photo above: “Here is the second of the three gambrel roof houses in this section of Middle Street. Riggs Street is on the left and in the rear of the first gambrel roof house is Babson’s Field which was used as sites for some of the houses moved from Western Avenue in 1922-23′-’24 when Stacy Blvd. was constructed.” from History of Gloucester Vol. 3, published 1978, featuring photographs from James B. Benham collection and from Gaspar J. Lafata and Martin J. Horgan Jr.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Do you know where the old Wonson Barn is or was? I have a book that talks of the family and the barn being newly built. Thanks for the great old pictures. I love to see how the town was before. I liked it more open and airy.
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