City Hall, Beverly, Mass.

City Hall, 191 Cabot Street, as it appeared before the 4th floor was added in the 1800s. City Hall was built as a private residence by Andrew Cabot in 1783, later owned by Capt. Moses Brown, who sold it to Israel Thorndike. Thorndike entertained Pres. James Monroe here. The Town bought the building in 1841 for a Town Hall.

Institution: Beverly Public Library

Massachusetts -- Essex (county) -- Beverly

Cabot Street (Beverly, Mass.)

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Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832

Cabot, Andrew, 1750-1791

City Hall (Beverly, Mass.)

Dwellings

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Photographs

1 photgraph : b & w

25 x 19.5 cm.