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SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — The General Glover Farmhouse on the North Shore is a step closer to being saved from demolition.
Nancy Schultz with the Swampscott Historical Society told WBZ NewsRadio that an anonymous donor gave the campaign to Save The General Glover Farmhouse a major boost of $50,000 towards goal. Save the Glover already has more than $300,000 in pledged funding, with a promise of another $50,000 on the way from the donor.
“It has this amazing history,” she added, which is especially salient during the 250th anniversary of the war this year. “It tells both sides of the Revolutionary War story,” she said.
The house is more than 250 years old and used to belong to General John Glover, a Revolutionary hero who retired to the house after the war. The Massachusetts colonial government seized the property from a British loyalist in 1780. It sits at a shared site between Marblehead, Swampscott and Salem.
Over the years, the dilapidated house has been at risk of being demolished.
Schultz said the campaign needs to secure a total of $2 million to renovate the space.
She added that they hope to turn the house into a much needed third space for the community.
This year, the Glover House was named on Preservation Massachusetts’s 2025 Most Endangered Historic Resources List, hoping to add awareness to the fight to save it.
WBZ NewsRadio's Chaiel Schaffel (@CSchaffelWBZ) reports.