Old Balch House, Balch Street, Beverly, Mass.

Elizabeth Thomsen    says:

This is probably one of the photographs that Abdalian took for the celebration of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary.

Here's the Tercentenary Commission's historic marker for the Balch House :



And here's a photograph of the house I took a few months ago:


"In a report long awaited by local historians, two scientists from England have concluded that the Balch House is Beverly was built around 1679, not 1636 as the Beverly Historical Society had claimed."

Tests cast doubt on Balch House's 'oldest' claim -- By Paul Leighton, Salem Evening News, April 27, 2007
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