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16 gru 2008 · Zoom into this map at maps.bpl.org . Publisher: Lacroix, G. J. Date: 1888 Location: Beverly (Mass.), Beverly Farms (Mass.) Dimension 30x44cm Scale: [ca. 1:2,724] Call Number: G3764.B5 1888 .M3x
Beverly Farms was known for its long green fields and deep woods. Because of it’s fertile soil there were a lot of farms in the Farms. The most common crops were hay, Indian corn, rye, oats, barley and potatoes. Beverly Farms was used for farming for over 200 years.
This bird’s-eye view print of Beverly Farms, Massachusetts was drawn and published by Oscar W. Walker in 1886. Beverly Farms prospered as a farming community near Manchester Bay. Crops abundantly grown in the area included hay, rye, oats, barley, corn and potatoes.
History. Beverly Farms and the adjacent Prides Crossing were originally farming communities. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, wealthy residents of Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New York City built summer cottages along the seashore.
Beverly Farms is the residential section of Beverly that borders the Atlantic from West Beach to Mingo Beach. The Farms begins around the intersection of Boyle Street and Hale Street and continues northeast until you hit Manchester or north into Wenham.
21 sie 2013 · File: Map of the proposed town of Beverly Farms, Mass. (3120134413).jpg
In addition to a collection of nearly a million objects and documents related to Beverly and the North Shore of Massachusetts, the Society preserves and interprets three historic properties, the Balch House, Hale Farm, and the Cabot House, and engages the community in a variety of programs.
