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Inventory No: IPS.K   

Historic Name: High Street District

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Address:

City/Town: Ipswich

Village/Neighborhood: Ipswich

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Use(s): Other Commercial; Other Industrial; Residential District

Significance:Architecture; Commerce; Community Planning; Industry; Transportation

Area(s): IPS.K: High Street District

Designation(s):Nat'l Register District (9/17/1980); Nat'l Register MRA (9/17/1980)

 

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D u r i n g t h e 1 8 t h C e n t u r y , c a b i n e t m a k e r a n d c a r p e n t e r s h o p s l i n e d H i g h S t r e e t . I n d u s t r y s h i f t e d t o t e x t i l e s i n t h e 1 9 t h C e n t u r y , a n d t h i s m a i n b o u l e v a r d w a s t h e s i t e o f t w o i m p o r t a n t e n t e r p r i s e s . B e t w e e n 1 8 2 7 a n d 1 8 3 2 , t h e New E n g l a n d L a c e C o m p a n y o p e r a t e d o u t o f D r . J o h n M a n n i n g ' s H o u s e , s i n c e r e m o v e d . H o s i e r y m a n u f a c t u r e , o n c e t h e m a i n i n d u s t r y i n I p s w i c h , h a d i t s b e g i n n i n g s i n B e n j a m i n F e w k e s ' s m a l l s h o p . He w o r k e d o n t w o s t o c k i n g f r a m e s b u i l t b y t h e P e a t s f i e l d B r o t h e r s i n 1 8 3 2 , t h e f i r s t f r a m e s m a d e i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s .

C e n t r a l S t r e e t w a s b u i l t i n 1 8 7 1 , a n d m u c h o f t h e H i g h S t r e e t t r a f f i c w a s r e d i r e c t e d . A t t h i s t i m e , t h e s t r e e t b e g a n t o a c q u i r e i t s p u r e l y r e s i d e n t i a l c h a r a c t e r a n d i t r e m a i n s s o t o d a y . T h e H i g h S t r e e t D i s t r i c t e x t e n d s e a s t a n d w e s t a l o n g t h e s i d e o f Town H i l l , f r o m t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n w i t h N o r t h M a i n S t r e e t o n t h e e a s t t o t h e v i a d u c t o v e r t h e B § M R a i l r o a d , t r a c k s o n t h e w e s t . T h e d i s t r i c t i n c l u d e s t h e 1 6 3 4 B u r i a l G r o u n d t h a t e x t e n d s u p Town H i l l n e a r t h e m i d d l e o f t h e a r e a , b u t e x c l u d e s L o r d ' s S q u a r e , a g r o u p o f m o d e r n c o m m e r c i a l s t r u c t u r e s o n t h e s o u t h s i d e o f t h e s t r e e t , j u s t w e s t o f t h e c e m e t e r y .

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3 H i g h 1 1 8 J o h n G a i n e s 2 s t o r y , e n d - g a b l e h o u s e , w o o d f r a m e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s , h o u s e w i t h t h o r o u g h F e d e r a l - s t y l e r e m o d e l i n g ,

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1 3 H i g h 1 3 8 J o h n E d w a r d s c a . 1 6 6 8 2 s t o r y , e n d - g a b l e h o u s e , t i m b e r f r a m e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s . S y m m e t r i c a l 5 b a y f a c a d e , c e n t e r c h i m n e y , r e a r e l l . B e v e r l y j o g a d d i t i o n o n w e s t s i d e

17 H i g h 1 3 7 R o b e r t L o r d o r R o b e r t R o b e r t s c a . 1 6 5 8 2 s t o r y , e n d - g a b l e h o u s e w i t h l e a n - t o , c e n t e r c h i m n e y , t i m b e r f r a m e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s . S y m m e t r i c a l 5 b a y f a c a d e w i t h c e n t r a l f e d e r a l - s t y l e d o o r f r a m e .

2 3 H i g h 1 4 1 M a r k H a s k e l l 2 s t o r y , e n d - g a b l e h o u s e w i t h t w o s i d e c h i m n e y s o n r i d g e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s . S y m m e t r i c a l 5 b a y f a c a d e w i t h c e n t r a l , f a n - l i t d o o r w a y .

