Tag: East Street

The same photo of East Street about 100 years later

The “new” houses on East Street

By Gordon Harris on October 20, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

We have been researching the identities of five small houses on East Street on the south side, between North Main and County Streets, constructed after 1856. The Google Maps screenshot below is above. The identities of most of the houses on these pages are tentative, based on the […]

East Street

By Gordon Harris on September 5, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

The abrupt change in the name of High Street to East Street at the intersection with North Street is odd unless one knows a bit of history. When Ipswich was laid out in the 1600’s, town center was Meetinghouse Green. A road headed south and crossed the river — […]