Emma C. Berry (Fishing Sloop)
American fishing sloop in Mystic, Connecticut. Built 1866. Added to the National Register in 1994, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Emma C. Berry is a fishing sloop located at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut, and one of the oldest surviving commercial vessels in America. She is the last known American well smack. This type of boat is also termed a sloop smack or Noank smack. The Noank design was imitated in other regions of the United States.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT |
| County | New London County |
| Listed | Oct 12, 1994 |
| Reference number | 94001649 |
| Built | 1866 |
| Type of place | sloop |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places contributing property |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT |
| Coordinates | 41.36072, -71.96543 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Touro Synagogue National Historic Site · 35 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Nearby in New London County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 94001649. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.