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49-575: The school is located on a 17 acre campus in Beverly, Massachusetts with athletic fields, two gyms, a library resource center, and five school buildings. At the heart of Shore's campus is the Winslow Building, which was originally the property of Sidney Winslow, a prominent industrialist associated with founding Beverly's historic United Shoe Machine Corporation. Winslow's mansion housed the former North Shore Country Day school which merged with

98-407: A Beverly-Salem collaboration to address climate change. Whether it involves vehicle electrification or the greening of city buildings, the coastal city of Beverly has made climate work a central focus to protect its future. Beverly is home to The Cabot, one of only approximately 250 similar movie palaces left out of an estimated 20,000 theaters built in the 1920s. For its first 40 years, it served as

147-464: A center of community life for downtown Beverly. In 1944, the venue was leased to movie chain giant E.M. Loew’s, which eventually purchased it in 1962, and renamed it the Cabot Cinema. In 1976 it was purchased by Le Grand David and His Own Spectacular Magic Company . For 37 years, The Cabot hosted Le Grand David’s long-running magic show that made seven White House appearances and won recognition in

196-643: A house for the summer White House from Mrs. Maria Evans in Beverly. In the summers of 1909 and 1910, he lived in a house located at what is now the site of the Italian Garden in Lynch Park, the city's principal public park, and in 1911 and 1912 he rented a different house a mile (1600 m) away, "Parramatta", from Mrs. Robert Peabody. Beverly Hills, California , was named in 1907 after Beverly Farms in Beverly because Taft vacationed there. In 1984,

245-524: A middle and high school. Constructed in 1923, the historic building lies near downtown Beverly. Its use for high school students from 1923 to 1964 came to an end when it was transformed to the towns Junior High School, serving grades 6–8. There, it lasted until 2017 when the newly built Beverly Middle School took in the students. Beverly is home to several K–12 private schools, including New England Academy , Landmark School , Harborlight-Stoneridge Montessori School, Kindercare Learning Center, Beverly School for

294-420: A multi-year, multi-million dollar renovation to not only restore parts of the theater to its original 1920s grandeur and upgrade and modernize all current systems to better enhance the live experience, including replacement of all theater seating, opera box restoration, new sound and stage lighting systems, new heating and air conditioning, and most recently, the completion of the lobby renovation and restoration of

343-473: A mutiny among the crew, of whom 14 were ordered whipped, but only one was punished. Hannah ' s brief naval career ended on 10 October 1775, when she was run aground under the guns of a small American fort near Beverly by the British sloop Nautilus. After a 4 hour engagement between the British ship and Beverly and Salem militias on the shore, Hannah was saved from destruction and capture. Nautilus

392-536: Is 14 miles (23 km) west-southwest of Gloucester and 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Boston. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Beverly has a warm-summer humid continental climate , abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. Accordingly, the city experiences generally cold and snowy winters (though temperature and precipitation can vary greatly) along with warm to hot and humid summers. A sea breeze will often keep much of

441-450: Is Beverly Middle School, which finished construction in 2018. Beverly Middle School serves residents in grades 5–8. Beverly High School is a grade 9–12 public high school located in Beverly. It was founded in 1858, and currently enrolls over 1300 students. In September 2011, construction was completed on a new academic building, which is now in use by students and faculty. Prior to the current state of Beverly's schools, Briscoe served as

490-686: Is expected in 2027. 42°33′29″N 70°52′48″W  /  42.558°N 70.880°W  / 42.558; -70.880 USS Hannah The schooner Hannah was the first armed American naval vessel of the American Revolution , authorized by the Continental Congress and operated by the Continental Army , and is considered by some the first vessel of the United States Navy . She

539-759: Is home to Beverly Municipal Airport , though parts of the airfield itself lie within Danvers, as well as a very small portion of the north runway in Wenham. Logan International Airport provides the nearest national and international regularly scheduled air service. The Hall-Whitaker Bridge which spans the Bass River on Bridge Street was closed to vehicular traffic by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in June of 2023. A permanent replacement

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588-466: Is home to Endicott College , which offers 23 bachelor programs, 27 concentrations, and 27 minors. Master programs are offered in business, education, nursing, computer science, and political science. Beverly is also home of Montserrat College of Art , a private four-year visual arts college. Route 128 , the chief circumferential highway of the Boston area, crosses Beverly from east to west and connects

637-725: Is the site of the split between the separate lines of the Newburyport/Rockport Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail , which provides service to Boston's North Station . South of the junction lies Beverly Depot near downtown, which is accessible along both lines. Along the Newburyport portion of the line is the North Beverly stop, just south of the Wenham town line. Along the Rockport portion of

