Historic Architecture Of Marblehead, Ma 1600s Through 1800s

Marblehead, Massachusetts is one of America’s premier towns for early architecture. Nearly 300 houses survive from more than 500 that stood in 1775, when America’s Revolution began – when Marblehead was a flourishing international Atlantic seaport and the 10th (or by some counts 6th) most populous metropolis in British North America ~ and in Massachusetts, second only to Boston. (Salem was fourth.)

About 800 homes survive from before the 1840s, when Marblehead's economy shifted dramatically. 

This online 4-week course offers an informative visual showcase of Marblehead history and architecture through 1888, when the second of two major fires (in 1877 & 1888) burned the thriving industrial sector of town, but left the older historic district unscathed. 

The course instructor is social, cultural and architectural historian Judy Anderson of Marblehead Architecture Heritage & Tours.

Tickets for the entire course are $50 for members and $60 for the general public, on sale through the Marblehead Museum website.