Beverly Farms – A unique real estate market on Beverly MA waterfront
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Beverly Farms is an loosely defined neighborhood at the north-eastern edge of the city of Beverly, in Essex County Massachusetts. It is an ocean-front community with a population of approx. 3,600 people which extends from the Manchester-by-the-Sea border to another informally defined section of Beverly known as Pride’s Crossing. This area is part of Massachusetts’ North Shore region, and is about 20 miles north of Boston. Find North Shore MA realty here.
Past and present
Beverly Farms and the adjacent Prides Crossing originally were farming communities, like the rest of Beverly. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, wealthy residents of Boston and New York City built summer “cottages” along the seashore; these cottages were nearly the size and stature of those in Newport, Rhode Island, though only a few of the original mansions remain in Beverly Farms today.
In 1887, Beverly Farms unsuccessfully petitioned the Massachusetts Legislature for incorporation as a town.
By the mid twentieth century, Beverly Farms resembled a small town, somewhat secluded from the rest of Beverly and culturally interlinked with Prides Crossing. Working-class neighborhoods sprang up as support for the mansions became necessary. At this point, there was a wide financial gap between the wealthy and the working class.
Beverly Hills, California, was named in 1907 after Beverly Farms, part of Beverly, which was a vacation spot of then-President Taft.
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$579,000 : 733 Hale, Beverly6 beds, 3 full baths
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$1,975,000 : 4 Bridle Path Lane, Beverly4 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths
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$579,000 : 37 Oak Street, Beverly3 beds, 1 full bath
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$995,000 : 11 Thissell St, Unit 4, Beverly3 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths
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$325,000 : 107 Hart St, Beverly4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$895,000 : 18 Paine Avenue, Beverly4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$950,000 : 143 Valley Street, Beverly5 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths
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$400,000 : 91 Hart St, Beverly3 beds, 2 full, 2 part baths
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$339,900 : 9 Rezza Road, Beverly4 beds, 2 full baths
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$399,000 : 24 Oak Street, Beverly2 beds, 2 full baths
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$799,900 : 100 West Street, Beverly4 beds, 2 full baths
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$1,295,000 : 23 Oak Street, Beverly5 beds, 5 full, 1 part baths
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$359,900 : 74 Haskell St, Beverly3 beds, 1 full bath
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$950,000 : 212 Hart Street, Beverly9 beds, 8 full, 2 part baths
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$1,495,000 : 133 Common Lane, Beverly4 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths
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$4,900,000 : 183 West Street, Beverly7 beds, 6 full, 1 part baths
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$438,000 : 5 Pickett Court, Beverly3 beds, 2 full baths
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$725,000 : 11 Beach Street, Beverly3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$925,000 : 26 Juniper Street, Beverly5 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths
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$2,295,000 : 84 West Street, Beverly5 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths
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$375,000 : 66 Haskell Street, Unit PS, Beverly2 beds, 2 full baths
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$1,460,000 : 675-A Hale St, Beverly5 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths
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$449,000 : 54 Oak St, Unit 6, Beverly2 beds, 2 full baths
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$4,900,000 : 89 West Street, Beverly6 beds, 5 full, 1 part baths
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$1,140,000 : 11 Thissell Street, Unit 2, Beverly3 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths
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$1,140,000 : 11 Thissell Street, Unit 2, Beverly3 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths
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$4,100,000 : 441 Hale, Beverly11 beds, 9 full, 2 part baths
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Changing times
Beverly Farms remains a vibrant community with changing demographics. Pockets of residential development and generally escalating real-estate values appear to have adjusted average residency to a wealthier population, much as in the past. Real estate in Beverly Farms has become very desirable. The community is served by three churches, Episcopal, Baptist, and Roman Catholic. Among other public buildings are a community center (known as the Hastings House because it was donated and is partially supported by the Merril Hastings foundation), a fire station, a railroad station on the MBTA Commuter Rail, and a recently expanded branch of the Beverly Public Library.
Downtown Beverly Farms extends along West Street (part of Route 127) for about 1/2 mile. It has undergone some gradual changes over the last decade. Currently, the downtown is a mixture of high-end restaurants, bakeries, and clothing stores.
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Summer in “The Farms”
Life in Beverly Farms is slow-paced in the winter but becomes increasingly active when the warm weather arrives. The summer is full of activity for residents and visitors alike. Many of those activities are based at the local community beach, West Beach: this is a private beach, owned by the residents of Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing; current and former residents of the areas are entitled to beach permits, allowing access to West Beach (non-residents must apply for an access permit; their wait typically is six to ten years, because of the limited size of the facility).
Beverly Farms is busiest at the Fourth of July holiday. A private organization of residents annually raises upwards of $60,000 through fundraisers to enable a weekend-long agenda of activities, including community dances, children’s events, softball games, and the well-known “Horribles” parade. Celebration of the holiday culminates with fireworks at West Beach above a crowd that averages about ten thousand.
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$485,000 : 3 Sargent Ave, Beverly3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$649,000 : 24 Thoreau, Beverly4 beds, 2 full, 2 part baths
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$379,000 : 38 Dartmouth St, Beverly4 beds, 2 full baths
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$219,000 : 40 Heather St, Unit 312, Beverly1 bed, 1 full bath
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$289,000 : 16 Nursery Street, Beverly2 beds, 1 full bath
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$389,000 : 11 Frankwood Ave, Beverly4 beds, 2 full baths
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$795,000 : 62 Ober Street, Beverly3 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$343,000 : 94 Hale St, Beverly3 beds, 2 full baths
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$579,000 : 733 Hale, Beverly6 beds, 3 full baths
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$289,900 : 116-128 Rantoul St, Unit 302, Beverly2 beds, 2 full baths
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$319,000 : 24 Virginia Ave, Beverly3 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$279,000 : 12 Eastern Ave, Beverly2 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$279,900 : 26 County Way, Beverly3 beds, 1 full bath
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$449,000 : 13 East St, Beverly4 beds, 2 full baths
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$390,000 : 12 Blake St, Beverly3 beds, 2 full baths
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$239,900 : 12 Pickett St, Unit C, Beverly2 beds, 2 full baths
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$379,000 : 6 Cliff Street, Beverly3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$250,000 : 13 Douglas Ave, Beverly5 beds, 2 full baths
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$479,000 : 19 Broadway, Beverly99 beds, 99 full, 4 part baths
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$195,000 : 40 Heather Street, Unit 305, Beverly1 bed, 1 full bath
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$324,900 : 28 Echo Ave, Beverly3 beds, 2 full baths
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$349,000 : 56 Matthies, Beverly3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$289,900 : 1 James Street, Beverly4 beds, 2 full baths
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$1,975,000 : 4 Bridle Path Lane, Beverly4 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths
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$229,000 : 116-128 Rantoul St, Unit 207, Beverly1 bed, 1 full bath
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