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3 3 H i g h 1 1 9 J o h n C a l d w e l l 2 s t o r y , e n d - g a b l e h o u s e w i t h s a l t - b o x c o n f i g u r a t i o n , c l a p b o a r d e d , c e n t r a l c h i m n e y . L o n g , 5 b a y s y m m e t r i c a l o f G o v . S i m o n B r a d s t r e e t h o u s e o f t h e 1 6 3 0 ' s .

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45 H i g h 1 2 5 • J o n a t h a n Lummus c a . 1 7 1 2 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e h o u s e w i t h r e a r r o o f s l o p e r a i s e d a n d e x t e n d e d o v e r l e a n t o . C e n t r a l c h i m n e y , c e n t r a l e n t r a n c e . R e s t o r e d c a s e m e n t w i n d o w s . T i m b e r . f r a m e , c l a p b o a r d e d .

5 7 1 2 2 R o b e r t S t o n e c a . 1 7 5 0 S m a l l , lh s t o r y h o u s e , w o o d f r a m e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s . A s y m m e t r i c a l 4 b a y f a c a d e .

T h e Town B u r i a l G r o u n d l i e s n e a r t h e m i d - p o i n t o f t h e H i g h S t r e e t D i s t r i c t , a n d e x t e n d s o n t e r r a c e s u p t h e s t e e p T a i n H i l l . I t w a s e s t a b l i s h e d i n 1 6 3 4 , a n d c o n t a i n s m a n y 1 7 t h a n d 1 8 t h C e n t u r y s l a t e g r a v e s t o n e s .

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8 3 H i g h 1 5 8 Town J a i l 1 7 7 1 - 7 2 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e h o u s e , w i t h l e a n - t o , w o o d f r a m e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s , o f f - c e n t e r c h i m n e y . . . A s y m m e t r i c a l 4 b a y f a c a d e , G r e e k R e v i v a l d o o r f r a m e . B u i l t o n M e t t i n g H o u s e G r e e n a s j a i l , m o v e d i n 1 8 0 8 a n d c o n v e r t e d t o h o u s e

85 H i g h 1 5 7 P h i l i p L o r d - c a . 1 7 7 4 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e , w o o d f r a m e h o u s e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s . C e n t r a l c h i m n e y , s y m m e t r i c a l 5 b a y f a c a d e . R e a r s h e d w a s s i t e o f B e n j a m i n F e w k e s 1 h o s i e r y f a c t o r y , w h e r e t h e f i r s t 2 s t o c k i n g f r a m e s i n U . S . w e r e b u i l t i n 1 8 3 2 .

9 3 H i g h 1 5 6 J o h n C o l e J e w e t t lh s t o r y , e n d g a b l e h o u s e , w o o d f r a m e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s , s y m m e t r i c a l 5 b a y f a c a d e .

9 5 H i g h 1 5 5 S i m o n A d a m s ( w e a v e r ) 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e h o u s e , w o o d f r a m e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s . 3 b a y f a c a d e w i t h d o o r t o l e f t .

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16 H i g h 1 3 5 J a c o b M a n n i n g , J r . c a . 1 8 1 8 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e h o u s e , w o o d f r a m e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s . E n t r a n c e i s o n s y m m e t r i c a l w e s t s d i e , f i n e F e d e r a l d o o r f r a m e . On s i t e o f Town P o o r H o u s e .

26 H i g h 1 1 7 P h i l i p C a l l c a . 1 6 5 9 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e h o u s e , t i m b e r f r a m e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s a n d s h a k e r o o f . A s y m m e t r i c a l , 5 b a y f a c a d e w i t h e n t r y o f f - c e n t e r . E x c e p t i o n a l r e c e n t r e h a b i l i t a t i o n .

30 H i g h 1 3 3 J o s e p h B o l l e s c a . 1 7 2 0 E a r l y 2 n d p e r i o d h o u s e , 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e , w o o d f r a m e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s . S y m m e t r i c a l 5 b a y f a c a d e , s e c o n d a r y e n t r a n c e s o n e x t e n d e d e a s t s i d e .

