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118 North Street
Built for
Joseph Baldwin
Carpenter
& the Misses Baldwin
Harriet B. & Caroline Baldwin
Bookkeepers
c.1841
Research Provided by
Amy Kellett
2020
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
978.745.0799 | HistoricSalem.org
© 2020
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118 NORTH ST. SALEM, MASS.
SUGGESTED HISTORIC PLAQUE TEXT:
Joseph Baldwin
c.1841
Carpenter
OPTIONAL PLAQUE DETAILS:
the Misses Baldwin
Harriet B. & Caroline Baldwin
Bookkeepers
CHAIN OF TITLE (DEEDS) — SOUTHERN ESSEX CO. REGISTRY OF DEEDS
1. 1840 — Book 318; Page 85 — Gorham BURNHAM to Joseph BALDWIN
2. 1940 — Book 3221; Page 450 — Est. of Harriet B. BALDWIN to Francis G. &
Ruth G. HAYWARD
3. 1976 — Book 6302; Page 618 — Francis G. HAYWARD to (daughter) Ruth G.
HAYWARD
4. 2001 — Book 16930; Page 81 — Ruth G. HAYWARD to Caroline LUCAS
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The Greek Revival home now numbered 118 North Street was built between 1840
and 1842, but the story of the property begins decades earlier with the house
located on the adjoining property, 120 North Street, on the corner of North and
Osborne Streets in Salem, Massachusetts.
1851 Salem, Mass. Map — North Street
Between ‘Mechanic’ and ’N. Flint’ Streets (now ‘Osborne’ and ‘Foster’) — L. Baldwin &
J. Baldwin — Loammi & Joseph Baldwin Homes, now 120 & 118 North St. (respectively)
The older of the two homes, (on the corner of North and Osborne Streets) stands
as an example of the late-Georgian Style which was prominent in New England
from the early-to-mid 18th century through the American Revolution (variations
of the Georgian building traditions survived in vernacular examples through the
early 19th century). Loammi Baldwin (1773-1851), a carpenter, moved from
Tewksbury, Massachusetts to Salem, purchased land in the 'Northfields’, now
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North Salem, from Samuel Symonds in May of 1797, and set to work building a
home for himself and future family. Upon his marriage in 1799 to Salem native,
Sarah Swan (1778-1864), the couple lived in the Georgian home on the corner of
North and Osborne Streets and raised eight children (born over the course of
twenty years): Loammi Baldwin, Jr. (1799-1874), Sally Baldwin (1800-1867), Mary
Baldwin (1803-1887), Joseph Baldwin (1805-1867) Benjamin Baldwin (1807-1886),
Emeline A. Baldwin (1816-1885), Ebenezer S. Baldwin (1816-1862), and Annie M.
Baldwin (1819-1885).
Joseph, the Baldwin’s fourth child and second boy followed in his father’s
professional footsteps and became a trained carpenter. In 1840, at the age of 34,
Joseph Baldwin purchased the lot adjacent to his father’s home and built the
more modern Greek Revival home which now stands at 118 North Street.
[…] I, Gorham Burnham1 of Gloucester […] victualler,
in consideration of Four hundred dollars to me in
hand paid by Joseph Baldwin of Salem […] do hereby
give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said
Joseph Baldwin, and his heirs and assigns forever,
Two certain Lots of land situated in said Salem: The
first lying in North Fields, so called, and bounded
Westerly on the Main Road leading to Danvers forty
two feet & six inches; Northerly on land of Sally the
wife of Loammi Baldwin Eighty three feet; Easterly on
land now or late of Jonathan M. Farnham forty feet &
Southerly on heirs or assigns of James Symonds,
deceased, Eighty three feet […] The other lot
adjoining, is bounded fronting Northerly on the Road
or lane leading from North Street to the River by
Stephen Osborns house, there measuring forty feet,
Easterly on land of William P. Symonds, & extending
Southerly to the land of the heirs of James Symonds,
then bounding Southerly on said heirs forty feet,
then Northerly bounding Westerly on land of Sarah
Swan to the bounds on the land aforesaid […]2
Gorham Burnham (1799-1878); husband of Sally Baldwin (1800-1867); Son-in-Law of Loammi Baldwin, (1773-1851); Brother-in-Law of
Joseph Baldwin (1805-1867)
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2
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds; Book 318: Page 85
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The following excerpts found in Virginia & Lee McAlester’s text, A Field Guide to
American Architecture, elaborate on the provenance, occurrence, details, and
elaborations that define the Greek Revival Style:
By the 1840s, a new trend toward competition among several acceptable
architectural fashions was taking shape. The harbinger of this movement
was the publication in 1842 of the first popular pattern book of house
styles with full-facade drawings—Andrew Jackson Downing’s Cottage
Residences. Downing illustrated several new fashions he considered
suitable alternatives to the prevailing Greek classicism.
