Newburyport 1851 Map
Newburyport Interactive History Map
Listings for the Newburyport interactive history map - Keeping the Story Alive, houses, places, events, streets and ancient roads.
Newburyport 1851 Map
An Interactive Journey Through History
The Newburyport Interactive History Map is a project created by Mary Baker Eaton, editor of The Newburyport Blog. It chronicles stories about the houses, people, places, events, streets and ancient roads that make up Newburyport’s rich history. Below is a list of all the entries showcased on the interactive map. Some of the entries on the map are also explored in more detail here on the History~Newburyport site. Many of the stories are hyperlinked below. The ones that are underlined are web pages on the History~Newburyport website. The ones that are not underlined are PDFs of the research and stories on the Interactive Newburyport History Map.
View the interactive map at map.historynewburyport.com.
Houses
- 25 Ashland Street – Eunice Atkinson Currier
- 27 Ashland Street – Moses A. Currier
- 2 Atwood Street – Patrick Doherty
- 8 Atwood Street – Moses Short and the Baptist Denomination
- 7 Beck Street – Robert E. Charron
- 8 Beacon Avenue – Built by the Newburyport Gas and Electric Company
- 29 Boardman Street – Micajah Morrill, Charles Cooper, Joseph Townsend
- 31 Boardman Street – Isaac Pearson, Painter
- 34 Boardman Street – Sarah Woodman Boardman
- 44 Boardman Street – John H. Page
- 28 Broad Street – Ocean Steam Mill Housing, George C. Stile
- 21 Bromfield Street – Paul G. Lunt, the Lunt Ropewalk
- 62 Bromfield Street – The Ariel Pearson Ropewalk House
- 56-58 Broomfield Street, built by the Dodge family brick-layers and used as a grocery store and dwelling
- 12 California Street – John W. S. Colby, Shipbuilder and Ropewalk owner
- 30 Charles Street, the Early Catholic Church, Hugh McGlew, Thomas J. Welch and Captain Jacob B. Brown
- 23 Charter Street – Hannah Flagg Gould
- 25 Charter Street – Sarah Brown and Captain Jacob B. Brown
- 25 Chestnut Street – Built for housing for the Comb Factory, in the same family for 86 years
- 5 Columbus Ave – Eliphalet Griffin
- 2 Congress Street, Joseph Alley, Organ Builder
- 82 Curzon Mill Rd – John P. Marquand
- 9 Dalton Street – where Bossy Gillis moved his house
- 16 Eagle Street – Ocean Steam Mill Housing
- 26 Eagle Street – Ocean Steam Mill Housing, the Selfridge House
- 19 Fair Street – Captain Samuel Brown, Master Mariner and Seller of Antiques
- 29-31 Fair Street – Captain Benjamin Perkins
- 40 Fair Street – Charles Chase and Sarah Brown
- 42 Fair Street, Sarah Brown and Captain Jacob B. Brown
- 38 Federal Street – Aaron Pardee, Jane Pardee, William E. Currier and his children
- 48 Federal Street – Daniel Tilton’s Grocery Store
- 65 Federal Street – Fire Engine House No. 2
- 72 Federal Street – Nathan Wheeler and Dr. Nathan Noyes
- 73 Federal Street – George A. Fogg, Grocer
- 39 Franklin Street – First National then Joubert Groceries
- 1-3 Garden Street – William and Dana Dodge
- 32 Green Street – Alice Hooper Fowle Cutler
- 15 Hancock Street, James Colbert, John and Ebenezer Sargent, Julia Kelleher and Michael Regan
- 17 Hancock – Dr. John Brickett, Rental Property
- 34 – 36 High Street, Judge Ebenezer March, Sarah Jane Brown Alter and Philip D. Adams
- 62 High Street – Charles A. Bliss
- 74 High Street – Abbie Foster
- 77 High Street – Abraham Wheelwright
- 189 High Street – Dr. John Brickett
- 253 and 251 High – Sarah and Rebecca Atkins and Captain Charles Tyng
- 257 High Street – Part of the Captain Tyng Estate
- 267 High Street – Rebecca Rawson
- 270 High Street – Ethel Parton
- 272 High Street – James Parton
- 354 High Street – Orlando Merrill, Shipbuilder
- 11 Highland Avenue – Dr. Walter N. Brown
- 24 Jefferson Street – Amos Coffin Jr. and John H. P. McQuillan, part of the Newburyport Historic Shipbuilding District
- 29 Jefferson Street – Joseph Coffin, owner of the boatyard at the end of Jefferson Street
- 8 Kent Street, John Caldwell Jr., possibly designed by Rufus Sargent
- 53 Kent Street – Ethel Reed
- 34 Lime Street, Captain John Raynes and Isaac Poor, Grocer
- 52 Lime Street – Armand Kessler – Grocer, the Original House on the Property listed in a 1760 Deed was Moved
- 54-56 Lime Street – Margaret Atwood
- 79 Lime Street – Moved from the Brown School Location
- 80 Lime Street – Rev. Charles William Milton, Captain Samuel Knapp and William Noyes Jr.
