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Northshore October 2025
Historic New England, which maintains 36 properties in the region (including nine on the North Shore), was founded by the country's first full-time professional preservationalist.  The two properties couldn't be more different. The Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm in Newbury sits isolated on 230 bucolic acres—the stone house is surrounded by fields, most of them leased out to local farmers. Flocks of geese honk their way through the clear blue sky, failing to draw the attention of Big Dave, an 800-pound pig placed here (along with a horse, a donkey, and a three-legged sheep, among others) by the Massachusetts Society for the Prev
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