Museums & Historic Houses
Name | Address | Phone | Information |
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The Swampscott Club | 362 Humphrey Street | 592-9748 | Built in 1789, one of the oldest social clubs still in existence. |
Atlantic #1 Handtub | Burrill Street (next to Fire Headquarters) | (617) 581-5833 | Built by Walter Hunneman, an apprentice of Paul Revere. The oldest active fire kit in the U.S. |
Swampscott Historical Society | 99 Paradise Road | (617) 598-4363 | |
Elihu Thomson Administration Building | 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 | 9 Paradise Road | 598-1913 | Named in honor of John Humphrey, first deputy governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
Swampscott Fish House | 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 | 23 Paradise Road | 599-1853 | Once home of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science Monitor. |
Marian Court | 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. |