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Northshore October 2025
After restoring a First Period house in Ipswich that was on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Most Endangered Places list, architect Mathew Cummings has become somewhat of a champion of old houses on the North Shore. Instead of suggesting that clients tear down well-worn dwellings and start fresh, he looks at ways to restore the building—always seeing potential in these antique beauties no matter how dilapidated they may be. For a 1790 barn in Topsfield, Cummings advised his clients, Sarah and Jon, to save the structure. “Sarah and Jon had me out to assess if the barn was salvageable—they wanted to repu
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