686-567: The Dominion of New England in 1684, Beverly joined a number of Massachusetts municipalities in seeking out heirs to local sachems and paying them ex post facto in order to establish a right to the land. So it was that in 1686, the town selectmen agreed to pay six pounds, six shillings, and eight pence to three grandchildren of Chief Masconomet , last sachem of the Agawam. They did not pay this sum until 1700. The first ship commissioned for

735-455: The Hannah on 2 September 1775 and ordered the vessel to, Hannah set sail from the harbor of Beverly, Massachusetts on 5 September 1775, but fled to the protection of the harbor of Gloucester, Massachusetts two days later under the pursuit of HMS  Lively and a second British vessel. Leaving Gloucester Harbor, Hannah captured HMS Unity . Alongside other vessels fitted out by

784-897: The Marblehead Regiment , the Franklin , the Warren , the Hancock , and the Lee , the first combined naval vessels of the Continental Army and Navy were assembled on Boston's north shore. Three of the four captains of the ships were residents of Marblehead; John Selman (privateer) , John Manley , and James Mugford who respectively commanded Warren , Lee and Franklin during 1775 and into 1776. Along with another Marblehead native and naval Captain Samuel Tucker , General Washington's Fleet raided enemy British ships up and down

833-550: The Marblehead Regiment . However, official US Navy history and the naval history of Rhode Island contradict this. Hannah can be found on the patch of the city's police department. Beverly has also been called the "birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution ," as it was the site of the first cotton mill in America (1787) and largest cotton mill of its time. The town is the home of one of

882-649: The US military , by the US Army (the US Navy had yet to exist), was the armed schooner USS Hannah , under the command of Captain Nicholson Broughton . It was outfitted at Glover's Wharf and first sailed from Beverly Harbor on September 5, 1775. For this reason, Beverly calls itself the "Birthplace of America's Navy." Marblehead makes a similar claim, in part, because Broughton was from there and belonged to

931-612: The deadliest arson fire in Massachusetts history occurred at the Elliott Chambers, a rooming house located on the corner of Rantoul and Elliott Streets in downtown Beverly. 15 people died as a result of the fire. Beverly has a former Nike missile site on L. P. Henderson Road, immediately east of the Beverly Municipal Airport . This site was in operation from March 1957 until August 1959, when

980-652: The American Navy" from the career of the Hannah . A plaque, currently on display in the Selectmen's room at Abbot Hall in Marblehead, was discovered in the Philadelphia Navy Yard proclaiming Marblehead to be the birthplace of schooner. Beverly refers to itself as "Washington's Naval Base." Alongside the plaque is a display detailing Marblehead's storied Naval history, especially focusing on

1029-612: The Army handed it over to the National Guard . It is now used by Beverly as a storage site and is under the scrutiny of many environmental organizations, due to concerns about polluted groundwater , which could be potentially hazardous to the nearby Wenham Lake water supply. In April 2013, Bill Scanlon, Beverly's longest-serving mayor, announced that he would not be running for re-election in November. Scanlon first won election to

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1078-612: The Deaf, Saints Academy, the Bright Horizons School, The Waring School, Glen Urquhart School, Shore Country Day, Mrs. Alexander's School, and several others. In addition, Northshore Academy offers K–12 alternative public education services. Many schools exist on campus, including schools for those struggling with learning disabilities, substance addiction, and a school for people with more severe mental and physical disabilities such as Down syndrome and paralysis The city

1127-569: The Great and Little Misery Islands, which are part of the city. From Woodbury Point westward lies Beverly Harbor, which lies at the mouth of the Danvers River. The Bass River empties into the Danvers River from within the city. Several other small streams lie within the city as well. A large portion of Wenham Lake, as well as several other lakes and ponds lie within the city. The city has its own city forest and reservation land as well. Much of

1176-646: The Guinness Book of Records and TIME, Smithsonian and National Geographic World magazines. When the Magic Company wound down and they placed the theater up for sale, thanks to the efforts of the five “founders”: Henry Bertolon, Bill Howard, Rich Marino, Thad Siemasko, and Paul Van Ness, the theater was saved and became a non-profit. In October 2015, the new Cabot board welcomed its first Executive Director, J. Casey Soward. The Cabot has welcomed thousands through its hallowed halls. In 2016, The Cabot embarked on

1225-618: The Hannah is on the sleeve of the City of Beverly, Massachusetts Police Department uniforms. The Hannah Elementary School located in the City of Beverly, Massachusetts is named for the schooner. The City of Beverly, Massachusetts and the Town of Marblehead, Massachusetts each claim to have been the home port of the schooner. Each continues to assert the honor of being "the Birthplace of