- 89 Lime Street – Dr Charles Coffin and Arthur Rochette
- 18 – 20 Magnolia Street – Part of Woodland Estate
- 44 Marlboro – Abby Hodgdon
- 2 Merrill Street – Built by William Wentworth and later Lived in by the Liberatore family for 33 years
- 8 Merrimac Court: John J. Currier – historian, George Jackman – ship carpenter (cousin of George W. Jackman, who owned the Jackman Shipyard)
- 174 Merrimac Street, David J. Merrill and Timothy Donahue – Grocers
- 177 Merrimac Street – The Woodman House, Alexander Caldwell – Caldwell’s Old Newburyport Rum, The Essex House – A Hotel and then a Boarding House
- 309 Merrimac Street, Moses C. Currier, Ship Carpenter, Brother of John Currier and Husband of Eunice Atkinson Currier
- 342 Merrimac Street – John J. Currier Jr., Shipbuilder
- 474 Merrimac Street – Daniel W. Piper
- 38 Moseley Avenue – Henry W. and Susan F. Moulton
- 8 Munroe Street – 34 Dove Street, Ocean Steam Mill Housing – James Blood
- 14 Munroe – 45 Warren Street, Ocean Steam Mill Housing – James Blood
- 29 Oak Street – Maurice Welch
- 23 Olive Street – Truman Nelson
- 6 Payson Street – Woodland Cottage
- 50 Plummer Avenue – The Currier Children and Plummer Avenue
- 7 Pond Street – Walter B. Hopkinson
- 25 Prospect Street – George A. Fogg, Grocery Store
- 53 Prospect Street – Martin and Ellen Curran
- 73 Prospect, Hugh McGlew and the Early Catholics in Newburyport
- 98-100 Prospect Street – Benjamin F. Poor
- 107 Prospect Street – Adolphus Greely
- 1 Purchase Street – Saunders Drug Store
- 2 Purchase Street – D. A. Goodwin & Sons Groceries
- 8 Purchase Street – Captain Charles M. Bayley
- 30 Purchase Street – Daniel Tilton, Grocer
- 45 Purchase Street – Hicks Bakery
- 46 Purchase Street – Major David Coffin, Captain Caleb Woodbury
- 61 Purchase Street – Emma Andrews
- 65 Purchase Street – Chapel of St. Peter in Joppa
- 67 Purchase Street – A Part of the John Wallace Stevens House
- 80 Purchase Street – Kelso Place, Groceries and Ice Cream
- 84 Purchase Street – Mary Haslam and Cora Green, Variety and Notions Store
- 3 Spofford Street – Hixon’s School, “Eaglenest” and Life Griffin
- 5 Spofford Street, Samuel Varnum and Sarah Jackman
- 8-10 Spring Street – Abraham Wheelwright
- 11 Spring Street – Samuel Bayley and Captain Stephen Poor Bray
- Stephen Hooper’s house (No longer there)
- 9 Strong Street – Joseph Atkins
- 21 Strong Street
- 2 Summit Place – Elbridge G. Woodwell and Philip H. R. Pearson
- Laroy Starrett – 12-14 Tyng Street and/or 16-18 Tyng Street
- 28 Tyng Street, Paul A. Merrill
- 18 – 18 ½ Walnut Street – Enoch P. Lunt, Shipbuilder and Ropewalk owner
- 19 Washington Street – Laura Coombs Hills
- 167 Water Street – Gordon Welchman
- 168 – 170 Water Street – Captain Mayo Gerrish
- 40 Winter Street – A house that got moved
- 36 Woodland Street – Edward Payson Shaw
- 51 Woodland Street – George W. Jackman
Places
- Atkinson Common – A Gateway to the City
- The Albert Currier School, 1911-1972
- Baptist Church Once on Congress Street – now 8 Congress Street
- Bayley’s Wharf – Captain Robert Bayley, Robert Bayley Jr. and Captain Charles M. Bayley
- Belleville Area
- Bossy Gillis Gas Station
- 1 Brown Street, the Brown High School, originally the Newbury Town House
- The Brown School 1924-2015
- Caldwell Distillery Warehouse, Cornelius Leary & Company
- Cashman Park, A Radical Idea and Filling in Wetlands
- Charles L. Davis, Pharmacist – Corner of State and Charter Street
- Christ Chapel, the Moultonville Church, 475 Merrimac Street
- The Clam Shacks
- The Comb Factory – Chestnut Street (town down)
- The Custom House, Now the Home of the Custom House Maritime Museum
- Daltonville, Between Hill Street and Greenleaf Street
- The Dodge House, the YMCA, the Library – Corner of Harris and State Streets
- Eben Manson Shipyard (1852-1875)
- The Emma Andrews Library and Community Center – 77 Purchase Street
- Engine House No. 8 – Purchase Street near Madison Street (torn down)
- Ferry Wharf and Merchant’s Row
- Finding out about St. Margaret’s School, 57-59 Oakland Street
- 37 Forrester, The Original Currier School and then Fire Hose No. 7
- Elephants Bathed in Frog Pond
- Gas Works – Union Street
- Hale Memorial Park – Hale Flake Fish Yard
- 16 – 20 Hancock Street: Joseph Flynn, Blacksmith
- 16 Hancock Street – James M. Hervey, Bakery
- 363 High Street – The Home for Aged Men – The Griffin House
- Inn Street
- The Jackman School, Between Atwood and School Streets – It was the location of 2 schools, possible 3, the first one was built in 1765
- Jackman Shipyard – at the Foot of Forrester Street
- John J. Currier Shipyard – Now Merrimac Court
- Local Newburyport Newspapers
- Lunt Ropewalk off Bromfield Street (1837 – 1886)
- March’s Hill – Clara de Windt
- The Market House, the Firehouse, the Firehouse Center for the Arts
- Market Square
- The Corner of Kent and Merrimac Streets, the Gas Station, Edna Orne and John Caldwell Jr.
