Gloucester, Massachusetts Gloucester .
City of Gloucester Official seal of City of Gloucester City of Gloucester is positioned in the US City of Gloucester - City of Gloucester Gloucester / l st r/ is a town/city on Cape Ann in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States.
Census. An meaningful center of the fishing trade and a prominent summer destination, Gloucester consists of an urban core on the north side of the harbor and the outlying neighborhoods of Annisquam, Bay View, Lanesville, Folly Cove, Magnolia, Riverdale, East Gloucester, and West Gloucester.
1.1 Early Gloucester 7 Gloucester and the sea See also: Timeline of Gloucester, Massachusetts The boundaries of Gloucester originally encompassed the town of Rockport, in an region dubbed "Sandy Bay".
In 1873, Gloucester was reincorporated as a city.
Gloucester was established at Cape Ann by an expedition called the "Dorchester Company" of men from Dorchester (in the county of Dorset, England) chartered by James I in 1623.
It is at this time that the name "Gloucester" first appears on tax rolls, although in various spellings.
The town took its name from the town/city of Gloucester in South-West England, perhaps from where many of its new occupants originated but more likely because Gloucester, England, was a Parliamentarian stronghold, successfully defended with the aid of the Earl of Essex against the King in the Siege of Gloucester of 1643.
Unlike other early coastal suburbs in New England, evolution in Gloucester was not concentrated around the harbor as it is today, rather it was inland that citizens settled first.
It was assembled at the edge of a marsh for Gloucester's first settled minister, the Reverend John White (1677 1760). The fisherman of Gloucester did not command the Grand Banks until the mid-18th century.
These cellar holes are still visible today along the trails throughout the inland part of Gloucester; they, and some walls, are all that remain of the village there.
Gloucester Harbor, ca.
1893 map of Gloucester While still part of the town of Gloucester, the citizens of Second, or "West", Parish now constructed their own meetinghouse and designated their own place of burial, both of which were in the hills near the marshes behind Wingaersheek Beach.
Third Parish, in northern Gloucester, was established in 1728.
Good Harbor beach, a beach in Gloucester Gloucester is positioned at 42 37 26 N 70 40 32 W (42.624015, 70.675521). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 41.5 square miles (107.5 km2), of which 26.2 square miles (67.8 km2) is territory and 15.3 square miles (39.6 km2), or 36.88%, is water. Gloucester is situated in most of the easterly end of Cape Ann, except for the far tip, which is the town of Rockport.
At its south end it is connected to Gloucester Harbor by the Blynman Canal.
Gloucester Harbor is divided into a several smaller coves, including the Western Harbor (site of the Fisherman's Memorial) and the Inner Harbor (home to the Gloucester fishing fleet).
The easterly side of Gloucester Harbor is divided from the rest of Massachusetts Bay by Eastern Point, extending some 2 miles (3 km) outward from the mainland.
Gloucester lies between Ipswich Bay to the north and Massachusetts Bay to the south.
(The town line with Ipswich is positioned athwart Essex Harbor, and as such there is no territory connection between the towns.) Gloucester lies 16 miles (26 km) east-northeast of Salem and 31 miles (50 km) northeast of Boston.
Gloucester lies at the easterly end of Route 128, which ends at Route 127 - A.
It then re-enters Gloucester near Folly Cove, running opposite of its usual north-south orientation towards its end at Route 128.
Gloucester is home to the Cape Ann Transportation Authority, which serves the town/city and encircling towns.
Two stops, in West Gloucester and in downtown Gloucester, furnish access to the Newburyport/Rockport Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail, which extends from Rockport along the North Shore to Boston's North Station.
See also: List of mayors of Gloucester, Massachusetts Gloucester City Hall, assembled in 1871 Gloucester is a city, with a Strong-Mayor-Council System.
Ward 1: East Gloucester includes Eastern Point and Rocky Neck Ward 4: North Gloucester includes Riverdale, Annisquam, Bay View, and Lanesville.
Ward 5: The entirety of West Gloucester west of the Annisquam River and Blynman Canal to Manchester-by-the-Sea and Essex includes the Wingaersheek region and village of Magnolia.
Sefatia Theken was then voted to be the interim mayor of Gloucester by the City Council.
The following schools are positioned inside the Gloucester Public Schools District: Gloucester High School (9 12) East Gloucester Elementary School (K 5) Gloucester Preschool Gorton's of Gloucester, Mighty Mac, Gloucester Engineering, Good Harbor Consulting, Para Research, Aid-Pack, Cyrk, and Varian Semiconductor are among the companies based in Gloucester.
Gloucester and the sea Gloucester's most famous (and nationally recognized) seafood company was established in 1849 as John Pew & Sons.
Besides catching and refining seafood, Gloucester is also a center for research on marine life and conservation ; Ocean Alliance is headquartered in the city.
In the late 19th century Gloucester saw an influx of Portuguese and Italian immigrants seeking work in the town's expand fishing trade and a better life in America.
Some present-day fishermen of Gloucester are descendents of these early immigrants.
During the Catholic celebration, St Peter's Fiesta, relatives of fishermen past and present carry oars representing many of the fishing vessels which call Gloucester their home.
In its over 350-year history, Gloucester has lost over 10,000 men to the Atlantic Ocean.
Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, Gloucester, c.
