It was just last month the Newburyport Preservation Trust presented our annual awards for local preservation efforts. Here’s Ken Jackman, who along with his wife Kristen Jackman, received an award for the historic restoration of the slate roof on their home at 114 State St., Newburyport. That’s a semi-birdseye view of the house on the screen.
A great many Newburyport houses have windows that were installed before the “modern” invention of weights and pulleys and sash cords. A great many of them were fitted with sash buttons that fit into notches on the side of the lower window sash. You push the button in, raise the sash, and release the button…
Preservation Month 2026, History, Houses and Help, starts in just over a week! Our first event scheduled for Saturday May 9th. We have lots of great topics and speakers lined up for you: Expert insight from a timber framer, art conservation and restoration techniques, a round-table of old house experts, NBPT Powder House tours, Merrimac…
The house on the north corner of Olive and Russia Streets in Newburyport, 22 Olive Street, is a classic example of mid-19th-century architecture. It is a substantial two-story brick house originally built by Moody Pearson in 1838 for his family of eight. Moody Pearson started his career selling fish, wheat, wood, and vegetables on John…
People who have lived in the North End of Newburyport for a long time or who grew up there might be aware that the brick house at the corner of Kent and Russia streets was once a school but for most area residents this long-ago identity will come as a surprise. At first glance the…
Reprinted from the Newburyport Daily News on March 14, 2026 NEWBURYPORT — While still months away, folks interested in including their property in this year’s iteration of “If This House Could Talk” are being urged to dive into the story of their home. “The event happens the last week of July, but people really have…
The American Yacht Club located at the foot of Lime Street was officially established in 1885 by a group of prominent Newburyport residents. The club has been located at two different locations and had three different clubhouses. The Newburyport Preservation Trust just honored the club with a historic plaque for its current clubhouse built in 1908.
