Cogswell's Grant, Essex

Name: Cogswell's Grant
Address: 60 Spring St, Essex, 01929-1308, United States
Telephone: +1 978-768-3632

#3 among attractions in Essex

Top attraction, Historical place, Museum, History museum

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Cogswell's Grant is a working farm and historic house museum in Essex, Massachusetts. It was the summer home of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little, preeminent collectors of American decorative arts in the mid 20th century. Through her research and innumerable publications, Mrs. Little charted new areas of American folk art, such as decorative painting, floor coverings, boxes, and New England pottery. ()

Coordinates: 42°38'20"N, 70°46'24"W

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60 Spring StEssexEssex 01929-1308 United States

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+1 978-768-3632

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Essex

Day trips

Cogswell's Grant – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Castle Hill, Singing Beach, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Essex River Cruises and Charters.

3.2 miN
Palatial seaside estate and gardens
Castle Hill, Ipswich
83 min walk • Castle Hill is a 56,881 sq ft Tudor Revival mansion in Ipswich, Massachusetts built 1926-1928 as a summer home for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Teller Crane, Jr. It is also the name of the 165-acre drumlin surrounded by sea and salt marsh the home was built atop. Both are part of the 2,100-acre Crane Estate located on Argilla Road.
4.9 miS
42°34'6"N • 70°45'40"W
Singing Beach, Manchester
126 min walk • Beach, Outdoor activities, Park
0.6 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, Maritime museum
Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Essex
15 min walk • Located in the heart of Essex, Massachusetts, the Essex Historical Society & Shipbuilding Museum is sandwiched between an acre of land set aside in 1668, “for a yard to build vessels and employing workmen for this end” and practicing commercial wooden shipyard, owned and operated by Harold A. Burnham.
0.4 miS
42°37'59"N • 70°46'34"W
Essex River Cruises and Charters, Essex
12 min walk • Boat tours, Tours, Outdoor activities
3.2 miN
Lighthouse
Ipswich Range Lights, Ipswich
82 min walk • The Ipswich Range Lights are a pair of range lights on Crane Beach in Ipswich, Massachusetts. They have a long and varied story. They were first built as two brick towers, 542 feet apart on a more or less east–west line in 1838.
6.6 miSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly
168 min walk • North Shore Music Theatre is the largest operating regional theater in New England. It is located in Beverly, Massachusetts and is one of the few remaining theatre-in-the-round stages left in the United States.
0.7 miSW
City hall, Shingle style architecture
Essex Town Library, Essex
19 min walk • The Essex Town Hall and TOHP Burnham Library is an exuberant Shingle Style building at 30 Martin Street in Essex, Massachusetts in the United States. Containing town offices, a public library and an auditorium, it was built in 1893-1894, and its architect was Frank W. Weston, of Boston and Malden, Massachusetts.
2.1 miN
Park
Crane Wildlife Refuge, Choate Island
54 min walk • The Crane Wildlife Refuge, located in Ipswich and Essex, Massachusetts, is a 674-acre property managed by The Trustees of Reservations. Located nearby are the Trustees of Reservations managed Castle Hill and Crane Beach. The refuge was established in 1974.
5.9 miE
42°36'45"N • 70°39'48"W
Local Colors Artists' Cooperative, Gloucester
151 min walk • Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
5.3 miSE
42°34'35"N • 70°42'44"W
Lexicon Gallery & Studios, Gloucester
136 min walk • Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
5.3 miW
Town
Hamilton
134 min walk • Hamilton is a town in the eastern central portion of Essex County in eastern Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 7,561. Currently the town has no manufacturing industry and no industrially-zoned land.