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19 Andrew Street - 7 Milk Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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1805, 1980
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1805
19
19 Andrew
1980
7
Abigail
Andrew
Anstiss
Babbidge
Benjamin
Crowninshield
Ebenezer
Federal
Gibaut
Hannah
Johnson
Levi
Levi Macomber
Macomber
Mary
Milk
Nathan
Nathan Johnson
Newhall
Rebecca
Slocum
Stone
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10 Andrew Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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10 Andrews
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1987
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Perley Putnam
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Smithson
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6 Andrew Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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William Ropes, 1807
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1807, 1975
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Donald Petit
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1975
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16-18 Andrew Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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Lemuel Payson 1808
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Joseph
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Lemuel Payson
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Story
White
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22 Andrew Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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Built by Loammi Coburn, master mason circa 1808
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circa 1808, 1988
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1988
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22 Andrew
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Brick
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Coburn
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24 Andrew Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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1806, 1977
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1977
24
24 Andrew
Andrew
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Clark
Daniel
Fairfield
Federal
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John Fairfield
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Pedrick
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12 Andrew Street
Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Built by Abiezer Washburn
Housewright
1804
Researched and written by David Moffat – November 2017
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
978.745.0799 ǁ HistoricSalem.org © 2017
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�I- The Area in the Seventeenth Century
Andrew Street is one of the most outstanding Federal streets in Salem and by extension
the United States. Along its short length, running from the Salem Common towards Collins
Cove, there are 14 houses dating between 1802 and 1807. A colleague noted that if you walk
down Andrew Street just right, it feels like you’ve stepped back in time to 1805. 1
Salem Common was established as public land early in the settlement of Salem. It was
originally a swampy and hilly area used to gather neighborhood cows to drive them to the
common pasturage at Salem Neck.2 The eastern end of the Common was largely agricultural land
in the seventeenth century. Located just north of the crowded streets of the harbor neighborhood
filled with merchants, sailors, and all means of tradesmen, the area around what is now Andrew
Street must have been a quieter escape.
The shoreline of Collins Cove (then called simply “ye cove” or “ye sea”) had not yet
been filled in and smoothed out to create the gentle curve which follows Webb Street today. A
public road ran through the farm tracts in 1700 along the eastern shore to the swampland at the
top of Ann Bradstreet’s lot, ending about where Andrew Street begins today. The road was about
400 feet long and 24 feet wide according to Rev. William Bentley, and was sold by the town to
Gamaliel Hodges in 1722.3
1
Personal Conversation with John Schneider, December 2016,
2
Perley, Sidney. “Salem in 1700. No. 18.” The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. IX. pp. 37-43. Salem: The Essex
Antiquarian, 1905. Print. p. 37.
3
Perley (1905) p. 73.
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�Thomas Beadle’s Lane ran along the western side of the common, roughly where
Washington Square East is today.4 Beadle ran a tavern at the intersection that street and what is
now Essex Street, where several of the pre-trial examinations took place during the Salem Witch
Trials in 1692.5
The earliest recorded owner of the land at 12 Andrew Street was Rev. John Higginson in
1661. Higginson was the son of Francis Higginson, Salem’s first minister, who died shortly after
founding the Salem Church in 1630. The younger Higginson arrived in Salem in 1659 and was
ordained as minister in the following year.6 The grant to Higginson reads:
“Graunted unto Mr Jno Higginson or Pastor a parcell of Swampy ground lyinge &
beinge in the Comon Pen neare Mr Stileman field on the south & mr Jno Gedney
& Jno Neale one the North to begine at the upwards west Corner of Mr Stileman’s
pasture & Crosse our to Jno Neals field & so Downwards to the sea between those
fields above named.” 7
Higginson soon sold the land to Lt. Joseph Gardner, a vintner and son of the Old Planter
Thomas Gardner. The Mr. Stileman mentioned in the grant was Elias Stileman, who died in
1663, leaving his estate to his son, Elias Stileman, Jr.8
4
Phillips, James Duncan, Sidney Perley, and William W.K. Freeman. “Part of Salem in 1700.” Map. In Salem in the
Seventeenth Century. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1933.
5
Drake, Samuel Adams. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast. New York: Harper Brothers & Publishers,
1875. Print. p. 223-225.
6
Barz-Snell, Jeffrey. “A ‘Short’ History of the First Church in Salem” First Church in Salem, Unitarian Universalist
Website. Written 2015, accessed 11/22/2017. Electronic. http://www.firstchurchinsalem.org/the-long-history/
7
“Perley, Sidney. “Salem in 1700. No. 19.” The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. IX. pp. 72-86. Salem: The Essex
Antiquarian, 1905. Print. p. 82.
8
Ibid.
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�In the 1650s, two houses stood to the south of the land, about where Briggs Street is
today, belonging to William Gault & Jeremiah Meacham.9
The Ann Bradstreet who owned the land on Shallop Cove was not Ann Dudley
Bradstreet, the famous poet, but Simon Bradstreet’s second wife of that name. Ann Gardner
Bradstreet was the widow of Lt. Joseph Gardner when she married Bradstreet in 1676.10 Gardner
had been killed in December of the year before fighting King Philip’s War in Rhode Island.11
Ann Gardner Bradstreet lived until 1713 and passed the property to Ensign Joseph Andrews in
February of 1711.12
II- The Area in the Eighteenth Century
In the eighteenth century, Salem Common became almost exclusively a military training
ground. It is referred to as the “training field” in 1724, 1754, and 1791. 13 Throughout the century,
tanneries and ropewalks were operated along the eastern end of the Common. Ropewalks, such
as those used by the ropemaker Thomas Briggs, the namesake of Briggs street, were walkways
hundreds of feet long where various ropes could be bound together to make the thick cordage
needed for the rigging of ships. The empty land between the Common and the cove, measuring
almost 800 feet across, made an ideal site for the ropewalks, which ran roughly west to east.
9
Ibid.
10 Anderson,
Robert Charles (1995). The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1633. Boston,
MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vol. 1, p. 218.
11
Perley (1905), p. 82.
12
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Deed 22:231. 26 Feb 1710/11.
13
Perley (1905), p. 72.
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�A map of Salem in 1780, assembled by James Duncan Phillips in 1937 based on the
research of Sidney Perley, shows Jonathan Andrew’s tan yard where Andrew Street is today. John
Andrews’ tan yard is to the north, just south of Col. Benjamin Pickman’s and Richard Derby’s
fields. To the south of Jonathan Andrews’ tan yard is Thomas Briggs house and rope-walk,
Joseph Vincent’s house and rope-walk, and down along Essex Street Nathaniel Richardson’s tan
yard.14
Joseph Andrews, the son of Robert and Grace Andrews, was born in Boxford in 1657
when the town was still part of Rowley. He became a house carpenter and moved to Salem in
1705. The same year his eighth child, Nathaniel, was born.15 In 1711, Andrews married
Hephzibah Porter, born 1678 to yeoman Joseph Porter and Ann Hathorn.16 Joseph Andrews was
approved as a retailer by the selectmen of Salem in 1713.17
First Capt. Joseph Andrews, his son Nathaniel, and then his grandson, Jonathan Andrews,
operated a tannery on the western side of property, closest to the common.18 Jonathan Andrews
was born in 1737 born to Capt. Nathaniel Andrews, a mariner and merchant, and Mary
Higginson. Andrews married Mary Gardner in 1760 and died in 1781. Mary Gardner Andrews
14
Phillips (1937), supplemental map, “Map of Salem, About 1780.”
15
Perley, Sidney. The History of Salem, Massachusetts, Vol. III: 1671-1716. Salem, Sidney Perley, 1928. Print, p.
372.
16
Perley, Sidney. The History of Salem, Massachusetts, Vol. II: 1638-1670. Salem, Sidney Perley, 1926. Print, p.
162.
17
Perley (1928), p. 86.
18
Phillips, James Duncan. Salem in the Eighteenth Century. Salem: Essex Institute, 1937. Print, supplemental map.
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�died in 1820.19 The John Andrew who built the Andrew-Safford on the other side of the Common
in 1819 was Jonathan’s nephew through his brother John, a jeweler and goldsmith. 20
Benjamin Browne, gentleman, married Elizabeth Andrew, the second daughter of
Jonathan and Mary, born 1762. 21 In 1774, Jonathan Andrews was one of the signers of an open
letter to Governor & General Thomas Gage, printed in the Salem Gazette, which criticized the
closing of Boston Harbor and calling for “a happy union with Great-Britain,” and urging “every
measure compatible with the dignity and safety of British subjects.”22 When Andrews died in
1781, Browne purchased the tanning business.23
Browne was the son of Deacon William Browne and Mercy White. Benjamin and
Elizabeth Browne’s son, Benjamin Frederick Brown, was born February 14, 1793 and later rose
to be a prominent citizen of nineteenth-century Salem.2425
19
Perley (1928), p. 373.
20
Perley (1928), p. 374.
21 Vital
Records of Salem, Births, p. 39.
22
Phillips (1937), p. 326.
23
King, Joyce. Historic Salem House History, “19 Andrew Street-7 Milk Street.” 1980.
24 Vital
Records of Salem, Births, p. 121.
25
“Memoir of Benjamin Frederick Browne” Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Vol. XIII. Salem: The
Essex Institute, 1875. Electronic.
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�A Mrs. Brown Cordage Factory is shown on the 1851 map of the area, and likely
belonged to Lydia Brown, who had a house at 13 Pleasant Street.2627 In 1850, it was operated by
Thomas Chisholm, at 12 Pleasant Street and Briggs.28
III- The Creation of Andrew Street, 1802 to 1810
Forrester Street at the southern end of the Common’s eastern side was completed in
1767.29 Webb Street was constructed in 1797. 30 Andrew Street was laid out in 1802, around the
same time that the Salem Common was levelled and improved with fencing. 31
Shortly after the street’s creation, Benjamin Browne sold (for $875) a large piece of land
to his father, William Browne, on the northern side of the street, stretching 263 feet along Collins
Cove, along land of Benjamin Pickering, Esq. to the north, and along Pleasant Street to the west.
The frontage of the northern end of Andrew Street was roughly 730 feet.32 The same day,
William Browne sold the southern side of Andrew Street to Benjamin Browne for $1,000. The
26
McIntyre, Henry. “Map of the City of Salem, Mass. From an actual survey By H. Mc. Intyre. Cl. Engr.” Map,
1851. Henry McIntyre, Salem, MA. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. http://
www.leventhalmap.org/id/15108
27
Salem Directory, 1851, p. 47.
28
Salem Directory, 1850, p. 52.
29
Perley (1905), p. 37.
30
Perley (1905), p. 73.
31
Perley, Sidney. “Part of Salem, 1700, No. 19.” The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. IX. pp. 72- Salem: The Essex
Antiquarian, 1905. Print. pp. 72-73.
32
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 172:86. 29 Sep 1802.
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�property on the southern side ran 107 feet along Pleasant Street and 98 feet at Collins Cove was
bordered on the south by the land of ropemaker Thomas Briggs.3334
The first lot sold from Benjamin Browne’s new property was to Samuel Masury, Jr, a
mariner, on December 17th, 1802.3536 The parcel, described as “a certain lot of Land No. 2” ran
eighty feet along Andrew Street and 98 feet on either side. It sold for $240. Masury built a house
on the property shortly thereafter, likely the first house built on Andrew Street. This house still
stands as number 8 Andrew Street.
