24 Estes St., Ipswich MA

The William and Eliza Hallam House, 24 Estes St. (c. 1880)

The house at 24 Estes St. is in the Ipswich Mills Historic District, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and is listed in the Ipswich Assessors’ site as having been constructed in 1880. The house is directly behind Riverview Pizza, and was constructed before 1885, the year that Samuel Hallam paid off a mortgage for the lot with “buildings thereon.” William and Eliza Hallam paid off a mortgage in 1888. In the 1884 Ipswich map, the owner of the lost with two houses on it is “W. Halum.” The correct spelling is Hallam.

Ipswich Center, Massachusetts 1884
1910 map, showing 24 Estes St.

The house at 24 Estes St. is shown in the 1893 Birdseye Map of Ipswich, and is clearly marked in the 1910 Ipswich map. An arrow points at the house in the Ipswich Center map for 1884 above. The 1872 and earlier Ipswich maps don’t show a house at this location.

Deeds are at the Salem Deeds site. (The links become active after initiating a search on the site):

The Hallam Family of Ipswich

The first members of the Hallam family in Ipswich immigrated from the Derbyshire / Nottingham area of England in the mid-1800s, where they were involved in the machine hosiery business. They brought the skill with them, and Thomas Franklin Waters wrote, “The hand frame weaving business in Ipswich prospered for many years. The Hallams produced fine knit goods.” (From a publication of the Ipswich Historical Society by Thomas Franklin Waters in 1903).

The Agawam Manual and Directory, published in 1888, lists:

  • Hallam, Samuel W., manufacturer of hosiery, Estes St.
  • Hallam, William, manufacturer of hosiery, etc., Estes St.

William Hallam is listed in the Poor Account of the 1885 Ipswich Town Report.

Hallam family gravestone at Highland Cemetery

The Hallum family is buried at the Highland Cemetery:

There are three Hallum interments at the Old South Cemetery: