Prides Crossing

Prides Crossing is a neighborhood of the city of Beverly, Massachusetts in the North Shore region.

[1] In the late 1800s and early 1900s grand mansions were built as summer "cottages' for wealthy business magnates.

Edward Carelton Swift,[4] at one time the owner of the largest meat packing operation in the U.S. built a mansion, "Swiftmoor"[5] on Paine Avenue in Prides Crossing.

Eleonora "Eleo" Sears, a flamboyant female socialite and world class tennis player, owned a residence that still exists where Paine Avenue and West Beach meet.

[6][7]) MBTA Commuter Rail service to the station lasted until 2020; the structure was converted to commercial use decades prior.