11:00 am We will be reading “Around America to Win the Vote” by Mara Rockliff. This story tells just a bit of the true story of a couple of women suffragists, their kitten and a little yellow car who drove 10,000 miles around America to spread the word about “Votes for Women” in 1916. Recommended […]
Audrey Aristeo spent a year constructing an accurate, up-to-date inventory and new wayfinding map of the Abbott Street Cemetery through field research, online investigation and research within the Historic Beverly files and vital records of Massachusetts. Learn about the burial ground, its inhabitants, and how the landscape has changed over time, and explore the map […]
Six blocks of Lothrop Street between Central and Ives Streets are lined with 19th and 20th century houses built by Beverly’s prosperous merchants. This residential neighborhood combines ready access to the downtown with an ocean view, and an almost suburban separation from the noise and crowding of working class and industrial neighborhoods on the west […]
The history of the Woodbury bowl and the woman who owned it is a fascinating one. Join Historic Beverly for the newest lecture in our Spotlight Series- The Woodbury Bowl, to learn more about this unique piece. Free and open to all. Join us here
The history of the Woodbury bowl and the woman who owned it is a fascinating one. Join Historic Beverly for the newest lecture in our Spotlight Series- The Woodbury Bowl, to learn more about this unique piece. Free and open to all. Join us here
In a small 3+ square mile area of the city lies a powerhouse of a little neighborhood with over 400 houses built prior to the 1930s. Centerville packs a punch of history! This brand new virtual walking tour of the Centerville neighborhood area will focus on hundreds of years of history spanning the neighborhood’s transformation […]
The Annual Meeting of Members of the Beverly Historical Society will be held at 7 p.m. at John Cabot House, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts to act on minutes of the previous meeting, the treasurer’s report, electing officers and trustees, and transacting any other business properly coming before the meeting. After the meeting please stay […]
The history of the Woodbury bowl and the woman who owned it is a fascinating one. Join Historic Beverly for the newest lecture in our Spotlight Series- The Woodbury Bowl, to learn more about this unique piece. Free and open to all. Join us here
The history of the Woodbury bowl and the woman who owned it is a fascinating one. Join Historic Beverly for the newest lecture in our Spotlight Series- The Woodbury Bowl, to learn more about this unique piece. Free and open to all. Join us here
The history of the Woodbury bowl and the woman who owned it is a fascinating one. Join Historic Beverly for the newest lecture in our Spotlight Series- The Woodbury Bowl, to learn more about this unique piece. Free and open to all. Join us here
Conant Street is rich in history with the Conant Street Burial Ground, the North Meeting House and dozens of homes of the Batchelder, Dodge, Conant, and Woodberry families all in the mix. This virtual walking tour will take you back over 300 years to explore an area of the city that has deep roots in […]
Beverly Farms is a small village in the north east corner of Beverly 4 ½ miles away from the center of Beverly. The Farms was known for its long green fields and deep woods; the land was used for farming for over 200 years because of its fertile soil. The most common crops produced from […]