The next lot sold was that adjacent to Pleasant Street and south of Masury’s lot. It was
sold to Mary Roche, widow, on February 10th, 1803 for $300.37
Between 1803 and 1805, Perley Putnam, Sr. had built a house at number 10.38 In
November of 1804, Browne sold two further lots. Laommi Coburn, a bricklayer and mason,
bought one for $321. The lot was another rectangle measuring 40 feet along the street, bordering
the land of Browne, Briggs, and Samuel Henderson.39 Coburn erected a house 22 Andrew Street
between 1804 and 1808.
33
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 172:87. 29 Sep 1802.
34
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 156:240. 14 Sep 1793.
35
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 172:88. 17 Dec 1802.
36
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 171:19. 8 Dec 1802.
37
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 171:173. 10 Feb 1803.
38
MACRIS, SAL.2748 “Putnam, Perley House”
39
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Deed 174:221. 22 Nov 1804.
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�Henderson, a shipwright, bought for $250 a parcel measuring 35 feet along Andrew
Street in 1804.40 Henderson built a house at what is today 20 Andrew Street which is perhaps the
third or fourth oldest house on the street.
Joseph Phippen, a merchant, bought a lot of land from Browne at the corner of Andrew
and Pleasant streets for $1500.41 Washington Square East was referred to as Pleasant Street circa
1800, as what is today Pleasant Street was laid out as a continuance of the former street from the
edge of the Common to Bridge Street in 1796.42
John Fairfield, a merchant, bought land on Andrew Street from Benjamin Browne on
May 2nd, 1805 for $290. 43 Fairfield built a house as an investment and in July of 1806 sold the
house and property for $700 to Thomas Goss, a Spanish-born Salem mariner.44
On May 22nd, 1805, Browne sold a lot to Thomas Paterson, a mariner, with dimensions of
98 feet on the lands of Benjamin Browne and John Fairfield and 70 feet along Andrew Street and
Briggs’ land for $631.25. 45 On the same day in November 1805, James Brooks, a housewright,
purchased a lot for $360 and Nathan Johnson, a cordwainer, purchased one for $320.4647 Johnson
and Levi Macomber, a bricklayer, built a house on the property around 1805, and then in April of
40
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 174:203. 7 Nov 1804.
41
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 176:61. 15 March 1805.
42
Perley (1905), p. 37, p. 73.
43
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 178:123. 2 May 1805.
44
Booth, Robert. Historic Salem House History, “24 Andrew Street.” 1977. p. 2
45
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 176:121. 22 May 1805.
46
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 176:166. 2 Nov 1805.
47
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 177:208. 2 Nov 1805.
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�1806, Johnson sold the northern half of the house and some land to Macomber for $400. 48 The
following day, he sold the southern half to Abigail Gibaut, a widow. 49 Lois Pulling, a widow,
bought a lot for $500 in 1807 for her infant daughter, Mary Robinson Pulling.50
"
Figure 1: A rough approximation of lots sold by Benjamin Browne, 1802-1807.
William Browne sold a lot of land formerly belonging to Mary Roche, bounded by the
land of Samuel Masury to the northeast to tinman William Ropes in 1807.51
48
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 180:214. 28 Apr 1806.
49
King (1980)
50
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 180:248. 12 Aug 1807.
51
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Deed 179:256. 7 January 1807.
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�Lemuel Payson bought property from James Brooks and then built a house at number
16-18 Andrew Street in 1808.52 Within the first six years of the street’s existence, houses had
been constructed at what are now numbers 6, 7-9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16-18, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, and
24 Andrew Street.53
IV- The Washburns and the Building of 12 Andrew Street, 1804
"
Figure 2: An Rough Approximation of Washburn’s lot in 1804.
52
King, Joyce. Historic Salem House History, “16-18 Andrew Street.” 1982.
53
MACRIS, SAL.2750; SAL.2749; SAL.2747; SAL.2746; SAL.2745; SAL.2791; SAL.2743; SAL.2744; SAL.
2774; SAL.2743; SAL.27475; SAL.2742.
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�1804 was a fascinating time in Salem’s history. Deep into the Federal period following
the Revolution and preceding the devastating Embargo Act of 1807, which greatly damaged
Salem shipping interests, captains from Salem set sail for six continents. Salem mariners and
cabin boys saw the far off ports of Calcutta, Arkhangelsk, and Leghorn and tasted foods they had
never dreamed off. Supercargoes argued over the price of water on Mauritius or the value of a
load of hides in Montevideo. In that year, Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on Union Street while
his father was off the coast of Java. Nathaniel Bowditch, Rev. William Bentley, and Timothy
Pickering were at the height of their careers. Joseph Story and Benjamin William Crowninshield
were soon to rise to national prominence.
Coming near the end of the year, the defeat of Charles Pickney and his running mate,
wealthy Massachusetts-born merchant Rufus King by Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton in
the presidential election further soured relations between the Jeffersonians and the Federalists of
Salem. Public opinion in Salem revolved around The Salem Register, the Jeffersonian newspaper
and The Salem Gazette, the Federalist paper. As a general trend, the Federalists lived in the West
End of town where they built Hamilton Hall from 1805 to 1807 and Jeffersonians lived around
the Salem Common.
In 1804, the northeast boundary of Salem town’s dense development was at the southern
side of Pickman Street and the western side of Pleasant Street. A few scattered houses existed on
the neck off of Bridge, Lemon, and North Streets, but Bridge Street Neck was largely still
agricultural fields. The western end of the town’s development ended at Boston and Flint street,
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�where it had since the seventeenth century when the Great Pasture was laid out.54 The population
of Salem was 9,457 in 1800, making it the eighth largest city in the United States.55
Roughly 320 buildings built before 1804 still stand in Salem today and about 14 houses
built in that year survive.56 New houses (which still stand) were built that year on Carlton Street,
Chestnut Street, and Derby Street, among others. 1804 was a landmark year in Salem
architecture. Samuel McIntire constructed the Cook-Oliver House at 142 Federal Street, the
Gardner-Pingree House at 128 Essex Street, the Clifford Crowninshield House at 74 Washington
Square East (on land once belonging to Thomas Beadle), and the Capt. John Hodges House at 12
Chestnut Street.57585960 Also constructed in that year was McIntire’s South Church on Chestnut
Street, which stood until it was lost in a fire in 1903. 61
54
Bowditch, Nathaniel. Chart of the harbours of Salem, Marblehead, Beverly and Manchester : from a survey taken
in the years 1804, 5 & 6. Map. Nathl. Bowditch ; assisted by Geo. Burchmore & Wm. Ropes 3d., printed 1834.
Electronic, from the Digital Collections of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at Boston Public Library. https://
collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:9s1619634
55
Gibson, Campbell. “Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to
1990.” Population Division, United States Bureau of the Census, 1998. Electronic. https://www.census.gov/library/
working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html#urban
56 Very
rough estimate using MACRIS assigned dates to houses with a few corrections.
57
MHC MACRIS, SAL.1571, “142 Federal St.- The Cook-Oliver House.”
58
MHC MACRIS, SAL.2455, “128 Essex St.- The Gardner-Pingree House.”
59
MHC MACRIS, SAL.2680, “174 Washington Sq. E.- The Clifford Crowninshield House.”
60
MHC MACRIS, SAL.1037, “10 Chestnut St.- The Capt. John Hodges House”
61
Cousins, Frank. “South Church from Chestnut Street.” Photograph, date unknown. Salem Public Library
Collection. Electronic. https://digitalheritage.noblenet.org/salem/items/show/79
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�12 Andrew Street was among the earliest buildings constructed on the street. Benjamin
Brown, gentleman, transferred the land to Abiezer Washburn on September 8th, 1804.62
Washburn, a housewright, bought the land for $257. The parcel was described as:
a certain piece of land in said Salem situate & bounded as follows, viz. beginning at the
corner of Perley Putnam’s land in Andrew Street (so called) running northeasterly on
said street forty feet, thence southerly on said Brown the grantor’s land ninety-eight feet
to the land of the heirs of the late Tho. Briggs, thence southwesterly on the said Briggs’
heirs land forty feet to said Perley Putnam’s land, thence on said Perley Putnam’s land
ninety-eight feet to the first named boundary in Andrew Street.
Washburn and his wife, Ruth, constructed the house sometime between September and
December 1804. Not much is known about Abiezer Washburn, he does not appear in the Vital
Records of Salem and has no other deed transactions in the Essex County Registry of Deeds. He
cannot be located in the 1790, 1800, 1810, nor 1830 Censuses. An Abiezer Washburn, private,
from Massachusetts died in the Revolutionary War in 1777 and a petition survives from his
father, Abraham, asking for his pension in 1790.63 The relation to this Abiezer Washburn is, as
yet, undetermined.
The house was built in a Federal style and has its gable-end to the street. The house is
three bays wide on the street side with minimal fenestration on either the eastern or western sides
of the house. The eastern façade only has four windows. The original roof was later levelled and
62
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Deed 174:235. 8 Sep 1804.
63 Acts
and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1790-91. Boston: Adams & Nourse, 1790. Chapter 4.
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�raised in part of the house, and the original rafters in the upstairs bedroom of Unit 2 reveal the
former pitch. The original rafters and tie beam are exposed in the rear ell of the house.
The minimal Federal decoration on the interior, including mantles and wainscoting, are
consistent with the detailing of the house’s exterior. The scrollwork on the stair ends may be
original. It may also have been added by John Clark after 1805. The entrance way features a
semi-circular fan-light with a matching blind and two beaded pilasters with a simple crosshead.
Many aspects of the houses’ architecture reflect a Greek-Revival sensibility decades
before the style became popular. The gable-end arrangement and low-pitched roof are common
to the later form, as is the high granite foundation which both 10 and 12 Andrew Street have. The
asymmetrical placement of the entry was also uncommon in the Federal period.
V- The Clarks, 1805 to 1855
John Clark, a carpenter, bought 12 Andrew Street from Washburn on January 1st, 1805.
The deed names “a certain piece of land with the buildings thereon standing” and the property
sold for $640 more than double the price Washburn had paid four months earlier. The deed for
John Clark’s purchase of the land makes mention of buildings already on the site, implying that it
was Washburn and not Clark who constructed 12 Andrew Street. 64 The John Clark who lived at
12 Andrew Street was perhaps the John Clark baptized May 13, 1781 as the child of John and
Zillah Clark.65 A John Clark married Sarah “Sally” Cook on September 18th, 1802.66 As son,
64
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Deed 174:235. 1 Jan 1805.
65
Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Salem: The Essex Institute, 1916. Births, p.
179.
66 Vital
Records of Salem, Marriages, p. 214.
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�George C. Clark, was born May 17, 1815.67 Other children included David P. Clark, John W.
Clark and Samuel C. Clark.68
In the 1830 census, John Clark and his wife are both between the ages of 50 and 60.
69
The Clarks had three sons aged 20 to 30, 1 son aged 15 to 20, and one son aged 10 to 15. 70
John Clark was listed in 1842 and 1846 as a housewright.7172 1846 lists his place of work
as Neptune Street. George C. Clark also worked a carpenter. Sarah Clark is listed as 75 years old
in the 1850 census, with her grandson, John P. Clark, aged 12. 73 John Clark died by July 1850
and is listed in legal documents as a housewright. He left his pew in St. Peter’s Church to his
son, Samuel and the rest of his estate to his wife Sarah, with the provision it be transferred to
George C. Clark, Samuel C. Clark, and John P. Clark when Sarah passed.74 Perley Putnam I was
one of the administrators of the estate.
67 Vital
68
Records of Salem, Births, p. 159.
Essex County Probates, Probate #35349, 1850. p .6.
69
"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:XH5C-L35 : 19 August 2017), John Clark, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing 452A,
NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 61;
FHL microfilm 337,919.