Original Print of Andrew Jackson Downing’s ‘Cottage Residences
and Cottage Grounds’ — Published in 1842
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Greek Revival was the dominant style of American domestic architecture
during the interval from about 1830 to 1850, during which its popularity
led it to be called the National Style.
The final years of the 18th century brought an increasing interest in
classical buildings to both the United States and western Europe. This
was first based on Roman models, but archeological investigation in the
early 19th century emphasized Greece as the Mother of Rome, which, in
turn, shifted interest to Grecian models. Two additional factors enhanced
Greek influence in this country. Greece’s involvement in a war for
independence (1821–1832) aroused much sympathy in the newly
independent United States; at the same time, the War of 1812
diminished American affection for British influence, including the still
dominant Federal style in domestic architecture.
Most domestic examples date from the period from 1830 to 1860.
Among the earliest was a Greek remodeling of the Custis-Lee House in
Arlington, Virginia, completed in 1820. The style was spread by
carpenter’s guides and pattern books, the most influential of which were
written by Asher Benjamin (The Practical House Carpenter; The Builder’s
Guide) and Minard Lafever (The Modern Builder’s Guide; The Beauties of
Modern Architecture). These illustrated building details rather than views
of overall houses.
The wide band of trim beneath the cornice of both the main roof and the
porch roofs is an almost universal feature of Greek Revival houses.
Commonly the band is made up of undecorated boards, but complex
incised decorations also occur. In gabled houses the trim band may be
variously treated along the gabled walls.
As in the preceding Georgian, Federal, and Early Classical Revival styles,
elaborated door surrounds are a dominant feature of Greek Revival
houses. The door itself is either single or paired and is most frequently
divided into one, two, or four panels. The door is usually surrounded on
sides and top by a narrow band of rectangular panes of glass held in a
delicate, decorative frame.3
Joseph Baldwin’s purchase of land and subsequent home construction coincided
with Jackson Downing’s publication of Cottage Residences, no doubt which
influenced the design of the early Greek Revival home, then numbered 64½
3
McAlester, Virginia & Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses: Colonial Houses: Greek Revival
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North Street, in 1842. Shortly after the home was finished, Joseph Baldwin met,
courted, and married Salem native Sarah L. Hood, daughter of James and Sally
Hood. The newlywed Joseph and Sarah L. Baldwin welcomed two daughters in
the years to come: Harriet B. Baldwin on May 30th, 1850, and Caroline Baldwin,
born in December of 1852. Joseph, Sarah, Harriet and Caroline Baldwin lived a
modest but comfortable life on North Street through the mid-19th century,
residing adjacent to family on either side.
1846 Salem City Directory — Page 10
Three Baldwin brothers, Ebenezer S. (cordwainer) at 66 North; Joseph (carpenter)
at 64½ North, and Loammi, Jr. (farmer) at 72 North St.
When the property at 118 North was constructed in the early part of the 1840s,
Salem was in flux — the Town had officially become a City in 1836, and the
economy, once supported by the booming maritime trade of earlier decades,
had waned sharply since the 1820s. Long-established traditions of trade for
Salem natives, such as rope-making, sail-making, and other maritime occupations
gradually declined and eventually disappeared altogether. To the North, the
falling waters of the Merrimack River powered new textile mills in Lowell,
Massachusetts (incorporated 1823), and later mills in Manchester, New
Hampshire (incorporated 1846), and Lawrence, Massachusetts (incorporated
1847). A handful of Salem capitalists saw potential of manufacturing in Salem and
established various types of mills throughout Salem, including cotton sheeting,
leather tanning, lead mills, and other production plants. As the 1830s wore on,
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Salem’s remaining merchants took their equity out of wharves, warehouses and
ships, instead investing their remaining fortunes into manufacturing and
transportation, as the advent of railroads and canals diverted both capital and
trade away from the coast. Salem’s leaders struggled to rebuild an economy that
was sustainable for the City’s population, and the changing dynamics of life in the
late 1830s forced Salem to start anew. By 1838, the Eastern Railroad (then
headquartered in Salem began transporting people and goods between Boston
and Salem, giving the local population a direct route to New England’s largest
market. New railroad tracks ran over the middle of the Mill Pond; the tunnel
under Washington Street built in 1839; and in 1840 the line extended to
Newburyport.
