NEW DATE If you’ve read enough historical fiction (Laura Ingalls Wilder, I’m looking at you), you’ll know how crucial cornmeal and molasses were to early American settlers. But how did New England colonists come to adopt “Indian meal?” And what is molasses – a byproduct of the Caribbean slavery-fueled sugar plantations – doing on New […]
This new virtual walking tour will explore an extensive area of Beverly’s Cove neighborhood originally called Cove Village. The tour will explore the transformation of the land from agrarian village to a bustling neighborhood with the addition of the trolley line. Business history will also be explored including the ever popular Woodberry Tavern and the […]
Have you ever wondered about some of the first African-Americans in Beverly? In this program we will tell stories of some African-Americans and other people of color through objects and documents in Historic Beverly’s collection, including ship cargo logs, wills, bills of sale, newspapers, and many other documents, including some associated with anti-slavery organizations. We […]
Join Historic Beverly on our next pop-up Privateer Trail walk! It’s going to be a beautiful day for a walk around Fish Flake Hill on Sunday and we would love for you to join us! Have you ever heard of Washington’s Navy? We’ll tell you all about how it got its start right here in […]
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