70iIbid.
71
The Salem Directory and City Register; Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of
Business, and Residences, with Lists of City Officers, Banks, Insurance Offices, Societies, &c. Names of the Streets
and Wharves; and Other Useful Information. Salem: Henry Whipple, 1842. Electronic. p. 20.
72
The Salem Directory and City Register; Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of
Business, and Residences, with Lists of City Officers, Banks, Insurance Offices, Societies, &c. Names of the Streets
and Wharves; and Other Useful Information. Salem: Henry Whipple, 1846. Electronic. p. 26.
73
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:MD92-M9P : 12 April 2016), John P Clark in household of Sarah Clark, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts,
United States; citing family 303, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and
Records Administration, n.d.).
74
Probate #35349. p. 6.
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�Number 12 Andrew street is described as “A dwelling with land under and adjoining,
being no. 12. By Andrew Street” and was valued at $1800. His personal estate came to $300.42.
Table 1: Personal Estate of John Clark, 1850
A small lot of furniture in front Chamber
$30
A small lot of furniture in Back Chamber
$12
Two feather beds, 2 Bedsteads, and beding for the same
$45
A small lot of crockery and glassware $10, silver spoon, $5
$15
Thomas Needham’s Note ($149) with three years interest to Oct. 1, 1850 $175.82
($26.82)
Israel Fellows’ Note ($40) and 1 ½ years of interest to Oct. 1, 1850 (3.60)
$43.60
T o t a l :
$300.42
The estate owed $153.75 to a number of creditors, perhaps mainly for funeral expenses,
but which reveal the people to whom the Clarks would have turned for their daily needs. The
largest amount, $43.25 was owed to Samuel Johnson. There were a few Samuel Johnsons in
Salem in 1850, the two most likely possibilities are a physician who lived at 14 Brown Street and
the owner of an auction and commission store at 14 Front Street.75 The next charge listed is
$5.25 to Isaac Colby, either a physician at 24 St. Peter Street or a currier.76 $18.50 was owed to
James K. Averill, a cabinet-maker at 112 Essex Street.77 $4 was owed to Jeremiah S. Perkins, a
tailor who lived at 17 Andrew Street. $3 to Chapman and Palfray, printers of the Salem Register,
75
Salem Directory, 1850. p. 86.
76
Ibid., p. 54.
77
Ibid., p. 36.
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�with an additional $1.50 for the funeral notice. $31.25 was owed to William Ives & Co., printers
of the Salem Observer.78 $3 to Hannah P. Putnam, a milliner at 168 Essex Street. $7.04 to Foster
& Price, a dry goods and millinery store at 220 Essex Street. $6.75 was due to Elijah Fuller who
had a tinware shop on Neptune Street but lived at 20 Andrew. $11 to Smith & Manning, likely
for a funeral carriage. Lastly, $4.22 to William Jelly, collector for the Aqueduct Co. on Sewall
Street.79
"
Figure 3: A General View of the Neighborhood from Henry McIntyre’s 1851 Map of Salem
78
Ibid., p. 85.
79
Essex County Probate Record 35349. p. 16.
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�"
Figure 4: A Closer View of 12 Andrew Street in 1851, note it is marked “Clark.”
In 1850, Samuel C. Clark was working as a painter with his partner W.H. Simonds on
Neptune Street and living at 6 Winter Street. The 1851 Directory lists Mrs. John Clark at 12
Andrew Street.80 In 1855, George C. Clark is living at 110 Bridge Street.81
Sarah Clark, widow of John, sold number 12 to Perley Putnam in May of 1855 for
$1140. 82 Putnam’s father, Col. Perley Putnam I had built the house at 10 Andrew Street around
1803.
Several other Clarks are found in the directories living on Andrew Street in the nineteenth
century but they do not appear to be related to the Clarks who lived at 12 Andrew. The
directories list a mariner, John B. Clark, living at 22 Andrew in 1846, a Captain John D. Clark
80 Adams,
George. Salem Directory…also including a directory of the towns of Beverly, Peabody, Danvers, and
Marblehead. Salem: H. Whipple, 1851. p. 56.
81
Salem Directory, 1855, p. 51.
82
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Deed 513:51. 25 May 1855.
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�living at 22 Andrew Street in 1851 and at 24 Andrew Street in 1866. 838485 John Daniel Clark
married Mary Pedrick of Marblehead. Clark purchased 24 Andrew Street from Daniel Millett, a
tailor, for $425 in 1843. Millett was the mortgagee of the mariner Thomas Goss, and acquired the
house when Goss died in 1829. In his career, Clark mastered the brigs Lawrence and Zotoff for
the Fabens brothers of Salem.86
By 1872, a John Clark became involved in fish selling near East Webb Street and lived at
the rear of 11 Andrew Street.87 By 1878, his business had moved to Salem Neck but he was still
living at the rear of 11 Andrew Street. 88
VI- The Expansion of Andrew Street, 1820 to 1881
In the 1820s, wealthy ship owner Capt. Joseph White owned 21 Andrew Street as an
investment which he sold to John Story, a mariner, in 1829, a year before White’s murder on the
other side of the common became national news. 89 White also had interest in 16-18 Andrew
Street, where he leant a mortgage to Lemuel Payson.90
83
Salem Directory, 1846, p. 26.
84
Salem Directory, 1851, p.
85
Salem Directory, 1866, p.
86
Booth (1977).
87
Salem Directory, 1872. p. 48.
88
1878 Directory, p. 46.
89
SAL.2774, “White, Joseph House”
90
King (1982), p. 2.
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�Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr., a merchant and son of U.S. Senator Nathaniel Silsbee, built a
Greek Revival house at 96 Washington Square East in 1832. His new home sat beside the
imposing Federal brick mansion of his father at 94 Washington Square East, built some 14 years
earlier.9192 Silsbee, Jr. would go on to be elected mayor of Salem twice, serving first from 1849
to 1851 and then 1858 to 1859.93
The much-altered multi-family building at 98 Washington Square East began in the early
1840s as a two-story building with a much smaller footprint. It was the home of merchants
Nathaniel A. and Edward D. Kimball.9495 Carpenter John Brooks built the house at 13 Andrew
Street in the mid-1840s. The Brooks family continued to own the home until 1905. Like many
houses on Andrew Street, Number 13 was converted into a multi-family dwelling and rented out
starting in the 1880s, as Salem’s population continued to swell.96
The neighborhood on the eastern side of the Common grew denser in the nineteenth
century. Pickman Street was laid out in 1824, Briggs Street in 1837, Arbella Street in 1860,
Boardman Street in 1879.97
91
MACRIS, SAL.2752 “Silsbee, Nathaniel Jr. House”
92
MACRIS, SAL.2753 “Silsbee, Nathaniel House”
93
Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of
its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Co., p. 227.
94
McIntyre (1851) Map.
95
MACRIS, SAL.2785. “’The Melba’ Apartments”
96
MACRIS, SAL.2789. “Brooks, John House”
97
Perley (1905), p. 73.
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�The eastern end of Andrew Street was first developed in the 1850s. Moses Shatswell built
a house at what is now 30 Andrew Street around that year. 98 Ship-carpenter Luther Goldthwait
built at house at what is now 25-27 Andrew Street by 1851. Aaron Nourse, a clerk, built a house
at 35 Andrew Street around 1850 and Jonathan Tucker, a weigher at Derby Wharf, built a house
at 26 Andrew Street around 1855.99100 Both Nourse’s and Tucker’s houses stand today while
Shatswell’s and Goldthwait’s were razed around 1880 in the final period of construction on the
street.101
Around 1868, Frederick W. Putnam, then the superintendent of the Essex Institute, built a
new Italianate house at 26 Andrew Street.102 In 1881, Frederick W. Putnam removed to
Cambridge permanently. He sold his house at 26 Andrew Street to E. Frank Johnson, an
amusement manager and bill poster who later became an officer at the Salem Jail. Johnson
expanded Putnam’s house to create a multi-family dwelling and lived there until 1923.103
In 1870, John Battis, a cooper, built a house at 15 Andrew Street on land which had
previously contained a house of an indeterminate date lived in by George Underwood, a
laborer.104105 Charles Miller, a merchant living in the mansion at 96 Washington Square East,
98
The Salem Directory. Salem, Massachusetts: Henry M. Meek Publishing Company, 1861. p. 159.
99
Salem Directory, 1855. p. 148
100
Ibid, p. 114.
101
MACRIS, SAL.2777, “Tucker, Jonathan House”
102
MACRIS, SAL.2741. “Putnam, Frederick W. House”
103
MACRIS, SAL.2741.”
104
Salem Directory, 1846. p. 116.
105
MACRIS, SAL. 2790. “Battis, John House”
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�constructed a stable with a mansard roof in 1877 which is today 4 Andrew Street. It was
converting into a dwelling around the time of the Great Salem Fire in 1914. 106
In 1879, a Boston-based merchant named John Henry Carey built the tall Italianate house
with red brackets at 30 Andrew Street, replacing Moses Shatwell’s house. 107 Carey had
previously lived at 17 Andrew Street, and continued to live at 17 Andrew until 1905, at which
point it had become a multi-family home. 108 William Cloutman built 81 Webb Street circa
1880.109 Andrew Street as it exists today was completed by 1881 with the addition of the
Victorian double-house at 25-27 Andrew Street where the Goldthwait’s house had stood for
roughly 30 years.110
106
MACRIS, SAL.2751. “Miller, Charles Stable”
107
Massachusetts Historical Commission, MACRIS Database. SAL:2740, “Carey, John House”
108
Salem Directory, 1879. p. 45.
109
MACRIS, SAL:2739, “81 Webb Street, Cloutman, William House”
110
MACRIS, SAL:2776, “25-27 Andrew Street’
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�"
Figure 5: The Three Building Phases of Andrew Street, No. 21 is unknown, but likely c. 1810-20.
VII- The Putnams, 1855 to 1879
Col. Perley Putnam, Sr., a housewright, carpenter, and ship carpenter, was born in 1778 to
Nathan and Hannah Putnam. 111 Nathan Putnam, born in Danvers, married Hannah Putnam, his
fourth cousin as they were both descended from John Putnam, who emigrated from
111 Vital
Records of Salem, Births, p. 216.
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�Buckinghamshire, England and died in Salem Village in 1662.112 Perley Putnam I’s paternal
grandfather, Jonathan Putnam, married Sarah Perley of Boxford in 1736.113
The marriage produced five sons and a daughter. Perley Putnam I was the second son,
Nathan Putnam, Jr. was born in 1773. Fighting in the Battle of Lexington in April of 1775, Perley
Putnam I’s uncle, Perley Putnam, died and his father was wounded. 114 Hannah Putnam died in
1802.115
Putnam, Sr. married Betsey Preston in Danvers in 1801.116117 They had nine children in
all, starting with a daughter, Eliza, in 1802, then another daughter, Mary Ann, in 1805, then
another, Cynthia, in 1806, and then Betsey and the colonel had twin daughters in 1810: Adaline
and Augusta.118 Adeline died three months later.119
Perley Zebulon Montgomery Pike Putnam was born February 14th, 1813.120 The
namesake of his middle name, western explorer and Brigadier General in the War of 1812, died
April 27 of that year while leading the army to victory in the Battle of York.121
112
Perley (1926), p. 109.
113
Perley (1926), p. 117.
114
Howe (1904), p. 159.
115
Ibid.
116 Vital
117
Records of Salem, Marriages, p. 232.
King, Joyce. Historic Salem House History, “10 Andrew Street” 1987. p. 3.
118 Vital
Records of Salem, Births, p. 207.
