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

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Prior to 19th century

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19th century

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1800s-1850s

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First Universalist Church built on Middle Street, 1806 (photo 1930s)
George Henry Procter
Francis Procter
Procter Bros., publishers, est. 1857
  • 1801 - Annisquam Harbor Light erected.[4]
  • 1805 - Daily Boston-Gloucester stagecoach begins operating.[4]
  • 1806 - First Universalist Church built.[8]
  • 1808 - First Baptist Church founded.[4]
  • 1819 - Nearby Essex incorporated as a town.[9]
  • 1821 - Ten Pound Island Light erected.[4]
  • 1827 - Gloucester Telegraph newspaper begins publication.[1]
  • 1828 - First Parish Church built on Middle Street.[8]
  • 1830
  • 1831 - Eastern Point Light erected.[4]
  • 1832 - Gloucester Circulating Library, Front Street, in operation.[11]
  • 1834 - Gloucester Democrat newspaper begins publication.[1]
  • 1835 - Straitsmouth Island Light erected.[4]
  • 1836 - Female Charitable Society organized.[3]
  • 1838
    • Methodist Church built.[4]
    • Congregationalist Ladies' Sewing Circle organized.[3]
  • 1839 - Annisquam Universalist Ladies' Sewing Circle organized.[3]
  • 1840
    • Part of Gloucester becomes the new town of Rockport.[4]
    • Population: 6,350.[7]
  • 1842 - Lane's Cove Pier Co. formed.[3]
  • 1843 - Cape Ann Light newspaper begins publication.[1]
  • 1844 - Town Hall built.[4]
  • 1845 - Odd Fellows Ocean Lodge established.[6]
  • 1847
    • Railway begins operating.[4]
    • Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Co., Gloucester Marine Insurance Co., and Annisquam Mutual Fire Insurance Co. incorporated.[3]
    • Artist Fitz Hugh Lane moves to town.[12]
  • 1848
    • Gloucester News newspaper begins publication.[1]
    • Mount Adnah Cemetery organized.[3]
  • 1849 - Fitz Henry Lane house and Pavilion Hotel[8] built.
  • 1850
    • Burnham Brothers Marine Railway built.[8]
    • Population: 7,786.[7]
  • 1851 - Cape Ann Savings Bank incorporated.[3]
  • 1852 - Company G., 8th Regiment organized.[3]
  • 1853 - Gloucester Gas Light Company in business.[13]
  • 1855
  • 1856
    • Oak Grove Cemetery, Independent Sons of Temperance,[3] and Cape Ann Bank[1] established.
    • Cape Ann Advertiser newspaper begins publication.[1]
  • 1857
    • Procter Brothers in business.[14]
    • Citizens' Library Association organized.[3]
  • 1858
    • Police court, Cape Ann Telegraph Co., Congregationalist Young Ladies' Society, and Congregationalist Ladies' Society at the Cove established.[3]
    • East Gloucester Baptist Church built.[4]
  • 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.[3]
    • November 2: "Mechanic Engine Co. had a grand parade."[3]

1860s-1890s

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Civil war recruitment poster, ca.1861
Universalist Centenary camp ground, 1870
Seal of City of Gloucester, incorporated 1873
Advertisements for Gloucester businesses, 1882
  • 1860 - Population: 10,904.[7]
  • 1861 - Railway to Rockport begins operating.[4]
  • 1862 - Shute & Merchant in business |url=http://www.shuteandmerchant.com/history-2.html |
  • 1864
    • February 18: Fire.[10]
    • First National Bank in business.[1]
  • 1865 - Freemason Acacia Lodge established.[6]
  • 1866
    • Board of Trade[4] and Cape Ann Horticultural Society[6] established.
    • Cape Ann Anchor & Forge in business.[4]
  • 1867
    • North Gloucester Universalist church active.[4]
    • Sylvanus Smith & Co. in business.[14]
  • 1869
    • May 16: Town Hall burns down.[1]
    • Cape Ann Granite quarry in business.[4]
  • 1870
  • 1871 - Gloucester City Hall built.
  • 1872 - Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library incorporated.[16][17]
  • 1873
    • Gloucester becomes a city.[1]
    • Lanesville Granite quarry in business.[4]
    • YMCA[4] and Cape Ann Scientific and Literary Association[18] founded.
  • 1874
    • Slade Gorton & Company established.
    • Robert R. Fears becomes first city mayor.
    • Procter Brothers circulating library opens.[19]
  • 1877
  • 1880
    • Sea Side Library in operation.[20]
    • Population: 19,329.[4]
  • 1881
    • Gloucester Water Supply Co. incorporated.[1]
    • Harbor Methodist Church built.[4]
    • Gloucester Isinglass and Glue in business.[13]
  • 1882 - Russia Cement Co. in business.[4]
  • 1884
    • Gloucester News and Cape Ann Breeze newspapers begin publication.[1]
    • Tarr and Wonson paint factory built.
    • Magonolia Library Association formed.
  • 1885
    • October 16: North Shore Tricycle Run arrives in Gloucester.[21]
    • Horse-drawn Gloucester Street Railway begins operating.[4][13]
  • 1887 - Magnolia Congregational Church[4] and Gloucester Co-operative Bank[1] established.
  • 1888
    • Gloucester Daily Times newspaper begins publication.[1]
    • Gloucester Electric Co. in business.[4][13]
  • 1891
    • Gloucester Safe Deposit and Trust in business.[13]
    • Hawthorne Inn built.[9]
  • 1892
    • 250th anniversary of incorporation of town of Gloucester.[22]
    • Gloucester Towboat Co. in business.[13]
  • 1895
  • 1896 - Eliot house (residence) built.[23]
  • 1897 - Addison Gilbert Hospital built.
  • 1898
  • 1899 - Ravenswood Park established.
  • 1900 - Population: 26,121.[4]

