| City Resources of Beverly
Opposite: Beverly regatta, 1890
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| Founded in 1626, the City of Beverly is one of the oldest communities in
the state. Residents describe their city as the birthplace of the United States Navy, noting that the first ship commissioned by the Navy first
sailed from Beverly Harbor. Although the city was the location of the first cotton mill and the first Sunday school in the country, and has one
of its neighborhoods, the Fish Flake District, on the National Register of
Historic sites, it is the present and future rather than the past which engross the energies of the community.
Beverly residents have watched an interesting shift over the past 50 years,
as the city changed from an industrial site with huge manufacturers like the United Shoe Machine Corporation, to a bedroom community that is 85% residential and emphasizes its academic and cultural facilities more than the industrial parks that house mixed computer and other high technology firms. Intact in Beverly is the spacious echo of the past since the city is still the home of some of the most historic families
in America on gracious estates in the northern portion of the community. (Narrative supplied by community.) |
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| Beverly Historical Society | Taft Summer Whitehouse |
| Beverly Public Library | |