119 Vital
Records of Salem, Deaths, p. 169.
120 Vital
Records of Salem, Births, p. 216.
121
“Zebulon Montgomery Pike” The Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia. The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc.
Electronic. https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/zebulon-pike
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�Another son, John Preston Putnam was baptized June 15th 1815.122 His namesake was
perhaps John Preston (1587-1628), a prominent Anglican priest suspected of Puritan leanings,
though the name’s significance is not distinctly Jeffersonian, as Putnam’s other two sons.
Elbridge Gerry Putnam was born in 1817 and named for the recently deceased Vice
President from Marblehead.123 Another daughter, Caroline Matilda, was born in 1820.124
Perley Putnam, Sr. bought a lot on Andrew Street from Benjamin Browne for $276.40 in
1803.125 His lot was slightly larger than Abiezer Washburn’s: 70 by 98 feet. The land is described
as “Lott No. 3” of Browne’s land:
a certain piece of land Lott No. 3 on Andrew Street, and is bounded as follows, viz,
beginning at the northeast corner, of Samuel Masury Junr Land Lott No. 2 from thence
running northeasterly seventy feet on Andrew Street to Lott No. 4 of my Land, from
thence southerly on my land ninety eight feet to the heirs of Thomas Briggs land, from
thence on said Briggs land seventy feet to the land of said Masury, from thence northerly
on said Masury’s land ninety eight feet to the first mentioned bounds
The house that Perley Putnam, Sr. built at 10 Andrew Street was a sizeable and
impressive Federal house, five bays wide with a fancy doorway with a large fanlight and a
pedimented door with pilasters which still survives. Perley Putnam I and Betsey continued to live
in 10 Andrew Street even after Perley Putnam I acquired 12 Andrew Street in 1855. 10 Andrew
122 Vital
Records of Salem, Births, p. 215.
123
Ibid.
124
Ibid.
125
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Deed 172:160. 4 May 1803.
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�Street remained in the family until it was sold to carpenter George L. Upton in 1899. The Uptons
lived there until 1925.126
In 1799, Perley Putnam I assisted with the building of the famous frigate Essex. The
Essex was a U.S. Naval gunship and frigate which participated in the Quasi-War, the First
Barbary War, and the War of 1812 before being captured by the British in 1814.127
Perley Putnam I helped to organize the Salem Mechanic Light Infantry and led their
inaugural parade in 1807. He became a major in 1810.128
During the War of 1812, Lieut. Col. Putnam, Sr. took a troop of Salem men to command
Fort Sullivan in Eastport, Maine. Governor James Sullivan ordered the fort to be constructed for
coastal defense in Eastport on Penobscot Bay, today the easternmost city in the United
States.129130 According to one nineteenth-century antiquarian, Perley Putnam I had control of 100
militiamen and the British landed as many as 1,000 men on July 5th, 1814.131
On July 11th, 1814, Perley Putnam I surrendered the fort to Commander Thomas Hardy,
1st Baronet. With control of the fort, the British took control of Penobscot Bay and renamed the
area New Ireland. It was only in 1818, four years after the war’s end, that the British returned
126
Moffat, David. “10 Andrews Street,” Christmas in Salem 2016. Salem: Historic Salem, Inc., 2016. Print. p. 41.
127
Preble, Capt. George Henry. “The First Cruise of the United States Frigate Essex.” Essex Institute Historical
Collections, Vol. X, Part III. Salem: The Essex Institute, 1870. Print.
128
Howe (1904), p. 152.
129
Ibid.
130
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, #70000081, “Fort Sullivan.” 28 December 1969.
Electronic. https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/70000081.pdf
131 Varney,
Geo. J. “History of Eastport, Maine,” The Gazetteer of the State of Maine. Boston: B.B. Russell, 1886.
Electronic. http://history.rays-place.com/me/eastport-me.htm
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�Eastport to the United States. 132 Returning home in 1814, Perley Putnam I was promoted to
Colonel.133
In 1818 and 1819, Perley Putnam I designed and built the United States Custom House
which still stands on Derby Street in Salem. His partner in the work was Jonathan Peele
Saunders, the surveyor of the port and the drafter of an important map of Salem in 1820. William
R. Lee, the collector of customs at Salem, was the supervisor of the project. A letter from Perley
Putnam I to Lee on June 19, 1818 survives. In his letter, Perley Putnam I lays out his plan for the
construction of the Custom House and his vision for how it could be built well. For example, in
regard to the building materials, Perley Putnam I writes:
The timber and joist for the floors and roof to be of a good quality and a proper size for
such a building, the floors to be double the good merchantable boards, likewise the
boards on the roof of the same quality, and the roof to be slated with the best slate.134
According to the authors of Sketches of Representative Women in New England, Perley
Putnam I “worked on the first Franklin Building, and erected some of the solid houses on
Chestnut and other streets.”135 The Franklin Building, built 1809 where the Hawthorne Hotel
stands today, was one of the earliest brick commercial blocks in Salem and after 1835 became
the home to the Salem Marine Society.136
132 The
133
Border Historical Society, Easport, ME. Electronic, http://www.borderhistoricalsociety.com/
Howe (1904), p. 152.
134
Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Custom House Historic Structure Report, Electronic. http://
www,hawthorneinsalem.org/images/fullpageimage.php?name=MMD222.
135
Howe (1904), p. 152.
136
Visitor’s Guide to Salem. Salem: Eben Putnam, 1894. Electronic. p. 64, p. 100.
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�Perley Putnam I’s father, Nathan Putnam, died in 1823.137 The same year, his daughter,
Eliza, married James B. Goodhue.138 His daughter, Rebecca, died in 1834, and Augusta married
Charles B. Goodhue of Boston in 1836.139140
Perley Putnam, Sr. was a lifelong Democrat and served as Salem’s first city marshall
from 1836 until 1847 and served as street commissioner from 1846 until 1862. 141
Perley Z.M.P. Putnam married Mary Eliza Whitney in 1840.142 Mary was the third child
of John Whitney, an immigrant from England, and Mary Russell of Salem, she was born in
1817.143 A daughter, Mary Eliza, was born May 20, 1841.144 Their son, Perley, was born January
20, 1843.145 Another daughter, Frances Goodhue, was born May 12, 1845 and died 22 months
later of “lung fever.”146 On September 9th, 1849, Captain Perley Z.M.P. Putnam died of typhoid
137
Perley (1926), p. 117.
138 Vital
139
Records of Salem, Marriages, p. 430.
Perley (1926), p. 118.
140 Vital
Records of Salem, Marriages, p. 429.
141
Howe, Julia Ward, editor. “Rebecca Augusta Pickett,” Sketches of Representative Women in New England.
Boston: New England Historical Publishing Company, 1904. Electronic. p. 152.
142 Vital
Records of Salem, Marriages p. 232.
143 Ward,
Robert R.L. “John Whitney (1788-a1825)” The Whitney Research Group. 2016. Electronic. [http://
wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_John_(1788-a1825)]
144 Vital
Records of Salem, Births, p. 214.
145 Vital
Records of Salem, Births, p. 216.
146 Vital
Records of Salem, Deaths, p. 170.
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�fever aged
36 aboard the brig Messenger off the coast of Africa.147 Eighteen days later, Frances
Tuttle Putnam was born. 148
In 1841, Caroline Putnam married William B. Brown, who ran a clothing store, Perkins &
Brown, on Neptune Street and lived at 17 Andrew Street.149150
Betsey Putnam died December 31st, 1850, and Perley Putnam, Sr. died July 4th, 1864. At
the time of his death, Perley Putnam Sr. owned both numbers 10 and 12 Andrew Street, as well
as 16 Lemon Street.151 The property on Lemon Street was valued at $1,400 while number 12 was
worth $1,900 and number 10 was worth $3,400.152 The value of 12 Andrew had risen $100 since
Clark’s probate 14 years earlier.
The property on Lemon Street is number 14 today and the lot is blank on McIntyre’s
1851 map of Salem. It sat between the properties of Jane Fellows and William Honeycomb.153
Perley Putnam I bought it from Elizabeth H. Harrington of Charlestown in September 1852 for
$1625 and built a house upon it in the Italianate style shortly afterwards. 154
147 Vital
Records of Salem, Deaths, p. 171.
148 Vital
Records of Salem, Births, p. 211.
149 Vital
Records of Salem, Marriages, p. 153.
150
Salem Directory, 1842. p. 14.
151
King (1987). p. 3.
152
Essex County Probate Records, Probate 51168: “Perley Putnam, Esq. 1864.” p. 20.
153
MacIntye (1851).
154
Essex Country Registry of Deeds, Deed 465:292. 9 Sep 1852.
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�In September, Edward Brown gave up his claim to the property in Lemon Street to the
other holders.155 In November, the remaining holders sold 16 Lemon Street to Elizabeth A.
Beede, for $2000.156 The property is listed as belonging to Elizabeth’s husband, John Beede, a
trader, in 1874.157
The initial trustees of Perley Putnam I’s estate were his youngest son, Elbridge G.
Putnam, and his son-in-law, William B. Brown, but Brown predeceased Putnam and Elbridge
declined the role of trustee as he had moved to Philadelphia and become a tailor.158
Consequently, John P. became his father’s trustee.
The complex nature of Perley I’s estate means that his probate runs over 200 pages. He
had $10,541 of U.S. Government bonds, $1,900 in Essex Railroad bonds, and 20 shares in the
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company worth $2,180. Putnam also held a combined $3,521 in shares
of seven banks.159 Further still, he owned shares of the Mechanic Hall Corporation, the Marine
Insurance Company, the Mad. River Railroad Company, the East Boston ferry, the Salem and
Danvers Aqueduct and the Portland, Saco, & Portsmouth Railroad. These investments added up
to $1,575.160 When all of his assets were totaled $26,737.09.161
155
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Deed 806:102, 26 Sep 1870.
156
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Deed 809:260, 7 Nov 1870.
157
MHC MACRIS, SAL.2858. “John Beede House”
158
Probate of Perley Putnam, Esq., 1864. p. 12, p. 27.
159
Ibid., p. 21. The banks were the Naumkeag Bank (12 shares), the Mercantile Bank (6 shares), the Exchange
Bank (8 shares), the Danvers Bank (3 shares), the Commercial Bank (5 shares), the Village Bank (7 shares), and the
Asiatic Bank (2 shares).
160
Ibid.
161 This
is roughly $400,000 in today’s money.
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�The funeral expenses and debts on Mr. Putnam’s estate were comparably minor: $51 to
H. & H.G. Hubon for a coffin, $36 to Smith and Manning for carriages, $14 for 2 doctors, $30
for the appraisers. $6 were spent on the flowers and $2.50 to Hezekiah Sleeper, the sexton, for
opening First Universalist Church on Rust Street for the funeral. 162
George C. Clark, former resident of 12 Andrew Street, was paid $54.30 for repairs to the
house. $29.50 was owed for groceries from James Chamberlain and James Harris, Jr. of
Chamberlain, Harris, & Co. which was located at 24 Front Street. $4.24 for milk from H.L.
Moody. $10.67 was owned to his late son-in-law Benjamin Brown for clothing.
Putnam’s physical possessions, consisting of a library, household furniture, and other
articles, came to $1019.59. They were split agreeably among the five surviving children.163
Mary Eliza Putnam, referred to in the records as “Mrs. Z.M.P. Putnam” continued to live
at 12 Andrew Street until her death in 1878. Perley II’s younger brother, John P. Putnam, was
listed as a wood dealer and lived at 10 Andrew Street in the 1860s.164
In 1866, the Salem Directory lists the inhabitants of 12 Andrew Street as Perley Putnam,
Jr. and Mrs. Z.M.P. Putnam, while next door at 10 Andrew Street reside John P. Putnam, painter,
and his wife, Mary Ann.165
By 1869, John P. and Mary Ann Putnam had moved to 86 Bridge Street where they lived
with their son George Granville Putnam, born 1852.166 George G. Putnam worked for John
162Salem
163
Directory, 1855. p. 184.
