The Town of Rockport Massachusetts

Rockport is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, approximately 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Boston at the tip of the Cape Ann peninsula. It is directly east of Gloucester and is surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean. Only part of the town composes the census-designated place of Rockport.

Before the arrival of the English explorers and colonists, Cape Ann was home to a number of Native American villages, inhabited by members of the Agawam tribe. The area that is now Rockport was an uninhabited part of Gloucester for more than 100 years, primarily used as a source of timber (especially pine) for shipbuilding. Rockport had consisted primarily of large estates, summer homes and a small fishing village, while Gloucester was becoming increasingly urbanized. Rockport became a separate town in 1840. As the demand for its high-grade granite grew during the Industrial Revolution, the quarries of Rockport became a major source of the stone.

Although the demand for granite decreased with the increased use of concrete in construction during the Great Depression, Rockport still thrives as an artists’ colony. A red fishing shack on Bradley Wharf in Rockport, known popularly as Motif Number 1, has for years been one of the most famous sites on Cape Ann, as the subject of literally hundreds of paintings and photographs, visited by aspiring artists and tourists alike from all over the world.

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J. Butler Property Management, LLC. - Who We Are & Why Us?

The Who - J. Butler Property Management (JBPM), LLC. is a family owned and operated Massachusetts based property management company specializing in the five areas of property management described above. JBPM evolved from its parent company, Andover Building & Development Corporation, the first in the family of companies to be focused primarily on designing and constructing luxury residential homes in Andover, Massachusetts.

Over the years, as we have continued to build luxury homes, we have gradually been acquiring properties built by others. The evolution has naturally led us in the direction of third-party management and the creation of our flagship company, J. Butler Property Management, LLC. Now with more than 400 diverse properties under management in our small property division including apartment buildings, condominium complexes and commercial properties, we are proud to be one of the premier property management companies serving the Boston area.

Why Us? - Many people will tell you there are three things in life that keep you grounded:-, family, employment and your home. Whether it happens to be your primary residence or 50-unit apartment building, we all form attachments and care deeply about the property we own. At JBPM we understand this and make a special effort to extend ourselves, to treat each and every property “as if it were our own.” Our combination of old-school family values, integrity, honesty and hard work, together with our cutting edge technology, enables us to provide you with an unparalleled level of service. Be prepared to enjoy a level of communication-, trust and respect that you have never experienced before. Whether we are managing a high-end condominium complex or a single-family home for a family that has relocated, we will always remain true to our core values.

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