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the oldest house on Cape Ann

 

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Proprietor: Barbara Lambert
Address: 27 Vine St. Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone:  1-978-281-4802

Email for more information. 

All beds are full size except for the queen-size bed in the main bed chamber. All bed chambers have central air conditioning. Ceiling height upstairs in the old part of the house is 6 feet both for heat and tax purposes (originally the house was taxed as 1-1/2 stories). The loft ceiling is 7 feet.

The Riggs House is smoke-free. There is a two-night minimum stay. Check in after 4 p.m.
Sorry, no pets; there is a shy resident cat.

Credit cards accepted.
Please call or email for rates.
     



Nearby are world-class museums and a wealth of antique shops and galleries filled with art inspired by the luminous light that has mesmerized so many of America's finest artists. The beaches are numerous and inviting. There are biking and hiking trails and a variety of festivals celebrating Gloucester. This is America's oldest working seaport, where you can sail on a schooner, or go on a whale watch, or travel by boat to Salem or Cape Cod. Within 25 minutes' drive is Ipswich with the highest concentration of 17th-c. houses in America; Marblehead with the largest number of colonial (pre-Revolutionary) dwellings, and Salem and Newburyport each with a confluence of colonial and especially fine federal (1780-1830) architecture.

A specialist on decorative arts and architecture, your hostess is a former museum curator. You may wish to ask for an itinerary suited to your interests, or if schedules permit, you may engage her for a private tour of the North Shore or of Boston.
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