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Haverhill, Massachusetts
Early Haverhill
Haverhill was settled and houses built as early as 1640, however it was not until greater than two years afterwards that the land was purchased from the Indians who owned it. At the time, the town was known as Pentucket. Details of the purchase can be found below in Land & Property.
By 1643, the Massachusetts Bay Colony's administration had expanded northward to include settlements in what are now New Hampshire and Maine. The Massachusetts General Court, in 1643, established four counties, then called shires, for settling legal cases, and denominated those counties Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, and Norfolk.
The Norfolk County of 1643 (Old Norfolk County) was an entirely different geographic area from the present Norfolk County. Located north of the Merrimac River, Old Norfolk included Haverhill, Salisbury, and Amesbury, and what are now the New Hampshire communities of Dover, Exeter, Hampton, and Portsmouth (then called Strawberry Bank). [Information courtesy of the www.norfolkcounty.org website].
Haverhill was engaged in shoemaking as early as 1646, resulting in a long and fascinating history of shoemaking and other tanned leather goods.
In 1725, a petition was made to the General Court for land at "Pennycook", N.H. (now Concord). The petition was granted and in 1726, 36 of the 100 men admitted as settlers to the new township were from Haverhill. More information can be found under Early Inhabitants below.
The throat distemper which prevailed throughout the County of Essex in 1735, 1736 and 1737 was particularly fatal in Haverhill. From Nov. 17, 1735, to Dec. 31, 1737, two hundred and fifty-six children, most of them under ten years of age, died from the disease, and in the whole county the deaths of about fourteen hundred children and a considerable number of adults are estimated resulted.
In 1741 a new state line was created between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. As a result, nearly one-third of the population, territory, and property of the town of Haverhill, fell to the north of the Massachusetts line. In addition, to the large portion was carved out for Methuen, in 1725, more than one-half of the land originally belonging to Haverhill had been taken within the short period of fifteen years. It was, indeed, a great change in its condition, and prospects, and must have been felt most seriously.
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Haverhill (pronounced /'he?vr?l/ HAY-vril) is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population is approximately 60,521.
Located on the Merrimack River, it began as a farming community that would evolve into an important industrial center, beginning with sawmills and gristmills run by water power. In the 18th century, Haverhill developed tanneries, shipping and shipbuilding. The town was for many decades home to a significant shoe-making industry, and was known for a time as the "Queen Shoe City of the World." The city was also known for the manufacture of hats.
Haverhill, Massachusetts
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History
Haverhill has played a role in nearly every era of American history, from the initial colonial settlement, to the French and Indian Wars, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War.
17th century
The town was founded in 1640 by settlers from Newbury, and was originally known as Pentucket, which is the native American word for "place of the winding river." The town was renamed for the city of Haverhill, England, where many of the original settlers' families were from. The original Haverhill settlement was located around the corner of Water Street and Mill Street, near the Linwood Cemetery and Burying Ground. The home of the city's father, William White, still stands, although it has been expanded and renovated in the 17th and 18th centuries. White's Corner (Merrimack Street and Main Street) was named for his family, as was the White Fund at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
Judge Nathaniel Saltonstall was chosen to preside over the Salem Witch Trials in the 17th century; however, he found the trials objectionable and recused himself. Historians cite his reluctance to participate in the trials as one of the reasons that the witch hysteria did not take as deep a root in Haverhill as it did in the neighboring town of Andover, which had among the most victims of the Trials. However, a number of women from Haverhill were accused of witchcraft, and a few were found "guilty" by the Court of Oyer and Terminer.
One of the initial group of settlers, Tristram Coffin, ran an inn. However, he grew disenchanted with the town's stance against his strong ales, and in 1659 left Haverhill to become one of the founders of the settlement at Nantucket. A temperance society was formed in 1828, and at least one farmhouse on North Main Street served as a speakeasy during Prohibition.
18th century
In 1701 Haverhill was nearly destroyed in an attack by the Abenaki Native Americans.
The city has the distinction of featuring the first statue erected in honor of a woman in the United States. In the late 1800s, descendants of the controversial settler Hannah Dustin erected a statue in her memory in Grand Army Republic Park. The statue depicts Dustin brandishing an axe and several Abenaki scalps. Her captivity narrative and subsequent escape and revenge upon her captors caught the attention of Cotton Mather who wrote about her, and she also demanded from the colonial leaders the reward per Indian scalp. With those funds, she purchased waterfront property in Haverhill.[citation needed]
Like most towns, Haverhill has been struck by several epidemics. Diphtheria killed 256 children in Haverhill between November 17, 1735 and December 31, 1737 [1]. In 1826, influenza struck. Haverhill was the site of the eponymous Haverhill Fever, also known as Rat Bite fever, in 1926.