Gloucester's scenic beauty, active fishing industry, and famous arts improve have thriving and inspired painters since the early 19th century, as they do today.
The first Gloucester painter of note was native-born Fitz Henry Lane, whose home still exists on the waterfront.
Other painters later thriving to Gloucester include, William Morris Hunt, Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam, John Twachtman, Frederick Mulhaupt, Frank Duveneck, Cecilia Beaux, Jane Peterson, Gordon Grant, Harry De - Maine, Emile Gruppe, Stuart Davis, Joseph Solman, Mark Rothko, Milton Avery, Barnett Newman, William Meyerowitz, Joan Lockhart, Theresa Bernstein, and Marsden Hartley, and artists from the Ashcan School such as Edward Hopper, John Sloan, Robert Henri, William Glackens, and Maurice Prendergast.
Gloucester Harbor, petroleum on canvas, Winslow Homer, 1873.
Several meaningful sculptors have lived and worked in East Gloucester, Annisquam, Lanesville and Folly Cove.
Charles Olson (1910 1970), a poet and teacher at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, composed a 635-page poem known as The Maximus Poems, which centered on Gloucester.
The fictional town of Innsmouth in Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth is believed partially based on Cape Ann as a whole and Gloucester in particular.
Had scenes shot on Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester.
The Gloucester 18 is a documentary film that investigates the Gloucester pregnancy pact, and was filmed entirely in Gloucester.
The Good Son was filmed in Gloucester and other Cape Ann communities.
Manchester by the Sea much of which was filmed in Gloucester.
Mermaids had scenes shot in the Magnolia region of Gloucester.
Moonlight Mile was filmed almost entirely in Gloucester, with some shots in Marblehead.
The Perfect Storm was filmed and set in Gloucester.
Portions of Stuck on You were filmed in Gloucester and in neighboring Rockport.
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming film takes place on a fictional Gloucester island but was filmed in Mendocino, California.
One Step Beyond Episode 19, "The Captain's Guests", takes place on "Cape Ann Road" set in Gloucester.
Clear History takes place on an island in New England, but was filmed in Gloucester and around Cape Ann.
Tour Boat Gloucester Gloucester's most noted landmark is the harborside Man at the Wheel statue (also known as the "Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial Cenotaph"), dedicated to "They that go down to the sea in ships", which is a quote from Psalm 107:23 32.
Gloucester has a experienced theatre business known as the Gloucester Stage Company, which stages five to eight plays each season, primarily in the summer months.
Located in East Gloucester, the theatre sits at water's edge overlooking Smith's Cove.
Over the years, plays advanced at the Gloucester Stage Company have gone on to critical acclaim and prominent success, on and off Broadway, nationally and internationally.
The group draws theatre-goers from Gloucester, neighboring North Shore districts, and the greater Boston area, as well as cyclic inhabitants and tourists.
Gloucester's biggest annual event is St.
The town/city has much momentous architecture, from pre-Revolutionary homes to the hilltop 1870 City Hall, which dominates the town and harbor.
Gloucester was also the home of feminist writer Judith Sargent Murray and John Murray, the founder of the first Universalist Church in America.
Many exhibitions are positioned in the chief downtown area, such as the Cape Ann Museum, and the exhibition/aquarium Maritime Gloucester.
Willie Alexander, American singer and keyboard player, formerly of the Lost, the Bagatelle, the Grass Menagerie and the Boom Boom Band, before briefly becoming a member of The Velvet Underground, was raised and is based in Gloucester; much of his later work involves collaborations in various media with the area's rich arts improve Piatt Andrew, congressman, Assistant Treasury Secretary, and Harvard professor; Route 128 bridge connecting the island and mainland portions of Gloucester was titled after him The Ashcan School artists such as Robert Henri, John Sloan, Edward Hopper, and William Glackens spent their summers painting in Gloucester Aristides Demetrios, sculptor, interval up in Gloucester as son of Virginia Lee Burton Vincent Ferrini, poet, first Poet Laureate of Gloucester Thomas Gardner, landed in 1624 at Cape Ann to form a colony at what is now known as Gloucester Elliott Jaques, psychoanalyst, civil scientist, known for coining the term "mid-life crisis"; moved to Gloucester in 1991 and lived there till his death in 2003 Fitz Henry Lane, Luminist painter, born and lived in Gloucester Sun Myung Moon, prestige of the Unification Church, spent a great deal of time in Gloucester, and the Unification Church at one time owned a large amount of waterfront property. Herb Pomeroy, jazz musician, born in Gloucester senator from Massachusetts (1960 1962), Mayor of Gloucester (1954 1955) "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Gloucester city, Massachusetts".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Gloucester city, Massachusetts".
"1990 Enumeration of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1980 Enumeration of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts" (PDF).
Gloucester Daily Times.
When Gloucester Was Gloucester: Toward An Oral History Of The City (1973), Harvard University Press.
"Managing uncertainty: Family, religion, and collective action among fishermen's wives in Gloucester, Massachusetts." The Port of Gloucester (1940) "Gloucester fishery: insights from a group modeling intervention." Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Gloucester.
City of Gloucester official website "Vital Records of Gloucester, MA to the end of the year 1849".
1872 Map of Gloucester plate 80 81 Atlas of Essex County presented 1872.
1872 Map of Gloucester Center Inner Harbor plate 83 Atlas of Essex County presented 1872.
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