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[1] History. Beverly Farms and the adjacent Prides Crossing were originally farming communities. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, wealthy residents of Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New York City built summer cottages along the seashore.
Beverly Farms was known for its long green fields and deep woods. Because of it’s fertile soil there were a lot of farms in the Farms. The most common crops were hay, Indian corn, rye, oats, barley and potatoes. Beverly Farms was used for farming for over 200 years.
Beverly Farms and the adjacent Prides Crossing were originally farming communities. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, wealthy residents of Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New York City built summer cottages along the seashore.
After the war, Beverly continued to grow, becoming an important seaport, with vessels trading all over the world. In 1839, the railroad arrived in Beverly, which brought more people and created new industries. The early settlers of Beverly were primarily farmers and fishermen.
In 1906, Green and his partners reorganized as the Rodeo Land and Water Company. Inspired by Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, Green and his wife renamed the bean field Beverly Hills. In 1907, landscape architect Wilbur D. Cook was hired to design a street plan for Beverly Hills.
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Centerville, Prides Crossing and Beverly Farms. During the next 50 years much of the common land was parceled out by the town. According to Stone’s History of Beverly, by the end of the 17th century the town had a total of 1850 acres of common land. The Sheep Pasture, comprising 1013 acres, extending from what is now Hart Street and
Jan 24, 2014 · Beverly Hills gets its name from Beverly Farms, an oceanside community within the city of Beverly, Mass. Burton Green, who owned the Rodeo Land and Water Company in the early 20th century, came up with the name as he recalled his happier years in Beverly Farms. But how did that Beverly, Mass. get its name?
