2795 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - A little red schoolhouse

This one room school house, located in Pittsfield (the largest city and the county seat of Berkshire County), in the middle of an acre wooded lot on a quiet mountain road, is the oldest in New England and was listed as a U.S. National Historic Place. Built in 1825 and rebuilt 1843 after a fire it has been used continually by the community until being converted to a private residence in 1985, being completely renovated in 2010.

2728 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Cape Cod map

Cape Cod extends into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts, from which is separated by the Cape Cod Canal. It stretches from Provincetown in the northeast to Woods Hole in the southwest, and comprises Barnstable County. The Cape Cod Canal cuts 28.2 km roughly across the base of the peninsula, though the western boundary of the cape extends to include small portions of the towns of Bourne and Sandwich which lie on the mainland side of the canal. Two highway bridges (the Sagamore Bridge and the Bourne Bridge), and the Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge cross the canal.

2693 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Lighthouses of the Cape Cod and Islands

2693 Lighthouses of the Cape Cod and Islands: Sankaty Head Light
(on background); 1. Race Point Light; 2. Gay Head Light; 3. Highland
Light; 4. Chatham Lighthouse; 5. Edgartown Harbor Light; 6. West Chop
 Light; 7. Brant Point Light; 8. Highland Light; 9. Sankaty Head Light;
10. Nauset Beach Light; 12. Nobska Light at Christmas

Cape Cod is a geographic cape in the northeastern United States, extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts, of which is separated by the Cape Cod Canal. Its coastline has been called an "ocean graveyard" from Chatham to Provincetown, a mere fifty-mile stretch of sea containing over 3,000 shipwrecks, due to its dangerously hidden and constantly moving shoals located just off-shore.

2625 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Nantucket Lighthouse Map

Nantucket is an island located about 50km south of Cape Cod, nicknamed "The Little Grey Lady of the Sea", which refers to the island as it appears from the ocean when it is fog-bound. Now it is a tourist destination and summer colony, but it was, in the the first half of the 19th century, an important center of the whaling industry. The ever-shifting battalion of sandbars, or shoals, lurking beneath the waters that surround the island have caused between 700 and 800 shipwrecks in recorded history.

2598 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

2598 Emily Dickinson - The daguerreotype
taken at Mount Holyoke, December 1846
or early 1847, the only authenticated portrait
of Emily Dickinson later than childhood.

Unrecognized in her own time, the reclusive Emily Dickinson is now almost universally considered one of the most significant of all American poets, being highly appreciated for her unusual use of form and syntax. He was born at the family's homestead in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830, and died 55 years later, on May 15, 1886, in the same house. Although part of a prominent, but not wealthy, family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life highly introverted.

2305 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Massachusetts map and flag

Located in the New England region, and bordered by Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont,  New Hampshire, and the Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, owes its name to the indigenous population, the Massachusett, which means "the people of the great hills". The capital, as well as the state's largest city, is Boston, one of the oldest cities in the United States (1630), and the scene of several key events of the American Revolution.
 

2263 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Old South Meeting House in Boston

Built in 1729, the Old South Meeting House has been an important gathering place for locals for nearly three centuries. Renowned for the protest meetings held here before the American Revolution when the building was termed a mouth-house, it has long served as a platform for the free expression of ideas. Today, it is open daily as a museum and continues to provide a place for people to meet, discuss and act on important issues of the day.

1941, 2121 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Kennedy Compound and John F. Kennedy Memorial in Hyannis

1941 Kennedy Compound in Hyannis

Posted on 05.10.2015, 13.12.2015
The Kennedy Compound consists of three houses in Hyannis Port, a small residential village located in Barnstable, in Cape Cod. It was once the home of American businessman and political figure Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., his wife Rose, and two of their sons, Jack and Bobby. Their youngest son, Ted lived in his parents' house, and it was his main residence from 1982 until his death in 2009. Ted also bought President Kennedy's house from his daughter, Caroline. This house now belongs to Ted Jr.

2121 John F. Kennedy Memorial in Hyannis

John F. Kennedy used the compound as a base for his successful 1960 U.S. Presidential campaign and later as a summer White House and presidential retreat until his assassination in 1963. Ted died at the compound in 2009 and in 2012 the main house was donated to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, which said the house would eventually be opened to the public. It has changed little, either structurally or in furnishings, since John's association with it.

