Danvers

The Derby Summer House, also known as the McIntire Tea-house, is a summer house designed in 1793 by architect Samuel McIntire, now located on the... grounds of the Glen Magna Farms, Danvers, Massachusetts. Since 1958 it has been owned by the Danvers Historical Society. Samuel McIntire designed this ornate Federal style garden house for Elias Hasket Derby's farm in Salem, Massachusetts. The structure is 20 feet square, 2½ stories high, decorated with pilasters, swags, and Grecian urns, and topped with rustic wood statues of a Reaper and Shepherdess . The ground floor is punctuated by central arched openings on the east and west facades, each flanked with arched windows with wooden keystones. The second floor is ornamented with swags and fluted Ionic pilasters at the corners and between windows. A young lady's diary from 1802 records her contemporary impressions: The summer house was moved to its present location in 1901, about 4 miles from its original site, where it now opens onto a walled rose garden designed by Herbert Browne. Neither of the two statues atop the house are originals.
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The Peabody Institute is a public library in Danvers, Massachusetts, established in 1854. The current building at 15 Sylvan Street was constructed... for the Peabody Institute in 1891 by Little & Brown. The historic structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. In fiscal year 2008, the town of Danvers spent 1.54% of its budget on its public library—some $40 per person.
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Fox Hill School is a historic school at 81 Water Street in Danvers, Massachusetts. It now serves as a day care center. It was built in 1879 and added... to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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The White-Preston House, built on January 16, 1722, is a historic house at 592 Maple Street in Danvers, Massachusetts. It was added to the National... Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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Bradley E. Delp was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Boston. Delp was known for his vocal histrionics, and... especially his high range. Delp was born on June 12, 1951 in Danvers, Massachusetts to French-Canadian immigrants. While his father played the fiddle at home, Delp was inspired after seeing the Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, and he began learning to play the guitar. He saw the Beatles perform live at Suffolk Downs in East Boston on August 18, 1966. In 1968, Delp discovered the music of a local group from Worcester called Orpheus and became a life long fan, calling them his "favorite band - second only to The Beatles". Delp was greatly influenced by the vocal harmonies and rich arrangements of Orpheus' leader, Bruce Arnold and claimed to have locked himself in his bedroom for several days in order to learn all the guitar and vocal parts from the group's debut album. In 1969 Delp was making heating elements for Mr. Coffee machines at the Danvers company Hot-Watt when he met Boston founding members Tom Scholz, Barry Goudreau and Jim Masdea.
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Richard Twardzik was a jazz pianist known for bebop who worked for the bulk of his career in Boston. He trained in classical piano as a child and... made his professional debut at 14. He was taught by prominent Boston piano teacher Margaret Chaloff, mother of the baritone player Serge Chaloff, in whose group Twardzik recorded in addition to one led by Charlie Mariano. He also worked with Charlie Parker on several occasions towards the end of the altoists life when Parker was performing locally. Twardzik became addicted to heroin as a teenager. He died from a heroin overdose while on a European tour with Chet Baker.
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Patrick O'Brien Demsey is an actor.