Photo Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
008.088.027 |
Accession number |
008.088 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
A color photograph of the Thorndike Crescent on Hale Street, a row of houses owned by the Thorndike family in the 18th Century. Pictured is the Thorndike-Rea House on 184 Hale Street in Beverly, Massachusetts built in 1698 out of wood and clapboard and was designed in the Colonial style. This house was originally built for John Thorndike, and then later owned by his grandson Joseph Rea, who commanded a company during the Revolutionary War and personally rode out from this house on the night of April 19, 1775 to warn the communities of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Captain Rea also served on the Committee of Correspondence and was the commander of a company that rowed across the Delaware River with George Washington. Also pictured further back is the Colonel Larkin Thorndike House on 16-18 Hale Street in Beverly, Massachusetts built in 1764 out of wood and clapboard and was designed in the Colonial and Federalist style. This property was originally built by Colonel Larkin Thorndike, who was a member of the early Committee of Correspondence and Safety in the town of Beverly. He later became the first citizen elected as a Representative from Beverly to the General Court in Boston under the new Constitution in 1780. |
Year Range from |
1698 |
Year Range to |
1764 |
Title |
Thorndike Crescent |
Search Terms |
print, photographic photograph photo house residence Hale Street, 16-18 Colonel Larkin Thorndike House Larkin Thorndike House Thorndike Crescent John Thorndike House Thorndike-Rea House Hale Street, 184 historic houses |
Print size |
4" x 6" |
Photographer |
James F. Manning |
Place |
Beverly, Massachusetts |
People |
Thorndike, Larkin Thorndike, John Rea, Joseph Manning, James F. |