143 Commercial Street

Snow house. After decades of quiet existence as home to the Cook and Snow families, 143 Commercial Street passed from Continue reading →

143B Commercial Street

Snow cottages. Between the beach and the Snow family’s main house at 143 Commercial were two modest cottages that the Continue reading →

Artemas Paine’s Wharf

145 Commercial Street. Artemas Paine (1815-1883) was a first cousin of the brothers Joshua Paine and Capt. Lysander N. Paine, Continue reading →

153 Commercial Street

Manuel Silva’s studio. The former out building at 153 Commercial Street was labeled “Paint’g” in an 1889 street atlas — Continue reading →

161 Commercial Street

Grozier Park. The loss of Grozier Park more than 50 years ago — and its replacement by the Boatslip Waterfront Continue reading →

161 Commercial Street

Nautilus Club. At a time when women had little voice and less agency in public affairs, the Nautilus Club was Continue reading →

Central Wharf

163 Commercial Street. Central Street isn’t. Central, that is. While Center Street is near the center of town, Central definitely Continue reading →

163 Commercial Street

Central Wharf Company Ship Store. Most of the business of the Central Wharf took place out on the water, but Continue reading →