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Post Office Square, c. 1905 Originally inhabited by Agawam or Naumkeag peoples, West Newbury was settled by English colonists in 1635 as part of neighboring Newbury.After 15 years of English colonization, a 30 acre section of land around Indian Hill in current day West Newbury was purchased from an indigenous man Great Tom for three pounds.
Colonel Moses Newell built the 25 room house now standing at 243 Main St. in 1846. His father Joseph Newell was a Sargeant in Captain William Rodger's Third Company, a local West Newbury unit, during the American Revolutionary War. The Newells owned at that time a house which stood closer to the street by the well on the property.
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Location of Essex County in Massachusetts. This list is of that portion of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) designated in Essex County, Massachusetts.The locations of these properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
West Brookfield Worcester: 2002: 61 acres (25 ha) ... Newbury Essex: 1952: 531 acres (215 ha) ... The property is owned by the Town of Westport and managed by the ...
The Rev. John Tufts House is a historic First Period house in West Newbury, Massachusetts. It was the house of John Tufts (1689–1750), an important early American music educator. The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story central chimney building is framed entirely in oak, and its main block was built all at once (unlike many First Period homes, which were often ...
The Samuel Chase House is a historic First Period house in West Newbury, Massachusetts.Built c. 1715, it is a rare example of a brick house built during the transition between First Period and Georgian styling and construction methods.
The town of Newbury was incorporated in 1635, with the original town center located around the Lower Green, about 2-1/2 miles to the south, on the banks of the Parker River. The present upper green was laid out in 1642 as a militia training ground, and became the new center of the town (which then included both Newburyport and West Newbury ...