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Northshore October 2025
When a recently retired couple decided to build a home on Gloucester’s Back Shore, they asked architect John DaSilva to use local materials that tell a story. DaSilva, the design principal of Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders (PSD), was delighted. After all, Gloucester’s profile as a bucolic summer community on Cape Ann is only part of its storied history.  PSD, an integrated architecture and construction firm on Cape Cod, relished finding special pieces that reflect this North Shore town’s deep history to add to the shingle-wrapped house overlooking Brace Rock. A fireplace surround was crafted from granite mined in Jo
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