Fish Flake Hill Historic District

Fish Flake Hill Historic District

Front Street
Location Beverly, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°32′29″N 70°53′2″W / 42.54139°N 70.88389°W / 42.54139; -70.88389Coordinates: 42°32′29″N 70°53′2″W / 42.54139°N 70.88389°W / 42.54139; -70.88389
Built 1641
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Colonial, Federal
NRHP Reference # 71000082[1] (original)
86001375[1] (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 26, 1971
Boundary increase June 26, 1986

The Fish Flake Hill Historic District encompasses a section of Front Street in Beverly, Massachusetts that includes a remarkable concentration of colonial buildings, and which was notable for its importance in the American Revolutionary War. The district, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, includes properties on both sides of Front Street between Cabot and Bartlett Streets. It includes houses dating to the middle 18th century, sixteen of which have been documented as being associated with ship captains active in the American Revolutionary War. The port area of Beverly was one of the most active during the war, and was one of the places where many captured ships were brought.[2]

History

The district is the oldest neighborhood in Beverly, founded in 1626 when Roger Conant led a group of settlers from Salem. The name of the district comes "from the 'flakes' or fish drying tables of the fish drying yards, which were found here until the late 19th century." The city created the district in 1971 and contains 152 properties on 35 acres.,[3][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Fish Flake Hill Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  3. ↑ Fish Flake Hill Historic District, featured in Maritime History of Massachusetts
  4. ↑ Fish Flake Hill Historical District | Essex National Heritage Area


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