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Streets · 17 buildings · 4 with a page

Toppans Lane

Oldest
c. 1660
Built Before 1775
1
Built 1775–1830
3
Built 1830–1860
3
Built 1860–1900
3
Built 1900–1945
5
Built Since 1945
2

From the state survey

Toppan's Lane

MACRIS NWB.N · area form, 1973

Toppan's Lane runs from High Street to Low Street. The survey states that in 1670 this tract of land was conveyed to Jacob Toppan, who built a large saltbox house on it. His descendants built their own houses along the lane over the following generations, and from 1670 to 1858 every house on the street belonged to a Toppan.

When the form was prepared in 1973, three Toppan houses were still standing: the Jacob Toppan House of 1670, the Stephen Toppan House of 1767 and the Edward Toppan House of 1819. The sketch map marks six houses on the lane, numbered 533 to 538, that were submitted on individual inventory forms.

Summarized from the Massachusetts Historical Commission's area form. See the MACRIS record ↗

Odd side

  1. 3131 Toppans LaneEdward Toppan Housec. 1819 · Federal
  2. 3333 Toppan's Lanec. 1941
  3. 3939 Toppan's LaneWilliam T. Colman Housec. 1860 · Federal
  4. 4545 Toppan's Lanec. 1892

Even side

  1. 22 Toppans LaneEdwin Dodge House1902 · Colonial Revival/Craftsman
  2. 66 Toppan's LaneStephen Toppan Housec. 1790 · Georgian
  3. 88 Toppan's Lanec. 1960
  4. 1212 Toppans Lanec. 1800 · Georgian
  5. 1212 Toppans LaneArthur P. Brown Housec. 1930 · Colonial Revival
  6. 1414 Toppan's Lanec. 1890 · Second Empire
  7. 2020 Toppan's LaneJacob Toppan Housec. 1660 · Colonial
  8. 2626 Toppan's Lanec. 1930 · Colonial Revival
  9. 28–3028–30 Toppan's LaneSamuel A. Johnson Housec. 1850 · Greek Revival
  10. 3434 Toppan's Lanec. 1951
  11. 3636 Toppan's Lanec. 1889
  12. 3838 Toppan's Lanec. 1920
  13. 4242 Toppan's Lanec. 1854

Today's street numbers. Buildings without a photo haven't been researched yet: their name, date and style are the state inventory's, or, for a building 75 or more years old the inventory never recorded, the City assessors' year built. Dates marked c. are estimates. Hollow dots are lost buildings. Locations: MassGIS / Massachusetts Historical Commission; assessors' lots: City of Newburyport GIS (MIMAP), the dot in the middle of the lot.