Timeline of Gloucester, Massachusetts
This is a timeline of the history of the city of Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA.
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Prior to 19th century
- 1606 - Samuel de Champlain anchors in "Beauport."[1]
- 1623 - Dorchester Company settlers arrive and setup at Stage Fort Park.[1]
- 1630 or 1631 - Abraham Robinson, son of John Robinson (pastor), and band of Pilgrims, establishes settlement and fishing stage at Annisquam.[1]
- 1642 - Town of Gloucester incorporated.[2]
- 1660 - Edward Harraden house built.
- 1698 - First school house built, Thomas Riggs first school master.
- 1700 - Congregational Church organized, West Gloucester (approximate date).[3]
- 1709 - Davis-Freeman house built.
- 1710 - White-Ellery House built.[4]
- 1713 - Schooner ship type begins operating.
- 1716 - Second Parish Church incorporated.[4]
- 1720 - Dyke-Wheeler house built.
- 1728 - Third Parish Church established.[4]
- 1739 - "Great meeting-house at the harbor" built.[5]
- 1740 - Babson-Alling house built.[4]
- 1765 - Population: 3,763.[4]
- 1770 - Freemason Tyrian Lodge established.[6]
- 1771 - Cape Ann Light erected on Thacher Island.[4]
- 1775 - Battle of Gloucester.
- 1789 - U.S. custom house established.[1]
- 1790 - Population: 5,317.[7]
- 1792 - Gloucester post office established.[1]
- 1796 - Gloucester Bank established.[1]
19th century
1800s-1850s
First Universalist Church built on Middle Street, 1806 (photo 1930s)
Procter Bros., publishers, est. 1857
- 1801 - Annisquam Harbor Light erected.[4]
- 1805 - Daily Boston-Gloucester stagecoach begins operating.[4]
- 1806 - First Universalist Church built.[8]
- 1808 - First Baptist Church founded.[4]
- 1819 - Nearby Essex incorporated as a town.[9]
- 1821 - Ten Pound Island Light erected.[4]
- 1827 - Gloucester Telegraph newspaper begins publication.[1]
- 1828 - First Parish Church built on Middle Street.[8]
- 1830
- Gloucester Lyceum and Lanesville Congregational Church established.[3]
- 30 September: Fire.[10]
- Population: 7,510.[7]
- 1831 - Eastern Point Light erected.[4]
- 1832 - Gloucester Circulating Library, Front Street, in operation.[11]
- 1834 - Gloucester Democrat newspaper begins publication.[1]
- 1835 - Straitsmouth Island Light erected.[4]
- 1836 - Female Charitable Society organized.[3]
- 1838
- 1839 - Annisquam Universalist Ladies' Sewing Cirlce organized.[3]
- 1840
- 1842 - Lane's Cove Pier Co. formed.[3]
- 1843 - Cape Ann Light newspaper begins publication.[1]
- 1844 - Town Hall built.[4]
- 1845 - Odd Fellows Ocean Lodge established.[6]
- 1847
- Railway begins operating.[4]
- Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Co., Gloucester Marine Insurance Co., and Annisquam Mutual Fire Insurance Co. incorporated.[3]
- Artist Fitz Hugh Lane moves to town.[12]
- 1848
- 1849 - Fitz Henry Lane house and Pavilion Hotel[8] built.
- 1850
- 1851 - Cape Ann Savings Bank incorporated.[3]
- 1852 - Company G., 8th Regiment organized.[3]
- 1853 - Gloucester Gas Light Company in business.[13]
- 1855
- Gloucester Cornet Band organized.[3]
- Cunningham & Thompson in business.[1]
- Timothy Davis becomes US representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district.[4]
- 1856
- 1857
- 1858
- 1859
1860s-1890s
Civil war recruitment poster, ca.1861
Universalist Centenary camp ground, 1870
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Seal of City of Gloucester, incorporated 1873
Advertisements for Gloucester businesses, 1882
- 1860 - Population: 10,904.[7]
- 1861 - Railway to Rockport begins operating.[4]
- 1862 - Shute & Merchant in business |url=http://www.shuteandmerchant.com/history-2.html |
- 1864
- 1865 - Freemason Acacia Lodge established.[6]
- 1866
- 1867
- 1869
- 1870
- Universalist Centenary.[15]
- Population: 15,389.[7]
- 1871 - Gloucester City Hall built.
- 1872 - Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library incorporated.[16][17]
- 1873
- 1874
- Slade Gorton & Company established.