Probate of Perley Putnam, Esq., 1864. p. 20.
164 Vital
Records of Salem, Marriages, p. 231.
165
Salem Directory, 1866. p. 137.
166
Salem Directory, 1869. p. 138.
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�Chapman and Charles W. Palfray, the printers of the Salem Register, at 193 Essex Street.167 The
Salem Register had existed in Salem since 1800 and in 1869 was printed bi-weekly (Mondays
and Thursdays) for an annual subscription of $4 a year.168
As for John P.’s profession as a painter, multiple directories do not list him in their
business directory under any of the five categories they assign to painters (house and sign,
carriage, portrait, ship, sign and ornamental) nor is he listed as a supplier of paints, oils, and
glass.169
The Directory of 1874 does not list Perley Putnam but only Mrs. Z.M.P. Putnam.170 The
Atlas of Salem, released the same year, shows the house belonging to “The Heirs of P. Putnam,”
while 10 Andrew Street belonged to Mary Eliza Putnam.171
167
Ibid., p. 198.
168Ibid.,
p. 328.
169
Salem Directory, 1878. p. 196.
170
Salem Directory, 1874. p. 155.
171
Busch, Edward. Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts. From actual Survey & Official records. G.M.
Hopkins & Co. Philadelphia, 1874.
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Figure 6: Detail of the 1874 Atlas of Salem, Massachusetts.
Perley Putnam is listed as a “shoe cutter” in 1878.172 Mary Whitney Putnam died on
Christmas, 1878 and by 1880 Perley Putnam removed to Beverly.173 The 1880 census shows him
living there with his wife, Deborah, and working as a shoe cutter.174 In 1878, John P. Putnam no
longer appears at 86 Bridge Street, though Mary Ann and George P. remain.175
There were another Putnam living on Andrew Street at the same time, and he was a
distant relative. Frederick Ward Putnam, son of Ebenezer Putnam III, was the proprietor of The
Salem Press at the corner of Derby and Liberty streets and an anthropologist who served as
172
Ibid, p. 156.
173 Ward
(2016).
174
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:MH6H-QJD : 8 September 2017), Perley Putnam, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing
enumeration district ED 155, sheet 479D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives
and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0527; FHL microfilm 1,254,527.
175
Ibid., p. 154.
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�director of the Peabody Academy of Science from 1869 to 1873. Putnam, born 1839, was a
fourth-generation Harvard graduate.176177178 He was Perley Putnam I’s fourth cousin once
removed and Perley Putnam II’s fifth cousin, as both lines came from John Jutnam, son of the
family patriarch, John Putnam, a planter who died in 1710. 179
Putnam grew up at 226 Derby, then the home of his father, Ebenezer Putnam II. 180 By
1869, Eben Putnam had moved to 47 Summer Street and died there in 1876.181 Frederick Ward
Putnam built his house at 26 Andrew Street around 1868. 182
His advisor at Harvard was Louis Agassiz and Frederick Ward Putnam graduated with a
B.S. in 1862. He served in a number of curatorial posts for the natural history collections at the
Essex Institute from 1856 until 1867, when he took a job as superintendent of the Essex
Institute.183
In the 1870s, Frederick W. Putnam was the curator of the Peabody Museum of
Archeology and Ethonology in Cambridge and permanent secretary of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.184 The latter organization, organized 1848, was located at the
176 Vital
Records of Salem, Births, p. 211.
177
Perley (1926), p. 118.
178
Perley (1926), p. 118.
179
Perley (1926), p. 109.
180
Salem Directory, 1866. p. 137.
181
Salem Directory, 1869. p. 138.
182
Salem Directory, 1872. p. 154.
183 Tozzer, Alfred
M. “Biographical Memoir of Frederic Ward Putnam, 1839-1915.” National Academy of the
Sciences, 1933. pp. 125-126. Electronic. http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/
putnam-frederic.pdf
184
Salem Directory, 1876. p. 156.
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�East India Marine Hall in Salem.185 In 1881, Frederick W. Putnam moved to Cambridge
permanently, where he served as Massachusetts State Commissioner of Fish and Game.186
Putnam went on to a very distinguished career as an anthropologist and ethnologist,
establishing the nascent field in the United States. He served as president of the American
Folklore Society and the American Anthropological Association, and was elected to the National
Academy of Science in 1885. 187
The Stevens Family, 1879 to 1918
Samuel A. Stevens, a gasfitter, moved into 12 Andrew Street in 1879. His place of
business was first 273 Essex Street, where he provided gas and steam pipes and fixtures, and
then 141 Essex Street.188189 Stevens’ old office was taken by Charles A. Staten, another gas and
steam fitter who lived at 8 Mead Court and had worked with Stevens in the past.190 Stevens was
44 and had been born in Maine circa 1836. 191
185
Ibid., p. 263.
186 Tozzer
(1933), p. 126.
187 Tozzer
(1933), p. 125-138.
188
1878 Directory p. 179.
189
The Salem Directory, 1881 Containing in the City Record, Business Directory, and Street Directory, No. XIX.
Sampson, Davenport, & Co. Salem: A.A. Smith & Co. p. 214, p. 265.
190
Salem Directory 1881, p. p.213, p. 340.
191
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:MH6F-D1V : 8 September 2017), Samuel A Stevens, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing
enumeration district ED 231, sheet 616A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives
and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0532; FHL microfilm 1,254,532.
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�Figure 7: An Ad for Stevens’ gasfitting and plumbing business, 1882-3.
Stevens paid $2200 for the property from Perley Putnam III, Charles H. and Mary E.
Tibbetts, Charles I. and Frances F. Shepherd, and Rebecca A. Cook, widow. The Shepherds had
moved to Somerville, but the others were all from Salem.192 Rebecca, Frances, and Mary being
Perley Putnam III’s sisters.193
192
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Deed 1018:247. 18 Jun 1879.
193
Essex County Probate Record 51168. p. 33
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�By 1882, 10 Andrew Street next door transitioned into a multi-family home. Listed in that
year are James S. Smith, a harness maker and carriage trimmer working at 11 Church Street,
Mrs. Susan Davis, the widow of Nathaniel Davis, and William Lafavour, a mariner.194
Stevens continued to live at 12 Andrew Street with his wife Martha A. Stevens until his
death on March 22, 1898. Martha A. Stevens then owned the property as a widow until her death
in 1918.
"
Figure 8: The 1897 Atlas of Salem, showing “M.A. Stevens” as the owner of 12 Andrew Street.
The 1910 Federal Census shows Martha A. Stevens, 68 years old, widowed and living
alone at 12 Andrew Street. 195 In 1916 and 1917, the directories list Ella E. Ravell, a dressmaker,
boarding with Mrs. Stevens at 12 Andrew Street. In 1910, Ravell had been 46 years old and
194
Meek, Henry M. The Naumkeag Directory for Salem, Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, containing a list
of the Inhabitants and Business Firms of the Districts and other Matters of General and Local Interest. No. 1 –
1882-83. Salem: Henry M. Meek & Francis A. Fieldler. p. 6.
195
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:M2JJ-264 : accessed 26 November 2017), Martha A Stevens, Salem Ward 2, Essex, Massachusetts,
United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 459, sheet 15B, family 366, NARA microfilm publication T624
(Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 587; FHL microfilm 1,374,600.
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�living at 126 Main Street in Peabody with her older brother, Benjamin R. Ravel, a bookkeeper in
a coal office.196
William D. Chapple, Martha A. Stevens’ administrator, filed a petition on October 11,
1918 to register the land on Andrews Street which was granted October 25th.197198
VIII- Heffernan and Collins, 1920 to 1944
In 1918, Nellie L. Heffernan paid $2800 for 12 Andrew Street from William Chapple. 199
Around 1920, 12 Andrew Street became a two-family home. William P. Heffernan and
his wife, Nellie L., lived on one side of 12 Andrew Street at that time, while Richard J. Collins
and his wife, Alice L. lived on the other.200 Heffernan was a constable in Wenham and in 1916 he
and Nellie had lived at 53 St. Peter’s Street.201 Heffernan was a second-generation Irish
immigrant born in Massachusetts in 1871. His father, John Heffernan, and his mother, Bridget
196
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:M2JF-Y6G : accessed 26 November 2017), Ella E Ravel in household of Benjamin P Ravel, Peabody,
Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 444, sheet 4B, family 86, NARA
microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 587; FHL
microfilm 1,374,600.
197
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Petition 2400:339. 11 Oct 1918
198
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Document 2398:579. 25 Oct 1918.
199
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #5598. 10/29/2017.
200
Directory for Salem and Beverly, Containing an Alphabetical List of the Inhabitants and the Business Firms of
the District, Street and Householders Directories, and Other Miscellaneous Matters for each City. Naumkeag
Series- No. 27. Salem, Massachusetts: Henry M. Meek Publishing Co., 1920. p. 286.
201
The Naumkeag Directory for Salem, Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, and Peabody, Containing an Alphabetical
List of the Inhabitants and the Business Firms of the District, Street and Householders Directories, and Other
Miscellaneous Matters for each City. Naumkeag Series- No. 24. Salem, Massachusetts: Henry M. Meek Publishing
Co., 1916, p. 289.
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�McGinn, both emigrated from Ireland.202 In 1900, he was working as a shoe cutter and living at
14 Skerry Street. Nellie L. married John in 1898 and in October of that year they had a daughter,
Marion V. Nellie’s father was from Ireland and her mother from Nova Scotia, she was born in
Massachusetts in 1877.203
Collins was a lieutenant in the Salem Fire Department and had previously lived with
Alice at 18 Howard Street.204 In 1924, the Salem Electric Lighting Company sold wiring material
and fixtures to 12 Andrew Street for $200.205
Salem had first appointed fire wardens in 1744 to take charge of firefighting efforts and
bucket lines.206The Salem Fire Department after the Great Salem Fire consisted of several
Engine Companies spread out around the city. By 1916, there were 2 chief’s cars and a twoplatoon system was implemented in 1919. The Fire Department was reorganized with the
following divisions after the Great Salem Fire:207
Auto Chemical #1 and Engines #1 and #3– Church Street
Engine #2 – North Street
Engines #4 and Ladder #1 – Essex Street
202
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Document 43830, under Registered Land. Death certificate for William P.
Heffernan.
203
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:M9RD-SPD : accessed 30 November 2017), William Heffernan, Salem city Ward 2, Essex,
Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 444, sheet 7B, family 148, NARA microfilm
publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm
1,240,647.
204
Salem Directory, 1916. p. 220.
205
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Document 2612:211. 29 Sep 1924.
206 Tuffs,
Edward R. A History of the Salem Fire Department. Salem: Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company, 1975.
Print. p. 5.
207 Tuffs
(1975), p. 65-67.
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�Engine #5- Wisteria Street
Engine #6- Webb Street
Ladder #2- Bridge Street
The chief from 1915 until 1930 was Howard C. Kimball. Edward R. Tuffs, in his brief
history of the Fire Department of Salem, notes that between 1921 and 1935 the only major
change in the department had been moving ladder #2 to North Street.208
The City Documents of Salem, 1924, list Collins as the captain of Ladder Company #1.
