1910Sculptor Leonard Craske established a summer home on Rocky Neck.Arts and Culture, Location and Setting, Buildings & Architecture, Art

Leonard Craske, c. 1920s. Courtesy of Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Photo 14126

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London-born Craske came to America at age eighteen. A photographer, as well as a sculptor, Craske, had a European view of art as idealist work deserving of community support.

Curtis, Judith, Rocky Neck Art Colony: 1850-1950, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Courtesy of Gloucester 400 Stories Project

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Other Events

1910
The Cut was deepend and an electrically operated draw was constructed.
1910
John Hays Hammond Jr. donated the land that would become the Gloucester Fishermen's Rest or Beechbrook Cemetery.
1910
A hospital was erected on the corner of Middle and School Streets.
1910
Charles Olson, poet, (1910-1970)

1910Sculptor Leonard Craske established a summer home on Rocky Neck.Arts and Culture, Location and Setting, Buildings & Architecture, Art

Other Events

The Cut was deepend and an electrically operated draw was constructed.

John Hays Hammond Jr. donated the land that would become the Gloucester Fishermen's Rest or Beechbrook Cemetery.

A hospital was erected on the corner of Middle and School Streets.

Charles Olson, poet, (1910-1970)