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Swampscott (/ ˈ s w ɒ m p s k ə t /) [1] is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 15 miles (24 km) up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population was 15,111 as of the 2020 United States Census. [2]
- Olmsted Subdivision Historic District
- Elihu Thomson House
- Fisherman’s Beach
- Swampscott Fish House
- John Humphreys House
- Humphrey Street
- Swampscott Farmers’ Market
- Beach Bluff Park
- Harold A. King Town Forest
- Swampscott Lilac Garden
With Monument Avenue at the base, this swirl of curving residential streets was planned by the famed landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) in the late 19th century. The land was purchased by the Swampscott Land trust in 1887, and had previously belonged to one Enoch Reddington Mudge (1812-1881), comprising a piece of the Humphrey e...
Swampscott’s Town Hall is no ordinary municipal building. This Colonial Revival mansion was built in 1889 for the inventor, Elihu Thomson (1853-1937), credited with several innovations in the field of electrical engineering. He was co-founder of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, which later merged with Thomas Edison’s Edison General Electric Co...
Possibly the prettiest sight in Swampscott is this crescent-shaped beach, backed by a jumble of houses on a wooded slope. Anchored in the bay are scores of little boats, many still used for commercial fishing, and there’s a wooden pier shooting out into the bay from the Fish House, with a picturesque view from the tip. No parking sticker is require...
In the late 19th century, when Swampscott was coming through as a resort town, the beachfront was lined with hundreds of fisherman’s shanties. To clear up the shoreline, the town consolidated these structures into one municipally owned fish house. Still standing next to Fisherman’s Beach, the Swampscott Fish House is the oldest working fish house i...
In the 1890s, when the Olmsted district was being laid out, this historic house was relocated from Elmwood Road to 99 Paradise Road. The exact age of the John Humphreys House is disputed. It is purported to date back to the 1630s, purchased by Deborah Moody from John Humphrey (c. 1597–1651) after the first deputy governor of the Massachusetts Bay C...
This road, named for John Humphrey, winds northeastward through Swampscott and into Marblehead. At the south, between King Beach’s and Fisherman’s Beach there’s a small but sweet downtown area with rows of locally-owned businesses. Within a five-minute walk are at least ten eateries, whether you’re up for New England-style seafood (Mission on the B...
Mid-June through October, the lawn in front of Swampscott Town Hall is home to a well-attended farmers’ market. This event differs from many by putting an emphasis on locally grown and made foods, with only a handful (maximum 4) art & craft vendors each week. The goal behind this is to support agriculture in the area, and for shoppers this means an...
On the Swampscott/Marblehead town line there’s a waterfront park on what was once a vacant beach lot. Beach Bluff Park has been developed since the early 1990s by the Clifton Improvement Association (CIA). Sitting atop the sea wall are plantings of native grasses, navigated via a plank-paved walkway. The benches have a pristine view, especially if ...
In the northwestern corner of Swampscott you’ll encounter one of the few large parcels of wooded uplands in the town. The Harold A. King Town Forest sits on almost 50 rugged acres, on a terminal moraine littered with boulders dropped here at the furthest extent of a glacier at the end of the last Ice Age. The forest is on a steep-ish slope that swo...
If you’re in town around May, be sure to head to the north end of Monument Avenue where this stunning garden is in bloom. Planted with some 130 lilac bushes and two trees, the Swampscott Lilac Garden is backdropped by the refined architecture of the Olmsted Subdivision Historic District, and has a little kiosk and a bench so you can pause for a mom...
Swampscott is a beautiful and tranquil seaside community of just over 15,000 residents located 15 miles northeast of Boston along the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Swampscott offers a friendly, welcoming and nurturing family environment, an excellent pre-school to grade 12 public educational system...
May 25, 2024 · Located in Essex County, Massachusetts, Swampscott is a charming coastal town known for its beautiful shoreline, rich history, and close proximity to numerous attractions.
Originally part of the large Saugus land grant and later the eastern part of Lynn’s Ward One, Swampscott was settled and established in 1629 when Francis Ingalls came and built the first Massachusetts Bay Colony tannery on Humphrey’s Brook.
Swampscott is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 15 miles (24 km) up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population was 15,111 as of the 2020 United States Census.
May 3, 2024 · Swampscott is a suburb of Boston with a population of 15,125. Swampscott is in Essex County and is one of the best places to live in Massachusetts. Living in Swampscott offers residents a dense suburban feel and most residents own their homes.
