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View from the front Crane estate, rear. Castle Hill is a 56,881 sq ft (5,284.4 m 2) mansion in Ipswich, Massachusetts, which was completed in 1928 as a summer home for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Teller Crane, Jr.
Quincy Center is the commercial and government center of the city where City Hall, Thomas Crane Public Library, the United First Parish Church (Old Stone Church), Quincy Masonic Building, and numerous office buildings and residential streets can be found.
In 1910, Richard T. Crane Jr. of Chicago, the business magnate owner of Crane Plumbing, bought Castle Hill, a drumlin on Ipswich Bay. He hired Olmsted Brothers , successors to Frederick Law Olmsted , to landscape his 3,500-acre (14 km 2 ) estate, and engaged the Boston architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge to design an Italian ...
Over time, many towns have voted to become cities; 14 municipalities still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. [ 1 ] The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of " minor civil division " and cities as a type of " populated place ".
The Thomas Crane Public Library was built in four stages: the original building (1882) by architect Henry Hobson Richardson; an additional ell with stack space and stained glass (1908) by William Martin Aiken in Richardson's style; a major expansion (1939) by architects Paul A. and Carroll Coletti, with stone carvings by sculptor Joseph Coletti of Quincy; and a recent addition (2001) by Boston ...
Panorama of Crane Beach in September 2007. Crane Beach is a 1,234-acre (4.99 km 2) conservation and recreation property located in Ipswich, Massachusetts, immediately north of Cape Ann. It consists of a four-mile-long (6 km) sandy beachfront, dunes, and a maritime pitch pine forest. Five and a half miles of hiking trails through the dunes and ...
Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan E Charter. 42 John H. Corcoran: 1942 – December 28, 1945 Democratic: Beginning of the weak Mayor/City Manager form of government 43 John D. Lynch: 1946–1947 44 Michael Neville: 1948–1949 45 Edward Crane: 1950–1951 46 Joseph DeGuglielmo: 1952 ...
The Crane Wildlife Refuge, located in Ipswich and Essex, Massachusetts, is a 674-acre (2.73 km 2) property managed by The Trustees of Reservations. The refuge contains Long Island, Choate Island, and small areas of the Great Marsh. Located nearby are Castle Hill and Crane Beach, other properties managed by the