In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. The survey was funded half by the Sippican Historical Society and half by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Due to the limits of funding, not all of the historic buildings were surveyed, but over 100 were catalogued and photographed. The results of the survey are in digital form on the Massachusetts Historical Commission’s website and in four binders in the Sippican Historical Society’s office (and at the Marion Town Clerk’s office).
Marion (Old Rochester) is one of the oldest towns in the United States, and the Sippican Historical Society maintains an extensive collection of documentation on its historic buildings. The Sippican Historical Society will preview one building a week so that the residents of Marion can understand more about its unique historical architecture.
This installment features 502 Point Road. This home is a Queen Anne and Shingle Style house built in 1905. The property was carved from the extensive holdings of Charles D. Ellis. This house is historically significant as a modest, inland version of the more substantial summer cottages that were being built near Marion’s shores during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was built at about the same time that Point Road was extended to Ruggles Point.
