Category: Revolutionary Era

The Byfield Post Office in Byfield, MA. Photo courtesy of Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin, Chairman, Massachusetts Historical Commission

History of Byfield, Massachusetts

Byfield, Massachusetts, is a village within the town of Newbury. It is notable for being the home of Governor William Dummer, who lived on a farm there in the 18th… Read more »

Jeremiah Lee Mansion in Marblehead, Mass. Photo by R. Strachan and JJ. Huckins 1978, courtesy Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin, Chairman, Massachusetts Historical Commission.

Jeremiah Lee Mansion in Marblehead, Massachusetts

Built in 1767, the Jeremiah Lee Mansion is a Georgian-style house built for Jeremiah Lee on Washington Street in Marblehead. The mansion is a three-story wooden Georgian-style house with rusticated… Read more »

History of Haywardville, Massachusetts

Haywardville was a mill village located in Stoneham, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. The first known settler of the area was James Barrett, who built a sawmill in 1706 along… Read more »

Grange Hall Prescott, Mass., Feb. 15, 1928

History of Prescott, Massachusetts

Prescott, Massachusetts, was a town in the Swift River Valley that was lost when the town was submerged due to the Quabbin Reservoir project. Prescott was originally settled as a… Read more »

Quabbin Lake in Greenwich, Mass. Photo published in the Boston Transcript on May 5, 1926.

History of Greenwich, Massachusetts

Greenwich, Massachusetts, was a town in the Swift River Valley that was lost when the town was submerged due to the Quabbin Reservoir project. On January 14, 1746, the General… Read more »