19th century
Haverhill was an early advocate for the abolition of slavery, and still retains a number of houses which served as stops on the Underground Railroad. In 1834, a branch of the American Anti-Slavery Society was organized in the city. In 1841, citizens from Haverhill petitioned Congress for dissolution of the Union, on the grounds that Northern resources were being used to maintain slavery. John Quincy Adams presented the Haverhill Petition on January 24, 1842. Even though Adams moved that the petition be answered in the negative, an attempt was made to censure him for even presenting the petition.[2] In addition, poet John Greenleaf Whittier was an outspoken abolitionist.
The Haverhill and Boston Stage Coach company operated from 1818 to 1837 when the railroad was extended to Haverhill from Andover. It then changed its name and routes to the Northern and Eastern Stage company.
Incorporated as a city in 1870, Haverhill annexed the town of Bradford in 1897. Bradford had previously been part of the town of Rowley. At the time, this was regarded as a promising move for Bradford, given the wealth and prosperity of the manufacturing center in Haverhill. Haverhill's international prominence in shoe manufacturing waned, however, after the Great Depression. Historians also cite a lack of reinvestment in newer plants and equipment, as well as competition from less expensive imports as reasons for the erosion of the industry.
Urban renewal
Downtown Haverhill was originally a mix of waterfront mansions and small mills. As the town grew, many of these mansions were moved to other locations nearby rather than be demolished. Former whaler Rowland H. Macy established his first dry goods store on Merrimack Street in 1851, on the site of the present A-1 Deli. That store was the precursor to his later Macy's stores, and he held his first parades in downtown Haverhill. The building no longer resembles the historic engravings used in advertisements, as the top two floors were demolished and the ground floor facade has been altered significantly. The "Choc'lit Shoppe" of Archie Comics fame was also inspired by an actual Chocolate Shop in operation on Merrimack Street in the 1930s.
The stretch of Washington Street between Essex Street and River Street has been described as "one of the finest examples of Queen Anne industrial architecture," and it remains largely intact. However, the construction of the "Franchi Building" in 2006 was supposed to recreate the location and facade of the historic structure that burned down at that site. Instead, the final building featured a significant setback from the street, the deletion of most historic details, and the substitution of veneer brick and textured panels for the original patterned brick facade. The non-contextual building has been a catalyst to generate support for more stringent design and development guidelines for the city.
The city's architecture spans nearly four centuries, from early colonial houses (the White residence, above; the Duston Garrison House, The 1704 John Ward House, the 1691 Kimball Tavern, and the historic district of Rocks Village) to the modernist 1960s architecture of the downtown Haverhill Bank. The city's Highlands district, adjacent to downtown, is a fine example of the variety of Victorian mansions built during Haverhill's boom years as a shoe manufacturing city.
Unfortunately, during the 1950s-1970s, city leaders enthusiastically embraced the misguided concept of Urban Renewal, an approach since discredited, and received considerable federal funds used to demolish much of the north side of Merrimack Street, most of the Federal homes along Water Street (dating from the city's first hundred years of development), and throughout downtown. Many of the city's iconic buildings were lost, including the Oddfellows Hall, the Old City Hall, the Second Meetinghouse, the Pentucket Club, and the Old Library, among others.
During Urban Renewal, the iconic high school—the inspiration for Bob Montana's Archie Comics—was falsely declared "unsound" and slated for demolition. Instead, the historic City Hall on Main Street was demolished, and the city's offices moved into existing building.
Urban Renewal polarized the city, and several leading citizens including architect Jonathan Woodman, argued to use the funds for preservation rather than demolition. Their plan was not accepted in Haverhill, which chose to demolish much of its historic downtown, including entire swaths of Merrimack Street, River Street, and Main Street. As the results of Haverhill's decision became apparent, Woodman was able to convince Newburyport's leaders to pursue a course of revitalization by preservation.
Higher education
Haverhill is the home of the main campus of Northern Essex Community College. Until its closing in 2000, Bradford College provided liberal arts higher education in Haverhill. In 2007, it became the new home of the Zion Bible College.
Geography and transportation
Haverhill is located at 42°46'41?N 71°5'6?W? / ?42.77806°N 71.085°W (42.778090, -71.084916).[3]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 35.6 square miles (92.3 km²), of which, 33.3 square miles (86.3 km²) of it is land and 2.3 square miles (6.0 km²) of it (6.48%) is water. The city ranks 60th in the Commonwealth in terms of land area, and is the largest city or town in Essex County. Haverhill is drained by the Little and Merrimack rivers, the latter bisecting the Bradford section of town from the rest of Haverhill. Ayer's Hill, a drumlin with an elevation of 339 feet (103 m), is the highest point in the city. The city also has several ponds and lakes, as well as three golf courses. Haverhill is bordered by Merrimac to the northeast, West Newbury and Groveland to the east, Boxford and a small portion of North Andover to the south, Methuen to the southwest, and Salem, Atkinson and Plaistow, New Hampshire to the north. From its city center, Haverhill is 8 miles northeast of Lawrence, 27 miles southeast of Manchester, New Hampshire, and 32 miles north of Boston.
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