Watts' Cellar

Watts' Cellar is a Massachusetts historical marker in Newburyport, Essex County, dedicated 1930.

Merrimac Street at Market Square, Newburyport · location approximate

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Near this spot was "Watts' Cellar," a landmark before the settlement of Newbury in 1635. An excavation, used for the storage of fish by fishermen who visited the New England coast.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1677 · A map of New England (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1846 · A map of New-England (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1871 · Newburyport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · City of Newburyport, Massachusetts. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1908 · City of Newburyport (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

City of Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1891, covering the location of Watts' Cellar, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — City of Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1891, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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