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.

The first American lighthouse was built in Boston Harbor in 1716. The lighthouse was destroyed during the American Revolution and rebuilt in 1783.