Brocklebank-Nelson-Beecher House

The Brocklebank-Nelson-Beecher House (circa 1668) is a First Period Colonial house located at 108 East Main Street (Route 133) in Georgetown. The Georgetown Historical Society now operates the house as a museum.

Several artifacts help to make the Brocklebank Museum unique, these include a restored "walk-in" fireplace which is said to be one of the largest in New England. The “Haunted Meal Chest” sits against one wall of the same room. In another room, visitors can look down through a viewing panel to the cellar where a secret "slave hole" was built during the days of the Underground Railroad. This room is believed to have been constructed by the Reverend Charles Beecher who was a fervent abolitionist. Also on display is an original slave collar similar to those worn by captured run-away slaves.

http://www.georgetownhistoricalsociety.com/museum.html

Custom House Maritime Museum

Located at 25 Water St. in Newburyport. esigned by Robert Mills, architect of the Washington Monument and U.S. Treasury Building. The Custom House was built in 1835 for the purpose of tax collection on goods imported at the waterfront. The vaulted ceilings and cantilevered staircases are hallmarks of Mills’s work.

The Custom House now operates as a museum dedicated to the abundant maritime heritage of Newburyport, once a major commercial port. It houses a unique collection of maritime art, model clipper ships, displays of famous shipwrecks, and the history of the Coast Guard.

http://www.customhousemaritimemuseum.org/

Essex County Superior Courthouse

Completed in 1805, the Charles Bulfinch-designed Essex County Superior Courthouse is located at 145 High Street in Newburyport. Bulfinch (August 8, 1763 – April 15, 1844) was an early American architect, and has been regarded by many as the first native-born American to practice architecture as a profession.

Bulfinch's work includes the Massachusetts State House as well as the rotunda and original dome of the U.S. Capitol. His works are notable as the origin of a distinctive Federal style of classical domes, columns, and ornament that dominated early 19th-century American architecture.

the Doughboy

The "Doughboy," a memorial sculpture by Leonard Craske, stands on the front lawn of the Amesbury Middle School at 222 Main Street. It was dedicated November 11, 1929. Craske is best known for "The Man at the Wheel" which he created for the Fisherman's Memorial in Gloucester.