83 Commercial Street

West End Racing Children’s Community Sailing. This admirable institution was known until 2017 as the West End Racing Club, which Continue reading →

84 Commercial Street

Former Phyllis Handwrought Jewelry. The plaque on No. 84 states that it was built in 1797, a date accepted by Continue reading →

85 Commercial Street

Sandbar Club (First clubhouse). The East End has its Beachcombers Club, the ramshackle gathering spot for the art colony elite. Continue reading →

88 Commercial Street

Valentine’s Guest House. For more than a century, since 1910, the Valentines have accommodated transient guests at the family home Continue reading →

89 Commercial Street

The neighbors hated this building long before its developer, Kent E. Coutinho (1943-2005) — a/k/a Kent Kellogg Edwards — ever Continue reading →

89 Commercial Street

Fire Department Reservoir No. 3. Harking back to the days of hand-pumped fire engines is the manhole cover embedded in Continue reading →

90 Commercial Street

Union Exchange Building | Former Seamen’s Savings Bank. On 14 April 1851, Gov. George S. Boutwell — who would go Continue reading →

91 Commercial Street

Gerry Studds house. “Dean and I are coming home,” Rep. Gerry Eastman Studds (1937-2006) said as his 24 years in Continue reading →