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Apr. 12, 2021: First Period houses of Ipswich (zoom)
First Period houses of Ipswich MA
Recent Posts: Historic Ipswich
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Life magazine takes a new look at the old Whipple House, October 1944
The first jailbreak in the Colony, March 30, 1662
Sarah Goodhue’s advance directive, July 14, 1681
Around the fireplace
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The shipwrecks at Ipswich Bar
Rev. Joseph Capen is one of my north east ancestors…
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Text for John Bickford house in North Reading says it’s “not First Period,” but the architectural survey clearly states that it is first period, though transitional. The frame is exposed and beaded. Late date has no bearing on whether it’s first period or not.
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Thanks I updated the description.
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