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. Many of the entries on the map are also explored in more detail here on the History~Newburyport site. Those pages are hyperlinked below.
Houses
- 2 Atwood Street – Patrick Doherty
- 7 Beck Street – Robert E. Charron
- 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
- 23 Charter Street – Hannah Flagg Gould
- 25 Chestnut Street – Built for housing for the Comb Factory, in the same family for 86 years
- 5 Columbus Ave – Eliphalet Griffin
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 17 Hancock – Dr. John Brickett, Rental Property
- 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
- 24 Jefferson Street – Amos Coffin Jr. and John H. P. McQuillan, part of the Newburyport Historic Shipbuilding District
- 53 Kent Street – Ethel Reed
- 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
- 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)
- 342 Merrimac Street – John J. Currier Jr., Shipbuilder
- 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
- 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
- 8-10 Spring Street – Abraham Wheelwright
- Stephen Hooper’s house (No longer there)
- 9 Strong Street – Joseph Atkins
- 21 Strong Street
- 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
- 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
- Belleville Area
- Bossy Gillis Gas Station
- Charles L. Davis, Pharmacist – Corner of State and Charter Street
- The Clam Shacks
- The Comb Factory – Chestnut Street (town down)
- 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)
- Finding out about St. Margaret’s School, 57-59 Oakland Street
- 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
- 361 High Street – The Home for Aged Men – The Griffin House
- Inn Street
- 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)
- The Market House, the Firehouse, the Firehouse Center for the Arts
- Market Square
- 44 Merrimac Street – The Merrimac Mill Office Building
- 113 Merrimac Street – A Grocery Store in the Same Family for 87 years
- Moggridge and Merrill Shipyard – between the foot of Forrester and Butler Streets
- Montgomery Park – 1897-1899 Development
- Moulton Castle – Henry W. Moulton
- Mt. Rural – Where the Newburyport High School is Today
- Newburyport Courthouse – 1917 Antonio Szczepanek
- Old Almshouse – at the corner of Federal and Prospect Streets (torn down in 1794)
- Pet Cemetery, Maudslay State Park
- The Pink House
- 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
- S. E. Kimball Grocer – Corner of Prospect and State Streets
- 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
- 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
- Washington Street Railroad Depot
- The Water Tower – March’s Hill
- Whitfield Congregational Church (torn down)
- Wolfe Tavern – Corner of Harris and State Streets
Streets and Ancient Roads
- Arlington Street – Captain Charles Tyng and Dr. Anita Atkins
- Atwood Street – Margaret Ford Atwood
- 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
- State Street – From Market Square to Essex and Pleasant Streets
- Temple Street – 1774
- Tyng Street – Dudley Atkins Tyng
- Unicorn Street – Unicorn Street in London
- Woodland Street – David Wood and Woodland Cottage
Explore The Newburyport Interactive History Map
Discover Newburyport’s rich history via the interactive map, “Newburyport – Keeping the Story Alive.”