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Properties Maintained by
the AIA
The Town Forest
Photo courtesy of Royal
Feltner
The Town Forest is located on Kimball Road
and is made up of three tracts of land totaling about 70
acres. The AIA erected the signs and helps oversee the
property.
Susanna Martin Memorial
Photo courtesy of Royal
Feltner
Near this site stood the farm house of
Susanna Martin, the only woman hanged as a witch in Salem in
1692 who lived north of the Merrimac River. The Improvement
Association placed this memorial in 1894. It is located at
the end of North Martin Road. The plaque reads, “Here stood
the house of Susanna Martin, an honest, hard-working
Christian woman accused as a witch, tried and executed at
Salem, July 19, 1692 a martyr of superstition, TIA 1894.”
Note: The Association was sometimes referred to as the Town
Improvement Association (TIA).
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The Powder House
Photo
courtesy of Royal Feltner
The Powder
House is located on Browns Hill off Madison Street. The woods
obscure the fact that it is the third highest hill in
Amesbury. The Powder House was built about 1810 and was used
in the war of 1812 to store ammunition and powder. One of
only secen left int he state, the Powder House has been
rebuilt several times byt the AIA who helps maintain this
property.
Other Memorials Placed
by the AIA
First Meeting House
Bartlett’s Corner is located just above the
intersection of Route 110 and Main Street. The memorial plaque
on the boulder reads, “First Meeting House in Amesbury was
erected on this spot in 1165. TIA 1894.”
The land was purchased by the town in 1663 as another burying
ground and is now part of Union Cemetery.
Osgood House
This memorial was erected by the AIA in 1970.
It is locates at the corner of present-day Congress Street
and Colchester Street at the site of the oldest framed house
in what is now Amesbury. William Osgood built the original
house in 1650. In 1969, the house was disassembled and moved
to Dover, MA, in spite of the efforts of the AIA and others
to save it. New owners bought the land and built the present
home. The plaque says, “Osgood House 1650 on this site
William Osgood built the first framed house for his home and
a garrison. Removed and restored in Dover Mass, 1969. Erected
by Amesbury Improvement Association, 1970.”
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