Swampscott Town Hall, Lynn

Name: Swampscott Town Hall
Address: 59 Burrill St, Lynn, United States

#3 among attractions in Lynn

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Swampscott Town Hall, previously the Elihu Thomson House, is a historic building in Swampscott, Massachusetts. The house was designed by architect James T. Kelley and built in 1889 for the noted inventor, electrical engineer, and industrialist Elihu Thomson. Thomson was, with Edwin J. Houston, co-founder of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company which would later merge with Thomas Edison's Edison General Electric Company to become the General Electric Company. The house was built with an observatory, which no longer exists. It has housed Swampscott town offices since 1944, when it was given to the town by Thomson's heirs. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976 for its association with Thomson. ()

Built: 1889 (135 years ago)Coordinates: 42°28'11"N, 70°55'6"W

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59 Burrill StSwampscottLynn United States

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Swampscott Town Hall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mary Baker Eddy House, Swampscott Cemetery, Lynn Shore Drive, Swampscott.

0.9 miSW
Museum, History museum, Italianate architecture
Mary Baker Eddy House, Lynn
24 min walk • The Mary Baker Eddy House is a historic house museum at 8 Broad Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. Built in 1870–71, it was the home of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist, from 1875 to 1882. The house is now owned by the church, which operates it as a historic site devoted to Eddy's life and early church history.
1.1 miN
Cemetery
Swampscott Cemetery, Lynn
28 min walk • Swampscott Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 400 Essex Street in Swampscott, Massachusetts. It is the town's only cemetery, and was established in 1852, not long after the town's incorporation.
0.7 miSW
Street
Lynn Shore Drive, Lynn
19 min walk • Lynn Shore Drive is an historic oceanfront parkway in Lynn, Massachusetts. Composed of a two-lane road, parkland, a seaside pedestrian esplanade, and a seawall, Lynn Shore Drive runs for approximately one mile along Lynn's Atlantic Ocean coastline, following the upland boundary...
0.4 miNE
Town, Area
Swampscott, Lynn
10 min walk • Swampscott is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 15 miles up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population was 15,111 as of the 2020 United States Census.
0.5 miE
Shingle style architecture
Swampscott Fish House, Lynn
13 min walk • Swampscott Fish House is a historic fishing supply storage house off Humphrey Street on Fisherman's Beach in Swampscott, Massachusetts. It is the oldest active fish house in the country. The Shingle style house was built in 1896 on land taken by eminent domain.
~1060 ftN
Museum
John Humphreys House, Lynn
6 min walk • The John Humphreys House, also known as Sir John Humphreys House, is a historic house museum located in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Although it was long thought to be associated with John Humphrey, an early deputy governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, it was more likely built about 1700, based on architectural analysis.
0.9 miSW
National park
Lynn Shore Reservation
24 min walk • Lynn Shore Reservation is a protected coastal reservation in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts. It includes 22 acres of beaches and recreational areas.
0.8 miW
42°28'3"N • 70°55'59"W
Goldfish Pond, Lynn
20 min walk • Garden, Park
~1070 ftNE
Neighbourhood
Olmsted Subdivision Historic District, Lynn
6 min walk • Olmsted Subdivision Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by New Ocean St/Paradise Road, Swampscott Avenue, Redington Street and Burrill Street in Swampscott, Massachusetts.

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Which popular attractions are close to Swampscott Town Hall?

Nearby attractions include John Humphreys House, Lynn (6 min walk), Olmsted Subdivision Historic District, Lynn (6 min walk), Swampscott, Lynn (10 min walk), Swampscott Fish House, Lynn (13 min walk).

How to get to Swampscott Town Hall by public transport?

The nearest stations to Swampscott Town Hall:

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Swampscott (9 min walk)