The Tewksbury State Hospital Murder Spree
On February 4, 1938, a 79-year-old patient at the Tewksbury State Hospital shot and killed three fellow patients in their beds and critically wounded two more. The attacker, John Mack,… Read more »
History of Lyceum Hall in Salem, Massachusetts
Lyceum Hall is a historic public lecture hall on Church Street in Salem, Massachusetts. The word “lyceum” means “an association providing public lectures, concerts, and entertainments.” The hall was built… Read more »
Castle Hill on the Crane Estate in Ipswich, Massachusetts
Castle Hill is a historic mansion on the Crane Estate on Argilla Road in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Built in 1928, the mansion is a fifty-nine-room Stuart-style house designed by architect David… Read more »
Ross Tavern in Ipswich, Massachusetts
Built in 1680, the Ross Tavern is a historic First Period house at Strawberry Hill on Jeffrey’s Neck Road in Ipswich, Massachusetts. It is a wood-frame clapboard building made up… Read more »
John Whipple House in Ipswich, Massachusetts
The John Whipple House is a historic First Period house at 1 South Green in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Built in 1677, the Whipple House is a three-story wood-frame house. Originally built… Read more »