Swampscott General Glover Farmhouse Preservation Efforts Honored

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — The Swampscott nonprofit working to protect the historic General John Glover farmhouse has received a regional preservation honor as development plans for the property continue moving through local review.

Save the Glover! Inc. and its 16-member board were honored with a Pioneer in Preservation Award from Essex National Heritage Area during the organization’s annual meeting in Haverhill.

Essex Heritage CEO Annie Harris described the national significance of the General John Glover farmhouse and explained why preserving the property is important to regional and national history.

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In accepting the award, Nancy Schultz of Save the Glover! thanked the group's board, the Swampscott Historical Commission, Glover's Marblehead Regiment and the Swampscott Historical Society for their work on the effort.

The group also credited Essex Heritage with supporting the project through a partnership grant that funded a Historic American Buildings Survey report authored by Save the Glover! board member Rick Detwiller. The HABS report is now housed in the Library of Congress.

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The award arrives as Glover LLC seeks approval from the Marblehead and Swampscott planning boards for a 140-unit residential complex. The proposed plans show the developer intends to preserve the farmhouse on its original site — a breakthrough after four years of coordinated preservation work by Save the Glover! and partner organizations.

Board members Judy Anderson, Molly Conner, Detwiller, Jonathan Leamon and Schultz attended the event. Certificates were awarded to all 16 members of the board, including David Bitterman, Connie Carman, Mary Cassidy, Nick Curtis, Wendy Mayer, Ed Nilsson, Larry Sands, Mimi Shapiro, Carole Shutzer, Anne Waymouth and Lisa Yaeger.