1845 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Great Point Lighthouse in Nantucket

Located at 50km south of Cape Cod, the island Nantucket is a tourist destination and summer colony, which has home values among the highest in the US, even if is the least-populous county in Massachusetts. Great Point Lighthouse, officially Nantucket Light, is located on the northernmost point of the island. First built in 1784, the original wooden tower was destroyed by fire in 1816. The following year a stone tower was erected which stood until toppled in a storm in March 1984. Rebuilt again in 1986, the stone tower was built to replicate the old one, and still remains in operation today.

1807-1808 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Trinity Church in the City of Boston

1807 Boston - Trinity Church mirroring in John Hancock Tower's glass facade.

Located in Copley Square in Back Bay, Trinity Church was built between 1872 and 1877 after the plans of Henry Hobson Richardson, under the direction of Rector Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), one of the best-known and most charismatic preachers of his time. It is the birthplace and archetype of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, characterized by a clay roof, polychromy, rough stone, heavy arches, and a massive tower. This style was soon adopted for a number of public buildings across the United States.

1808 Boston - The sanctuary at Trinity Church.

 

The building's plan is a modified Greek Cross with four arms extending outwards from the central tower, which stands 64m tall. Having been built in Boston's Back Bay, which was originally a mud flat, Trinity rests on some 4500 wooden piles, each driven through 10m of gravel fill, silt, and clay, and constantly wetted by the water table of the Back Bay so they do not rot if exposed to air. Its interior murals  were completed by John La Farge, who also executed four windows, the another four being designed by Edward Burne-Jones and executed by William Morris. The church also houses sculptures by Daniel Chester French and Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

1787 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Baseball at Fenway Park in Boston

Located at 4 Yawkey Way near Kenmore Square, Fenway Park is the oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball, being the home of the Boston Red Sox team even since it was opened in 1912. Nevertheless, or maybe because of that, is the fourth smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second smallest by total capacity, and one of eight that cannot accommodate at least 40,000 spectators. The park has been renovated or expanded many times, resulting in quirky features including The Triangle, Pesky's Pole, and the Green Monster in left field.

1740-1741 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard - Wesley Hotel in Oak Bluffs

Martha's Vineyard is an island located south of Cape Cod, known for being an affluent summer colony, accessible only by boat and air. It includes the smaller Chappaquiddick Island, which is usually connected to the larger island, though storms and hurricanes have been known to separate the two islands. The last such separation of the islands was in 2007, and as of April 2, 2015, the two islands are again connected. Originally inhabited by the Wampanoag, the island was known in their language as Noepe (land amid the streams). In 1642 lived there about 3,000 Wampanoags, but in 1764 their number had dropped to 313.

Martha's Vineyard - A gingerbread cottage in Oak Bluffs

A smaller island to the south was named Martha's Vineyard by Bartholomew Gosnold, who sailed to the island in 1602, but the name was later transferred to the main island. It is thought that it originated either from Gosnold's mother-in-law, or his second child, both of whom were named Martha. Martha's Vineyard is divided into six towns, the largest one being Oak Bluffs, well known for its gingerbread cottages, open harbor, and its vibrant town along busy Circuit Avenue. It was known as Cottage City from its separation from Edgartown in 1880 until its reincorporation as Oak Bluffs in 1907. Oak Bluffs includes several communities that have been popular destinations for affluent African Americans since the early 20th century.

1702 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - House of the Seven Gables in Salem

The House of the Seven Gables is a colonial mansion in  Salem, now a non-profit museum, became famous due to Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel with the same name. The earliest section of the house was built in 1667 for Captain John Turner,  the son of a former indentured servant from England who became a successful hat and shoe merchant. A few years later, Turner expanded the building, which remained in his family for three generations. When he died in 1680, he was one of the wealthiest men in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, with six homes, 200 acres of land and several ships working in Salem’s thriving maritime trade.

1308 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Russel House Tavern in Cambridge

Located at the first convenient Charles River crossing west of Boston, Newe Towne (later named Cambridge) was one of a number of towns (including Boston, Dorchester, Watertown, and Weymouth), founded in 1630s by the 700 original Puritan colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colony under governor John Winthrop. The original village site is in the heart of today's Harvard Square, a large triangular area at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street. Adjacent to Harvard Yard, the historic heart of Harvard University, the Square (as it is sometimes called locally) functions as a commercial center for Harvard students, as well as residents of western Cambridge and the inner western and northern suburbs of Boston.