Beverly: Massachusetts (Images of America) - Softcover

Wright, John Hardy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752408143 ISBN 13: 9780752408149

Publisher: Arcadia Pub, 2000

Synopsis

As one of the first settlements on the North Shore, Beverly followed the other more famous ìlandingî on the South Shore at Plymouth by a scant six years. Founded in 1626, Beverly has a rich history of architecture and industry, including New Englandís oldest wood-framed dwelling, the John Balch House, built around 1636, and the largest reinforced concrete structure in the world (prior to 1905), formerly known as ìthe Shoe.î ÝÝWhen George Washington made a tour of New England in 1789, he visited the countryís first cotton mill in Beverly and twenty-six presidents later, William Howard Taft leased a mansion along the shore to be his Summer White House. Wealthy businessmen and entrepreneurs discovered Beverlyís salubrious shoreline beginning around the mid-ninetenth century and built impressive mansions in the area referred to as ìBostonís Gold Coast.î ÝÝ

About this title

About the Author

The author of seven books in the Images of America series, John Hardy Wright is an antiquarian, appraiser, and artist and a former museum curator. Beverly natives and tourists alike will take special interest in the vintage postcards and the many unpublished photographs he has assembled in this fascinating pictorial review of the city with so many firsts as part of its history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcadia Pub
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752408143
• ISBN 13: 9780752408149
• Binding: Paperback