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Gloucester Tercentenary Permanent Memorial Association selects Leonard Craske's design for the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial. St. Peter's Fiesta started in 1927. The Greasy Pole contest started [27] in 1931 and is held yearly at the St. Peter's Fiesta a five-day festival honoring the patron saint of the fisherman, St. Peter.
Beauport: Beauport: April 26, 1976 : 75 Eastern Point Boulevard: Designated a National Historic Landmark on May 27, 2003. 6: Central Gloucester Historic District: Central Gloucester Historic District: July 8, 1982
Beauport was built starting in 1908 as the summer home of interior decorator and antique collector Henry Davis Sleeper. Situated on the rocks overlooking Gloucester Harbor, Sleeper repeatedly enlarged and modified the structure, and filled it with a large collection of fine art, folk art, architectural artifacts, and other collectible materials.
The Central Gloucester Historic District encompasses the historic commercial, civic, and residential core of the fishing community of Gloucester, Massachusetts.Now largely defined by 19th century architectural trends, it includes the city's commercial downtown (Main Street), its civic heart on Dale and Prospect Streets, and some adjacent residential areas.
In December 1606, the Virginia Company's three ships, containing 105 men and boys as passengers and 39 crew members, [12]: 601–602 set sail from Blackwall, London and made landfall on 26 April 1607 at the southern edge of the mouth of what they named the James River on the Chesapeake Bay.
East Gloucester Square Historic District is a historic district encapsulating the evolutionary history of the active maritime community of Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States, over a period of more than 200 years. East Gloucester is located on the south side of Gloucester's Inner Harbor, opposite the city's main downtown area.
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