Ipswich, Massachusetts · Building type

Houses and mansions in Ipswich

This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Ipswich register is houses than any other kind of building, 18 listings of it in all.

The stops that carry a construction date run from 1680 to 1900. 11 stops, 1.6 miles end to end. One stop is a National Historic Landmark.

Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Oct 16, 2026.

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11
Stops
1.6 mi
Total, straight line
0.4 mi
Longest leg
1
National Historic Landmarks

Map

Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed October 17, 2026.

Walking order

  1. 1Shoreborne Wilson House4 S. Main St.Building · listed 1980start
  2. 2Benjamin Grant House47 County St.Building · built 1735 · listed 1980488 ft from stop 1
  3. 3Heard-Lakeman House2 Turkey Shore Rd.Building · listed 19800.1 mi from stop 2
  4. 4Burnham-Patch House1 Turkey Shore Rd.Building · built 1730 · listed 1980145 ft from stop 3
  5. 5Dr. John Calef House7 Poplar St.Building · listed 1980324 ft from stop 4
  6. 6John Whipple HouseNHL53 S. Main St.Building · listed 19660.1 mi from stop 5
  7. 7Bailey House40 Market St.Building · built 1900 · listed 19800.2 mi from stop 6
  8. 8Nathaniel Rust Mansion83 County St.Building · listed 19800.4 mi from stop 7
  9. 9Giddings–Burnham House37 Argilla Rd.Building · built 1680 · listed 19900.3 mi from stop 8
  10. 10Wade House5 Woods LaneBuilding · listed 19800.2 mi from stop 9
  11. 11Merrifield House7 Woods LaneBuilding · listed 1980282 ft from stop 10

1.6 straight-line miles over 10 legs.

Taking it along

Local history books for Ipswich and Essex County

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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.