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James Steam Mill District

149 buildings, most of them built between 1775 and 1889; mostly Greek Revival and Italianate.

Part of Newburyport Historic District

Oldest
c. 1670–1720
Built Before 1775
14
Built 1775–1830
27
Built 1830–1860
56
Built 1860–1900
42
Built 1900–1945
5
Built Since 1945
4
Lost
1

Styles

Greek Revival 49Italianate 28Victorian Eclectic 11Colonial 9Federal 7Georgian 5Queen Anne 4First Period 1Gothic Revival 1Second Empire 1Vernacular 1Renaissance Revival 1Craftsman 1

Every building, street by street

Purchase Street 53

  1. 2–42-4 Purchase StreetGeorge Tilton Groceryc. 1850 · Vernacular Italianate
  2. 3–53–5 Purchase StreetPurchase Street School Housec. 1850 · Greek Revival
  3. 66 Purchase Streetc. 1840
  4. 7–97–9 Purchase Streetc. 1845 · Greek Revival
  5. 88 Purchase Streetc. 1845 · Greek Revival
  6. 1111 Purchase Streetc. 1845 · Greek Revival
  7. 1212 Purchase Streetc. 1875 · Italianate
  8. 1313 Purchase StreetThomas Silloway Housec. 1845 · Greek Revival
  9. 14–1614–16 Purchase StreetGeorge Knight–Moody Kimball Housec. 1845 · Greek Revival
  10. 1515 Purchase Streetc. 1852 · Greek Revival
  11. 18–2018–20 Purchase Streetc. 1870 · Italianate
  12. 1919 Purchase Streetc. 1860 · Federal
  13. 2121 Purchase Streetc. 1820 · Federal
  14. 2222 Purchase Streetc. 1870 · Italianate
  15. 2323 Purchase Streetc. 1870 · Italianate
  16. 2727 Purchase StreetCharles H. Ireland and Sarah Collins Housec. 1855 · Greek Revival
  17. 29–3129–31 Purchase Streetc. 1880 · Victorian Eclectic
  18. 3030 Purchase Streetc. 1830 · Federal
  19. 32–3432–34 Purchase Streetc. 1875 · Italianate
  20. 35–3735–37 Purchase StreetEliza Goodwin–Jacob Knight Housec. 1810 · Federal
  21. 3636 Purchase Streetc. 1875 · Italianate
  22. 3939 Purchase Streetc. 1845 · Greek Revival
  23. 40–4240–42 Purchase Streetc. 1850 · Greek Revival
  24. 41–4341–43 Purchase Streetc. 1870 · Italianate
  25. 4444 Purchase Streetc. 1875 · Italianate
  26. 4545 Purchase Streetc. 1910
  27. 46–4846-48 Purchase StreetCaptain Caleb Woodbury Housec. 1810 · Italianate
  28. 47–47 ½47–47 ½ Purchase Streetc. 1845 · Greek Revival
  29. 4949 Purchase StreetDaniel D. Greenleaf Housec. 1890 · Colonial
  30. 5050 Purchase StreetTucker-Goss Housec. 1855 · Italianate
  31. 5252 Purchase Streetc. 1845 · Greek Revival
  32. 5353 Purchase Streetc. 1750 · Georgian
  33. 54–5654–56 Purchase Streetc. 1850 · Greek Revival
  34. 5555 Purchase Streetc. 1845 · Greek Revival
  35. 5757 Purchase Streetc. 1845 · Greek Revival
  36. 58–6058–60 Purchase Streetc. 1725
  37. 6161 Purchase Streetc. 1845 · Greek Revival
  38. 6363 Purchase Streetc. 1845 · Greek Revival
  39. 6464 Purchase StreetPeople's United Methodist Churchc. 1825 · Renaissance Revival
  40. 6565 Purchase StreetSaint Peter's Unitarian Chapelc. 1933 · Craftsman
  41. 6666 Purchase StreetMoses Pettengell Jr.–Charles Thurlow Housec. 1855 · Greek Revival
  42. 6767 Purchase Streetc. 1850 · Greek Revival
  43. 6868 Purchase Streetc. 1889
  44. 6969 Purchase Streetc. 1875 · Victorian Eclectic
  45. 7070 Purchase Streetc. 1875 · Italianate
  46. 71 – 71 1/271–71 1/2 Purchase StreetCharles E Hale Housec. 1875 · Italianate
  47. 7373 Purchase Streetc. 1890 · Queen Anne
  48. 7474 Purchase Streetc. 1840 · Greek Revival
  49. 7575 Purchase Streetc. 1890 · Queen Anne
  50. 7777 Purchase Streetc. 1875 · Italianate
  51. 7878 Purchase StreetIssac Noyes Housec. 1875 · Italianate
  52. 8484 Purchase Streetc. 1875 · Italianate
  53. 8888 Purchase Streetc. 1875 · Italianate

Boundary: Massachusetts Historical Commission (MACRIS, via MassGIS). A building is listed here when its map point falls inside the boundary. Buildings without a photo haven’t been researched yet: their dates and styles are the state inventory’s, or the City assessors’ year for a building the inventory never recorded, and dates marked c. are estimates. Hollow dots are lost buildings.