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October 5, 2012

This Day in History

On this day in 1869, the Herald reported that the recent completion of Eliphalet Griffin’s house made it one of the best Newburyport houses in modern times. It still stands at the corner of High Street and Columbus Avenue.

— Information provided by the Historical Society of Old Newbury

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