• Source: Timeline of Gloucester, Massachusetts

This is a timeline of the history of the city of Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA.




Prior to 19th century


1606 - Samuel de Champlain anchors in "Beauport."
1623 - Dorchester Company settlers arrive and setup at Stage Fort Park.
1630 or 1631 - Abraham Robinson, son of John Robinson (pastor), and band of Pilgrims, establishes settlement and fishing stage at Annisquam.
1642 - Town of Gloucester incorporated.
1660 - Edward Harraden house built.
1698 - First school house built, Thomas Riggs first school master.
1700 - Congregational Church organized, West Gloucester (approximate date).
1709 - Davis-Freeman house built.
1710 - White-Ellery House built.
1713 - Schooner ship type begins operating.
1716 - Second Parish Church incorporated.
1720 - Dyke-Wheeler house built.
1728 - Third Parish Church established.
1739 - "Great meeting-house at the harbor" built.
1740 - Babson-Alling house built.
1765 - Population: 3,763.
1770 - Freemason Tyrian Lodge established.
1771 - Cape Ann Light erected on Thacher Island.
1775 - Battle of Gloucester.
1789 - U.S. custom house established.
1790 - Population: 5,317.
1792 - Gloucester post office established.
1796 - Gloucester Bank established.




19th century






= 1800s-1850s

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1801 - Annisquam Harbor Light erected.
1805 - Daily Boston-Gloucester stagecoach begins operating.
1806 - First Universalist Church built.
1808 - First Baptist Church founded.
1819 - Nearby Essex incorporated as a town.
1821 - Ten Pound Island Light erected.
1827 - Gloucester Telegraph newspaper begins publication.
1828 - First Parish Church built on Middle Street.
1830
Gloucester Lyceum and Lanesville Congregational Church established.
30 September: Fire.
Population: 7,510.
1831 - Eastern Point Light erected.
1832 - Gloucester Circulating Library, Front Street, in operation.
1834 - Gloucester Democrat newspaper begins publication.
1835 - Straitsmouth Island Light erected.
1836 - Female Charitable Society organized.
1838
Methodist Church built.
Congregationalist Ladies' Sewing Circle organized.
1839 - Annisquam Universalist Ladies' Sewing Circle organized.
1840
Part of Gloucester becomes the new town of Rockport.
Population: 6,350.
1842 - Lane's Cove Pier Co. formed.
1843 - Cape Ann Light newspaper begins publication.
1844 - Town Hall built.
1845 - Odd Fellows Ocean Lodge established.
1847
Railway begins operating.
Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Co., Gloucester Marine Insurance Co., and Annisquam Mutual Fire Insurance Co. incorporated.
Artist Fitz Hugh Lane moves to town.
1848
Gloucester News newspaper begins publication.
Mount Adnah Cemetery organized.
1849 - Fitz Henry Lane house and Pavilion Hotel built.
1850
Burnham Brothers Marine Railway built.
Population: 7,786.
1851 - Cape Ann Savings Bank incorporated.
1852 - Company G., 8th Regiment organized.
1853 - Gloucester Gas Light Company in business.
1855
Gloucester Cornet Band organized.
Cunningham & Thompson in business.
Timothy Davis becomes US representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district.
1856
Oak Grove Cemetery, Independent Sons of Temperance, and Cape Ann Bank established.
Cape Ann Advertiser newspaper begins publication.
1857
Procter Brothers in business.
Citizens' Library Association organized.
1858
Police court, Cape Ann Telegraph Co., Congregationalist Young Ladies' Society, and Congregationalist Ladies' Society at the Cove established.
East Gloucester Baptist Church built.
1859
Gloucester Fishermen's Widow's and Orphan's Fund Society; Sons of Temperance, Annisquam Division; Franklin Club; Congregationalist Ladies' Home Missionary Society; and Band of Hope organized.
November 2: "Mechanic Engine Co. had a grand parade."




