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DICK HANSCOM VISITS THE NEWBURYPORT JACOB PERKINS BUILDING
Dick Hanscom of Alaska Rare Coins visited his hometown of Newburyport, MA last week and forwarded a set of pictures from his visit to the newly restored Jacob Perkins building. See our Flickr archive for a complete slide show. Thanks!
Pictured in front of the building is Jay Williamson, the Historical Society of Old Newbury curator. -Editor
Dick writes: The first floor historical marker was from the Massachusetts Bay tercentenary. These things were all over the state. Williamson told me this one was found, but I don't remember where. The displays were sparse. I think they put them in just to have something other than bare walls for the grand opening (it is not open yet on a daily basis). The grand opening was only for the restoration portion of the project.
To view the slide show, see: Jacob Perkins Newburyport Building (www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/sets/72157624036373923/show/) To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: JACOBS PERKINS PRINTING AND ENGRAVING BUILDING OPENED (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n21a28.html)
When he returned from his trip, I mentioned to Dick this blog, which covered the restoration of the building:
Perkins Mint
(perkinsmint.blogspot.com/).
-Editor
Dick writes: I did not know of this until Jay Williamson mentioned it. He gave me a tour on Tuesday and I snapped some photos. The photos on the blog are better than any I took. Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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