Bear Skin Neck

1630 - 1930

Named from a bear caught by the tide and killed in 1700. Commercial and shipbuilding center of Rockport for 160 years. First dock built here 1743. Sandy Bay Pier Company organized 1809. Site of Stone Fort and Sea Fencibles Barrack during War of 1812.

Marker is at the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Street (Massachusetts Route 127A) and Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Mt. Pleasant Street.