34 H i g h 1 3 2 J o h n A n d r e w s ( t a v e r n k e e p e r ) b e f o r e 1 6 5 8 W h i t e H o u s e I n n o f t h e 1 6 5 0 ' s m u c h a l t e r e d i n e a r l y 1 9 t h C e n t u r y . 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e , t i m b e r f r a m e h o u s e , c l a p b o a r d e d . S y m m e t r i c a l 5 b a y f a c a d e w i t h A s h e r B e n j a m i n - d e r i v e d d o o r f r a m e .

40 H i g h 1 3 0 W i l l i a m C a l d w e l l c a . 1 7 3 3 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e , w o o d f r a m e h o u s e w i t h c e n t r a l c h i m n e y a n d c l a p b o a r d s . S y m m e t r i c a l 5 b a y f a c a d e , d e n t i c u l a r c o r n i c e . 0

42 H i g h 1 2 8 J o h n H o l l a n d ( m a r i n e r ) c a . 1 7 4 2 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e , h a l f h o u s e t y p e w i t h a s y m m e t r i c a l 3 b a y ' f a c a d e , e n t r a n c e t o l e f t . Wood f r a m e w i t h w o o d s h i n g l e s .

4 4 H i g h 1 2 6 A n n a § E l i s h a Newman ( c a b i n e t - c a . 1 8 0 0 m a k e r )

2 s t o r y , h i p p e d r o o f , h a l f h o u s e t y p e w i t h F e d e r a l - s t y l e t r i m . Wood f r a m e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s . F e d e r a l d o o r f r a m e t o l e f t o n a s y m m e t r i c a l , t h r e e b a y f a c a d e .

52 H i g h 1 2 4 H e n r y K i n g s b u r y c a . 1 6 6 0 E l o n g a t e d , 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e h o u s e . T i m b e r f r a m e , c l a p b o a r d e d . E a s t e r n m o s t 5 b a y s o f f a c a d e f o r m a s y m m e t r i c a l u n i t a r o u n d a f a n - a n d s i d e - l i t F e d e r a l d o o r f r a m e , 4 w e s t e r n b a y s c o r r e s p o n d t o o l d e r p o r t i o n .

64 H i g h 1 2 2 J o h n H a r r i s c a . 1 7 9 5 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e h o u s e ; w o o d f r a m e w i t h a l u m i n u m c l a p b o a r d s i d i n g . C e n t r a l c h i m n e y , s y m m e t r i c a l ^ ^ & c a d W o r y f o r m ^

Community: I p s w i c h Form No:

P r o p e r t y Name: H i g h s t r e e t

MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION O f f i c e of t h e S e c r e t a r y , B o s t o n

IPS.K

INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community:

I p s w i c h

Form No:

P r o p e r t y N a m e : H i g h s t r e e t

I n d i c a t e e a c h i t e m on i n v e n t o r y form w h i c h i s b e i n g c o n t i n u e d b e l o w .

S t r e e t # F o r m # F i r s t O w n e r ( o c c u p a t i o n ) D a t e

6 8 H i g h 1 2 1 J o h n Wood 2% s t o r y , e n d g a b l e h o u s e w i t h s i d e a d d i t i o n s . S y m m e t r i c a l 5 b a y f a c a d e .

c a . 1 7 2 5 - 5 0 Wood f r a m e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s .

82 H i g h 1 5 1 J o h n B r e w e r , Town C l e r k c a . 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e h o u s e w i t h r e a r s l o p e o f r o o f r a i s e d o v e r e l l . f r a m e , c l a p b o a r d e d . C e n t r a l c h i m n e y , c e n t r a l e n t r a n c e i n 5 b a y s y m m e t r i c a l f a c a d e .

1 6 8 0 - 1 7 0 0 T i m b e r

8 8 - 9 0 H i g h 1 4 9 S i m o n T u t t l e c a . 1 6 9 0 - 1 7 2 0 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e , w o o d f r a m e h o u s e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s a n d w o o d s h i n g l e s . E l o n g a t e d f o r m , 8 b a y f a c a d e w i t h e n t r a n c e a t c e n t e r o f w e s t e r n m o s t 5 b a y s

1 0 0 H i g h 1 4 3 J o s e p h F o w l e r ( t a n n e r ) c a . 1 7 5 0 1% s t o r y , g a m b r e l r o o f e d h o u s e , c e n t r a l c h i m n e y . 5 b a y , s y m m e t r i c a l f a c a d e . M o v e d t o p r e s e n t s i t e c a . 1 8 0 0 .

