It can be easily found in historic shipbuilding and merchant towns of Marblehead or Salem, but also, somewhat unexpectedly, in places a little bit further away from the ocean. On a recent trip to Amesbury, a historic industrial town located on the river, I had an opportunity to photograph an unusual Historic New England property – Rocky Hill Meeting House. Austere and practical in design, but beautifully crafted and preserved, also manages to hide a more whimsical side. Upper floor, where the older children would congregate, has some fine preserved ‘graffiti’ art, often depicting ships in clean, classically rendered lines.
