|
|
Town Hall Hours
Mon. - Thurs.; 8AM - 4:30PM;
Fri. 8AM - 12PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Museums/Historic Houses
The Swampscott Club
Name & Address |
Information |
362 Humphrey Street |
Built in 1789, one of the oldest social clubs still in existence.
592-9748
|
Atlantic #1 Handtub
Name & Address |
Information |
Burrill Street, next to Fire Headquarters |
Built by Walter Hunneman, an apprentice of Paul Revere. The oldest active fire kit in the U.S. (617) 581-5833
|
Swampscott Historical Society
Name & Address |
Information |
99 Paradise Road |
(617) 598-4363
|
Elihu Thomson Administration Building
Name & Address |
Information |
22 Monument Avenue |
Former home of Prof. Elihu Thomson, founder of Thomson Electric Co. (now known as General Electric). Designated National Historical Landmark. Now serves as home of many town offices.
|
John Humphrey Memorial House
Name & Address |
Information |
99 Paradise Road |
Named in honor of John Humphrey, first deputy governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 598-1913
|
Swampscott Fish House
Name & Address |
Information |
Fisherman's Beach, Humphrey Street |
Built by the town in 1896 and is the only municipal facility of its kind in the U.S.
|
Mary Baker Eddy House
Name & Address |
Information |
23 Paridise Road |
Once home of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science Monitor. 599-1853
|
Marian Court
Name & Address |
Information |
Littles Point, off Puritan Road |
Originally named White Court, now houses the congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, which operates Marian Court Junior College at the site.
|
|
|
