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View the age of many Ipswich historic houses in the page below, or in the following links:
- Susan Nelson’s comprehensive inventory for the Ipswich Historical Commission
- List of historic houses in Ipswich without photos.
- The Ipswich Patriot Properties site is not reliable for accuracy
Information is from “Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony,” by Thomas Franklin Waters and the Ipswich inventory on the MACRIS site. Photos are primarily from the Ipswich Patriot Properties site. Photos of First Period and covenanted houses are by Johanne Cassia for the Ipswich Historical Commission.
IPSWICH INDEX
Ipswich Historical Commission Resources
- Order a plaque for your historic home
- Architectural Styles
- The annual Mary Conley Award
- Historic Houses Partial List (PDF)
- Preservation Agreements
- First and Second Period Houses (PDF)
- MACRIS
- Demolition Delay Bylaw
- Architectural Preservation District
View houses by date of construction
- Houses built before 1725 (First Period)
- 17th Century Ipswich houses
- 18th Century Ipswich houses
- 19th Century Ipswich houses
- 20th Century Ipswich houses
View houses by historic districts and neighborhoods
- Interactive map of Ipswich historic houses
- Architectural Preservation District
- Meetinghouse Green Historic District
- East End Historic District
- High St. Historic District
- South Green Historic District
- Ipswich Mills and Brown Mills Historic Districts
- Linebrook Parish
- Ipswich Village
- Candlewood
View Also:
- Researching the age and history of your historic house
- The ancient houses of Essex County: Beverly, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Marblehead, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salem, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury
- First Period houses of Essex County
- First, Second and Third Period houses of Ipswich
- First Period construction
- MACRIS inventory of Ipswich houses
- Permit Records – Ipswich building permit records and inspections from 2010 to present. username: ipswich password: 01938
Click on the names or images to read the histories of the houses listed.
- View this list without photos.
- Email Gordon Harris at historicipswich@gmail.com with your additions or corrections for this site.
- Houses names are the first owner or a person who lived in them.
- Street addresses are listed alphabetically by the first digit. (For example, 9 High Street follows 89 High Street).
Agawam Ave.


Argilla Road






















Brown Square


Brown Street


Candlewood Road






Central Street










County Road























County Street















Depot Square

East Street































Elm Street



Essex Road

Fellows Road




Fox Creek Road

Green Street






Hammatt Street

Heartbreak Road


High Street










































































Highland Avenue

Hovey Street


Jeffreys Neck Road










Kimball Avenue


Labor in Vain Road




Lafayette Road

Lakeman’s Lane


Liberty Street



Linebrook Road


























Loney’s Lane

Lords Square



Manning Street




Maple Avenue





Market Street








Meeting House Green






Mill Road




Mineral Street




Mitchell Road

Mount Pleasant Ave.


Newbury Road


Newmarch Street

Northgate Road

North Main Street






























Old England Road

Poplar Street



South Green






South Main Street











Spring Street





Summer Street


























Topsfield Road









Turkey Shore Road










Turnpike Road

Waldingfield Road






Warren Street



Washington Street












Water Street







Woods Lane





What a wonderful gift this site gives to those tracing their roots. Is there any chance you have any photos of the properties once owned by the Saffords: Thomas Safford, d 20 Feb 1666, John Safford 1633-1701, Thomas Safford, 15 Oct 1675-30Apr1754; Joseph Sr. 5Mar1703-1757(Hardwick); Joseph Safford 25 Oct 1730 -19 Jan 1798(Woodstock VT) ?
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In 1661 John Safford bought the lot originally deeded to Daniel Dennison. It stayed in the Safford family for many years. It was located at the intersection of Market Street and Saltonstall Street, where there are now two EBSCO parking lots. Thomas Safford in 1705 bought a plot of land on the East side of High St. two or three houses before the intersection with Town Farm Road. Jacob Safford’s home was on Green St. across from the present Town Hall.
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