Gloucester MA is located on Cape Ann. It was founded in 1623, but, due to harsh conditions, it was abandoned in 1626. It was finally incorporated in 1642. The company Gortons of Gloucester was started there in 1906. Rudyard Kipling’s Captains Courageous was filmed there as was Stephen King’s The Perfect Storm. Currently, National Geographic’s Wicked Tuna is set there.
Notable sites around town are:
Gloucester Fishmans Memorial
The monument stands eight feet tall and overlooks Gloucester Harbor–America’s oldest seaport. It was built to commemorate Gloucester’s 300th anniversary and memorialize the thousands of fishermen who were lost at sea. The first photo is dated 1927.
Main St.
The first photo is dated 1910.
Gate Lodge at Niles Beach
Gate Lodge was built in 1888 and is located on Eastern Point Road, which leads to the Eastern Point Lighthouse. The first photo is dated ca.1905.
Eastern Point Lighthouse
The Lighthouse was built in 1848, and a new dwelling was constructed in 1879. Winslow Homer spent the summer of 1880 there painting his famous seascapes. The first photo is dated 1848.
White-Ellery Farm
The White-Ellery Farmhouse was built in 1710 and has been in the same family for 200 years. Due to highway construction in 1947, it was moved 100 yards and was turned over to the Cape Ann Museum. The first photo is dated 1880s.
Tablet Rock
Tablet Rock is located in Stage Fort Park. The tablet was installed in 1907 to commemorate Gloucester as the first permanent settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The first photo shows the dedication.