- Robert R. Fears becomes first city mayor.
- Procter Brothers circulating library opens.[19]
- 1877
- Gloucester Bulletin newspaper begins publication.[1]
- Artist William Morris Hunt active.[12]
- 1880
- 1881
- 1882 - Russia Cement Co. in business.[4]
- 1884
- Gloucester News and Cape Ann Breeze newspapers begin publication.[1]
- Tarr and Wonson paint factory built.
- Magonolia Library Association formed.
- 1885
- 1887 - Magnolia Congregational Church[4] and Gloucester Co-operative Bank[1] established.
- 1888
- 1891
- 1892
- 1895
- Gloucester, Essex and Beverly Street Railway begins operating.
- American Halibut Co. in business.[4]
- 1896 - Eliot house (residence) built.[23]
- 1897 - Addison Gilbert Hospital built.
- 1898
- S.S. Portland shipwreck.
- Business Men's Association formed.[4]
- 1899 - Ravenswood Park established.
20th century
S.S. Cape Ann ferry, 1905
Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2010
- 1900 - Population: 26,121.[4]
- 1902 - Cape Pond Ice Co. in business.[4]
- 1905 - Gloucester Cold Storage in business.[4]
- 1906 - Gorton-Pew Fisheries in business.[24]
- 1907
- Gloucester Net and Twine Company in business.[4]
- Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House expanded.[25]
- Shute & Merchant became the fifth firm to join the Gorton-Pew Fisheries Company |url=http://www.shuteandmerchant.com/history-2.html |
- 1914
- Our Lady of Good Voyage Church rebuilt.
- Synagogue active.[4]
- 1920 - Population: 22,947.[4]
- 1921 - Chamber of Commerce established.[4]
- 1922 - North Shore Art Association founded.[26]
- 1923
- Tercentenary of European settlement of Gloucester.[4]
- Gloucester Tercentenary Permanent Memorial Association selects Leonard Craske's design for the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial.
- 1925 - General Seafood Corporation in business.[24]
- 1926 - Adventure (schooner) launched.
- 1929 - Hammond Castle built.
- 1943 - WPA murals painted in City Hall.
- 1969 - Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Association founded.
- 1979 - Gloucester Stage Company founded.[27]
- 1991
- October 28: Ship Andrea Gail lost at sea in the 1991 Perfect Storm.
- Bruce Tobey becomes mayor.
- 1992 - William S. Rafter Jr. becomes mayor.
- 1994 - Bruce Tobey becomes mayor again.
- 1997 - John F. Tierney becomes US representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district.
- 1998 - City website online (approximate date).[28]
21st century
- 2002
- North Shore North - Newspaper Begins (Mike Ryan, James Oliver, Gregg B. Smith)
- John Bell becomes mayor.
- 2003 Gloucester Island News - Newspaper Begins (James Oliver, Gregg B. Smith)
- 2004 - Sister city relationship established with Tamano, Japan.
- 2007 - Good Morning Gloucester blog begins publication.
- 2008
- Teen pregnancy controversy occurs.
- Carolyn Kirk becomes mayor.
- 2010 - Population: 28,789.[29]
- 2015
- Police department program for drug addicts begins.[30]
- Sefatia Romeo Theken becomes mayor.
- Seth Moulton becomes US representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district.[31]
See also
- Gloucester history
- List of mayors of Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Massachusetts[32]
- Other cities in Massachusetts
- Timeline of Boston
- Timeline of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Haverhill, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Lawrence, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Lowell, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Lynn, Massachusetts
- Timeline of New Bedford, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Newburyport, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Salem, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Somerville, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Waltham, Massachusetts
- Timeline of Worcester, Massachusetts
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pringle 1892.
- ↑ Alden Bradford (1843). New England Chronology. Boston: S.G. Simpkins.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Gloucester Directory 1860.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Arrington 1922.
- ↑ James Robinson Newhall (1836), The Essex Memorial, for 1836: embracing a register of the county, Salem, Mass.: Henry Whipple
- 1 2 3 4 Fisheries 1876.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- 1 2 3 4 "Historical Materials". Fitz Henry Lane Online. Gloucester: Cape Ann Museum. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- 1 2 "History of the Region (timeline)". Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- 1 2 Fire Department 1892.
- ↑ Catalogue of the Gloucester Circulating Library. Gloucester Telegraph. January 28, 1832.
- 1 2 Weinberg 1994.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Report of the Tax Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1899.
