Immaculate Conception Parish

Historical marker location:

15 Hawthorne Blvd, Salem, Massachusetts

( Marker is on Hawthorne Boulevard, 0.1 miles north of Derby Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1976

(Old St. Mary's). Established 1826.

Massachusetts was the birthplace of many prominent American figures, including John F. Kennedy, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Louisa May Alcott, and Emily Dickinson.