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Meetinghouse Green Historic District encompasses the historic 17th century heart of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The district runs along North Main Street, south from its junction with High Street to the southern end of the Meetinghouse Green. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
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 .
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]
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.
Sandy Point State Reservation is a coastal Massachusetts state park located in the town of Ipswich at the southern tip of Plum Island. The reservation is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and is an important nesting area for the piping plover and the least tern .
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.
[6] [7] [8] The University of Massachusetts Amherst is the state's largest public university, with an enrollment of 28,518 students. [9] Massachusetts is also home to a number of internationally recognized universities, including Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which are ranked among the top ten universities in the world.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a total of 192 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) within its borders. This is the second highest statewide total in the United States after New York, which has more than 250. Of the Massachusetts NHLs, 57 are in the state capital of Boston, and are listed separately. Ten of the remaining 134 designations ...