North Adams Public Library.

ID: 637 ~ Source: Courtesy of Patrick Demeo.
This file appears in: Sanford Blackinton and family
North Adams Public Library.

Sanford Blackinton built this mansion in 1872 on Church Hill; today it serves as the North Adams Public Library.

This file appears in: Sanford Blackinton and family

By Patrick Demeo
The Blackinton family has its origins in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Pentecost Blackinton, Sanford’s Blackinton’s great, great grandfather was born in Marblehead in 1662. He married Ann Pedrick and they moved to Attleboro, Massachusetts. They had…