1 0 4 H i g h 1 4 4 J o h n K i m b a l l 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e , t i m b e r f r a m e h o u s e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s f o r m w i t h f r o n t a d d i t i o n p r o j e c t i n g a t e a s t c o r n e r .

c a . 1 7 1 5 E l o n g a t e d , 6 b a y

1 0 6 H i g h 1 5 4 C a l e b K i m b a l l c a , 2 s t o r y , e n d g a b l e , t i m b e r f r a m e h o u s e w i t h c l a p b o a r d s , c e n t r a l c h i m n e y ; s y m m e t r i c a l , 5 b a y f a c a d e . R e a r a n d s i d e a d d i t i o n s .

1 7 1 5

1 0 8 H i g h 1 5 3 M a r g a r e t § J o h n L u l l ' c a . 1 7 3 5 2 s t o r y , e n d w a l l g a b l e h o u s e o f " h a l f - h o u s e " t y p e . Wood f r a m e , c l a p b o a r d e d , s i d e a n d r e a r e l l s . E n t r y t o r i g h t o n a s y m m e t r i c a l , 3 b a y f a c a d e . y

1 1 0 H i g h 1 5 2 J o h n K i m b a l l , J r . c a . 1 7 3 0 - 4 0 2 s t o r y , e n d w a l l g a b l e h o u s e , w o o d f r a m e w i t h ' c l a p b o a r d s . A s y m m e t r i c a l 5 b a y f a c a d e r e f l e c t s t w o m a i n b u i l d i n g c a m p a i g n s , e a s t e r n h a l f , o f h o u s e i s e a r l i e r .

S t a p l e t o I n v e n t o r y f o r m at- b o t t o m

MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION O f f i c e o f t h e S e c r e t a r y , B o s t o n

IPS.K

INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community:

Ipswich

Form No:

K

P r o p e r t y Name: High Street Area

I n d i c a t e e a c h i t e m on i n v e n t o r y form w h i c h i s b e i n g c o n t i n u e d b e l o w .

7. Historical Date cont.

period homes line the old thoroughfare and they crest a harmonious street-scape with an enchanting 18th century quality.

The High St. boundaries define the eree ef eerlieet settlement end later growth. Two ether districts, the Eeet End end Meeting House Green, define the eeetern border of High St. Running west the beundery lines follow beck lots of both the north end aouth aides of the street. Lord's Sq. has been omitted from the district as it no longer conforms to the character of the area. The boundary lines continue west to tha High St. bridge, where they mast and define the ueetern lim­its. The bridge is a distinct boundary, for beyond it were pastures during the 17th end 18th centuries, end the structures in this area today ployed no port in High St. development. The mejerity ef intrusions in thie eroe ere 19th century structures of lesser architectural or hietoricel interest. Many have been denatured or are in poor con­dition. Though these intrusions do not moke a direct contribution to the area, the district would be poorer if these buildinge ware removed.

MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION O f f i c e of t h e S e c r e t a r y , B o s t o n

IPS.K

IPS.K

The construction date of this property has been revised based on the results of dendrochronolgy. A copy of the attached National Register Continuation Sheet has been sent to the National Park Service and the local historical

commission to update their files.

April 2011

NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90)

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service

OMB Approval No. 1024-0018

National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Ipswich Mulitple Resources Area, High Street H.D.