The Department consisted of 59 permanent firemen and 37 call men in eight companies. Their
total expenses that year were $134,906.44, an amount that stayed relatively constant throughout
the 1920s. The department received 622 alarms, more than 100 of which came in December.209
As captain of Ladder Company #1, Collins lead a lieutenant, James A. Brennan, and eight
permanent privates. 210
1925 saw 652 alarms, the highest of any year yet, and a staggering increase from the 140
alarms reported in 1900 and the 138 reported in 1901.211 This was surpassed by 653 alarms in
1927, 819 alarms in 1929, and 903 alarms in 1931! 212213 Of the fires in town in 1926, the largest
causes were grass (99 fires), dump (51 fires), automobile (45 fires), chimney (42 fires) and
208 Tuffs
(1975), p. 67.
209
Salem City Documents, 1924. Salem: Deschamps Brothers, 1925. Print. pp. 45-51.
210
Salem City Documents, 1925. Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, 1926. Print. p. 7.
211
Salem City Documents, 1926. Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, 1927. Print. pp. 97-98.
212
Salem City Documents, 1927. Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, 1928. Print. p. 57.
213
Salem City Documents, 1931. Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, 1932. Print. p. 72.
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�carelessness with matches (38 fires).214 1927 saw 183 grass fires and a fire caused by a mop!215
In 1929 the number of grass fires climbed to 270.216
James S. Koen became the chief of the Salem Fire Department in 1932 and died
December 31, 1933.217218 Joseph H. Flynn, the captain of Ladder Company #2 in 1931 before
being promoted to Deputy Chief, took over the force as acting director in 1933. The number of
calls had fallen back to 647 alarms, of which only 99 were caused by grass and 60 by
automobiles.219
In 1935, Richard Collins became the captain of Engine Company #1.220
In 1924, Heffernan was listed as both a constable and inspector in Wenham.221 In 1933,
William Heffernan became a caretaker.222 The 1935 poll listing for Salem notes that both Nellie
and Alice were housekeepers. 223
214
Salem City Documents, 1926. pp. 95-96.
215
Salem City Documents, 1927. p. 57.
216
Salem City Documents, 1929. Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, 1929.
217
Salem City Documents, 1932. Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, 1933. Print. p. 68.
218
Salem City Documents, 1933. Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, 1934. Print. p. 35.
219
Ibid, pp. 40-41.
220
Salem City Documents, 1935. Salem: Deschamps Brothers, 1936.
221
Directory for Salem and Beverly, Containing an Alphabetical List of the Inhabitants and the Business Firms of
the District, Street and Householders Directories, and Other Miscellaneous Matters for each City. Naumkeag
Series- No. 31. Salem, Massachusetts: Henry M. Meek Publishing Co., 1924. p. 251, p. 354.
222
Salem Directory, 1933-34. p. 194.
223
1935 Poll Listing, p. 12.
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�"
Figure 9: The 1938 Atlas of Salem showing 12 Andrew Street.
The 1938 Atlas of Salem shows an automobile garage which no longer stands and which
was not present in the 1911 Atlas, likely built by Heffernan and Collins and then removed by
later owners.
The 1940 Federal Census lists no profession for William Heffernan but notes that Collins
made $3000 a year as deputy fire chief. 224 Chief Joseph H. Flynn retired in July of 1940 after 40
years in the department and Arthur L. Flynn replaced him. Collins was one of two deputy chiefs
with James P. Buckley.225
In 1941, Collins became acting chief of the department and deputy chief again the
following year according to the Salem Directories, but he remains the deputy chief until 1949
224
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:K4XL-Q66 : accessed 28 November 2017), William Heffernan, Ward 2, Salem, Salem City, Essex,
Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-339, sheet 13B, line 54, family 280, Sixteenth
Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1589.
225
Salem City Documents, 1940. Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, 1940. Print. pp. 75-76.
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�according to the official city records.226227 Richard Collins retired from the Fire Department
February 3, 1949.228
By 1941, Heffernan had died and Nellie continued living at 12 Andrew Street until
1943.229 The Collins moved out in the same period and the house had a quick turnover of
inhabitants for the next two decades.
IX- 1944 to 1963
In April 1943, Mary E. Mallon purchased 12 Andrew Street from Nellie E. Heffernan.230
Philip J. O’Connor, a stock accumulator at General Electric in Lynn, and his wife, Olga,
were living on one side of 12 Andrew Street. Henry J. Mallon, who worked at the “Silver
Anchor,” a location of indeterminate significance, and his wife, Mary E., lived on the other
side.231
The following year, the Mallons remained but O’Connor had been replaced with Maurice
J. Lynch and his wife, Virginia. Lynch was a laborer at Greenlawn Cemetery.232 In 1946, the
Lynches were replaced with John H. Sweeney, an operator for the Boston & Maine Railroad, and
226
Salem Directory, 1941. p. 139.
227
Ibid., p. 139.
228
Salem City Documents, 1949. Salem: Deschamps Brothers, 1950. Print. p. 39.
229
Ibid., p. 307.
230
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #43830. 23 Apr 1943.
231
Salem Directory, 1944. p. 197, p. 231.
232
Salem Directory, 1945, p. 196.
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�his wife, Anna.233 Anna M. worked as a milliner.234 In 1946, the Mallons moved away and
Clifford E. Stone, a bus operator, and his wife, Jane, moved in. 235236
In 1948, the Sweeneys remained but Edwin and Anna M. Beausoliel moved in. The
Beausoleils bought their unit from the Stones.237 Edwin was a leather worker and Anna was a
housekeeper.238239 In 1952, Beverly Savings Bank repossessed the house.240
In 1953, the Sweeneys moved to 2 Hodges Court.241 The Beausoliels moved to 10 Liberty
Street and 12 Andrew Street was vacant in 1954 and 1955.242243
Gardner C. and Mary E. Lee purchased 12 Andrew Street from the United States
Department of Veterans’ Affairs in February of 1954. 244
Gardner C. Lee was proprietor of Lee’s Aluminum Window Co. and his wife Mary E. Lee
on one side and Arthur Callahan, a salesman, and his wife Alice S. Callahan on the other.245 The
233
Salem Directory, 1946 p. 283.
234
Salem Poll Listing, 1952, p. 10.
235
Salem Directory, 1947, p. 300.
236
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #49969. 19 Jul 1946.
237
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #53009. 10 Oct 1947.
238
Salem Directory, 1948. p. 287.
239
Salem Poll Listing, 1952, p. 10.
240
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #66570. 23 Sep 1952.
241
Salem Directory, 1953. P. 31, p. 285.
242
Salem Directory, 1954, p. 310.
243
Salem Directory, 1955, p. 318.
244
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #71022. 25 Feb 1954.
245
Salem Directory, 1956. p. 51, p. 166.
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�following year, the Callahans moved from Salem and the Gardners remained.246 The Lees
defaulted on their mortgage and the home was sold by Salem Cooperative Bank in September of
1957.247
In 1958, the house was vacant again.248 Gardner C. Lee died in 1959 in an automobile
accident on the Maine Turnpike outside Wells, Maine. The car he was in crashed into a tree late
in the evening on January 15, killing himself and fellow veteran, Paul Leo Doldt of Nahant. Both
men were about 40 years old.249
In 1958, 12 Andrew Street was home to John W. Donald and James M. Langlois.
Donald purchased the property in July of 1958.250 Langlois was a carpenter who worked for
George F. Abbot & Son (general contractors and architects on Jefferson Avenue) and lived with
his wife, Joan M.251 Donald lived with his wife was retired at age 66. His wife, Josephine G.
Donald, worked as a nurse.252 The Donalds first appear in Salem in 1957, living at 4 Buffum
Street.253 In 1959, a Mary Lyons, aged 50, moved to 12 Andrew Street from Beverly Farms.254 In
1960, only the Donalds are listed. 255
246
Salem Directory, 1957. p. 257.
247
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #83786. 26 Sep 1957.
248
Salem Poll Listing, 1958. p. 10.
249
“Doldt, Paul Leo.” Findagrave. Electronic. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131450325
250
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #863551. 18 Jul 1958.
251
Salem Directory, 1959. p. 257, p. 109.
252
Salem Poll Listing, 1960, p. 9.
253
Salem Directory, 1957. p. 181.
254
Ibid.
255
Salem Directory, 1960. p. 452.
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�The 1961 Directory lists the Donalds and Mary E. Lyons, the widow of John. Lyons
works as a conference secretary for Civil Defense.256 Only the Donalds are listed again in 1962
and 1963257258 In October of 1962, ownership was transferred solely to Josephine Donald.259
X. The Soniers, 1963 to 1985
In 1963, Edward Sonier, a 33-year-old electrical technician and his wife, Dorothy, a 35year-old housewife, moved from Falmouth to live at 12 Andrew alongside the Donalds.260 The
Soniers had four daughters: Sarah L., born 1953, Barbara G., born 1954, Marian E., born 1956,
and Kathryn, born 1960.261262263 A son, Kenneth E., was born in 1964 shortly after the family
moved to Salem.264 Another son, Robert W., was born in 1966.265
In January of 1964, the Soniers purchased 12 Andrew Street from Josephine Donald. 266
256
Salem Directory, 1961, p. 179.
257
Salem Directory, 1962, p. 206.
258
Salem Directory, 1963, p. 200.
259
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #103040. 5 Oct 1962.
260
Salem Poll Listing, 1964, p. 8.
261
Salem Poll Listing, 1971, p. 23.
262
Salem Poll Listing, 1973, p. 22.
263
Salem Poll Listing, 1978, p. unnumbered.
264
Salem Poll Listing, 1982, p. 22.
265
Salem Poll Listing, 1984, p. 24.
266
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #109322. 17 Jan 1964.
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�By 1967, only the Soniers are listed and Edward had become a teacher.267 In 1974,
Dorothy became a nurse, Edward a purchasing agent, and Sarah a salesgirl.268 In 1975, Marian
became a computer operator. 269 The following year, Edward became plant manager.270 From
1980 to 1982, Kathryn worked as a waitress then moved away from home.271 In 1985, Edward
was retired at age 55, Dorothy was still working as a nurse, Kenneth was working in electronics,
and Robert was a student. 272 In that year, they moved from Salem.
XI- Inhabitants 1985 to Present
After the Soniers’ departure, the home was again a backdrop for a revolving cast of
young professionals. John J. Suldenski of 11 Mason Street purchased the home from Edward
Sonier in April of 1984 for $85,000.273 A year later, Suldenski named the property the “John
Clark Condominium” with two residential units and created the “John Clark Condominium
Trust.”274 Suldenski also created the “Thirty Five Andrew Street Condominium” in 1986 at 35
Andrew Street and by 1991 had created a condominium at 15 Andrew Street as well.275276
267
Salem Poll Listing, 1968, p. 20.
268
Salem Poll Listing, 1974, p. 16.
269
Salem Poll Listing, 1975, p. unnumbered.
270
Salem Poll Listing, 1976, p. unnumbered.
271
Salem Poll Listing, 1982, p. 22.
272
Salem Poll Listing, 1985, p. 33.
273
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #201104. 5 Apr 1985.
274
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #201547. 29 Apr 1985.
275
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 8609:518. 5 Nov 1986.
276
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 10796:048. 17 May 1991.
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�Charles Kahn Schneider, a 66-year old college professor, and Joan Kahn Schneider, a 56year old minister, moved into Unit #2 of 12 Andrew Street in 1985.277 The couple purchased the
property from Suldenski in December of 1985 for $140,000.278 By 1987, the couple was living in
Kirtland, Ohio. Joan was ordained as a Unitarian Universalist minister in 1981 in Cincinnati,
Ohio. She served as Director of UUA Ministerial Education in Boston while living in Salem.
