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Union Oyster House, Boston, Mass. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith in 1980.

Union Oyster House: Oldest Restaurant in Boston

The Union Oyster House is the oldest restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts, and the oldest continuously operating restaurant in America. Built on Union Street in 1716, the building is a three-story… Read more »

Industrial Era, Revolutionary Era   
The Tewksbury State Hospital men's dining room in 1903

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 »

Industrial Era   
The Lyceum building, Salem, Mass, in 2017. Photo by Walter R Wheeler, 2017, courtesy Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin, Chairman, Massachusetts Historical Commission.

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 »

Industrial Era   
Castle Hill in Ipswich, Mass. Photos published in the Boston Herald on July 3, 1928

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 »

Industrial Era   

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 »

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