= 1860s-1890s

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1860 - Population: 10,904.
1861 - Railway to Rockport begins operating.
1862 - Shute & Merchant in business |url=http://www.shuteandmerchant.com/history-2.html |
1864
February 18: Fire.
First National Bank in business.
1865 - Freemason Acacia Lodge established.
1866
Board of Trade and Cape Ann Horticultural Society established.
Cape Ann Anchor & Forge in business.
1867
North Gloucester Universalist church active.
Sylvanus Smith & Co. in business.
1869
May 16: Town Hall burns down.
Cape Ann Granite quarry in business.
1870
Universalist Centenary.
Population: 15,389.
1871 - Gloucester City Hall built.
1872 - Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library incorporated.
1873
Gloucester becomes a city.
Lanesville Granite quarry in business.
YMCA and Cape Ann Scientific and Literary Association founded.
1874
Slade Gorton & Company established.
Robert R. Fears becomes first city mayor.
Procter Brothers circulating library opens.
1877
Gloucester Bulletin newspaper begins publication.
Artist William Morris Hunt active.
1880
Sea Side Library in operation.
Population: 19,329.
1881
Gloucester Water Supply Co. incorporated.
Harbor Methodist Church built.
Gloucester Isinglass and Glue in business.
1882 - Russia Cement Co. in business.
1884
Gloucester News and Cape Ann Breeze newspapers begin publication.
Tarr and Wonson paint factory built.
Magonolia Library Association formed.
1885
October 16: North Shore Tricycle Run arrives in Gloucester.
Horse-drawn Gloucester Street Railway begins operating.
1887 - Magnolia Congregational Church and Gloucester Co-operative Bank established.
1888
Gloucester Daily Times newspaper begins publication.
Gloucester Electric Co. in business.
1891
Gloucester Safe Deposit and Trust in business.
Hawthorne Inn built.
1892
250th anniversary of incorporation of town of Gloucester.
Gloucester Towboat Co. in business.
1895
Gloucester, Essex and Beverly Street Railway begins operating.
American Halibut Co. in business.
1896 - Eliot house (residence) built.
1897 - Addison Gilbert Hospital built.
1898
S.S. Portland shipwreck.
Business Men's Association formed.
1899 - Ravenswood Park established.
1900 - Population: 26,121.




20th century



1902 - Cape Pond Ice Co. in business.
1905 - Gloucester Cold Storage in business.
1906 - Gorton-Pew Fisheries in business.
1907
Gloucester Net and Twine Company in business.
Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House expanded.
Shute & Merchant became the fifth firm to join the Gorton-Pew Fisheries Company |url=http://www.shuteandmerchant.com/history-2.html |
1914
Our Lady of Good Voyage Church rebuilt.
Synagogue active.
1920 - Population: 22,947.
1921 - Chamber of Commerce established.
1922 - North Shore Art Association founded.
1923
Tercentenary of European settlement of Gloucester.
Gloucester Tercentenary Permanent Memorial Association selects Leonard Craske's design for the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial.
St. Peter's Fiesta started in 1927.
The Greasy Pole contest started in 1931 and is held yearly at the St. Peter's Fiesta a five-day festival honoring the patron saint of the fisherman, St. Peter. Hosted by the Italian American community of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
1925 - General Seafood Corporation in business.
1926 - Adventure (schooner) launched.
1929 - Hammond Castle built.
1943 - WPA murals painted in City Hall.

1969 - Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Association founded.
1976 - [[citizens voted to change the City Charter replacing a city manager with a mayor elected every two years. Leo Alper was the first mayor elected under the new city charter.
1979 - Gloucester Stage Company founded.
1984 - Richard Silva elected mayor.
1988 - William Squillace elected mayor.
1991
October 28: Ship Andrea Gail lost at sea in the 1991 Perfect Storm.
Bruce Tobey becomes mayor.
1992 - William S. Rafter Jr. becomes mayor.
1994 - Bruce Tobey becomes mayor again.
1997 - John F. Tierney becomes US representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district.
1998 - City website online (approximate date).




21st century


2002
North Shore North - Newspaper Begins (Mike Ryan, James Oliver, Gregg B. Smith)
John Bell becomes mayor.
2003 Gloucester Island News - Newspaper Begins (James Oliver, Gregg B. Smith)
2004 - Sister city relationship established with Tamano, Japan.
2007 - Good Morning Gloucester blog begins publication.

2008
Teen pregnancy controversy occurs.
Carolyn Kirk becomes mayor.
2010 - Population: 28,789.
2013 - Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (GMGI) founded.
2015
Police department program for drug addicts begins.
Sefatia Romeo Theken becomes mayor.
Seth Moulton becomes US representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district.




See also


Gloucester history
List of mayors of Gloucester, Massachusetts
Timelines of other municipalities in Essex County, Massachusetts: Haverhill, Lawrence, Lynn, Newburyport, Salem




References






Bibliography






External links



Gloucester City Archives
Works related to Gloucester, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

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