State Street
MACRIS NWB.U · area form
State Street begins at the Merrimac River and runs southwest through the center of the city, crossing High Street and continuing to the Route 1 traffic circle. The survey notes that Newbury town records mention a way to Watts Sellar as early as 1648; the street was later known as Greenleaf's Lane and then Fish Street before taking its present name.
Near Market Square it is lined with three-story brick Federal commercial buildings put up between 1811 and 1815, after the Fire of 1811. Toward High Street stand the Nathaniel Tracy mansion, now the Public Library, the YMCA at Harris Street, the Institution for Savings and the Dalton Club, once the home of Senator Tristram Dalton. Beyond High Street the street is mostly residential, with Federal and smaller Victorian houses.
Summarized from the Massachusetts Historical Commission's area form. See the MACRIS record ↗
