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Category: Architecture

The White Horse Inn, and the Early Ipswich taverns

January 22, 2025February 18, 2025 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
White Horse Inn, Ipswich MA

The house began as a small one-over-one structure built one of the lot's four 17th-century owners. Corp. John Andrews' White Horse Inn makes a good story, and that's how the house got its name.

Posted in ArchitectureTagged Inns, Ipswich inns, Ordinary, sparks tavern, taverns, White Horse Inn

Last of the Victorians, the Queen Anne Classic

January 5, 2025February 18, 2025 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
15 Turkey Shore Rd.

Queen Anne Free Classic houses of the late 19th and early 20th Century share the basic form of elaborate Queen Anne houses but without the excessive ornamentation of the Victorian era.

Posted in ArchitectureTagged Ipswich architecture, Queen Anne, Queen Anne Classic, Turkey Shore

The Central Ipswich Victorian Neighborhood

October 23, 2022January 6, 2025 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
1893 Birdseye map of Ipswich

Central Street was laid out in 1870, Manning High School opened 4 years later, and stores began to be constructed. By 1884, the Victorian neighborhood that lines Central, Hammatt, Manning, Mineral, Liberty, Brown and Maple Streets had been created.

Posted in Architecture, HousesTagged Central Street, Victorian

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