Rowley

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Rowley is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,161 at the 2020 census. ()

Alternative names: Settled: 1638Population: 1.4 thous.Area: 20.35 mi²Coordinates: 42°42'38"N, 70°53'15"W

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Rowley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: John Whipple House, Ipswich Museum, Choate Bridge, Ipswich Museum.

3.5 miSE
Museum, History museum, Saltbox architecture
John Whipple House, Ipswich
90 min walk • The John Whipple House is a historic colonial house at 1 South Green in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Built in the seventeenth century, the house has been open to the public as a museum since 1899 and was the subject of some of the earliest attempts at the preservation of colonial houses.
3.5 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Ipswich Museum, Ipswich
89 min walk • The Ipswich Historical Society in Ipswich, Massachusetts was founded by Reverend Thomas Franklin Waters in 1890. The Society initially had no headquarters, and met in the studio of artist Arthur Wesley Dow. They eventually found a better place to meet in the Odd Fellows Hall.
3.3 miSE
Bridge
Choate Bridge, Ipswich
85 min walk • Choate Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge carrying Route 1A/Route 133 over the Ipswich River in Ipswich, Massachusetts. It is one of the oldest surviving bridges in North America, and is probably the oldest in Massachusetts.
3.5 miSE
Museum
Ipswich Museum, Ipswich
89 min walk • Ipswich Museum is a registered museum of culture, history and natural heritage located on High Street in Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk. It was historically the leading regional museum in Suffolk, housing collections drawn from both the former counties of East Suffolk and West Suffolk, which were amalgamated in 1974.
5.7 miSW
Town
Topsfield
146 min walk • Topsfield is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,569 at the 2020 census. Topsfield is located in the North Shore region of Massachusetts. Part of the town comprises the census-designated place of Topsfield.
5.9 miSW
Town
Boxford
151 min walk • Boxford is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town's population was 8,203 in 2020.
5.3 miW
Town
Georgetown
135 min walk • Georgetown is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,470 at the 2020 census. It was incorporated in 1838 from part of Rowley.
3.4 miSE
Neighbourhood
Ipswich Mills Historic District, Ipswich
87 min walk • The Ipswich Mills Historic District encompasses a major textile mill complex and associated worker housing along the Ipswich River near the center of Ipswich, Massachusetts.
3.5 miSE
Neighbourhood
South Green Historic District, Ipswich
90 min walk • The South Green Historic District encompasses one of the oldest central civic parts of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The town's South Green was laid out in 1686, and is now the heart of a collection of historic properties dating from the 17th to the 19th century.
3.3 miSE
Neighbourhood
Meetinghouse Green Historic District, Ipswich
84 min walk • Meetinghouse Green Historic District encompasses the historic 17th century heart of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The district runs along North Main Street, south from its junction with High Street to the southern end of the Meetinghouse Green.
3.1 miSE
Neighbourhood
Brown Stocking Mill Historic District, Ipswich
79 min walk • The Brown Stocking Mill Historic District in Ipswich, Massachusetts encompasses the mill building of Harry S. Brown's stocking-making factory, and associated mill worker housing Brown had built.