A photographic history of architecture in Ipswich Massachusetts
Category: Architecture
2022 Mary Conley Awards for Historic Preservation
At the Select Board meeting on Monday, August 8, 2023, members of the Ipswich Historical Commission presented the 2022 awards to an historic house and a Civil War era barn that were recently restored and renovated.
Norm Abram and Matt Diana Go Inside Two Old Houses
The 1677 Whipple House and the 1694 Paine house at Greenwood Farm are two well-preserved First Period houses in Ipswich that are occasionally open to the public.
Old House, New Home
Saved from a bulldozer in the 1960s, this 18th-century Georgian-style Ipswich house has a new home as a permanent exhibit at the National Museum of American History.
The Central Ipswich Victorian Neighborhood
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.
Bungalows of Ipswich
The Eastern Bungalow style was popular between 1910-1940, which included the Depression years, and were an affordable and practical adaptation of California’s Arts and Crafts movement.
Samuel Symonds’ House
"I desire to have the house in your bargaining to be as completely mentioned in particulars as may be, & as speedily done also as you can."
Riverbend, the Barnard estate (Marguery Restaurant), 1915
For over 200 years, this was part of the Potter family farm. The land by the River's bend was purchased by George Barnard in 1899. It became the Margery Restaurant which burned in 1977.
High-Posted Capes
Ipswich has several Cape-style houses constructed with second floor kneewalls, found especially in the Ipswich Village and Linebrook neighborhoods. "High post Capes" in the 19th Century incorporated popular decorative elements of the Greek Revival, Italianate, Victorian and Colonial Revival eras.
Historic Ipswich 