Beverly, city (2020 pop. 42,670),
Essex co., NE Mass., on Massachusetts Bay; inc. as a city 1894. Its chief
manufactures are electronic and scientific equipment, consumer goods, and
chemicals. Beverly was settled in 1626 by Roger Conant, one of the founders of
Massachusetts. In 1775 the schooner Hannah, the first ship
of the U.S. navy, was outfitted and commissioned by Gen. George Washington
at Glover's Wharf in Beverly. In 1787, Beverly became the site of the first
cotton mill in the United States. Points of interest include Balch house
(1636), believed to be the oldest house in the United States; the John
Cabot house
(1781), which is preserved as a museum; and several other Colonial
buildings. Beverly Farms, a residential and resort section of the city, was
the summer home of Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
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