1850 Salem City Directory
City History Summary, Population Changes, & Ward Boundaries
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As a carpenter, Joseph Baldwin no doubt had a hand in constructing the rapidly
developing urban landscape of Salem’s earliest years as an incorporated city. The
1840s proved to be a decade of explosive growth in Salem’s population and
industry, including leather, textile manufacturing, and the like. In 1847 the world’s
largest steam-powered cotton factory building was completed along the innerharbor shoreline of Salem: the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company. Thousands
moved to Salem’s newly developing neighborhoods from throughout New
England, as well as a large influx of Irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine,
and a developing French Canadian population in South Salem.
In 1867 Joseph Baldwin passed away from a ‘Disease of the Stomach’ at the age
of 61 leaving a widow, 53-year-old Sarah L. Baldwin, and two teenage daughters,
Harriet B., then aged 17, and Caroline, aged 15. The Widow and Two Misses
Baldwin remained living in the Greek Revival home on the easterly side of North
Street.
More factories and more people required more space for buildings, more roads,
and more storage areas. This space was created by filling in rivers, harbors, and
ponds. The once-broad North River was filled from both shores, and became a
canal along Bridge Street above the North Bridge. The large and beautiful Mill
Pond, which occupied the whole area between the present Jefferson Avenue,
Canal Street, and Loring Avenue, finally vanished beneath streets, storage areas,
junk-yards, rail-yards, and parking lots. The South River also disappeared under
the pavement of Riley Plaza and New Derby Street, and some of its old wharves
were joined together with much in-fill and subsequently turned into coal-yards
and lumber-yards.
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While the home now standing at 118 North Street witnessed the rapid
industrialization that took place in Salem, the residents therein participated fully
in the changing culture and dynamics during the second half of the 19th century.
The Widow Baldwin’s mother, Sarah Hood, lived with her daughter and two
granddaughters. The Misses Baldwin, Harriet and Caroline, finished their
education and entered the work force, making them among the first women in
Salem with an occupation and place of work listed by their names in the City
Directory. Historic records indicate that both young ladies went to work by the
ages of 18 and 20; in the 1870 US Federal Census, both are listed as ‘Book
Keeper[s] in Store’. Neither of the Misses Baldwin ever chose to marry (nor did
the Widow Baldwin ever remarry), instead the young ladies chose to build
careers for themselves with Almy, Bigelow, & Webber, located by that time at 188
Essex Street in Downtown Salem.
1875 Boston Globe Advertisement
Almy, Bigelow & Webber advertising
their recently renovated store space
at 188 Essex Street, which had been
the store’s location since c.1860,
where it remained in business until
1985.
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The Misses Baldwin’s employer, James F. Almy, had opened the original Almy’s
location in Salem at the end of 1854. A 1908 publication recalling the first halfcentury of business at 188 Essex Street, the Proprietor is described as a pillar of
the community during the latter half of the 19th century in the City of Salem:
He was always ready to recognize ability in others, and by his advice,
encouragement and practical assistance led many young men and
women toward success in life.
He loved Salem and had great faith in her future. So much so,
that he turned away from opportunities for success elsewhere, and by
self-sacrifice and constant effort built up a business remarkable in size
and strength for a city of the population of Salem.
But not only as a merchant was he loyal to the city. He was active
in advancing her prosperity in many ways. In 1867 he with two associates
bought the Derby estate of more than a hundred acres in South Salem
from the heirs of Elias Haskett Derby, the famous ship owner. This
immense estate he laid out in streets and house lots which he offered for
sale.
c.1908 Photo | 188 Essex St. Salem, Mass.
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn (formerly Webber)
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The bringing into the market of this tract of unproductive and
unimproved property was a great stimulus in the buying of land and
building of homes in that section of the city. It brought new residents to
Salem, enlarged the city, increased its beauty and added greatly to the
amount of taxes to flow into its treasury.4
Eventually, Almy, Bigelow & Webber (which became Almy, Bigelow & Washburn
after 1885) opened four other department store locations outside of the City, and
offices in Switzerland, Germany, England and New York City, all while maintaining
and growing the original Almy’s location in Salem.
Harriet B. Baldwin and Caroline Baldwin began working for Almy’s department
store shortly after their father, Joseph Baldwin, passed in 1867. It is of significant
note that these two young, single women worked and supported themselves (as
well as their aging mother and grandmother) in the latter half of the 19th century
and into the first decades of the 1900s.
1870 US Federal Census | Ward 6, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
Household number 486 marks 118 North Street — the Widows Mrs. Hood & Mrs.