Merchant-Choate House, Ipswich (Essex), MA Section number 2009 supplemental information Page 1

Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology

As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Merchant-Choate House, or Tuttle House as it is also known, the construction date of Phase I of the building has now been identified as 1671 and of Phase II as 1672. Samples were taken during three different attempts at tree-ring dating, the first two by Dr. William Robinson in June 1975 and Paul Krusic of the Lamont-Doherty Tree-Ring Laboratory in August 2001. The third research team, in November 2001, consisted of Daniel Miles and Michael Worthington of the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory, England, with Anne Grady of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA) acting as liaison. Their report, cited below, included analysis of samples from all three attempts and presented the following results and conclusions. In 1975 William Robinson took three samples from the southern section of the house, and dated a sample from the chimney girt to 1669. In 2001, Paul Krusic dated the northern end of the house to 1672, possibly into early 1673. He also took some samples from the southern end of the house and dated a timber identified as the "left frame, right end girt" to 167.0. However, this timber was actually the chimney girt that was sampled and dated by Robinson in 1975. To settle the confusion this girt was sampled a third time in November 2001. This sample produced a precise felling date of winter 1670/71. Five additional samples were taken from the southern end, one from the summer beam, three from ceiling joists, and one from the rear first-floor girt. The summer beam also dated to the winter of 1670/71 and the three ceiling joists to 1638, 1640, and 1643, dates which are consistent with a 1670/71 felling date for the rest of the frame, assuming that they were cut from inner sections of large timbers. Therefore, a construction period commencing in 1671 is most likely. A sample from a rear wall brace of the northern frame gave a felling date of summer/autumn 1672, indicating that the house was finished in 1672 or 1673.

The authors of the report also note, "One previous interpretation of the building has been that at least the right-hand [southern] end of the house was moved in from another site. The sequence of construction on the site remains unclear, but the physical evidence suggests that the left and /or right components could have replaced earlier portions of the building. This could explain the documentary reference to a house on the site as early as 1639."

The full results of the analysis are presented in: D. W. H. Miles, M. J. Worthington, and Anne Andrus Grady, Development of Standard Tree-Ring Chronologies for Dating Historic Structure in Eastern Massachusetts, Phase II, Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey and Planning Grant Completion Report, Interim Report 2002/6, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities and Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory, May 31, 2002. An abridged version of the report can be found on the website www.dendrochronology.com. The full report can be found at SPNEA, now known as Historic New England, and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission.

(continued)

NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90)

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service

National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Ipswich Mulitple Resources Area, High Street H.D.

Merchant-Choate House, Ipswich (Essex), MA Section number 2009 supplemental information Page __2

A note on dendrochronology dating

In recent years tree-ring chronologies have been developed for eastern Massachusetts and adjacent regions, and a number of buildings or parts of buildings have been evaluated and given new construction dates due to tree-ring dating, or dendrochronology. The principle behind tree-ring dating is a simple one: the seasonal variations in climate produce variations in growth which are reflected in the varying width of the annual rings of the tree. The rings in timbers from historical houses are compared with previously dated ring sequences from old-growth trees and from timber from structures with well-established dates to allow precise dates to be ascribed to each ring. Computer comparisons quantify how good the match is between the two. A dendrochronologist then analyzes the results and establishes the date the tree was felled. Some caution must be used in interpreting these dates to determine the construction date of a building. Sometimes timbers from the same construction phase of the same building have been felled one, two or more years apart. However, it was common practice to build timber-framed structures with green or unseasoned timber, and it is likely that construction was completed within twelve or eighteen months from the felling date.

OMB Approval No. 1024-0018

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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston

Form numbers in this area Area no. 117-130, 132-135, 137-141, 143-145, 151-160 K

1. Town Ipswich

Name of area (if any) High S t r e e t

2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5'^ Staple to left side of form Photo number

3. General date or period 17th and 18th c e n t u r i e s

4. is area uniform (explain):

in style? no ( C o l o n i a l , F e d e r a l , 19th century s t y l e s )

in condition? yes ( w e l l maintained)

in type of ownership? yes ( p r i v e t e )

in use? yes ( r e s i d e n t i a l )

5. Map. Use space below to draw a general map of the area involved. Indicate any historic _t

properties for which individual reports are completed on Forms B thru F, using corres­ponding numbers. Show street names (including route numbers, if any) and indicate north. Indicate with an "x" existing houses not inventoried on Form B.

See attached map.

DO NOT WRITE ESI THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by Margaret E . Wei den USGS Quadrant

Organization Ipswich H i s t o r i c a l Comm. MHC Photo no.