20th century

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S.S. Cape Ann ferry, 1905
Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2010
Hand carved wooden sign for Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2019 John Pydynkowski, pro. woodcarver and gold leaf 23k


21st century

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  • 2002
    • North Shore North - Newspaper Begins (Mike Ryan, James Oliver, Gregg B. Smith)
    • John Bell becomes mayor.
  • 2003 Gloucester Island News - Newspaper Begins (James Oliver, Gregg B. Smith)
  • 2004 - Sister city relationship established with Tamano, Japan.[citation needed]
  • 2007 - Good Morning Gloucester blog begins publication.
A man attempts to reach the flag during the Greasy Pole contest on Sunday, July 1, 2007.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Pringle 1892.
  2. ^ Alden Bradford (1843). New England Chronology. Boston: S.G. Simpkins.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Gloucester Directory 1860.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao Arrington 1922.
  5. ^ James Robinson Newhall (1836), The Essex Memorial, for 1836: embracing a register of the county, Salem, Mass.: Henry Whipple
  6. ^ a b c d Fisheries 1876.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
  8. ^ a b c d "Historical Materials". Fitz Henry Lane Online. Gloucester: Cape Ann Museum. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  9. ^ a b "History of the Region (timeline)". Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  10. ^ a b Fire Department 1892.
  11. ^ Catalogue of the Gloucester Circulating Library. January 28, 1832. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  12. ^ a b Weinberg 1994.
  13. ^ a b c d e f Report of the Tax Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1899.
  14. ^ a b William Richard Cutter (1908). Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
  15. ^ "Universalist Centenary: A City of Tents", New York Times, September 23, 1870
  16. ^ "Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library Public library". Archived from the original on November 15, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  17. ^ Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library, Inc.: 1830-1930, the record of a century, c. 1930
  18. ^ "Cape Ann Museum". Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  19. ^ Cape Ann Advertiser, Sep 11, 1874
  20. ^ Cape Ann Advertiser, Dec 3, 1880
  21. ^ Robert L. McCullough (September 2015), "In 1885, adventurous Boston women took to their tricycles", Boston Globe
  22. ^ Souvenir 1892.
  23. ^ "T.S. Eliot's old summer home may become writers' retreat", Boston Globe, March 31, 2015
  24. ^ a b "Mass Moments". Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved March 30, 2016. (timeline of Massachusetts history)
  25. ^ "Gloucester HarborWalk". Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  26. ^ American Art Annual, Washington DC: American Federation of Arts, 1922, hdl:2027/uc1.b3063400
  27. ^ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/07/01/watch-gloucester-greasy-pole-contest-2024/
  28. ^
    • 1984 - Richard Silva elected mayor.
    • 1888 - William Squillace elected mayor
    {{cite web 1|url=http://www.gloucesterstage.com/history.html |title=Gloucester Stage Co. |access-date=November 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122091116/http://www.gloucesterstage.com/history.html |archive-date=November 22, 2011 }}
  29. ^ "Gloucester Home Page". Archived from the original on 1998-12-12 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  30. ^ "Gloucester city, Massachusetts". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  31. ^ "Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Receives $2.7M Grant". GenomeWeb. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2023. Located on Gloucester Bay, the GMGI was founded in 2013 to conduct marine and fishery research using the biotechnology expertise in nearby Boston and Cambridge.
  32. ^ "Massachusetts Chief's Tack in Drug War: Steer Addicts to Rehab, Not Jail", New York Times, January 24, 2016
  33. ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

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