1887Thomas Niles’ heirs sold Niles Farm to a syndicate called the Eastern Point Associates.Arts and Culture, Location and Setting, Buildings & Architecture, Neighborhoods

William H. Foss, Lands of The Eastern Point Associates, East Gloucester, Mass, 1888, Harvard Map Collection, Harvard University, https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/scanned-maps/catalog/44-990094869730203941

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This land made up most of Eastern Point. Streets were laid out the following year, and between the fall of 1888 and the summer of 1889, eleven “cottages” were built.

Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Historic Building Detail: GLO.422, Barwich, Walter House. https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=GLO.422

Other Events

1886
Edward H. Haskell, a local Civil War veteran, offered a gold medal to the best-drilled cadet.
1887
Robert Freeman III, the great-grandson of Robin Freeman, became the first Black police officer for the city of Salem.
1887
The high school on Mason Street was partially destroyed in a fire.
1887
The Edmunds Retaliatory Fishery Bill was passed.

1887Thomas Niles’ heirs sold Niles Farm to a syndicate called the Eastern Point Associates.Arts and Culture, Location and Setting, Buildings & Architecture, Neighborhoods

Other Events

Edward H. Haskell, a local Civil War veteran, offered a gold medal to the best-drilled cadet.

Robert Freeman III, the great-grandson of Robin Freeman, became the first Black police officer for the city of Salem.

The high school on Mason Street was partially destroyed in a fire.

The Edmunds Retaliatory Fishery Bill was passed.