I Date Nov. 19 78 (over)

7. H i s t o r i c a l data. Explain the h i s t o r i c a l / a r c h i t e c t u r a l Importance of ilus area.

The f i r s t s e t t l e r s a r r i v e d i n I p s w i c h i n 1633 end High S t r e e t was c u t out of t h e w i l d e r n e s s soon a f t e r w a r d s . The road s t r e t c h e d out t o t h e p a s t u r e s o f Manning's Neck, s k i r t e d t h e r i v e r End Town H i l l , and opened a way t o marshes and p a s t u r e s on t h e w e s t e r n b o r d e r . The warm, sunny s l o p e s of Town H i l l were an i n v i t i n g , s h e l t e r e d l o c a t i o n f o r t h e s e t t l e r ' s homes, and many houses soon f r i n g e d t h e s t r e e t .

The B u r i a l Ground was e s t a b l i s h e d on High -Street i n 1634, o n l y one year a f t e r t h e s e t t l e m e n t was begun. John .."inthrop J r . ' s young w i f e , Martha, was t h e f i r s t t o be l a i d t o r e s t .

Governor Thomas Dudley came t o I p s w i c h i n 1635 and b u i l t a house on High •Street. K i s d a u g h t e r , Anne, who m a r r i e d Simon B r a d s t r e e t , was t h e n a t i o n ' s f i r s t p o e t e s s .

S e v e r a l b u s i n e s s e s t h r i v e d a l o n g t h i s main s t r e e t , and one o f t h e most im­p o r t a n t was t h e i n n . I p s w i c h was on t h e r o a d t o B o s t o n and a c o n s t a n t s t r e a m o f t r a v e l passed t h r o u g h t h e town. T h i s was augmented by t h e Su­preme, S u p e r i o r , and P r o b a t e Courts which h e l d t h e i r s e s s i o n s i n I p s w i c h , and by p o l i t i c a l c o n v e n t i o n s . A r e g u l a s stagecoach w i t h an o v e r n i g h t s t o p i n I p s w i c h was e s t a b l i s h e d by 1761. E i g h t t o t w e l v e stages were p a s s i n g t h r o u g h town d a i l y by 1828. I p s w i c h i n n s f l o u r i s h e d f o r many y e a r s . Two p o p u l a r o r d i n a r y s were l o c a t e d on High S t r e e t , The White Horse I n n and t h e P e r k i n s I n n . Both were i n b u s i n e s s by t h e mid 1 7 t h c e n t u r y , and b o t h were infamous among t h e townspeople f o r many r i o t o u s e v e n i n g s .

D u r i n g t h e 1 8 t h c e n t u r y , cabinetmaker and c a r p e n t e r shops l i n e d High ^ t r e e t . I n d u s t r y s h i f t e d t o t e x t i l e s i n t h e 1 9 t h c e n t u r y , and t h i s main b o u l e ­v a r d was t h e s i t e o f two i m p o r t a n t e n t e r p r i s e s . Between 1827 and 1832, t h e New England &ace Company o p e r a t e d o u t o f Dr. John Manning's House, s i n c e removed. H o s i e r y m a n u f a c t u r e , once t h e main i n d u s t r y i n I p s w i c h , had i t s b e g i n n i n g s i n Benjamin ^ewkes' s m a l l shop. He worked on two s t o c k i n g frmaes b u i l t b y t h e P e a t s f i e l d B r o t h e r s i n 1832, t h e f i r s t frmaes made i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s .

C e n t r a l S t r e e t was b u i l t i n 1871, and much o f t h e High S t r e e t t r a f f i c was r e d i r e c t e d . At t h i s t i m e , t h e s t r e e t began t o a c q u i r e i t s p u r e l y r e s i d e n ­t i a l c h a r a c t e r and i t r e m a i n s so t o d a y . Many f i n e F i r s t , Second, and T h i r d

8. Bibliography and/or references such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.

T.F. Waters, I p s w i c h i n t h e i'ass. Bay Colony, v o l . I , p. 14, v o l . I I , pp. 633, 635, 68-69, 2 6 1 .

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