1720Dyke/Dike-Wheeler House was built.Arts and Culture, Location and Setting, Buildings & Architecture

Wheeler House built by Richard Dike, 1956. Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Photo 13602

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The Dyke/Dike-Wheeler House is located on Wheeler’s Point in Gloucester and is a First Period plank frame home. A cannonball was fired into the house during the War of 1812. The house still exists today at 144 Wheeler Street, although it has been altered.

Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Historic Building Detail: GLO.1024, Dike-Wheeler https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=GLO.1024.

Other Events

1719
The highway from the Cut to the Ferry was laid out, as was a highway in the West Precinct called Long-Cove Way.
1719
The Selectmen confirmed the highway from Folly Cove to Sandy Bay Brook.
1720
The town granted John Bennet the right to the Fulling Mill Brook for a corn mill.
1721
The Boston Smallpox Epidemic took place.

1720Dyke/Dike-Wheeler House was built.Arts and Culture, Location and Setting, Buildings & Architecture

Other Events

The highway from the Cut to the Ferry was laid out, as was a highway in the West Precinct called Long-Cove Way.

The Selectmen confirmed the highway from Folly Cove to Sandy Bay Brook.

The town granted John Bennet the right to the Fulling Mill Brook for a corn mill.

The Boston Smallpox Epidemic took place.