18 North Main Street, the Charles Kimball house (1834)

18 North Main Street, the Charles Kimball house (1834)

The Charles Kimball house  at 18 North Main Street in Ipswich was built in 1834. Charles Kimball attained honor as a colonel of the militia, a distinguished probate lawyer, and deacon of the Church. He was one of the original trustees of the Ipswich Female Seminary. The house shares a subdued Greek Revival style with the Stephen Coburn house next door. It is remembered as the home of the Manning School master.

The Charles Kimball house
The photo was taken before 1904 and is from the Ipswich Museum collection of glass plate negatives by Edward Darling   (1874 – 1962),

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