The Maritime District in Newburyport, Massachusetts within the Newburyport Historic District, reflects the limits of the town at the height of its prominence as a maritime center, as shown on Henry McIntyre's 1851 survey map. Near the river, the Market Square Historic District was rebuilt after the great fire of 1811, forming a distinguished concentration of Federal-style brick buildings. On the rise above, the Superior Courthouse on the old Bartlett Mall — designed by Charles Bulfinch — served as a major legal forum where figures such as John Quincy Adams, Caleb Cushing and Daniel Webster argued cases, anchoring the civic life of the growing port city. - AsNotedIn