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Timeline of Gloucester, Massachusetts

This is a timeline of the history of the city of Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA.

Prior to 19th century

19th century

1800s-1850s

  • 1801 - Annisquam Harbor Light erected.
  • 1805 - Daily Boston-Gloucester stagecoach begins operating.
  • 1806 - First Universalist Church built.
  • 1808 - First Baptist Church founded.
  • 1819 - Nearby Essex incorporated as a town.
  • 1821 - Ten Pound Island Light erected.
  • 1827 - Gloucester Telegraph newspaper begins publication.
  • 1828 - First Parish Church built on Middle Street.
  • 1830
  • Gloucester Lyceum and Lanesville Congregational Church established.
  • 30 September: Fire.
  • Population: 7,510.
  • 1831 - Eastern Point Light erected.
  • 1832 - Gloucester Circulating Library, Front Street, in operation.
  • 1834 - Gloucester Democrat newspaper begins publication.
  • 1835 - Straitsmouth Island Light erected.
  • 1836 - Female Charitable Society organized.
  • 1838
  • Methodist Church built.
  • Congregationalist Ladies' Sewing Circle organized.
  • 1839 - Annisquam Universalist Ladies' Sewing Circle organized.
  • 1840
  • Part of Gloucester becomes the new town of Rockport.
  • Population: 6,350.
  • 1842 - Lane's Cove Pier Co. formed.
  • 1843 - Cape Ann Light newspaper begins publication.
  • 1844 - Town Hall built.
  • 1845 - Odd Fellows Ocean Lodge established.
  • 1847
  • Railway begins operating.
  • Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Co., Gloucester Marine Insurance Co., and Annisquam Mutual Fire Insurance Co. incorporated.
  • Artist Fitz Hugh Lane moves to town.
  • 1848
  • Gloucester News newspaper begins publication.
  • Mount Adnah Cemetery organized.
  • 1849 - Fitz Henry Lane house and Pavilion Hotel built.
  • 1850
  • Burnham Brothers Marine Railway built.
  • Population: 7,786.
  • 1851 - Cape Ann Savings Bank incorporated.
  • 1852 - Company G., 8th Regiment organized.
  • 1853 - Gloucester Gas Light Company in business.
  • 1855
  • Gloucester Cornet Band organized.
  • Cunningham & Thompson in business.
  • Timothy Davis becomes US representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district.
  • 1856
  • Oak Grove Cemetery, Independent Sons of Temperance, and Cape Ann Bank established.
  • Cape Ann Advertiser newspaper begins publication.
  • 1857
  • Procter Brothers in business.
  • Citizens' Library Association organized.
  • 1858
  • Police court, Cape Ann Telegraph Co., Congregationalist Young Ladies' Society, and Congregationalist Ladies' Society at the Cove established.
  • East Gloucester Baptist Church built.
  • 1859
  • Gloucester Fishermen's Widow's and Orphan's Fund Society; Sons of Temperance, Annisquam Division; Franklin Club; Congregationalist Ladies' Home Missionary Society; and Band of Hope organized.
  • November 2: "Mechanic Engine Co. had a grand parade."

1860s-1890s

  • 1860 - Population: 10,904.
  • 1861 - Railway to Rockport begins operating.
  • 1862 - Shute & Merchant in business |url=https://www.shuteandmerchant.com/history-2.html |
  • 1864
  • February 18: Fire.
  • First National Bank in business.
  • 1865 - Freemason Acacia Lodge established.
  • 1866
  • Board of Trade and Cape Ann Horticultural Society established.
  • Cape Ann Anchor & Forge in business.
  • 1867
  • North Gloucester Universalist church active.
  • Sylvanus Smith & Co. in business.
  • 1869
  • May 16: Town Hall burns down.
  • Cape Ann Granite quarry in business.
  • 1870
  • Universalist Centenary.
  • Population: 15,389.
  • 1871 - Gloucester City Hall built.
  • 1872 - Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library incorporated.
  • 1873
  • Gloucester becomes a city.
  • Lanesville Granite quarry in business.
  • YMCA and Cape Ann Scientific and Literary Association founded.
  • 1874
  • Slade Gorton & Company established.
  • Robert R. Fears becomes first city mayor.
  • Procter Brothers circulating library opens.
  • 1877
  • Gloucester Bulletin newspaper begins publication.
  • Artist William Morris Hunt active.
  • 1880
  • Sea Side Library in operation.
  • Population: 19,329.
  • 1881
  • Gloucester Water Supply Co. incorporated.
  • Harbor Methodist Church built.
  • Gloucester Isinglass and Glue in business.
  • 1882 - Russia Cement Co. in business.
  • 1884
  • Gloucester News and Cape Ann Breeze newspapers begin publication.
  • Tarr and Wonson paint factory built.
  • Magonolia Library Association formed.
  • 1885
  • October 16: North Shore Tricycle Run arrives in Gloucester.
  • Horse-drawn Gloucester Street Railway begins operating.
  • 1887 - Magnolia Congregational Church and Gloucester Co-operative Bank established.
  • 1888
  • Gloucester Daily Times newspaper begins publication.
  • Gloucester Electric Co. in business.
  • 1891
  • Gloucester Safe Deposit and Trust in business.
  • Hawthorne Inn built.
  • 1892
  • 250th anniversary of incorporation of town of Gloucester.
  • Gloucester Towboat Co. in business.
  • 1895
  • Gloucester, Essex and Beverly Street Railway begins operating.
  • American Halibut Co. in business.
  • 1896 - Eliot house (residence) built.
  • 1897 - Addison Gilbert Hospital built.
  • 1898
  • S.S. Portland shipwreck.
  • Business Men's Association formed.
  • 1899 - Ravenswood Park established.
  • 1900 - Population: 26,121.

20th century

21st century

See also

References

Bibliography

published in the 18th-19th century
  • (ongoing).
  • 1893, 1894
  • (children's fiction)
published in the 20th-21st century

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