Northshore Magazine

Date of settlement: 1640 Date of incorporation: 1870 Area: 35.6 sq. miles Population: 60,879 ZIP codes: 01830, 01832, 01835 Median household income: $59,772 Public schools: Moody Preschool, Bartlett Kindergarten, Crowell Kindergarten, Bradford Elementary, Golden Hill Elementary, Greenleaf Elementary, Pentucket Lake Elementary, Tilton Elementary, Walnut Square Elementary, Silver Hill Horace Mann Charter, Dr. Albert B. Consentino School, Caleb Dustin Hunking School, John Greenleaf Whittier School, Dr. Paul Nettle School, Haverhill High School Notable residents: Abolitionist and poet, John Greenleaf Whittier; movie mogul, Louis B. Mayer; department store owner, Rowland H. Macy; TV personality, Tom Bergeron; the first woman in the United States to have a statue erected of her, Hannah Duston; short-story author and professor Andre Dubus II; House of Sand and Fog and Townie author, Andre Dubus III; rock star and filmmaker, Rob Zombie; professional baseball player, Carlos Peña; author, John Bellairs; actor, Joseph Ruskin 32 nshoremag.com April 2014 Haverhill ne Merrimack River. In those years, the city steadily reclaimed and restored its historic factory buildings, with old, degenerate structures becoming restaurants, art galleries, and residences like the Hamel Mill Lofts Apartments, The Cordovan at Haverhill Station, and The Hayes at Railroad Square. Add to that a renovated train station and a new multilevel parking garage, and downtown Haverhill becomes feature Arts in Haverhill it's hard not to notice the 16-foot metal statue of a dog with a bone cut out of its belly that stands like a guard animal on the edge of the road at Exit 48 on Route 495 South. Artfully rusted from the elements, sometimes sporting a wreath around its huge neck at the holidays, the American Dog statue has become a North Shore landmark, and so, too, have other works by its creator, artist and Haverhill native Dale Rogers. median Price: $298,500, 437 North Ave., 4 beds, 3 baths, 2,944 square feet, 2.55 acres Agent: Coldwell Banker Real Estate The Details an ideal location for Boston commuters looking for an affordable, up-and-coming place to live. Fiorentini hopes that Haverhill will be especially attractive to young families looking to put down roots. The city's Northern Essex Community College, where UMass Lowell has a new satellite campus, as well as industry in places like the Ward Hill Business Park, only adds to that attraction. "We want young people to come back to our city," Fiorentini says. "We want young people to move to our downtown lofts and stay here." The city has had help in its revitalization efforts from groups like Team Haverhill, an independent, nonprofit, all-volunteer organization that's ushered things like a more robust weekly farmers' market, the Snow Day Tubing at Amesbury Sports Park. high end Price: $669,900, 45 Lyons Farm Rd., 4 beds, 2.5 baths, 4,280 square feet, .94 acres Agent: Keller Williams Realty Rogers, of Haverhill's Rogers Spring Hill Farm family, is a metal-and-glass sculpture artist whose large-scale, abstract works have traveled to galleries and are installed in public art spaces across the country, including many spots on the North Shore. Rogers says he draws inspiration from his hometown. The statue in downtown Haverhill, for instance, is called "The River photograph courtesy of dale rogers Community Notables Big Dog by sculptor Dale Rogers is one of Haverhill's claims to fame. KJ Apr14 Haverhill.indd 32 2/20/14 5:45 PM

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