The Town of Ipswich Fourth of July parade on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence will be a historic walking and bicycle event. We muster at 9:30 am at Winthrop School, to decorate bikes, trikes and wagons, and the one-mile parade begins promptly at 10:00 am. We reach Town Hall about 10:30 for a reading of the Declaration of Independence by Revolutionary War reenactor Dan Kelly, followed by patriotic field games with refreshments, Dixieland music and more.
This year’s parade will pass by, or within sight of, 45 homes that were standing during the Revolutionary War. Owners of the homes will receive a 1777 Betsy Ross Flag to display or wave as the participants pass by. Shown below are the names of the houses with the approximate date of construction, in order of the parade route. Email Gordon Harris about arranging to receive your flag.
- 22 Mineral Street, the Warner-Harris House (c. 1696, alt. 1835)
- 52-54 High Street, the Kingsbury-Lord-Harris House (after 1716)
- 57 High Street, the Stone-Rust-Abraham Lummus House (c 1750)
- 45 High Street, the John Lummus House (1712)
- 44 High Street, the Francis Goodhue House (c. 1780)
- 43 High Street, the Fitts-Manning-Tyler House (1767)
- 41 High Street, the Daniel Lummus House (1686 -1746)
- 40 High Street, the William Caldwell House (1733)
- 37 High Street, the Lord-Baker House (1725)
- 34 High Street, the White Horse Inn (1659 / 1763)
- 33 High Street, the John and Sarah Dillingham Caldwell House (1660/1709)
- 30 High Street, the Joseph Bolles House (1722)
- 27 High Street, the Edward Browne House (c 1650-1750)
- 26 High Street, the Philip Call House (1659 with additions)
- 21 High Street, the Haskell-Lord House (c 1750)
- 17 High Street, the Thomas Lord House (after 1658)
- 13 High Street, the Joseph Willcomb House (1669-1693)
- 9 High Street, the Samuel Newman House (1762)
- 3 High Street, the John Gaines House (1725)
- 1 High Street, the Nathaniel Rogers Old Manse (1727)
- 58 North Main Street, the Captain Richard Rogers House (1728)
- 57 North Main Street, the Day-Dodge House (1737)
- 50 North Main Street, the James Brown House (1700 / 1721)
- 52 N. Main Street, the Treadwell-Hale House (1740-1799)
- 49 N Main St., the John & Joanna Chapman House
- 3 Summer Street, the Benjamin Kimball House (c. 1730, moved 1803)
- 5 Summer Street, the Widow Fuller House (1725)
- 7 Summer Street, the Thomas Treadwell House (C 1740)
- 11 Summer Street, the Nathaniel Hovey House (1718)
- 15 Summer Street, the Jonathan Pulcifer House (1718)
- 19 Summer Street, the Solomon Lakeman House (before 1745)
- 16 County Street, the Abraham Knowlton House (1726)
- 11 County Street, the Bennett-Caldwell House (1725)
- 10 County Street, the Dennis – Dodge House (1740)
- 9 County Street, the Benjamin Dutch House (1705)
- 7 County Street, the Thomas Dennis House (1663-1750)
- 5 County Street, the Richard Rindge / Pindar House (1718)
- 27 Summer Street, the Thomas Knowlton House (1688)
- 39 Summer Street, the Foster-Grant House (1717)
- 43 Summer Street, the Wilcomb-Pinder House (1718)
- 46 Summer Street, the James Foster House (1720)
- 12 Water Street, the Glazier-Sweet House (1728)
- 8 Water Street, the Harris-Sutton House (1677-1743)
- 6 Water Street, the Reginald Foster House (1690)
- 41 Turkey Shore Road, the William Howard House (c. 1680/1709)
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