Charles had been a chemist for Mead Paper Company before becoming a professor of Chemistry.
Over the course of their lives, the couple lived in Farmington, Michigan, Mentor, Ohio, Albany,
New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Joan also served as the
president of the Ministerial Sisterhood Unitarian Universalist. Charles passed away at the age of
86 in August 2006.279 Joan passed away at the age of 86 in June of 2017.280
In October of 1985, Suldenski sold Unit #1 to Kathleen A. Weslock for $113,000.281 In
December 1986, Ann Marie Marr purchased Unit #1 of 12 Andrew Street from Kathleen
Weslock for $139,000.282
In 1986, 12 Andrew Street was home to Marr, a 32-year-old registered nurse, Vincent S.
Caprio, Jr., a 29-year-old financial planner, and Alexandra McCagg, a 27-year-old art teacher.283
277
Salem Poll Listing, 1986, p. 33.
278
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #207533. 3 Jan 1985.
279
Elderberries- The Newsletter of the Unitarian Universalist Retired Ministers and Partners Association, Vol.
XXII. November 2006, Number 1. Electronic. p. 8
280
King, Allison. “In Loving Memory of JOAN KAHN-SCHNEIDER (1930 – 2017)” 22 Aug 2017, Accessed 22
Nov 2017. Electronic. http://www.uuma.org/blogpost/569858/283271/In-Loving-Memory-of-JOAN-KAHNSCHNEIDER-1930--2017
281
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #205365. 11 Oct 1985.
282
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #219491. 22 Dec 1986.
283
Salem Poll Listing, 1987, p. 35.
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�McCagg purchased Unit #2 from the Kahn Schneiders in July of 1986 for $165,000.284 In 1988,
only Marr and Caprio remained.285 In 1989, Marr and Barry K. Johnson, a 37-year-old processor,
are listed in Unit 1 and McCagg in Unit 2. 286
In June of 1989, James E. Gaull purchased Unit #1 from Marr for $139,500. 287
In 1990, McCagg still lived in Unit 2 and Gaull, a 27-year-old programming analyst,
lived in Unit 1.288
In 1991 and 1992, Unit 1 was home to Gaull and the Glicks: Melanie B., a 36-year-old
waitress, and Stephen A., a 38-year-old salesman.289 Unit 2 houses Joseph F. Deamelio, a 43year-old worker at General Electric and Candy Derian, aged 25 and self-employed.290 In 1993,
James E. Gaull was joined by Paula Gaull, 32-years old with a profession listed as “At Home.”
Derian and Deamelio still lived in Unit 2 until 1996, when Derian moved out and Margaret E.
Anderson moved in with Deamelio.291 Pamela Kaplan, a 38-year-old tax manager, moved into
Unit 1 in 1994.292 In 1995, Erik Dahlquist and Patricia M. Hanley, both airline employees,
moved into Unit 1.293 They purchased the property November 1995 from James E. Gaull and
284
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #214301. 29 July 1986.
285
Salem Poll Listing, 1988, p. 33.
286
Salem Poll Listing, 1989, p. 33.
287
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #246142. 29 Jun 1989.
288
Salem Poll Listing, 1990, p. 31.
289
Salem Poll Listing, 1991, p. 33.
290
Ibid.
291
Salem Poll Listing, 1993, p. 25.
292
Salem Poll Listing, 1994, p. 29.
293
Salem Poll Listing, 1996, p. 26.
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�Paula J. Bramberg Gaull for $104,000. 294 In 1996, Philip B. White and Paul-Emmanuel Coudert
paid $125,000 for Unit #2 from Alexandra McCagg.295
In 1999, Philip B. White, age 38, moved into Unit 2 and Coleby G. Mantz, a 29-year-old
marketing manager, moved into Unit 1.296 Mantz paid $119,000 for the unit, buying it from
Hanley and Dahlquist. 297 In 2002, Coudert transferred ownership of Unit #2 solely to Philip B.
White.298 White lived in Unit 2 until 2007, when Jill Koran Kelley, an attorney, and Ryan C.
Mastro, purchased it from him for $313,000.299300 In January, 2011, Kelley and Mastro moved
out and Michelle and Peter Hollingworth, both retired, moved into Unit 2.301 On September 12th,
2014, Laxmi and Jason Tierney purchased Unit #2 for $339,000.302 Mantz and her spouse,
Edward T. Mancini, sold Unit #1 to David Sweeney for $307,000 three days later.303
294
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #205365. 12 Jan 1995.
295
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #320458. 25 June 1996.
296
Salem Poll Listing, 1999, p. 27.
297
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #350431. 10 Nov 1998.
298
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #410862. 23 Dec 2002.
299
Salem Poll Listing, 2008, p. 17.
300
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #484974. 12 Dec 2007.
301
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #516667. 10 Jan 2011.
302
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #555502. 12 Sep 2014.
303
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Registered Land Document #555529. 15 Sep 2014.
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�XII- Conclusion
Over the nearly four centuries of Salem’s history, the land around 12 Andrew Street
transitioned from agricultural uses in the seventeenth century to industrial uses in the eighteentha tannery and ropewalks- then to a residential neighborhood early in the nineteenth century.
Benjamin Browne, a wealthy gentleman, sold lots on Andrew Street beginning in 1802. It was in
1804 that Abiezer Washburn purchased a lot and built a house on the site, and not John Clark, as
previously believed. The Clarks owned the property until 1855, when the Putnams, who had built
the house next door, moved in. The Putnams, Eliza and her son Perley, lived there until the end
of the 1870s, when gasfitter Samuel A. Stevens and then his widow, Martha A. owned the
property.
At the end of the Stevens ownership, it became a two-family house with a constantly
changing series of inhabitants. Throughout its whole existence, the house’s inhabitants remained
solidly middle-class. It was home to the deputy chief of the Salem Fire Department, a Wenham
constable, a stock accumulator for GE during World War II, the manager of a plant in the late
1970s, and a professor and minister in the 1980s. Recently, it has been the home of short-term
young tenants with jobs in education or business.
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�APPENDICES
Appendix A: Table of Ownership of 12 Andrew Street, 1804-1985
Owner
Period Owned
Price Paid
Abiezer Washburn
Sep. 1804-1805
$257
John & Sarah Clark
Jan. 1805-1855
$640 (Valuation 1850: $1800)
Perley Putnam
May 1855-June 1879
$ 11 4 0 ( Va l u a t i o n 1 8 6 4 :
$1900)
Samuel A. & Martha A. June 1879-Oct. 1918
$2200
Stevens
Nellie L. Heffernan
Oct. 1918-April 1943
$2800
Mary E. Mallon
April 1943-July 1946
$3500
Clifford E. & Jane E. Stone
July 1946-Oct. 1947
Edward & Anna Beausoliel
Oct.1947-Sep 1952
Gardner C. & Mary E. Lee
Feb 1954-Sep. 1957
John & Josephine Donald
July 1958-Jan. 1964
Edward & Dorothy E. Sonier
Jan. 1964-April 1984
John J. Suldenski
April 1984-Oct. 1985 (Unit $85,000
#1) & Dec. 1985 (Unit #2)
Appendix B: Table of Ownership of 12 Andrew Street, Unit #1, 1985-Present
Kathleen A. Weslock (Unit Oct. 1985-Dec. 1986
$113,000
#1)
Ann Marie Marr (Unit #1)
Dec. 1986-June 1989
$139,000
James E. & Paula J. Gaull June 1989-Dec. 1995
$139,500
(Unit #1)
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�Patricia Hanley & Erik Dec. 1995-Nov. 1998
$103,000
Dahlquist (Unit #1)
Coleby Mantz (Unit #1)
Nov. 1998-Sep. 2014
$119,000
David Sweeney (Unit #1)
Sep. 2014-Present
$307,000
Appendix C: Table of Ownership of 12 Andrew Street, Unit #2, 1985-Present
Charles H. & Joan Kahn Dec. 1985-July 1986
$140,000
Schneider
Alexandra McCagg
July 1986-June 1996
$165,000
Pierre-Emmanuel Coudert & June 1996-Dec. 2007
$125,000
Philip B. White
Ryan C. Mastro & Jill Kelley
Michelle
&
Dec. 2007-Jan. 2011
$313,000
P e t e r Jan. 2011-Sep. 2014
$315,000
Hollingworth
Laxmi & Jason Tierney
Sep. 2014-Present
$339,000
Appendix D: The Builders and Approximate Dates of the Houses on Andrew Street
#
Builder (Profession)
Year
4
Charles Miller (Merchant), as a stable
1877
6
William Ropes (Tinman)
1807
7-9
Likely Samuel Tibbets (Bricklayer)
1803
8
Samuel Masury, Jr. (Mariner)
c. 1802
10-10½
Perley Putnam (Housewright)
1803-5
11
Either Timothy Tibbets (Bricklayer) or Benjamin Babbidge (Mariner)
1805 or
1809
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�12
Abiezer Washburn (Housewright)
1804
13
John Brooks (Carpenter)
c. 1845
14
James Brooks (Housewright)
c. 1805
15
John Battis (Cooper)
c. 1870
16-18
Lemuel Payson (Hatter)
1808
17
Perhaps Benjamin Babbidge (Mariner)
c. 1805
19
Nathan Johnson (Cordwainer) and Levi Macomber (Bricklayer)
1805-6
20
Samuel Henderson (Shipwright)
c. 1804
21
Unknown
1810-20
22
Laommi Coburn (Mason)
1804-8
23
Likely John Fairfield (Merchant)
c. 1807
24
John Fairfield (Merchant)
1806
25-27
Unknown
1881
26
Frederick W. Putnam (Printer & Curator)
c. 1868
29
Jonathan Tucker (Weigher)
c. 1855
30
John Henry Carey (Merchant)
1879
33-35
Aaron Nourse (Clerk)
c. 1850
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4 Andrew Street
Built as a stable for
Isabella C. Miller
1877
Converted to dwelling
after Great Salem Fire
1914
Research Provided by
Michael Redfern
August 2018
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
978.745.0799 | HistoricSalem.org
© 2018
�Chain of Title, 4 Andrew Street, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Date Recorded
Grantor(s)
Nathaniel Silsbee of Salem,
November 28, 1832 Merchant
April 6, 1859 Nathaniel Silsbee Jr.
Grantee(s)
Source
Document Book or Vol. Page
$1,000 "A lot of land situated in Salem aforesaid..."
Isabella C. Miller, wife of Charles
H. Miller of Salem, Merchant
"a certain parcel of land situate on the corner
of Pleasant and Andrew Streets in said
$1,000 Salem..."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
Caroline L. Brown, wife of Frank
March 3, 1891 Isabella C. Miller of Salem, widow A. Brown of Salem
Frank A. Brown & Caroline L.
May 6, 1926 Brown, his wife
Consideration Conveyance of
Nathaniel Silsbee Jr. of Salem,
Merchant
"one dollar and
other valuable
considerations
paid"
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
268
43
585
"as her sole and separate
property free from all
interference or control by
90 her said husband..."
1303
63
"Being a portion of the
premises conveyed to
said Caroline L. Brown by
43 Isabella C Miller..."
"the land in said Salem, together with the
buildings thereon..."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
2679
October 15, 1929 Francis Brown
Florence A. Woodbury, Annie E.
Woodbury, & Grace A. Woodbury, "consideration
all unmarried, of Salem
paid"
"the land in said SALEM, together with the
buildings thereon..."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
2825
424
October 10, 1960 Annie Endicott Woodbury
William J. Toomey & Emma G.
