{"nrhp_refnum":"86001375","name":"Fish Flake Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:Fish Flake Hill Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Cabot, Bartlett, and Water Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beverly","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.543119500000046,"lon":-70.88216968402773,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-06-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Military","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An expanded historic district of about 35 acres and 152 properties in southern Beverly, Massachusetts, on a ridge above Beverly Harbor. It is mostly 18th and 19th century houses, with some commercial and industrial buildings, and enlarges a five-acre district first listed in 1971.","why_significant":"The district is described as Beverly's earliest residential and commercial center and a site of extensive maritime activity in the colonial and early national periods. Its buildings show the waterfront's change from fishing village to busy harbor to industrial base. The expansion adds merchant and sea captain houses and modest workers' housing on streets platted in the mid 19th century.","narrative":"Fish Flake Hill is a dense waterfront neighborhood in southern Beverly, Massachusetts, covering about 35 acres and 152 properties along a ridge above the harbor. Most buildings are wood-framed houses from the 18th and 19th centuries, with a smaller number of commercial and industrial structures. The district grew from an original five-acre core of merchant and sea captain residences on Front Street to include Bartlett, Cabot, Union and Stone Streets. Its houses cover Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate and Second Empire styles, from the ca. 1723 Gage House to the brick Bennett House of 1808 and modest workers' cottages. The area matters because it traces Beverly's shift from a fishing and shipping center to an industrial port. Railroad arrival, coal and oil wharves, and rubber factories changed the waterfront, and wealthier families moved away while laborers, including newcomers from the Canadian maritimes and Italy, took their place. Most properties keep their original plan, materials and detailing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Housewright Peter Woodberry II possibly built several Cabot Street houses","architectural_style":"Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire and Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition ranges from decaying and apparently abandoned to excellent; the district declined in past decades, but rehabilitation efforts are widespread. The count includes seven vacant lots and 35 noncontributing properties.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.914108-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/7946/63794646/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/86001375.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794646","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/fish-flake-hill-historic-district-boundary-increase-86001375/"}