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Essex County, of which Ipswich is a part, is the location of 461 properties and districts listed on the National Register. Ipswich itself is the location of 31 of these properties and districts. [2] This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 6, 2024. [3]
The Meetinghouse Green was laid out in 1634, not long after Ipswich was established, and was for many years the heart of its civic life. In addition to private residences, it was flanked by public facilities, including a meeting house, jail fort, and animal pound, as well as the stocks. Although it has since become predominantly residential, it ...
The district boundaries extend from the junction of South Main and Elm Streets, southward past the green to where County Road (Massachusetts Route 1A) crosses Saltonstall's Creek. [2] Ipswich voted to establish the South Green in 1686, after which it was used as a common grazing area, and as a training ground for the local militia.
Ipswich is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 13,785 at the 2020 census . [ 1 ] Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation , Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island .
Ipswich was from its earliest days an important transit stop, and High Street was the location of its inns for travelers. It was also where courts met when judges rode the circuit . In the 18th century small industrial shops also populated the street, and some of these led to the building of larger textile firms elsewhere.
The John Whipple House is a historic colonial house at 1 South Green in Ipswich, Massachusetts.Built in the seventeenth century, the house has been open to the public as a museum since 1899 and was the subject of some of the earliest attempts at the preservation of colonial houses.
The eastern boundary includes the Ipswich River and Turkey Shore Road from its junction with Labor-in-Vain Road to Green Street, and the southern boundary runs along Green Street to North Main. [2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The Ross Tavern is a historic building in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Now a private residence, the building was moved to its present site from central Ipswich (adjacent to the Choate Bridge) in 1940, and carefully restored to a First Period appearance. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]