Annisquam is a waterfront village in the city of Gloucester in Essex County on the North Shore of

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, United States. It is a few miles across Cape Ann from downtown Gloucester.

History

The name "Annisquam" comes from an Algonquian term meaning "top of the rock, containing '''', "on top of", and ''<-ompsk>'', "rock". The first European settlement in Annisquam was established in 1631. In the late 19th-century, it was home to both granite quarrying and an

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, which attracted painters including George Loftus Noyes and Margaret Fitzhugh Browne. The colony came to be known as "Squam" in the 1890s, with William Lamb Picknell, Emil Carlsen, and Robert Vonnoh in residence and producing numerous works inspired by the seascape. Annisquam is primarily a residential village. Its only businesses include a restaurant and marina, a small hotel, a real estate company, a library and the Annisquam Yacht Club, founded in 1896. Because of its small size, historic architecture and secluded geography, Annisquam remains a popular summer resort. At the mouth of the Annisquam River on Ipswich Bay is Annisquam Harbor Light, perhaps the village's most historic edifice. The lighthouse has been in the same spot since 1801, having undergone significant repairs in 1850. Image:Annisquam River (Massachusetts) map.jpg, Annisquam's location on Cape Ann Image:Lobster Cove, Annisquam, Essex County, Massachusetts.jpg, Lobster Cove c. 1820 Image:Annisquam Bridge Showing Annisquam, MA.jpg, Annisquam Bridge in 1909 Image:Post Office & Fish Houses & Street Scene, Annisquam, MA.jpg, Street scene c. 1910 Image:The Yacht Club House, Annisquam, MA.jpg, The yacht club in 1911 '' The Good Son'', a 1993 movie starring

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, was partly filmed here.

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is said to have secretly vacationed here, renting a cottage on Lobster Cove at which she was visited by John F. Kennedy, who was introduced to the area by his Harvard University roommate Benjamin A Smith II.{{{citation needed, date=August 2024

Historic sites

* Annisquam Bridge * Norwood-Hyatt House

References

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