In the late 19th Century, Washington Street was extended to Linebrook Road, and Liberty Street became its own street. Shown above is a section of the 1893 Birdseye map.
- Information is from MACRIS, the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Photos are from the Ipswich Assessors’ database.
Levi Howe house, 11 Liberty Street, 1857-65. This house does not appear on the 1854 map of Ipswich, but by the time of the 1872 map, the house was in place and Levi L. Howe, a farmer, was in residence. The Howe family owned the house until 1953. The Howe House is perhaps the finest example of the Gothic Revival Cottage style in Ipswich, fairly conservative in its expression of the style.
Charles Brown House, 12 Liberty St., was built between 1884 and 1902. The earliest identified owner is Charles E. Brown, the proprietor who owned the house by 1910. Brown and his son.Walter 6. Brown operated a brick manufactory and contracting company (Charles E. Brown & Son) that was located on Locust Road at the turn of the century and later on Mitchells Road. In 1916, several people were living here, including William and Laura Wright, Mrs. Rebecca Leeman, and Joseph and Clara Jenest. William Wright is listed in town directories as a driver, and Joseph Jenest as a mill operative. By 1924, this house was occupied by Carleton H. Crafts and his wife, Ethel. Crafts was in the insurance business.
George Brown House, 14 Liberty Street. This Queen Anne house was built between 1897 and 1900 for George B. Brown, who operated a large hay & grain business at Brown Square.
Davis-Russell house, 15 Liberty Street, circa 1870. The earliest identified owner is C.W. Davis, who owned the house by 1872. By 1884, the house had been sold to John W. Russell, a freight agent. Russell continued to own the house into the 1920s. By 1932, the house was occupied by Odilon G. Chouinard, a carpenter, and Nelson J. Chouinard, who operated an express and trucking service on this property called “Anthony’s Express.”
William Nutt House, 18 Liberty Street, was built by John Brown in 1885. The houses at #16 and # 18 Liberty Street were built between 1884 and 1887 by John A. Brown, a brick manufacturer and lumber dealer, probably in association with C.E. Brown & Son. Charles E. Brown undertook some speculative development on Brown Street, and it appears that John Brown did the same here on Liberty Street.
Historic Ipswich 
