Swampscott Fish House
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Swampscott Fish House is a historic house on Humphrey Street on Fisherman's Beach in Swampscott, Massachusetts
. It is the oldest active fish house in the country.
The Shingle style house was built in 1896 on land taken by eminent domain. The Fish House consolidated the many fishing structures that stretched along the oceanfront obscuring views of the ocean and subtracting from the area's appeal. The Fish House is also home to the Swampscott Yacht Club and the Swampscott Sailing Program.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1985.
Swampscott, Massachusetts
Swampscott is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States located 15 miles up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population is 13,787...
. It is the oldest active fish house in the country.
The Shingle style house was built in 1896 on land taken by eminent domain. The Fish House consolidated the many fishing structures that stretched along the oceanfront obscuring views of the ocean and subtracting from the area's appeal. The Fish House is also home to the Swampscott Yacht Club and the Swampscott Sailing Program.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1985.