Founded in 1626, the City of Beverly is one of the oldest communities in
the state. Residents describe their city as the birthplace of the United
States Navy, noting that the first ship commissioned by the Navy first
sailed from Beverly Harbor. Although the city was the location of the
first cotton mill and the first Sunday school in the country, and has one
of its neighborhoods, the Fish Flake District, on the National Register of
Historic sites, it is the present and future rather than the past which
engross the energies of the community.
Beverly residents have watched an interesting shift over the past 50 years,
as the city changed from an industrial site with huge manufacturers like
the United Shoe Machine Corporation, to a bedroom community that is 85%
residential and emphasizes its academic and cultural facilities more than
the industrial parks that house mixed computer and other high technology
firms. The city is the home of private Endicott College and a campus of
the public North Shore Community College as well as the site of the North
Shore Music Theatre which brings in hordes of visitors to glittering
Broadway-type productions. Intact in Beverly is the spacious echo of the
past since the city is still the home of some of the most historic families
in America on gracious estates in the northern portion of the community.
Residents note the first-rate hospital, the miles of beautiful beach, and
the diverse sections of the community that offer everything from rural to
urban lifestyles in saying that the city offers everything that anyone
could want in a home town.
the state. Residents describe their city as the birthplace of the United
States Navy, noting that the first ship commissioned by the Navy first
sailed from Beverly Harbor. Although the city was the location of the
first cotton mill and the first Sunday school in the country, and has one
of its neighborhoods, the Fish Flake District, on the National Register of
Historic sites, it is the present and future rather than the past which
engross the energies of the community.
Beverly residents have watched an interesting shift over the past 50 years,
as the city changed from an industrial site with huge manufacturers like
the United Shoe Machine Corporation, to a bedroom community that is 85%
residential and emphasizes its academic and cultural facilities more than
the industrial parks that house mixed computer and other high technology
firms. The city is the home of private Endicott College and a campus of
the public North Shore Community College as well as the site of the North
Shore Music Theatre which brings in hordes of visitors to glittering
Broadway-type productions. Intact in Beverly is the spacious echo of the
past since the city is still the home of some of the most historic families
in America on gracious estates in the northern portion of the community.
Residents note the first-rate hospital, the miles of beautiful beach, and
the diverse sections of the community that offer everything from rural to
urban lifestyles in saying that the city offers everything that anyone
could want in a home town.