1274-539: The Massachusetts North Shore , Beverly includes Ryal Side, North Beverly, Centerville, Cove, Montserrat, Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing . Beverly is a rival of Marblehead for the title of "birthplace of the U.S. Navy ". Native Americans inhabited what would become northeastern Massachusetts for thousands of years before European colonization of the Americas . At the time of contact in

1323-563: The Massachusetts coast. "With crews of experienced Marblehead seamen, these bold and highly skilled mariners captured enemy supply ships filled with ammunition and armaments that were crucial to the American cause of independence. The fleet was believed to have flown the Revolutionary " Pine Tree Flag " with the less common motto "An Appeal to God" signifying the crews' loyalty to their New England woodlands and their religion. On one of

1372-640: The Shore School of Beverly Farms in 1936, to form Shore Country Day School. A historical mural was painted in the Library Media Resource Center in the Summer of 2011 which depicts the history of Beverly Massachusetts as it relates to Shore Country Day School. The artists, Joshua Winer and David Fichter, researched notable events in local history and integrated these into a large mural which features 12 prominent individuals. The school

1421-599: The War of 1812, on its final unassisted voyage made a stop in Marblehead Harbor in 1992, before returning to Boston. One of the original gas stations in the town featured a facsimile piece of the hull of Hannah pictured below. After Hannah , Glover refitted five more schooners and personally launched another two from Plymouth. In the coming months though, the Continental Congress recognized the need for

1470-763: The area in 1626 as part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . Initially part of Salem, Beverly would be set off and officially incorporated in 1668, when it was named after Beverley , the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire , England . Surviving from the settlement's early history is the Balch House , built, according to dendrochronological testing performed in 2006, about 1679. English colonists did not initially seek permission from indigenous inhabitants to settle in Beverly; however, when Charles II revoked colonial charters to establish

1519-504: The city to Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1 in Peabody. Route 1A passes through Beverly from south to north, along main streets in downtown Beverly. The city is also the terminus of four different state routes: Route 22 , which heads northeast from Route 1A; Route 62 , which heads west from Route 127; Route 97 , which parts with Route 1A northwest of downtown before heading north; and Route 127 which heads east from Route 22. Beverly

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1568-513: The city. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.02. 19.0% of residents were under the age of 18, and 81.0% were over the age of 18. 17.7% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.4 males. The median household income was $ 84,354. The per capita income for the city was $ 47,494. The city has five K–4 elementary schools: Ayers Ryal Side, Centerville, Cove, Hannah, and North Beverly. The city's sole middle school

1617-442: The coldest temperature recorded was −13 °F (−25.0 °C) on February 4, 2023. As of the census of 2020, there were 42,670 people and 16,568 households in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 82.3% White , 4.0% African American , 0.1% Native American , 9.3% Asian , 0.0% Pacific Islander , and 3.1% from two or more races. 5.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 16,158 households in

1666-505: The complex was bought by Cummings Properties in 1996, and developed into a campus of hi-tech companies, salons, restaurants, medical offices, and more. Parker Brothers , makers of Monopoly and other games, was headquartered in Beverly, acquired by Hasbro , and eventually ceased operations in Beverly. In 2012, the Dunham Road property was acquired by Cummings Properties and named Dunham Ridge. President William Howard Taft rented

1715-499: The country's first Sunday schools , which was built in 1810. Beverly was incorporated as a city in 1894. In 1902, the United Shoe Machinery Corporation built a quarter-mile (400 m) stretch of factory buildings in Beverly. The stretch was an early landmark example of reinforced concrete construction, devised by concrete pioneer Ernest L. Ransome . In 1906 it went into production. Closed in 1987,

1764-530: The early 1600s, the area that would become Beverly was between an important Naumkeag settlement in present-day Salem and Agawam settlements on Cape Ann , with probable indigenous settlement sites at the mouth of the Bass River. During the early contact period, virgin soil epidemics ravaged native populations, reducing the indigenous population within the present boundaries of Beverly from an estimated 200 to less than 50 if there were any survivors. Europeans, under Roger Conant 's leadership, first colonized

1813-592: The east, Wenham to the north, Danvers to the west and Salem to the south. Beverly and Salem are separated by the Danvers River and Beverly Harbor, with three bridges, the Veterans Memorial Bridge (former location of the historic Essex Bridge), the MBTA railroad bridge, and the Kernwood Bridge, connecting the two cities. Beverly's city center lies 2 miles (3 km) north of Salem's, and

1862-594: The importance of the USS Hannah and the rest of the fleet that became the first of the United States Navy. Similarly, the entrance sign to the town of Marblehead features a small inset of an artist's depiction of the USS Hannah. In June of 1926 the town celebrated the 150th anniversary as birthplace of the Navy. In 1992, USS  Constitution , another important Naval ship that protected Marblehead during

