Fish Flake Hill Historic District

Fish Flake Hill Historic District is a historic district on the north and south sides of Front Street from Cabot to Bartlett Streets in Beverly, Massachusetts.

The district contains Colonial and Federal architecture and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

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