National Historic Landmark · Gloucester, Massachusetts

Adventure (schooner)

Added to the National Register in 1989, and a National Historic Landmark.

Adventure (schooner)
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeStructure
AddressState Fish Pier, Gloucester Inner Harbor, Gloucester, MA
CountyEssex County
ListedDec 11, 1989
Listed forEngineering, Industry, Maritime history, Architecture
Level of significanceNational
Reference number89002054
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

AddressState Fish Pier, Gloucester Inner Harbor, Gloucester, MA
Coordinates42.6156° N, 70.6541° W · Directions ↗
Also in Gloucester31 listed places in Gloucester →
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Map

Public land around it

Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceAbout 4 miles away17 acres

Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.

Local history books for Gloucester

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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Massachusetts

Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.

Reference

Questions people ask

When was Adventure (schooner) listed on the National Register?

Dec 11, 1989. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Where is Adventure (schooner)?

State Fish Pier, Gloucester Inner Harbor, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Adventure (schooner)?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 89002054. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.