Sargent House Museum
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Sargent House Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the west, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sargent House Garden, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
The Sargent House Museum is a historic house museum located at 49 Middle Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts. The museum is open on weekends from Memorial Day to Columbus Day, and offers guided tours of the historic home, a small gift shop, and rotating exhibits in its exhibit space. The Sargent House was built in 1782 for the feminist writer and philosopher Judith Sargent Murray and her first husband, John Stevens, a merchant in the West Indies trade. Judith's second husband, John Murray, the founder of the first Universalist Church in America, also lived in the house. The home is considered high Georgian because of its symmetrical floor plan, and includes Georgian details in its quoins, windows, cornices, and columns. The central stairway is an unusually fine example of the skill of 18th-century woodworkers. It has an undercut spiral newel, two types of spiral balusters on each step, and a long arched window enclosed by Ionic columns at the landing. This stair was almost purchased by the MET Museum in NY around 1915 for installation in one of their "period rooms." This spurred the former families and friends of the House to preserve it as a museum. The museum houses a small but exquisite collection of American decorative arts and furniture. It displays sculpture by Hiram Powers and one of the finest collections of family portraits in the United States by major American artists like Christian Gullager, Thomas Sully, James Frothingham, and Alvan Fisher. It has landscape prints and a painting by Fitz Henry Lane. The museum owns several Thomas Sheraton pieces of furniture, as well as furniture made in major American furniture centers like Boston, Salem, Newburyport and New Orleans. Artifacts from the life of Judith Sargent Murray such as her dictionary and first edition "The Gleaner" (1798) are also exhibited. The house has a collection of original works by the painter John Singer Sargent, a descendant of the Sargent family.
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Wikidata Q15693924, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 19.5 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Independence Byway
- 28.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Rock · 3 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 15 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sargent House Garden: 0.0 mi
- Unitarian Unaversalist Churchyard: 0.1 mi
- Saint Peter's Square Park: 0.1 mi
- Cape Ann Historical Museum Sculpture Park: 0.2 mi
- Cape Ann Historical Museum Courtyard: 0.2 mi
- 7 Seas Whale Watch: 0.1 mi
- Schooner Thomas E. Lannon: 0.2 mi
- Greasy Pole: 0.2 mi
- Schooner Adventure: 0.4 mi
- Tablet Rock: 0.9 mi
- Cape Ann Historical Museum: 0.2 mi
- Cape Ann Museum: 0.2 mi
- Maritime Gloucester: 0.3 mi
- CAM Green: 0.9 mi
- Beauport Museum: 1.5 mi
- Coast Guard Aviation Monument: 0.2 mi
- Solomon Jacobs Landing: 0.3 mi
- Ten Pound Island Lighthouse: 0.3 mi
- Fishermens' Monument: 0.3 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Essex Avenue Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Green Street Landing and Marsh: 0.9 mi
- Atwater Reservation: 1.1 mi
- Harrison Avenue Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Marble Road Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Neck Beach: 0.8 mi
- Niles Beach: 1.3 mi
- Good Harbor Beach: 1.8 mi
- Long Beach: 2.7 mi
- Wingaersheek Beach: 2.8 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.0 mi
- Bond Hill: 1.2 mi
- Wolf Hill: 1.2 mi
- Railcut Hill: 1.3 mi
- Ferry Hill: 1.4 mi
- Cold Frames: 7.5 mi
- Formal Garden: 7.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 7.8 mi
- Salem Community Gardens: 13.3 mi
- Ropes Garden: 13.5 mi
- Fitz Hugh Lane: 0.3 mi
- Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Winslow II: 12.0 mi
- Cat Witch: 13.2 mi
- Communion with Us: 13.2 mi
- Stage Head: 0.7 mi
- Bass Rocks: 1.7 mi
- Brier Neck: 2.2 mi
- The Headlands: 4.3 mi
- Town Head: 4.6 mi
- Ten Pound Island Light: 0.8 mi
- Ramp: 4.8 mi
- Boathouse: 4.8 mi
- Cistern: 4.8 mi
- Utility Building: 4.8 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.9 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.1 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 24.3 mi
- Newbury Falls: 16.4 mi
- Hampton Falls: 23.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 23.9 mi
- Dogtown: 1.7 mi
- Haywardville: 24.0 mi
- Rail Spring: 14.8 mi
- Lion's Spring: 22.6 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Sargent House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ann | W 268° | 78 m | 3.3 mi |
| Red Rock | W 275° | 70 m | 3.2 mi |
| Pool Hill | NNE 27° | 66 m | 3.4 mi |
| Morse Hill | W 261° | 62 m | 4.8 mi |
| Pigeon Hill | NNE 24° | 61 m | 4.5 mi |
| Browns Hill | W 270° | 61 m | 9.2 mi |
| Long Hill | WSW 246° | 60 m | 4.2 mi |
| Eveleth Hill | W 278° | 57 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:27 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 28 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Gloucester · 0 mi
- Rockport · 4 mi
- Essex · 6 mi
- Manchester · 6 mi
- North Shore · 7 mi
- Hamilton · 9 mi
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