massachusetts, 2 miles N. of Salem, and 16 miles N. N. E. from Boston, with which it is connected by railroad. Another railroad branching off from the Eastern Railroad, connects it with Gloucester. The principal industry of th...Read MORE...


  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Seth Norwood & Co
    Manufacturers of Fine Shoes, Beverly, Mass
    Advertisement
  • Beverly Massachusetts, 1890
    Beverly is an old agricultural, nautical and manufacturing town, beautifully situated on rising ground on the southern shore of Essex County. It is bounded on the north by Wenham, east by Manchester, south by Salem Harbor, and west by Danvers. A bridge 1,500 feet long connects Beverly village on the...Read MORE...


  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Railroad Station
    Postcard
  • News 1891 - BEVERLY FLAME SWEPT. A DISASTROUS FIRE WHICH DID OVER $200,000 DAMAGE.
    Beverly, Mass., Nov. 2. - Beverly was visited yesterday by a $200,000 fire. The fire was discovered about 2:15 p.m. in ALLEN'S box factory on Revere street. The building was set on poles over the Danvers River. Owing to the inflammable contents of the factory, and the wind which prevailed, the facto...Read MORE...


  • News 1892 - RAILROAD WRECK AT BEVERLY. A PASSENGER CRASHES INTO A FREIGHT - SEVERAL HURT.
    BEVERLY, Mass., Aug. 17. - At 5:40 this afternoon Passenger Train No. 112, Rockport to Boston, met an extra freight at Paradise Crossing, on the Boston and Maine, Railroad at Beverly and a collision ensued. The passenger train was going thirty miles an hour and the freight twelve miles. Both engines...Read MORE...


  • 1894 - Beverly is incorporated as a city

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates

  • 1895 - Beverly
    Beverly, a post-village of Essex Co., Mass., on the "North Shore," and on a bay or inlet of the Atlantic, 18 miles by rail N.E. of Boston, 2 miles N.N.E. of Salem, at the junction of the Gloucester and Rockport Branch. It is separated from Salem by an inlet of the sea, which is crossed by 2 bridges....Read MORE...


  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Cabot St.
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    United Shoe Mach Co. Plant - Beverly

    "In late September 1902 in an extra edition of the Beverly Evening Times, the news was trumpeted that the United Shoe Machinery Company had picked a 150-acre site off Elliott Street in Beverly for a massive factory. Construction began the next year. When it was completed the huge complex held more than ten acres of floor space in three buildings, along with a foundry and drop forge. This building, by Ernest Ransome, was revolutionary in its day. Made... Read MORE...

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  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Bank Building, Cabot St.
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Hospital, 1907
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Marine Park, 1907
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Washington Street, 1907
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Dane Street Congregational Church
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Mingo Beach
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    President Taft's Summer Home, Beverly, Mass., 1909
    Postcard
  • News 1910 - 2 DIE IN FIRE AT BEVERLY.
    Three Other Men in Cottage Severely Injured

    Beverly, Mass., June 21. - Two men were burned to death and three others received severe injuries in a fire which destroyed the Century Club cottage and an adjoining small summer residence at Bates parks, in this city, today. The dead are Henry B. Barre...Read MORE...


  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Baptist Church
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Dane Street Beach, 1910
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Hospital Point Light, (Salem Bay) Mass., 1910
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Natural Tree Arch, Wenham Pumping Station. Beverly, Mass.
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Bates Park
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Post Office
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  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Thorndike Street, 1912
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Hardie School
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    Beverly, Mass. Unitarian Church which President Taft attends
    Postcard
  • 1916
    Beverly, a banking city and summer-resort of Essex co., Mass., on the " North Shore," on a bay or inlet of the Atlantic, and on the Boston and Maine R., 18 miles NE. of Boston and 2 miles NNE. of Salem, from which it is separated by an inlet of the sea. Beverly has a good harbor, manufactures of sho...Read MORE...


  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    H. C. Frick Residence, Prides, Beverly, Mass., 1918
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    United Shoe Athletic Association
    Postcard
  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    U.S.M.A.A. Tennis Courts
    Postcard
  • News 1926 - Dies of Suffocation
    Beverly, Mass., April 30 - (AP) - George H. Stamper, 60, died of suffocation in a fire which destroyed the building of the Jubilee Yacht Club here this morning.

    The clubhouse was one of the landmarks of this city's waterfront. Stamper, who occupied a room in the building, and retired when the fir...Read MORE...


  • Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
    High School
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Beverly, Massachusetts, USA


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First Church in Beverly, (Organized 1667)

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The Oldest House in Beverly, Massachusetts, Balch and Cabot Sts.

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Seth Norwood & Co
Manufacturers of Fine Shoes, Beverly, Mass

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Railroad Station

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Cabot St.

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United Shoe Mach Co. Plant - Beverly

"In late September 1902 in an extra edition of the Beverly Evening Times, the news was trumpeted that the United Shoe Machinery Company had picked a 150-acre site off Elliott Street in Beverly for a massive factory. Construction began the next year. When it was completed the huge complex held more than ten acres of floor space in three buildings, along with a foundry and drop forge. This building, by Ernest Ransome, was revolutionary in its day. Made... Read MORE...