Baldwin, as well as the Misses Harriet & Caroline Baldwin, Bookkeepers
4
1908 Publication. Almy, Bigelow & Washburn: Fifty Years 1858-1908, Digital Commons at Salem State University
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Sarah 'Sally' Hood, maternal grandmother to Harriet B. & Caroline Baldwin, and
mother of the Widow Baldwin lived to the age of 86, passing away from an
influenza infection exacerbated by the cold winter months in January of 1879.
The Widow Baldwin, Sarah L., remained living in the home at 118 North Street for
fifteen more years after the passing of her mother, herself dying in March of 1895
of 'paralysis of [the] brain'. The Baldwin Sisters worked their way up through the
bookkeeping department at Almy, Bigelow, & Washburn at 188 Essex Street, and
by the beginning of the 20th century Harriet B. Baldwin is listed in the Salem City
Directory as the department store’s head bookkeeper.
c.1908 Photograph — 'Employees of Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, Inc.'
For the celebration of the company’s 50th anniversary, the employees of the
downtown department store posed for a group portrait. Undoubtedly pictured
(but not identified) are the Baldwin Sisters, Harriet and Caroline.
Caroline Baldwin passed away, unmarried and childless, at the age of 73 in 1925
— her older sister Harriet had retired some ten years before and remained living
in the home at 118 North Street, while also renting the house to other single
women, including widows and fatherless daughters. Harriet Baldwin lived to the
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age of 89, passing away on the 26th of June, 1939, at which point her estate
passed to the Sisters’ relatives on their father’s side, siblings Roger F. Nichols
(1881-1966) and Marion W. Nichols (1883-1978). The circumstances regarding the
property at 118 North Street and a portion of the Baldwin’s history is detailed in
an affidavit recorded in 1940 with the Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds:
[…]I, Marion W. Nichols of 153 Federal Street, Salem
[…] do on oath depose and say that I am the grandniece of Joseph Baldwin, who purchased the property
situate at 118 North Street in said Salem from Gorham
Burnham by deed dated April 10, 1840 […] I know from
my own knowledge and from family records that the
said Joseph Baldwin died in Salem December 5, 1867;
that he left a widow, Sarah L. Baldwin, and two
daughters, Caroline and Harriet B. Baldwin, as his
only heirs at law; that Sarah L. Baldwin died March
21, 1894 never having remarried, and leaving as her
only heirs at law the said Caroline Baldwin and
Harriet B. Baldwin; that Caroline Baldwin died March
22, 1925 never having married, and leaving has her
only heir at law the said Harriet B. Baldwin; that
the said Harriet B. Baldwin died June 26, 1939 and
her estate has been probated […] Harriet B. Baldwin
at the time of her death was the sole owner of the
premises situate at 118 North Street in said Salem.5
Recorded on the same day, husband and wife Francis G. & Ruth G. Hayward
purchased the property for twenty-five hundred dollars through the Executor of
Harriet B. Baldwin’s estate, Roger F. Nichols. For the first time since the property
was built a century earlier in 1840, the home at 118 North Street no longer
belonged to the Baldwin family. The house evidently proved to be a comfortable
home for the Hayward family too, as it remained in the family through the
remainder of the 20th century until it was finally sold in 2001 to Caroline Lucas.
5
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds; Book 3221: Page 449
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Built for
Joseph Baldwin
Carpenter
& the Misses Baldwin
Harriet B. & Caroline Baldwin
Bookkeepers
c.1841
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Built: c. 1841
House History Written: 2020
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Amy Kellett
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118/North Street
1841
2020
Baldwin
Bookkeepers
Carpenter
Massachusetts
Salem
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123 North Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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An account of the resource
Built for Richard G. Goss, baker, in 1851
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1851, 1985
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Joyce King
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123
1851
1985
History
House
Joyce King
Massachusetts
North Street
Richard G. Goss
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141 North Street Rear, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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Built for Jacob Kimball, victualer, c. 1805
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1805, 1988
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141
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1988
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Massachusetts
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Salem
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148 North Street
Built for or by
Thomas P. Honeycomb
Carpenter
and his wife
Mary P. Haskell
c. 1850
Researched and written by Amanda Eddy - April 2022
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
978.745.0799
HistoricSalem.org
©2022
�City of Salem Assessor’s Office, Patriot Properties
MACRIS, SAL.1770
�In the early 1800s, “Northfields” was the common name for the area that North Salem
currently occupies. The land was purely fields used for grazing animals and agricultural needs
of the time. James Symonds was one of the first buyers of land on the east side of the
Northfields area. He purchased about from the North River to present day Orne Street. At the
time, there was no bridge over the river. Access was limited by Boston Street into Peabody and
then through to Northfields.
