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58-685: 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 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

116-401: A sloop rig is simpler and cheaper, the schooner rig may be chosen on a larger boat so as to reduce the overall mast height and to keep each sail to a more manageable size, giving a mainsail that is easier to handle and to reef. An issue when planning a two-masted schooner's rig is how best to fill the space between the masts: for instance, one may adopt (i) a gaff sail on the foremast (even with

174-432: A Bermuda mainsail), or (ii) a main staysail, often with a fisherman topsail to fill the gap at the top in light airs. Various types of schooners are defined by their rig configuration. Most have a bowsprit although some were built without one for crew safety, such as Adventure . The following varieties were built: Schooners were built primarily for cargo, passengers, and fishing. The Norwegian polar schooner Fram

232-407: 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

290-562: A Navy to accompany Washington's Army, smaller private boats such as Hannah fell out of favor. Along with much of the exhibit in Abbott Hall, the history of the town's involvement in the creation of the world's most powerful Navy has been meticulously reconstructed. Schooner The name "schooner" first appeared in eastern North America in the early 1700s. The name may be related to a Scots word meaning to skip over water, or to skip stones. The origins of schooner rigged vessels

348-464: 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

406-415: A common rig, especially in the 19th century. Some schooners worked on deep sea routes. In British home waters, schooners usually had cargo-carrying hulls that were designed to take the ground in drying harbours (or, even, to unload dried out on an open beach). The last of these once-common craft had ceased trading by the middle of the 20th century. Some very large schooners with five or more masts were built in

464-643: 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,

522-524: 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

580-420: 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

638-472: 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

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696-517: A smaller crew for their size compared to then traditional ocean crossing square rig ships, and being fast and versatile. Three-masted schooners were introduced around 1800. Schooners were popular on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 1800s and early 1900s. By 1910, 45 five-masted and 10 six-masted schooners had been built in Bath, Maine and in towns on Penobscot Bay , including Wyoming which

754-536: 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

812-450: 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

870-565: 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 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

928-714: Is considered the largest wooden ship ever built. The Thomas W. Lawson was the only seven-masted schooner built. The rig is rarely found on a hull of less than 50 feet LOA , and small schooners are generally two-masted. In the two decades around 1900, larger multi-masted schooners were built in New England and on the Great Lakes with four, five, six, or even, seven masts. Schooners were traditionally gaff-rigged, and some schooners sailing today are reproductions of famous schooners of old, but modern vessels tend to be Bermuda rigged (or occasionally junk-rigged) . While

986-759: 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

1044-466: 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

1102-559: Is obscure, but there is good evidence of them from the early 17th century in paintings by Dutch marine artists. The earliest known illustration of a schooner depicts a yacht owned by the mayors (Dutch: burgemeesters) of Amsterdam, drawn by the Dutch artist Rool and dated 1600. Later examples show schooners (Dutch: schoeners) in Amsterdam in 1638 and New Amsterdam in 1627. Paintings by Van de Velde (1633–1707) and an engraving by Jan Kip of

1160-725: 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

1218-728: 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

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1276-567: 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

1334-620: 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

1392-455: 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 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

1450-649: 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

1508-612: 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

1566-704: 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

1624-612: 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

1682-612: 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

1740-569: 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

1798-646: 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

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1856-616: 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

1914-562: 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

1972-575: The Thames at Lambeth, dated 1697, suggest that schooner rig was common in England and Holland by the end of the 17th century. The Royal Transport was an example of a large British-built schooner, launched in 1695 at Chatham. The schooner rig was used in vessels with a wide range of purposes. On a fast hull, good ability to windward was useful for privateers, blockade runners, slave ships, smaller naval craft and opium clippers. Packet boats (built for

2030-647: The United States from circa 1880–1920. They mostly carried bulk cargoes such as coal and timber. In yachting, schooners predominated in the early years of the America's Cup . In more recent times, schooners have been used as sail training ships. The type was further developed in British North America starting around 1713. In the 1700s and 1800s in what is now New England and Atlantic Canada schooners became popular for coastal trade, requiring

2088-599: 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

2146-504: 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

2204-513: 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

2262-442: 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

2320-505: 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

2378-499: 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,

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2436-592: 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

2494-592: The fast conveyance of passengers and goods) were often schooners. Fruit schooners were noted for their quick passages, taking their perishable cargoes on routes such as the Azores to Britain. Some pilot boats adopted the rig. The fishing vessels that worked the Grand Banks of Newfoundland were schooners, and held in high regard as an outstanding development of the type. In merchant use, the ease of handling in confined waters and smaller crew requirements made schooners

2552-594: 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

2610-735: 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

2668-713: 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,

2726-553: 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 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

2784-650: 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,

2842-566: 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

2900-589: 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

2958-451: 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

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3016-531: 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 the Hannah on 2 September 1775 and ordered

3074-402: 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 the Marblehead Regiment , the Franklin ,

3132-431: 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

3190-437: 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,

3248-414: 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

3306-494: 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

3364-512: Was used by both Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen in their explorations of the poles. Bluenose was both a successful fishing boat and a racer. America , eponym of America's Cup , was one of the few schooners ever designed for racing. This race was long dominated by schooners. Three-masted schooner Atlantic set the transatlantic sailing record for a monohull in the 1905 Kaiser's Cup race. The record remained unbroken for nearly 100 years. Beverly, Massachusetts Beverly

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