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Bank Building, Cabot St.

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Hospital, 1907

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Marine Park, 1907

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Washington Street, 1907

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Dane Street Congregational Church

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Mingo Beach

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President Taft's Summer Home, Beverly, Mass., 1909
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Baptist Church

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Dane Street Beach, 1910

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Hospital Point Light, (Salem Bay) Mass., 1910

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Natural Tree Arch, Wenham Pumping Station. Beverly, Mass.

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Bates Park

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Post Office

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Thorndike Street, 1912

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Hardie School

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Beverly, Mass. Unitarian Church which President Taft attends
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Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

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H. C. Frick Residence, Prides, Beverly, Mass., 1918

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United Shoe Athletic Association

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U.S.M.A.A. Tennis Courts

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High School

History, News and Stories of Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

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  • 1626 - Beverly is settled

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  • 1668 - Beverly is incorporated

  • 1775 - First Navy Ship
    The first ship of the US Navy, the schooner "Hannah", commissioned in
    Beverly.

    www.e-referencedesk.com/ resources/ state-history-timeline/ massachusetts.html
  • 1839 - Beverly
    Beverly, Massachusetts
    Essex county. This town lies N. of Salem, and is united to it by a bridge across the North river, built in 1788, 1,500 feet in length. The people of this town are noted for their enterprise in commerce and the fisheries. There are some merchant vessels belonging to this... Read MORE...

  • 1845 - BEVERLY. [Pop. 4,689. Inc. 1668.]
    Beverly is separated from Salem, of which it was originally a
    part, by an arm of the sea called Bass River, over which is a bridge.

    Beverly is quite an agricultural town, although extensively engaged in the fisheries, and in the manufacture of boots and shoes.

    Captain Lathrop, who, with his... Read MORE...

  • 1854 - Beverly
    Beverly, a post-village, in a township of the same name, of Essex county, Massachusetts, 2 miles N. of Salem, and 16 miles N. N. E. from Boston, with which it is connected by railroad. Another railroad branching off from the Eastern Railroad, connects it with Gloucester. The principal industry of... Read MORE...

  • Beverly Massachusetts, 1890
    Beverly is an old agricultural, nautical and manufacturing town, beautifully situated on rising ground on the southern shore of Essex County. It is bounded on the north by Wenham, east by Manchester, south by Salem Harbor, and west by Danvers. A bridge 1,500 feet long connects Beverly village on... Read MORE...

  • News  1891 - BEVERLY FLAME SWEPT. A DISASTROUS FIRE WHICH DID OVER $200,000 DAMAGE.
    Beverly, Mass., Nov. 2. - Beverly was visited yesterday by a $200,000 fire. The fire was discovered about 2:15 p.m. in ALLEN'S box factory on Revere street. The building was set on poles over the Danvers River. Owing to the inflammable contents of the factory, and the wind which prevailed, the... Read MORE...

  • News  1892 - RAILROAD WRECK AT BEVERLY. A PASSENGER CRASHES INTO A FREIGHT - SEVERAL HURT.
    BEVERLY, Mass., Aug. 17. - At 5:40 this afternoon Passenger Train No. 112, Rockport to Boston, met an extra freight at Paradise Crossing, on the Boston and Maine, Railroad at Beverly and a collision ensued. The passenger train was going thirty miles an hour and the freight twelve miles. Both... Read MORE...

  • 1894 - Beverly is incorporated as a city

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  • 1895 - Beverly
    Beverly, a post-village of Essex Co., Mass., on the "North Shore," and on a bay or inlet of the Atlantic, 18 miles by rail N.E. of Boston, 2 miles N.N.E. of Salem, at the junction of the Gloucester and Rockport Branch. It is separated from Salem by an inlet of the sea, which is crossed by 2... Read MORE...

  • News  1910 - 2 DIE IN FIRE AT BEVERLY.
    Three Other Men in Cottage Severely Injured

    Beverly, Mass., June 21. - Two men were burned to death and three others received severe injuries in a fire which destroyed the Century Club cottage and an adjoining small summer residence at Bates parks, in this city, today. The dead are Henry B.... Read MORE...

  • 1916
    Beverly, a banking city and summer-resort of Essex co., Mass., on the " North Shore," on a bay or inlet of the Atlantic, and on the Boston and Maine R., 18 miles NE. of Boston and 2 miles NNE. of Salem, from which it is separated by an inlet of the sea. Beverly has a good harbor, manufactures of... Read MORE...

  • News  1926 - Dies of Suffocation
    Beverly, Mass., April 30 - (AP) - George H. Stamper, 60, died of suffocation in a fire which destroyed the building of the Jubilee Yacht Club here this morning.

    The clubhouse was one of the landmarks of this city's waterfront. Stamper, who occupied a room in the building, and retired when the... Read MORE...


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