Rowley Burial Ground – Rowley, MA

The Rowley Burial Ground began in 1634, only four years after the town’s founding. It served as the primary cemetery for the early settlement and…

Rowley Village Forge Site

The Rowley Village Forge began operating in the late 1660s along Fish Brook. Henry Leonard, part of a family with experience in colonial iron production,…

Platts-Bradstreet House – Rowley, MA

The earliest section of the Platts-Bradstreet House went up around 1677 for Samuel Platts. The builders used the common First Period timber-frame method, which relied…

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