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Granite St. in Winter: Real Photo Card Signed by Cleaves, 1926
[Editor's update: Note the comment below that corrects me on the identity of the Emma Cleaves to whom this card was addressed. It was Charles Cleaves' mother Emma, not his sister Emma.] In this real-photo postcard (printed directly from a … Continue reading
Methodist Episcopal Church, Rockport, Mass., circa 1907
This church, constructed in , stood at the corner of Jewett St. and Broadway in Rockport, at the location of the present Rockport United Methodist Church. The church pictured here was built in 1876, to replace the original church, which … Continue reading
Swedish Lutheran Church, Pigeon Hill St., Pigeon Cove, Mass., circa 1900
This is an old photograph from the collection of Merry Seppala of Pigeon Cove. It shows the Swedish Lutheran Church that once stood on Pigeon Hill Street, where Pigeon Hill Court begins. In 1949, the church was moved to Stockholm … Continue reading
Universalist Church, Rockport, Mass., circa 1907
The loss of a lawsuit in the early days of Sandy Bay was the genesis for the construction of this church, which still stands on Cleaves St. in downtown Rockport. On Feb. 27, 1821, several prominent residents of Sandy Bay … Continue reading
Congregational Church, Pigeon Cove, Mass., circa 1908
This church, formerly known as the First Church of Christ, still stands today as the Pigeon Cove Chapel, located at 155 Granite St. The church actually grew out of a Sunday school. In 1857, two local teachers, Ellen H. Gott … Continue reading
Swedish Church, Pigeon Cove, Mass., circa 1908
Swedish immigrants began arriving on Cape Ann in the late 1800s to work in the quarries. The first man to come from Sweden to Pigeon Cove was Peter Magnus Lilja in 1879, according to Barbara Erkkila’s history of the granite … Continue reading
Odd Fellows Hall, Rockport, Mass., circa 1910
This building, which still stands at the corner of Broadway and School streets in Rockport, was originally built in 1855 as the chapel of the Second Congregational Church. By that year, attendance at the First Congregational Church (whose steeple you … Continue reading
The Original St. Joachim’s Church, Rockport, Mass., c. 1915
This postcard shows the original St. Joachim’s Catholic Church on Broadway in Rockport. It was built in 1856 and stood until 1947, when it was razed to make room for construction of the larger church that now stands on the … Continue reading
Congregational Church, Rockport, Mass., circa 1910
This church, known locally as “The Old Sloop,” has stood at its present location since 1805, although not always as a Congregational church and not as it presently appears. Its location was the site of the first schoolhouse in Sandy … Continue reading
