Alexander Knight House, Ipswich, MA

05/26/2025

Cleaning up the thatch on our first period replica. Thank you to McGhee for doing the skilled work.

02/01/2020

One of our Lynnfield projects is featured in the Boston Design Guide.

With the help of Cummings Architects, the town of Lynnfield, and a longtime resident, Federal Era charm lives on in its downtown center, with the preservation of the 1785 Reverend John Mottey House. Despite this happy story of a community coming together, there was a point in time where this might n...

05/21/2019

09/22/2015

The Alexander Knight House team had a lovely time with the Massachusetts Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution this past weekend, where they were honored with the Historic Preservation Recognition Award for the hours they had volunteered on the house. The luncheon honored several other people and projects in Massachusetts. As always, it is great to see continued recognition for this special project and the love that went in to it. Pictured with the Knight House team are DAR members Kimberly Whitworth, Massachusetts DAR Historic Preservation Chair and Gail Terry, the Massachusetts DAR State Regent. Thank you DAR! Photo © Massachusetts NSDAR. Photo taken by Patrice Hatcher (www.patricehatcherphotography.com)

08/06/2015

Wonderful article in New England Antiques Journal about the Alexander Knight House by John Fiske. It really highlights the amazing attention to detail by the whole team, and we're so appreciative to have the story shared with more people. Thank you John!
https://www.antiquesjournal.com/flipbooks/neajaug15/files/36.html

New England Antiques Journal is a large format monthly magazine for antiques professionals and enthusiasts whose lifestyles center around antiques and older homes.

05/12/2015

May 2nd was a beautiful day to celebrate the official gifting of the 1657 Alexander Knight House to the Ipswich Museum. We saw many friends and volunteers who had helped out with this great project over the past five years. We hope you had a chance to stop by and enjoy the fun!

03/31/2015

We have an exciting event coming next month to celebrate the gifting of the Alexander Knight House to the Ipswich Museum! Everyone involved has put so much work into this great project over the past five years. More details will be revealed in the coming weeks! Hope to see you May 2nd!

10/01/2014

Johanna Tower made us this awesome felt hat for Mr. Knight!

09/24/2014

The next clothing items we have to show you are two beautiful shifts for Alexander Knight's youngest children, born before and at the end of 1657 respectively. These gender neutral garments were also hand stitched by Johanna Tower. The larger shift, for the toddler, could have been worn with or without a collar called a "partlet". Aren't they adorable?

09/22/2014

We're so excited to show you photos of the beautiful clothing and accessories made by Johanna Tower for Mr. Knight and his family! The first items are two hand-stitched aprons, one for his wife Anne and one for his second eldest daughter Sarah, who would have been about 10 years old in 1657. The size of the aprons are based on average heights of people during that time period: 5'1" for a grown woman and 4'2" for a female child. More photos to come the rest of this week!

08/20/2014

We got a beautiful toaster in the mail from Resurrection Iron Works' Derek Heidemann yesterday! Things are coming along...

08/08/2014

Here's a great series of progress photos from Eric Schatzel, the blacksmith who made the knife we posted a couple of weeks ago!