148 North Street is situated near the corner of Stodder Place and North Street in Salem,
Massachusetts. Before becoming number 148, this home was 100 North Street from around
1850 when it was built until the entirety of North Street was renumbered in 1877. By description
of current records, the home is currently a 3 family home set on 0.289 acres of land. There are
13 total rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and 3 half bathrooms.
148 North Street was originally built as a single family dwelling house. There is an
asphalt shingle roof, wooden clapboard walls and a concrete foundation. The style of the home
is a typical Greek revival style commonly seen in Salem. These features include but are not
limited to the pedimented gable, a door bracket which is patterned in the Italianate style, as well
as the cornice which is a part of the roofline entablature. Greek Revival style architecture
reached its peak during the mid-19th century, from about 1825-1860. During this time, there was
a global fascination with ancient Greek culture, specifically Greek art which displays staple
marbles and ancient temples. This was clearly the reasoning behind the building of 148 North
Street. The home was built for the Honeycomb family. Although it cannot be confirmed who built
148 North Street, it can be imagined with some certainty that it was built by carpenter Thomas P.
Honeycomb himself. The earliest record of the home is in the Salem City Directory of 1850.
�The Honeycomb Family (1850-1897)
Thomas P. Honeycomb (1807-1896) was born April 17,1807 to mother Celia (Peirson)
Honeycomb (1777-1848). Information about his father could not be found. Celia was born in
Liskeard, Cornwall, England on January 27,1777 and died in 1848. She is buried in Harmony
Grove Cemetery.1 Thomas grew up with seven siblings, one of relative importance. His little
brother would go on to become Colonel George H. Peirson (1816-1881), an officer in the
Massachusetts 5th Militia Regiment who served as a Union soldier in the Civil War.2
Thomas made a life as a carpenter. He was a carpenter at H. & Edwards at 8 North
Street in Salem.3 It’s possible that that was the reason for his moving to 148 North Street, due to
it being in closer proximity to his job.
On May 5, 1833, Thomas married Mary P. (Haskell) Honeycomb (c. 1808-1885) in
Salem.4 Mary P. Haskell was born in 1808 to parents Elijah and Lucy (Collins) Haskell. Her
parents were from Gloucester.5 Mary and Thomas had one son, Thomas P. Honeycomb, Jr.
born December 1845 in Salem.6 Prior to living on North Street, the Honeycomb family lived at
92 Essex Street.7
Thomas P. Honeycomb Jr. was a machinist. He was married on June 18, 1873 to Anna
Lyons. Anna was born in Sweden to parents John and Catherine Lyon. 8 They immigrated to the
United States and settled in Somerville, Massachusetts. This is also where Anna and Thomas
built their life after Salem. They had adopted Anna’s sister’s son, Albert H. Peterson (c. 1871-
1
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current: Memorial ID: 212380415
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10829364/george-h.-peirson
3
Salem City Directory, 1842
4
Massachusetts, U.S. Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850
5
Massachusetts Death Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,
Massachusetts.
6
United States Federal Census, 1850
7
Salem City Directory, 1837
8
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,
Massachusetts.
2
�1898), who lived at 148 North Street for a short time.9 Unfortunately, Albert died at the age of 27
from tuberculosis.10
Thomas and Anna seemingly lived in the home until his parents' deaths. Mary died
January 4, 1885 from congestion of the lungs and Thomas Sr. died August 20, 1896 of
diarrhoea (English spelling for diarrhea) and old age.11
Thomas Sr. left the property to his son in his 1893 will. It is best assumed that Thomas P.
Honeycomb, Jr. kept the home and rented it out until he died in 1920, but documents could not
be found or are not available on this assumption. After his death, his will instructed the
administrator, Benjamin Nason, to sell the home. The home was then sold to the Kennedy
family who had been tenants since 1910.
Hannah Silsbee Haskell Smith (1855-1888)
Hannah S.H. (Silsbee Haskell) Smith (c.1802-1891) was born to Elijah and Lucy (Collins) Haskell.
She was married to Charles Smith III of Gloucester on July 2, 1840.1213 She was Mary P. Haskell’s
sister.14 Hannah lived with her sister and brother-in-law for 35 years on North Street. Hannah died on
December 31, 1891 at the age of 91 and 5 months. Her death record lists her cause of death as
exhaustion.15
The Moore Family (1901-1924)
William Robert Moore (1863-1945) was born to John G. Moore and Catharine L.
(Beardsley) Moore in Peabody on November 13, 1863. He grew up in Beverly working at a shoe
9
United States Federal Census, 1880.
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,
Massachusetts.
11
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915
12
Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
13
Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850
14
Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Records and Indexes 1638-1916; Author: Massachusetts.
