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The promontory called
Hospital Point, in Beverly on Boston's North Shore, derives its name
from a smallpox hospital built there in 1801. The hospital, used as a
barracks in the War of 1812, burned down in 1849. It's believed a watch
house was previously located there as early as 1711. The area was the
site of an earthwork fort that saw action in the fall of 1775 when the
British ship Nautilus fired on the town. Cannons at the point
and at Fort Lee in Salem were fired at the Nautilus, which ran
aground as the tide fell. The vessel escaped when the tide rose again. HISTORY
Hospital
Point Range Front
Light is a historic lighthouse at the end of Bayview Avenue in Beverly,
Massachusetts. It forms the front half of a range which guides vessels
toward Salem Harbor. It was added to the National Register of Historic
Places as Hospital Point Light Station on September 28, 1987. WIKIPEDIA
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