"Just over the Manchester [Massachusetts] line in the western section of Gloucester is the major portion of the village of Magnolia at Magnolia Point, long one of the North Shore's most important hospitality tourism destinations…
Originally a fishing and farming settlement, Magnolia had its beginnings as a summer resort center in the early 1870s with the construction of the first summer cottages there…" - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 99, University Press of New England – 2008