Probate Court (Essex County), Probate Records, Vol 480-482, 1891-1892
15
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, 1891.New England Historic Genealogical Society;
Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records
10
�shop with his brother Frank H. Moore. His first marriage was to Margaret J. Turcotte on
September 27, 1886 in Boston.16 No information is available on why they separated. It is
possible they got divorced or Margaret passed away. His second marriage was to Nellie Isabel
Teele (1862-1937) on October 22, 1896.17 Nellie was the daughter of William and Esther
(Richardson) Teele. She was born in Newburyport on July 24, 1862. She had one brother,
William J. Teele (1857-1935).18
Nellie and William had one son, Roland B. Moore (1905-1973). Roland was born on
March 15, 1905 in Salem. He married Ruth M. Payson (1896-1969) in 1931.19 Roland and Ruth
had one son, Donald Moore (1936-2014) on July 24, 1936.20 Don went on to be recruited by the
Chicago Cubs Baseball team, but Nellie and William did not give him permission because he
was too young! (See more about Don in his obituary below.)
After Nellie, William, and Roland moved out of their home on North Street in 1924, they
returned to Lathrop Street in Beverly. William died on November 20, 1945 in Danvers,
Massachusetts. He is buried in Central Cemetery in Beverly.21 Nellie died in 1937 and is buried
at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Methuen, Massachusetts alongside her parents. Roland died on
April 20, 1973 in Quincy, Massachusetts but is buried next to his father in Beverly.22
The Kennedy Family (lived in the home 1910-1921; owned the home
1920-1942)
William B. Kennedy (1866-1932) was born in Ware, Massachusetts in April 1866 to
William and Mary (Bardley) Kennedy. His father was from Scotland and his mother was from
16
Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook
Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
17
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1620–1988. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,
Massachusetts.
18
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
19
Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-1955
20
Dignity Memorial, 2014
21
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
22
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
�Ireland. William had 4 siblings.23 Sometime during his childhood, the family moved to Meriden,
Connecticut. William worked as a mechanic.24 William married Carrie Elvira Dunbar (1861-1942)
on February 24, 1891 in Ware, Massachusetts.25 Carrie was born on April 10, 1861 in Ware,
Massachusetts to parents Simeon Cummings Dunbar (1814-1880) and Amanda Melvina
(Colton) Dunbar (1815-1890). Carrie had six brothers and sisters.26
Carrie and William had a daughter, Grace C. Kennedy (1895-1982) in Connecticut on
February 20, 1895.27 She never married. The family moved to 148 North Street from
Connecticut in 1901. William was a printer at the United Shoe Machinery Company in Beverly.28
Grace worked a few different jobs throughout her life. She was a stenographer in Beverly, a
clerical at the courthouse in Salem, and worked as a clerk at the Registry of Deeds in Salem.29
By 1922, the family moved next door to 150 North Street after vacating 148 North Street.30
Grace owned 148 North from 1938-1942, best assumed that she was renting it out at the time.
She assumed the mortgage from her parents and inherited Parcel 1 from Mary Lewis (who also
happened to own 150 North Street, which is most likely why Grace was willed Parcel 1 of the
148 North Street property.)
William died in 1932 and is buried in Ware, Massachusetts.31 Carrie died in 1942.32
Grace died January 20, 1982 in Marlborough, Massachusetts.33
In 1942, Grace sold the property to the Jackowski family.
23
United States Federal Census, 1880
United States Federal Census, 1900
25
Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
26
A genealogical record of the descendants of Quartermaster George Colton; North America, Family
Histories, 1500-2000
27
United States Federal Census, 1910
28
United States Federal Census, 1910
29
United States Federal Census, 1930
30
United States Federal Census, 1930
31
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Memorial ID: 204711892
32
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1940-2001
33
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1970-2003
24
�The Jackowski Family (1942-1975)
John Jackowski (1891-1979) was born February 28, 1891. His World War II Draft
Registration Card differs in dates, stating he was born March 10, 1892. It should be assumed
this was a mistake, as his gravesite confirms the 1891 date. John was born in Poland to parents
Anthony and Antonina (Bartoszewski) Jackowski. He immigrated to the United States aboard
the S.S. Pocahontas on April 21, 1920 at the age of 29. 34 Throughout his career as a
leatherworker, John was employed at the Morrill Leather Company and the Tremont Leather
Company, both in Peabody.35 Prior to living at 148 North Street, he and his family previously had
lived at 22 ½ Becket Street in Salem and 141 North Street in Salem. At the age of 50 (in 1942),
he was drafted in World War II.