- 44 Merrimac Street – The Merrimac Mill Office Building
- 113 Merrimac Street – A Grocery Store in the Same Family for 87 years
- 164 Merrimac Street – Nick’s Pizza, once the Public Landing at the Foot of Olive Street
- 229-231 Merrimac Street – P. A. Merrill’s Grocer Store
- Moggridge and Merrill Shipyard – between the foot of Forrester and Butler Streets
- Montgomery Park – 1897-1899 Development
- Moulton Castle – Henry W. Moulton
- Moultonville – Captain Henry W. Moulton
- The Moultonville School, 1880 – 1957
- Mt. Rural – Where the Newburyport High School is Today
- Newburyport Courthouse – 1917 Antonio Szczepanek
- Old Almshouse – at the corner of Federal and Prospect Streets (1794-1888)
- Park Lunch and four buildings once owned by the Caldwell family
- Perkins Playground – Land owned by William H. H. Perkins, site of the Gas Works, named after Edward G. Perkins
- Pet Cemetery, Maudslay State Park
- Pillsbury-Prospect Park, 1903, off Rawson Avenue by the Hospital
- The Pink House
- The Phoenix Room
- The Plains School House, the Storey Avenue School
- 31-35 Pleasant Street – Eliphalet Griffin
- Prospect Street Meeting House (torn down)
- Railroad Station – Where CVS is today
- Rawson Hill – Captain Charles Lunt, Joshua Pillsbury, the Homeopathic Hospital
- Sawyer House – Corner of State and Pleasant Streets
- The School on the Bartlet Mall (no longer there)
- S. E. Kimball Grocer – Corner of Prospect and State Streets
- The Shipyard at the End of Jefferson Street
- Shipyard at the foot of Ashland Street
- 35-41 State Street: Essex Hall and Stephen W. Marston
- 72-80 State Street: The Five Cents Savings Bank and Architect Rufus Sargent
- 84 State Street, Sarah Jane Hardy Alter aka “Mrs. Altar”
- 93 State Street – The Institution for Savings
- 1 Temple Street – Once an addition to Wolfe Tavern (now demolished)
- Threadneedle Alley on State Street
- Tracy Mansion – The Newburyport Public Library Archival Center
- Turkey Hill – Hale Street and Plummer Spring Road to Longfellow Drive, Crow Lane and Interstate 95
- The Universalist Church, Middle and Fair Streets, now 26 and 28 Fair Street
- Washington Street Railroad Depot
- The Water Tower – March’s Hill
- Whitfield Congregational Church (torn down)
- Wolfe Tavern – Corner of Harris and State Streets
Events
- Coal, the Railroad and the Central Waterfront
- Embargo of 1807 – 1809
- Fire of 1811
- Museum of Old Newbury – Saving Downtown Newburyport from Demolition
- Ocean Mills – the Industrialization and the Expansion of the North End in the 1800s
- Urban Renewal
- The Playground Act of 1908 – Playgrounds were Controversial
Streets and Ancient Roads
- Arlington Street – Captain Charles Tyng and Dr. Anita Atkins
- Atwood Street – Margaret Ford Atwood
- Barton Street, Ebenezer March, Louis Barton, Mrs. Sarah Jane Alter and Philip D. Adams
- Boardman Street – Captain Offin Boardman III
- Bromfield Street – John Bromfield
- Chestnut Street – Once a Ropewalk
- Federal Street – Once Chandler’s Lane
- Garden Street – The Bannister Gardens
- Green Street – Controversial
- Hancock Street
- High Street – Once a Country Road
- Horton Street – Reverend William Horton
- Lafayette Street – Part of the estate of Joshua Pillsbury
- Magnolia, Payson, Beacon, and Dexter Streets – Edward Payson Shaw
- Marlboro Street – Once Muzzey’s Lane
- Sally Snyder Way – Vietnam War Veteran
- State Street – From Market Square to Essex and Pleasant Streets
- Summit Place – 1889
- Temple Street – 1774
- Tyng Street – Dudley Atkins Tyng
- Unicorn Street – Unicorn Street in London
- Woodland Street – David Wood and Woodland Cottage
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