WHERE, OH WHERE HAS IT BEEN? This is an amazing and convoluted story of an interesting 19 th century family and the adventures o...

AUTHENTICITY AND INTEGRITY PREVAIL HERE The Pillsbury-Dickinson House, Georgetown, MA,  Circa 1700 From the 17th century many...

MY HOUSE IN A SEASIDE VILLAGE My blog has centered around antique houses of Gloucester, Massachusetts and some beyond recalling storie...

Abbott Lowell Cummings Students of New England architecture, preservationist and lovers of early Massachusetts houses were saddened...

In late 2015 the City of Gloucester was threatened with the loss of several houses.  In the end one was saved, one was demolished and on...

WHERE HAVE I BEEN? It has been some time since I have posted.  I had several posts prepared and just about ready to go when my attention ...

FIG NEWTONS: YUK In the 1940s an older couple moved into the house next door to ours.  I liked this husband and wife, the Norwoods, and...