- 1 2 William Richard Cutter (1908). Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
- ↑ "Universalist Centenary: A City of Tents", New York Times, September 23, 1870
- ↑ "Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library Public library". Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library, Inc.: 1830-1930, the record of a century, c. 1930
- ↑ "Cape Ann Museum". Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ↑ Cape Ann Advertiser, Sep 11, 1874
- ↑ Cape Ann Advertiser, Dec 3, 1880
- ↑ Robert L. McCullough (September 2015), "In 1885, adventurous Boston women took to their tricycles", Boston Globe
- ↑ Souvenir 1892.
- ↑ "T.S. Eliot's old summer home may become writers' retreat", Boston Globe, March 31, 2015
- 1 2 "Mass Moments". Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved March 30, 2016. (timeline of Massachusetts history)
- ↑ "Gloucester HarborWalk". Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ↑ American Art Annual, Washington DC: American Federation of Arts, 1922
- ↑ "Gloucester Stage Co.". Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Gloucester Home Page". Archived from the original on December 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Gloucester city, Massachusetts". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Chief's Tack in Drug War: Steer Addicts to Rehab, Not Jail", New York Times, January 24, 2016
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project 1937: "Chronology"
Bibliography
- published in the 18th-19th century
- Jedidiah Morse (1797), "Gloucester", American Gazetteer, Boston: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews
- John James Babson (1860), History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Anne, including the Town of Rockport, Gloucester: Procter Brothers
- Gloucester Directory. 1860.
- "An American Fishing Port". Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. 1: 497–505. May 1868.
- "General Directory: Gloucester". Essex-County History and Directory. Boston: C.A. & J.F. Wood. 1870. pp. 248–279 – via Google Books.
- George Henry Procter (1873). Fishermen's Memorial and Record Book: Containing a List of Vessels and Their Crews Lost from the Port of Gloucester from the Year 1830 to October 1, 1873. Procter Brothers.
- Annual Report of the City of Gloucester, 1874 (ongoing).
- "Gloucester and Cape Ann". Harper's New Monthly Magazine. 51 (304): 465–474. September 1875.
- Fisheries of Gloucester from the First Catch by the English in 1623, to the Centennial Year, 1876. Procter Brothers. 1876.
- Benjamin D. Hill; Winfield S. Nevins (1881). "Gloucester". North Shore of Massachusetts Bay: An Illustrated Guide to Marblehead, Salem, Peabody, Beverly, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Magnolia, Gloucester, Rockport, and Ipswich (4th ed.).
- Gloucester Directory, Boston: Sampson, Davenport & Co., 1882 – via HathiTrust
- Atlas of the City of Gloucester and Town of Rockport, Massachusetts. Philadelphia: Hopkins. 1884 – via State Library of Massachusetts.
- Gloucester Directory, Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Co., 1884 – via Internet Archive
- History of the Town and City of Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts, Gloucester, Mass.: James R. Pringle, 1892, OCLC 3714229
- Gloucester Fire Department: its History and Work from 1793 to 1893, Gloucester, Mass.: Steam Fire Assoc., 1892
- Official Souvenir, 250th Anniversary, Gloucester, MA, 1892
- Rudyard Kipling (1896). Captains Courageous. McClure's. (children's fiction)
- Gloucester Directory, Boston: Sampson, Murdock, & Co., 1899 – via Internet Archive
- published in the 20th-21st century
- Annual Report of the City of Gloucester (ongoing).
- Memorial of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Gloucester, Mass. August, 1892. Boston: A. Mudge & Son. 1901.
- James R. Coffin (1910). "Le Beau Port: the sea-browned fishing town of Gloucester". New England Magazine. 42.
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Bureau of Statistics (1913). "Classification by Cities and Towns: Gloucester". Directory of Massachusetts Manufactures. Boston: Wright & Potter. pp. 152–153 – via HathiTrust.
- Benjamin F. Arrington, ed. (1922). "City of Gloucester". Municipal History of Essex County in Massachusetts. 2. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
- Federal Writers' Project (1937), "Gloucester and Rockport", Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, American Guide Series, Boston: Houghton Mifflin. + Chronology
- H. Barbara Weinberg; et al. (1994). "Urban Leisure: Gloucester: a durable magnet for American painters of modern life". American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915. NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-700-6.
- John Hardy Wright (2000). Gloucester and Rockport. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-3911-9.
- Mary Ray (2002). Sarah V. Dunlap, ed. Gloucester, Massachusetts Historical Time-Line 1000-1999. ISBN 978-0-9722416-0-1.
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