If only it's walls could talk, what tales they could tell. Thousands of fishermen have sailed by on their way to the Banks; many never to return.

It still stands there out on the point of Rocky Neck like an ancient castle wreathed in history. May it stand for another century.

-Gordon Thomas

Free Open House Tour at the Paint Manufactory and Art Exhibit -
Saturday October 25 from 10-3 and Sunday October 26 from 10-2, 2008. read more

In 1863, James G. Tarr and Augustus H. Wonson began manufacturing America’s first copper paint. The Tarr and Wonson Paint Manufactory played a vital role in international maritime history, as well as in the development of Gloucester, Massachusetts as a major fishing port.

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