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Cape Ann Locales

Annisquam River

Brace's Cove / Rock

Cut, The (Stacy Blvd.)

Dolliver's Neck

Field Beach / Crescent (or Cressy's) Beach / Long Beach

Five Pound Island

Flagpole above Freshwater Cove

Fort (The) and Fort Point

Fresh Water Cove

Gloucester Harbor, Inner / Harbor Cove

Gloucester Harbor, Outer

Good Harbor Beach / Bass Rocks

Half Moon Beach

Meetinghouse Green

Pavilion (Publick) Beach

Riverdale / Town Parish

Site Photographs

Stage Rocks / Stage Fort / Stage Head

Ten Pound Island

Town / Public Landings

Waterfront, Gloucester

West Gloucester – Little River

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Wolf Hill

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Wolf Hill was notable as a granite quarry, however the quality of the stone was unreliable. After the first City Hall which was built from Wolf Hill stone in 1869, burned and crumbled, there were warnings not to use stone from that location to rebuild it.

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Citation: "Cape Ann Locales." In Fitz Henry Lane Online. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Museum. www.fitzhenrylaneonline.org/historical_material/?section=Wolf+Hill&type=Cape+Ann+Locales (accessed on July 31, 2025).