Toomey, husband & wife, of
Salem
"consideration
paid"
"the land in said Salem, together with the
buildings thereon..."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
4710
405
Lucille S. Almquist of Salem
"consideration
paid"
"the land in said Salem, Essex County,
Massachusetts together with the buildings
thereon..."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
5194
62
Claud W. Ashcraft & Phyllis G.
Ashcraft, husband & wife, of
Salem
"consideration
paid"
"the land with the buildings thereon, situated
on Andrew Street in said Salem..."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
5275
342
Robert L. Scagliotti & Nackey
Scagliotti, husband & wife
"the land with buildings thereon situated at 4
Andrew Street, Essex County, Salem,
$24,000 Massachusetts..."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
5711
263
Jacqueline Nangle
"the land with buildings thereon situated at 4
Andrew Street, Essex County, Salem,
$45,300 Massachusetts..."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
6228
667
Judith E. Whitney & Barbara E.
Harrison
"the land in Salem, Essex County,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the
buildings thereon situated at 4 Andrew
$56,000 Street..."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
6549
370
"the land in Salem, Essex County,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the
buildings thereon situated at 4 Andrew
$21,955 Street..."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
6829
428
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
9811
162
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
9842
14
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
10935
361
William J. Toomey & Emma G.
August 3, 1964 Toomey
June 10, 1965 Lucille S. Almquist
Claud W. Ashcraft & Phyllis G.
September 11, 1970 Ashcraft
Robert L. Scagliotti & Nackey
April 1, 1976 Scagliotti
December 15, 1978 Jacqueline Nangle
Francis Brown of Salem
Barbara E. Harrison, AKA Barbara
E. Whitney & Judith E. Hanson,
Wayne D. Hanson & Judith E.
formerly Judith E. Whitney, of
Hanson, husband & wife, of
June 12, 1981 Nahant
Nahant
"consideration
paid"
a "parcel of land, with all buildings thereon,
situated in said Salem..."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
Notes
Wayne D. Hanson & Judith E.
December 8, 1988 Hanson
Mortgage Corporation of New
England
"the land in Salem, Essex County,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the
buildings thereon situated at 4 Andrew
$395,000 Street..."
Mortgage Corporation of New
December 30, 1988 England
Robert W. Dick, Trustee of the
Acquisition and Holding Trust
"4 Andrew Street, Salem, MA, bounded and
$250,000 described as follows..."
John J. Heaney, Trustee of the
September 6, 1991 Acquisition and Holding Trust
Fred Whitney & Carol Whitney,
husband & wife
"the following described premises known as
4 Andrew Street, Salem, Essex County,
$147,000 Massachusetts..."
�Inventory No:
SAL.2751
Historic Name:
Miller, Charles Stable
Common Name:
Brown, C. L. - Sweetser, Abbie and Mary House
Address:
4 Andrew St
City/Town:
Salem
Village/Neighborhood:
Salem Common
Local No:
35-534
Year Constructed:
1877
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):
Second Empire
Use(s):
Out Building; Single Family Dwelling House
Significance:
Agriculture; Architecture
Area(s):
SAL.HW: Salem Common Historic District
Designation(s):
Nat'l Register District (05/12/1976)
Building Materials(s):
Roof: Slate
Wall: Vinyl Siding; Wood
Foundation: Granite; Stone, Uncut
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�FORM B - BUILDING
N R D I S 5/12/76
Assessor's number
USGS Quad
35-534
Town
Form Number
Area(s)
Salem
2751
HW
Salem
Place (neighborhood or village) Salem Common
Address
4 Andrew Street
Historic Name
Misses Sweetser House
(Charles Miller Stable)
Uses: Present
Residential
Original
Stable
Date of Construction
Source
1877
Building permits
Style/Form
Second Empire
Architect/Builder
unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation
Stone
Wall/Trim
V i n y l Siding
Roof
Slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
none
M a j o r Alterations (with dates) 1914 - carriage house
converted to residential use; c. 1980 - vinyl siding
Condition
good
Moved
no
Acreage
Setting
R e c o r d e d by
Lisa Mausolf
Organization
Salem Planning Department
Date (month/year) M a r c h 1998
R E C E I V E D
Follow Massachusetts Histo,r^^lo^i^s^/t^irvey
O
yes
Date
3684 S F
densely built-up residential neighborhood of
19th -20th century buildings, east o f Washington
Common
Manual instructions for completing this form.
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�B U I L D I N G F O R M (4 Andrew Street)
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
Functioning as a stable until the early 20th century, 4 Andrew Street is a single-story dwelling capped b y a mansard roof with
a bellcast profile, sheathed in slate fishscale shingles. The building rests on foundation o f uncut mortared stone and is
sheathed i n vinyl siding. The projecting eaves display a wide frieze and are adorned by paired scroll brackets. The main
entrance is located at the northeast corner o f the house and is sheltered by a recessed porch supported by a single Roman
Doric column resting on a wooden deck. The wooden door has 3 x 3 lights in the upper half and is fitted with a wooden
storm door. Adjacent to the entrance is a pair of 6/6 windows with a molded surround and shutters. The shed dormer on the
front roof slope has a set o f three windows consisting of two 6/6 sash with a narrow 4/4 window in the center. The remaining
windows on the building include individual 6/6 sash as well as sets o f three, a l l o f which are framed b y shutters. The dormers
similarly display a variety o f types and include two pedimented dormers with 6/6 and a central gable dormer with an 8/8
window on the west elevation. A n additional shed dormer is located on the east elevation.
The house is set directly on the sidewalk with a driveway extending to the west o f the house. A stockade fence encloses the
modest yard.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Describe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building and
the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community.
Originally a stable for the adjacent property at what is now 96 Washington Square East, this building was constructed for
Charles M i l l e r i n 1877. According to building permits, M i l l e r was granted a permit for a 1 1/2-story building with a "French
r o o f , measuring 24 x 44 feet. M i l l e r was a merchant with a store at 170 1/2 Essex Street. B y 1897 the Washington Square
East property was owned by C . L . B r o w n and occupied by Frank A . Brown. It appears that the building was renovated for
residential use at the time o f the Salem 1914 fire. In 1914 the adjacent property at 96 Washington Square East, including this
building, was owned by Frank Brown, assistant manager of the National Lead Company. H e apparently renovated his barn
for Misses Abbie and M a r y Sweetser, who formerly lived at 185 Lafayette Street but were left homeless by the fire. The
1914 directory shows the sisters to be living at 30 Pleasant Street, apparently awaiting the completion o f 4 Andrew Street.
After M a r y Sweetser passed away in 1919, Abbie Sweetser continued to live here until her death i n 1922. Soon thereafter the
property was occupied by several people until 1930 when it was acquired by Florence Woodbury who continued to live here
into the 1950s. Annie Woodbury was in residence in the 1960s.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y and/or R E F E R E N C E S
City o f Salem, Building Permits, 1871-1889.
Hopkins, G . M . Atlas o f Salem. Massachusetts. Philadelphia: 1874.
Mclntyre, Henry C . E . M a p o f the C i t y o f Salem. Philadelphia: 1851.
Richards, L . J . Atlas o f the C i t y o f Salem. Massachusetts. 1897.
Salem C i t y Directories, 1836-1970.
Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company. Atlas o f the City o f Salem. Massachusetts. Boston: 1911.
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attached a completed
National Register Criteria Statement form.
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Andrew Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
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4 Andrew Street, Salem, MA 01970
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House history
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An account of the resource
Built as a stable for
Isabella C. Miller
1877
Converted to dwelling
after Great Salem Fire
1914
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
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1877, 1914, 2018
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Michael Redfern
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English
1877
1914
2018
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Andrew
Great Salem Fire
Isabella
Massachusetts
Miller
Salem
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HISTORIC
SALEM INC
8 Andrew Street
Built for
Captain Samuel Masury, circa 1804, Mariner
Researched by Joyce King, 2002.
Historic Salem Inc.
The Bowditch House
9 North Street, Salem, MA, 01970
(978) 745-0799 I HistoricSalem.org
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Built for Captain Samuel Masury Jun" mariner Circa
1804
8 Andrew Street RATING: THREE. PERIOD: FEDERAL
"Siding over the clapboards and a pediment supported by metal braces conceal the Federal
characteristics of this house. Under the pediment the front door is framed by pilasters and a
fanlight. Evidently the house was built by Captain Samuel Masury. According to B.F. Browne,
this house was plastered on the outside at first -- an innovation in Salem at that time-- but the
plaster did not stand up and was removed, being replaced with clapboards." (Historic District
Study 2:1)
"Benjamin F. Browne in an article in the Essex Institute Historical Collections said that the
land now Andrew Street was first owned by Captain Joseph Gardner, who was slain fighting
the Narragansett Indians in 1675. It was then sold to Joseph Andrew, whose grandson sold it
about 1780 to William Browne, who had a tannery here until 1802 when he opened up Andrew
Street and sold house lots. Mr. Browne mentions that when he was young, water came up to
Milk Street occasionally and that there was a spring east of the street and a stone wall at the
end of it by Cove (Webb Street did not exist then)." (Historic District Study 2:1)
As mentioned above, William Brown (also Browne) and his son, Benjamin, carried on a
tannery business on their large parcel ofland. An entry in Rev. William Bentley's diary, on
September 3, 1812, details the life of William Browne. "Died-William Browne, a Deacon,
Warden of the Second Church, aet 79 ... In his youth he learned the Taylor's trade & was
distinguished by the name of his occupation from the W. B. of the first family in Salem. He
practiced his trade for many years at the head of Union wharf in a small building belonging to
the Browne estate ... Br. Browne then removed to a shop which he bought upon a water lot at
the foot of Curtis street below Derby street,_& he purchased a
house in Curtis street in which he lived above 30 years & in which he died. By engaging in a
little shop & of an uncommon economy, he retailed groceries & kept boarders till he
purchased the part of the Andrew Estate eastward of Washington Square, of the Town swamp
above the Common. Here he carried on the Tanning business for several years with one of his
Sons & upon the rise of real estate he laid out Andrew street &still possesses several lots &
dwelling houses as well as other buildings upon it. He married three times & had three
excellent wives." " He was small in person, active, & on Monday
___ last was in every pa_!! of town. He said, since a tum last winter, he was often faint & he · · fainted
last week in his field. His indisposition last winter seemed lethargic inclining to paralysis but
without any visible effect after his recovery. It was of the same kind when he died. He lay
Tuesday & Wednesday in sensible & died this day at 11 a.m. A man of the best affections to
his family ~ much maligned." (Bentley 4: 113)
Research'by, Joyce King
February 2002
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8 Andrew Street, Salem, Massachusetts, 01970
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House History
Description
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Built circa 1804, for Captain Samuel Masury, Mariner. Documents provided are of research conduction on house; formal house history unavailable. Plaque was granted after research was presented by homeowner; no formal house history on record.
Creator
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc. House Histories
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
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Circa 1804, 2002.
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Joyce King
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English
1804
2002
8
Andrew Street
Captain Samuel Masury
Joyce King
Salem Massachusetts
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Andrew Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
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Title
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8 Andrew Street, Salem, MA, 01970
Subject
The topic of the resource
House History
Description
An account of the resource
Built for
Captain Samuel Masury
circa 1804
Mariner
Creator
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Historic Salem Inc.
Source
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Historic Salem Inc. house histories
Publisher
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Historic Salem Inc.
Date
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Built circa 1804
House history completed 2002
Contributor
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Joyce King
Language
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English
1804
2002
8 Andrew Street
Captain Samuel Masury
Mariner
Massachusetts
Masury
Salem