Nathaniel Rogers Lane / Fitz Henry Lane / Fitz Hugh Lane
He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in the Stevensβ Family plot. (more information at Cape Ann Museum)
Bridget a new comer to Gloucester introduces Fitz Park to visitors from Ireland.
My View of Life on the Dock
Nathaniel Rogers Lane / Fitz Henry Lane / Fitz Hugh Lane
He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in the Stevensβ Family plot. (more information at Cape Ann Museum)
Bridget a new comer to Gloucester introduces Fitz Park to visitors from Ireland.
A lot of people donβt realize there is an open courtyard space that runs between the brick and wooden buildings at the Paint Manufactory. (see post card image)
As part of the restoration process, one of the courtyard spaces is currently being cleaned up by Kerr and his crew.
A pretty spectacular space.
Fred Bodin Submits
I received an email yesterday from Attorney David Richards of Fort Worth, Texas. He read my post about Gray’s Hardware on GMG, and the fact that ancestor Lynn Gray said: “My dad, James Gray, used to ride an old fashioned bicycle with the large front wheel around Gloucester as advertising for the store. If anyone has a picture of my dad on that bicycle, now THATβs something Iβd like to see ” In his email, David Richards expressed his desire to give this pin to Lynn Gray, free of charge. I contacted Lynn and she’s now the proud owner of a vintage 1896 Gray’s pinback.
Photos are of Main Street, the block between Hancock and Center Street.
Once called Gray’s Corner, see article by Fred BodinΒ on GMG
For more THEN and NOW photos, just do a searchΒ βTHEN and NOWβ,Β which includes some fantastic photos by Marty Luster, also an author on GoodMorningGloucester.
Once in itβs Glory at the State Fish Pier NOW propped up at the Essex Ship Building Museum.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
he Evelina M. Goulart is an 83-foot (25.2-meter) fishing schooner built by Arthur D. Story in the Story Shipyard (now the Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum) in 1927. She is one of seven surviving Essex-built fishing schooners and the only one to be virtually unchanged from its original configuration. At some point in her life she was converted into a fishing dragger, being fitted with an engine for the purpose.
Throughout her life she was primarily used for swordfishing. In 1985 Hurricane Gloria touched down in the New England area and damaged the stern of the Goulart. Tied up to the wharf and retired, her engine was removed. At some point the bilge pumps failed and the vessel sank.
In 1990 Evelina M. Goulart was donated to the Essex Shipbuilding Museum. Housed in an open-sided shed, the ship was intended as an example of ship construction, once the ship was stabilized. However the hull is badly deteriorated and the vessel may end its days at the breakers, with only the significant portions preserved for the future.
I think this could be the oldest in the country.
LinguiΓ§a β is a dry Sausage, consists of coarsely chopped pork shoulder (both the lean and the fat), plenty of garlic and paprika. Its shape, rather like a long and slender lingua (tongue) explains the name.
ChouriΓ§o – is a chunkier and juicier Sausage and very garlicky, made in links about 10 inches long and 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
The first photo is around the 1900βs, the second old photo is from 1889.Β The photos appear to have been taken fromΒ what is now Bass Rock Golf Course.
Note that at that time there was two bridges crossing the creek, only one is visible in each photograph.Β The Sherman Cottage had open decks all around.
The building is no longer there; howver I tried to capture on other photos the proximity, many thanks to Larry from L. A. Dahlmer Studio, who provide some additional photos and help researching the Fish Building.
The Stone Marker on the left still exists on the corner of Washington and VineStreet.
I wish I could have climbed up on someones roof to get the NOW photo.
See Fred’s comments and Link to Thorwald Hotel.