Cole, Colon, and Essex Streets, the Livermore house, a shoemaker’s shop, and the home to a sitting President; the historical narrative of the Montserrat neighborhood can be traced over 300 years. This area of the city has seen the settlement of individuals varying in employment such as merchants and fishermen, farmers and Revolutionary war veterans. […]
Join us for our annual recap in the beautifully refreshed Memorial Hall at the Cabot House. After the business meeting, please stay for a talk by Justin Thomas, the author of The Beverly Pottery: The Wares of Charles A. Lawrence, The Moses B. Paige Company: The Last of the Peabody Potteries, The Dawn of Independence, […]
SOLD OUT If asked to comment about Beverly’s long and storied history, you might mention Reverend John Hale’s connection to the Salem witchcraft trials, the Revolutionary War naval battle between the Hannah and the Nautilus, or even the establishment of the United Machinery Shoe Corporation in 1903. But if the propulsive, syncopated, improvisational rhythms of […]
Back by popular demand! Join us for a walk through of the Cummings Center and step back in time as we offer up a history of the United Shoe Machine Company. The history of shoe making in the area, the founding of the United Shoe Machinery Company, the building of “the Shoe”, and the profound […]
Baker Ave sits quietly, as do all the surrounding streets, on Prospect Hill. It is the longest street on the hill. Have you ever wondered WHO lived there? Who “built” Baker Ave? Explore the development of the street, from its humble and modest beginnings in the 1890s before there were house numbers, all the way […]
School vacation week is fast approaching, and we’ve got some fun in store for you! Drop-in at Independence Park on the hour for a scavenger hunt in the park! We will provide the scavenger hunt, clipboards, pencils, and prizes, you bring the smiles and your keen attention to detail and let’s have some fun! Prizes […]
NEW for April school vacation week this year! If you loved our Independence Park Scavenger Hunt you'll love this one even more! More space to roam and much more to find! Drop-in on the hour at Lynch Park for a scavenger hunt in the park! We will provide the scavenger hunt, clipboards, pencils, and prizes, […]
This tour of the Cummings Center and the history of the United Shoe Machinery Company picks up where our first Cummings Center tour left off. A general overview and review of the first tour will be offered as an introduction but then various topics such as immigration, the life of a USMC worker and life […]
Come walk the Planters’ Path with Historic Beverly. Learn about those who walked the path, the impact the colonists and later residents had on their environment and the effects we still see today. We will walk through the Cummings Center campus mostly along the Shoe ponds and up to Balch Street, coming out at McKeown […]
Are you interested in Beverly’s Revolutionary era maritime history? Then this is the tour for you! Join us as we journey through Beverly to visit the homes and businesses of some of Beverly’s most famous privateers! Experience Beverly’s beautiful waterfront views as our guides explain how these sites would have looked and functioned in the […]
Join the Beverly Bike Committee for a relaxed-pace bike tour that explores President Taft’s time in Beverly, and the beautiful sights of the Gold Coast. This 60-minute tour covers 7 miles and will feature several historical stops. Recommended for ages 10+. All bikes must be in good condition and ready to ride. Sign-up required/$5 suggested […]
Born and raised in Beverly, Massachusetts, Kristin Elliott of Morristown, New Jersey, has published a memoir of her childhood in the late 1940s, 50s and early 60s, when the oceanfront town was blue collar and the United Shoe Machinery Company dominated its landscape. In eleven essays, Elliott describes what it was like to be the […]