NEWBURYPORT — Historian and author Ghlee Woodworth appears Thursday on “The Morning Show” to discuss the Old Hill Burying Ground “Once Known” Marker Project.
NEWBURYPORT — Local historian Ghlee Woodworth presents a slideshow on her latest research on the city’s Black community Wednesday at noon at the Senior/Community Center.
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“The architecture of this town affects you beyond words,” he said, adding that Newburyport’s trails, museums, and beaches are well worth the trip.
Ahead, discover some of Jones’s picks for where to go and what to do in Newburyport.
Take in the architecture.
Newburyport’s brick downtown buildings and historic federal-style architecture are what makes the city special, Jones said.
“We do have the Colonial period, we have the Federalist period, we have the Victorian period, we have almost good representation of every architectural period,” Jones said. “But clearly the Federalist period is something we hold our hat on.”
Museum of Old Newbury publishes historic photograph calendar
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The Museum of Old Newbury has released its first photographic wall calendar in time for holiday giving.
Each page features a vintage image of Old Newbury (Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury) from the museum s collections of over 18,000 photographs. Many of the photos are from the Snow Collection acquired by the museum in 2104 and capture the essence of these historic communities.
The 8.5 inch by 11 inch format features heavy grade, high quality, tear off pages for each month and includes a Notes section for handwritten reminders.
Calendars are available through the museum s website, http://NewburyHistory.org, and are $16.50 per calendar, including shipping. Alternately, calendars may be purchased between 10 and 11:30 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays until Christmas at the Brown Chapel at Oak Hill Cemetery, 4 Brown St., Newburyport. “Newburyport Clipper Heritage Trail Volume I, a series of self-gu