1911-735: The line are two working stops, Montserrat and Beverly Farms , as well as the Prides Crossing station to which service is indefinitely suspended. Additionally, MBTA bus Route 451 serves the city, with service to downtown Beverly and Salem from the North Beverly station. A local bus route called the Beverly Shoppers Shuttle serves downtown and western Beverly, and is contracted through the Cape Ann Transportation Authority . Beverly

1960-713: The mayor’s seat in 1993 and held the office through 2013 (with the exception of a single term by Tom Crean from 2002–2003). In 2013, Michael Cahill beat Wes Slate to become Beverly's 34th mayor. In December 2021, Mayor Cahill received one of two top honors from the Mayors Climate Protection Awards recognizing mayors for their climate work. The award focused on two Beverly efforts: the conversion of its vehicle fleet to electric and its Green Schools Program, which involves making buildings more energy efficient. Salem Mayor Kimberley Driscoll also received an honorable mention for her work on Resilient Together,

2009-650: The original rose window. In 2024, the successful non-profit welcomes comedian Jay Leno to its Big Night fundraiser. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 22.6 square miles (58.5 km ), of which 15.1 square miles (39.1 km ) is land and 7.5 square miles (19.4 km ), or 33.19%, is water. Beverly is located on the North Shore , the name given to communities north of Boston along Massachusetts Bay . There are many smaller coves, as well as two islands,

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2058-566: The schooner was towed to Lee's Wharf in Manchester, where its name was changed to Lynch . There, the vessel was restored to working condition by 7 carpenters over the course of 3 weeks. In March of 1777, Lynch was sent to France with congressional correspondence for Benjamin Franklin, who was there as U.S. Ambassador. Upon embarking on their journey back to the U.S., Lynch and its crew were captured by British ship HMS Foudroyant . Lynch

2107-589: The schooner's first voyages, it encountered the sloop Unity which was owned by John Langdon, a member of the Continental Congress from New Hampshire, but had been taken by the British Royal Navy. Rather than returning the ship to its rightful owner, Captain Broughton sailed the ship to Gloucester and requested he and his crew be given the store of salt fish beef and lumber. Washington's orders were to strictly collect munitions only, and his refusal caused

2156-451: The southern part of the city cooler in the summer. Beverly is prone to thunderstorms and tropical rainstorms in the summer and nor'easters that can bring heavy rain and/or in the winter, fall, and spring. Generally, however, precipitation is relatively even throughout the year, with a slight increase around the spring and the fall. The hottest temperature recorded in Beverly was 98 °F (36.7 °C) on July 4, 2002 and July 25, 2022, while

2205-556: The western half of the city is relatively urbanized, while the eastern part of the city (roughly from Woodbury Point east) is more rural. Beverly is home to several parks, five beaches, the Beverly Golf & Tennis Club (est. 1910) and two yacht clubs, Jubilee Yacht Club in Beverly Harbor and Bass Haven Yacht Club along the Bass River. Besides Massachusetts Bay to the south, Beverly is bordered by Manchester-by-the-Sea to

2254-642: Was a fishing schooner owned by John Glover of Marblehead, Massachusetts and was named for his daughter, Hannah Glover. The crew was drawn largely from the town of Marblehead, with much of the ship's ammunition being stored in Glover's warehouse now located at Glover's Square in Marblehead before being relocated to Beverly, Massachusetts. The schooner was hired into the service of the American Continental Army by General George Washington . Washington commissioned Nicholson Broughton to command

2303-567: Was badly damaged, but managed to escape with the rising tide around 8 p.m.. According to the New England Chronicle dated 12 October 1775, "...no lives were lost on our side, and the Privateer [Hannah] was damaged little if any". Other sources however still claim that Hannah was soon decommissioned as General Washington found more suitable ships for his cruisers. According to legend, soon after Hannah ' s decommissioning,

2352-536: Was featured in North Shore magazine's list of the "Leading Private Schools" in the area in 2011/2012. 42°34′07″N 70°53′17″W  /  42.5687°N 70.8880°W  / 42.5687; -70.8880 Beverly, Massachusetts Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts , United States, and a suburb of Boston . The population was 42,670 at the time of the 2020 United States Census . A resort, residential, and manufacturing community on

2401-495: Was sold as a prize by the British and documentation indicates that the schooner was used as a merchant vessel thereafter. Most modern scholars however believe the ship was completely destroyed or at least damaged beyond repair, thus rendering the true fate of the ship unknown. While no imagery of the ship is known to exist, trading and fishing schooners like the model pictured above, as well as those painted below, are commonly thought to be accurate representations. An illustration of

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