Frances (Franciska) (Rada) Jackowski (1891-1980) was born March 4, 1891 in Galicia,
Krakow, Poland. She arrived in the United States on February 17, 1909 on the ship SS
Brandenburg. The ship departed from Bremen, Germany and landed at Ellis Island in New
York.36 Frances was employed by North Shore Cleaning Company as a cleaner.37
There is no marriage record available for John and Frances. It seems they were married
after they both arrived in the United States. They did not have children, but did adopt their niece,
Sophie F. Leskewicz, at a young age. John died on October 29, 1979 and Frances died March
28, 1980 in Salem. They are buried at Saint Mary’s Cemetery, also in Salem.38
The Leskewicz/Harris Family (1951-2002)
Sophie F. Leskewicz (1931-2015) was born in 1931 in Salem to parents Michael and
Josephine (Ruda) Leskewicz. She had three sisters: Jenny, Marcella, and Helen. Sophie’s
34
Year: 1920; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 1; Page
Number: 132
35
Beverly Times, November 1, 1979
36
Year: 1909; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 1; Page
Number: 54
37
Salem City Directory, 1948
38
Find A Grave. Memorial ID: 146490897
�parents died when she was a child, which left her uncle and aunt (John and Frances Jackowski)
to adopt her. She went to Salem High School, graduating in 1949. Sophie loved to cook so
naturally, one of her part time jobs throughout her life was a cook at the Landmark School.
Robert J. Harris (1930-2009) was born April 12, 1930 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
to Walter R. and Stella (Ryan) Harris.39 He had two brothers, Frederick and Walter Harris.
Robert graduated from St. Mary’s Boys High School in Lynn, Massachusetts. He went on to
receive his bachelors and masters degrees in education at Fitchburg State College.40 Out of
college, he became a stockman in Salem. After moving to Haverhill, Robert was a teacher.
Eventually, he ended up teaching in Lynn as well.
Robert and Sophie married in 1952 and had five children: David, Michael, Stephen,
John, and Catherine. After the couple married, the house was passed down to them from the
Jackowski’s.
Robert died February 16, 2009.41 Sophie died August 15, 2015 in Danvers,
Massachusetts. They are both buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.42
They sold the house to their son, Stephen R. Harris, and his wife, Danigayle, in 1998.
Stephen Harris was born on November 29, 1954 in Salem.43 He went to Salem High School,
graduating in 1972.44 He married Danigayle Harris who was born September 1, 1954.
39
U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings,
Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.
40
Full-Spychalski Funeral Home
41
Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
42
U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
43
U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
44
Salem High School Yearbook, 1972
�SOURCES
�U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current: Memorial ID: 212380415
�Colonel George H. Peirson
Find A Grave - Memorial ID: 10829364
Hannah S.H. (Haskell) Smith Death Record
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, 1891
�Roland B. Moore, World War II Draft Registration Card
OBITUARY
Donald P. Moore
JULY 24, 1936 – MARCH 7, 2014
�IN THE CARE OF
Doane Beal & Ames
Donald P. “Don” Moore died on March 7, 2014. He was born in
Beverly Massachusetts on July 24, 1936. When he was 16 he and his
family moved to Quincy, Massachusetts.
As a youngster, Don had fond memories of spending summers in Nova Scotia.
He was recruited by the Chicago Cubs Baseball team, but was not given
permission by his parents who thought he was too young.
Don's first job out of school was a temporary assignment at WHDH radio in
Boston as an audio Engineer. WHDH became a permanent job and one of his
many assignments was that of camera operator in the Boston Red Sox dugout
during the 1967 “Impossible Dream” year. This was a job where Don always
mused that he couldn't believe he actually got paid for such an opportunity.
�After ten years of trying to obtain a radio license on Cape Cod, Don and his
partners were awarded an FM license for Barnstable, MA at 99.9 on the FM dial.
Don built the facility and WQRC went on the air in July 1970. Within a few years
WQRC rose to become the number one station on Cape Cod. WQRC was
recognized with many UPI Tom Phillips awards, many regional awards and a
major national radio award, the Armstrong Award, for creativity and producing for
the special program about the 75th anniversary of Marconi’s trans- Atlantic radio
transmission. Don felt the residents of the Cape deserved lots of news,
information and most of all, the music of their lives that bring back so many
wonderful memories. Don's dedication to giving his listeners the very best was
always most important to him and it shone through.
Don always dreamed of starting his own television station. That dream became a
reality in 1985 when WCVX-TV Channel 58 went on the air providing local news
and live broadcasts for many events around Cape Cod. Several years later Don
sold WCVX-TV and started planning his next broadcast project, radio station
WOCN-FM “Ocean 104”, which he built and put on the air in 1994. True to form,
WOCN-FM became extremely popular. He programmed this station with the
music from the 1950s, 60s and 70s and Don knew he had just the right mix when
he received a phone call from Senator Ted Kennedy, telling him that he and
everyone at The Compound were listening and enjoying the great music on
“Ocean.” Don used radio as an instrument to improve life on Cape Cod. If
something needed publicizing or funds raised, he would try to use his stations to
help.
