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4 Beacon Street, Newburyport
Photo: Biff Bouse

Beacon Street · No. 4 · NWB.1029

4 Beacon Street

Calvin Lawyer House

Built 1900–1945National Register district
Built
c. 1920
Style
Arts & Crafts/Craftsman
MACRIS
NWB.1029 ↗

History

This home was built around 1920, and the earliest owner I was able to document was Calvin Lawyer (1892-1967), inventor of the R-L-S signal (‘Rite’, Left, and Stop), an early version of a turning-and-braking signal system for automobiles.

More built 1900–1945

27 Barton Street, Newburyport01 / 03 · c. 1915 · Built 1900–194527 Barton Street1-3 Bromfield Street, Newburyport02 / 03 · c. 1910 · Built 1900–19451-3 Bromfield Street8 Congress Street, Newburyport03 / 03 · c. 1941 · Built 1900–19458 Congress Street

Sources

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  2. Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System - NWB.1029
  3. “United States Census, 1930,” FamilySearch, Massachusetts > Essex > Newburyport > ED 221 > image 13 of 28.
  4. “Garage Space - Wanted” Newburyport Daily News, Monday, May 1, 1922.
  5. “Human Lives vs Ten Dollars” and detail from the Newburyport Daily News, Tuesday, March 6, 1923.
  6. “Human Lives vs Ten Dollars” Newburyport Daily News, Tuesday, March 13, 1923.
  7. “Garage - To let” Newburyport Daily News, Saturday, January 3, 1931.
  8. “New Garages” Newburyport Daily News, Tuesday, February 17, 1931.