5 Lookout Court - The Lookout
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Record 3285/5355
Copyright Marblehead Historical Commission
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Collection Old Houses etc. School Research Project
Date circa 1745
Abstract Marblehead Junior High Archives Historical Building Survey

The Lookout was used by custom officials between 1745 and 1846. Jeremiah Lee owned the house between 1784 and 1785. After Lee, Samuel Sewall, a Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court lived there. Waldo Ballard, who lived in the Lookout, restored many old Marblehead homes. After Ballard, Rouland moved in. He was a portrait painter.

The Written House History (page 29, red folder) and two Biographical Sketches (page 1, black folder) are very informative.
Home Location Pink Room (4th floor north end of building)
Object ID 2006-075-00462 B
Object Name House
People Jeremiah Lee
Samuel Sewall
Search Terms Marblehead Buildings
Title 5 Lookout Court - The Lookout
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Rev. 2.0 2/2013 Contact the Historical Commission at 781-639-3425 or e-mail us (please include the "Object ID" number, not the Record Number)     historic@marblehead.org
Last modified on: February 22, 2013