Annisquam, Massachusetts

Annisquam's location on Cape Ann

Lobster Cove c. 1820

Annisquam is a small waterfront neighborhood in the city of Gloucester, on the North Shore of Massachusetts. It is a few miles across Cape Ann from downtown Gloucester.

History

The name "Annisquam" comes from an Algonquian term meaning "top of the rock, containing <wanashque>, "on top of", and <-ompsk>, "rock".^[1] The first European settlement in Annisquam was established in 1631. In the late 19th-century, it was home to both granite quarrying and an artist colony, which attracted painters including George Loftus Noyes and Margaret Fitzhugh Browne.

Annisquam is primarily a residential neighborhood. Its only businesses include a restaurant and marina, a small hotel, a real estate company, a library and the Annisquam Yacht Club, founded in 1896. Because of its small size, historic architecture and secluded geography, Annisquam remains a popular summer resort.

At the mouth of the Annisquam River on Ipswich Bay is Annisquam Harbor Light, perhaps the village's most historic edifice. The lighthouse has been in the same spot since 1801, having undergone significant repairs in 1850.

Annisquam Bridge in 1909
Street scene c. 1910
The yacht club in 1911

The movie Good Son was shooting there. Macaulay Culkin acted in this movie.

Historic sites

Annisquam Bridge
Norwood-Hyatt House
Annisquam Village Church
The Johnston's stone steps to Cambridge Beach

References

↑ Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved 11 April 2011.

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Municipalities and communities of Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

County seats: Salem and Lawrence

Cities	Amesbury Beverly Gloucester Haverhill Lawrence Lynn Methuen Newburyport Peabody Salem

Towns	Andover Boxford Danvers Essex Georgetown Groveland Hamilton Ipswich Lynnfield Manchester-by-the-Sea Marblehead Merrimac Middleton Nahant Newbury North Andover Rockport Rowley Salisbury Saugus Swampscott Topsfield Wenham West Newbury

CDPs	Andover Boxford Danvers Essex Ipswich Rockport Rowley Salisbury Topsfield

Other villages	Annisquam Ballardvale Beverly Farms Bradford Byfield Clifton Magnolia Plum Island

Coordinates: 42°39′30″N 70°40′38″W / 42.65833°N 70.67722°W / 42.65833; -70.67722

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