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. It is a few miles across Cape Ann from downtown Gloucester.

History

The name "Annisquam" comes from an Algonquian term meaning "top of the rock, containing '''', "on top of", and ''<-ompsk>'', "rock". The first European settlement in Annisquam was established in 1631. In the late 19th-century, it was home to both granite quarrying and an

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, which attracted painters including

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and Margaret Fitzhugh Browne. Annisquam is primarily a residential village. Its only businesses include a restaurant and marina, a small hotel, a real estate company, a library and the Annisquam Yacht Club, founded in 1896. Because of its small size, historic architecture and secluded geography, Annisquam remains a popular summer resort. At the mouth of the Annisquam River on Ipswich Bay is Annisquam Harbor Light, perhaps the village's most historic edifice. The lighthouse has been in the same spot since 1801, having undergone significant repairs in 1850. Image:Annisquam River (Massachusetts) map.jpg, Annisquam's location on Cape Ann Image:Lobster Cove, Annisquam, Essex County, Massachusetts.jpg, Lobster Cove c. 1820 Image:Annisquam Bridge Showing Annisquam, MA.jpg, Annisquam Bridge in 1909 Image:Post Office & Fish Houses & Street Scene, Annisquam, MA.jpg, Street scene c. 1910 Image:The Yacht Club House, Annisquam, MA.jpg, The yacht club in 1911 The movie Good Son starring

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was filmed here. Marilyn Monroe is said to have secretly vacationed here, renting a cottage on Lobster Cove at which she was visited by John F. Kennedy, who was introduced to the area by his Harvard University roommate Benjamin A Smith II.

Historic sites

Annisquam Bridge The Annisquam Bridge is a historic bridge in Annisquam, Massachusetts, a village within the city of Gloucester. The bridge was built in 1861 to replace an earlier 1847 bridge that crossed Lobster Cove. It is a wooden pile bridge, a type of which ...

Norwood-Hyatt House The Norwood-Hyatt House is a historic house at 704 Washington Street in the Gloucester, Massachusetts. It is notable as one of the oldest houses in Gloucester, and for its association with Alpheus Hyatt, who did research in marine biology here ...

References

1631 establishments in Massachusetts Gloucester, Massachusetts Neighborhoods in Massachusetts Populated places established in 1631 Populated places in Essex County, Massachusetts {{EssexCountyMA-geo-stub