In 1769, John Southwick, Jr., was the owner of the vacant 12-acre (49,000 m) of land where the George Peabody House Museum (a historic house museum at 205 Washington Street in Peabody) and Peabody Leather Museum now sits.
In 1769, John Southwick, Jr., was the owner of the vacant 12-acre (49,000 m) of land where the George Peabody House Museum (a historic house museum at 205 Washington Street in Peabody) and Peabody Leather Museum now sits.