Annisquam, Massachusetts

The name "Annisquam" comes from an Algonquian term meaning "top of the rock, containing , "on top of", and <-ompsk>, "rock".{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|authorlink=William Bright|title=Native American placenames of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA41|accessdate=April 11, 2011|year=2004|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4|page=41}} The first European settlement in Annisquam was established in 1631. In the late 19th-century, it was home to both granite quarrying and an artist colony, which attracted painters including George Loftus Noyes and Margaret Fitzhugh Browne. The colony came to be known as "Squam" in the 1890s, with William Lamb Picknell, Emil Carlsen, and Robert Vonnoh in residence and producing numerous works inspired by the seascape.{{Cite book |last=Love |first=Richard H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIn6EkBlJSUC |title=Carl W. Peters: American Scene Painter from Rochester to Rockport |last2=Peters |first2=Carl William |date=1999 |publisher=University Rochester Press |isbn=978-1-58046-024-8 |pages=21 |language=en}}

Annisquam is primarily a residential village. Its only businesses include a restaurant and marina, a small hotel, a real estate company, a library and the Annisquam Yacht Club, founded in 1896. Because of its small size, historic architecture and secluded geography, Annisquam remains a popular summer resort.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

At the mouth of the Annisquam River on Ipswich Bay is Annisquam Harbor Light, perhaps the village's most historic edifice. The lighthouse has been in the same spot since 1801, having undergone significant repairs in 1850.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Image:Annisquam River (Massachusetts) map.jpg|Annisquam's location on Cape Ann

Image:Lobster Cove, Annisquam, Essex County, Massachusetts.jpg|Lobster Cove c. 1820

Image:Annisquam Bridge Showing Annisquam, MA.jpg|Annisquam Bridge in 1909

Image:Post Office & Fish Houses & Street Scene, Annisquam, MA.jpg|Street scene c. 1910

Image:The Yacht Club House, Annisquam, MA.jpg|The yacht club in 1911

The Good Son, a 1993 movie starring Macaulay Culkin, was partly filmed here.{{Cite web |title=The Good Son |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/59538 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329051836/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/59538 |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |access-date=June 2, 2023 |website=AFI Catalog}}

Marilyn Monroe is said to have secretly vacationed here, renting a cottage on Lobster Cove at which she was visited by John F. Kennedy, who was introduced to the area by his Harvard University roommate Benjamin A Smith II.{{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

• Annisquam Bridge
• Norwood-Hyatt House

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