Don enjoyed the sites and sounds of Cape Cod, playing golf, achieving two hole
in ones, traveling, yard work and listening to music. The Rotary Club of Hyannis
was an important part of Don's life, with 39 years of perfect attendance and many
�lifelong friendships. After retiring, he enjoyed day trips around the Cape and
watching the waves crash over the sandbars at Lighthouse Beach in Chatham.
Don is survived by his beloved wife Terry (David). His five children, Mary and her
husband Steve Davies of Plymouth, MA, Lori and her husband Bob Curley of
Westfield, MA, Jeanine and her husband James Capobianco of San Jose,
California, Scott Moore and his wife Mary of Westford, MA and Susan Moore and
her friend Taylor Newman of Needham, MA. Don's eleven grandchildren Ryan,
Jason and Michael Davies, Kelsey, Colleen and Katie Curley, Nicole and Victoria
Capobianco, Amanda, Timmy and Andrew Moore. And one great-grandchild,
Madison Turgeon.
A memorial Service will be held on Saturday April 5th, 2014 at 1:30pm at the
Federated Church of Hyannis. Burial Services are private. Donations in his
memory may be made to the Hyannis Rotary Club Scholarship Fund. PO Box 39
Hyannis MA 02601.
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Memorial ID: 204711892
�Year: 1931; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 1; Page Number:
66
Find A Grave; Memorial ID: 155981114
�Frances Jackowski Passenger List for the SS Brandenburg, 1909
Year: 1909; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 1; Page Number:
54
�SS Brandenburg
Norway-Heritage, Hands Across the Sea
Year: 1920; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 1; Page
Number: 132
�USS Pocahontas (SP-3044), formerly Prinzess Irene from the Norddeutscher Lloyd, underway
in 1919, while transporting U.S. service personnel home from Europe.
Ancestry.com
�The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth
Registration) For the State of Massachusetts; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective
Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M2090
�Jackowski Grave
Find A Grave. Memorial ID: 146490897
Beverly Evening Times
Thursday, November 1, 1979
�Robert J. Harris
February 16, 2009
Obituary
SALEM - Robert J. Harris, 78, of Salem, husband of Sophie (Leskewicz) Harris, passed away Monday, February 16,
2009 in Salem after a short illness.
Born in Jamaica Plain, he was the son of the late Walter R. and Stella (Ryan) Harris. He was a graduate of St. Mary’s
Boys High School in Lynn and received BS and MBA degrees in education at Fitchburg State College.
Mr. Harris Served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard with the 102nd Field Artillery, Yankee Division, from
1947 to 1953 and attained the rank of Sergeant First Class.
Prior to his retirement, he was employed by the City of Haverhill and taught at the Constentino Middle School and
the Haverhill High School from 1977 to 1994. He previously held a teaching position at the Lynn Shoemaking School
from 1968 to 1977.
Bob was an avid fisherman, bowler and gardener.
Besides his wife, with whom he shared 56 years of marriage, he is survived by 5 children, Michael Harris and his
wife Victoria of Land O' Lakes, FL, Stephen Harris and his wife Danigayle of Salem, Catherine Biron and her husband
Daniel of Mountainside, NJ, David Harris and John Harris, both of Topsfield, 7 grandchildren, Anastacia. Michael,
Andrew, Alyssa, Christina, Stephen and Kaitlin, two brothers, Frederick Harris of Arizona, Walter Harris of Idaho and
several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a daughter-in-law, Marie Harris.
�A committal service will be held Friday, February 20, 2009 at 1:30 pm at the Greenlawn Cemetery, 57 Orne St.,
Salem. Relatives and friends respectfully invited. For those who desire, donations may be made in his memory to
the Hospice of the North Shore, 75 Sylvan St., #B-102, Danvers, MA 01923 or to the Salvation Army, 93 North St.,
Salem, MA 01970. Funeral arrangements by the Full-Spychalski Funeral Home, 84 Washington Square East, by
Salem Common, Salem. For on-line guestbook visit www.SalemFuneral.com.
Salem High School Yearbook, 1949
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Salem High School; Year: 1949
Sophie Leskewicz Harris
August 15, 2015
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�SALEM: Sophie Leskewicz Harris, 83, of Salem, Mass., wife of the late Robert
J. Harris, died peacefully, and with her family by her side, on August 15, 2015,
at the Kaplan Family Hospice House, Danvers.
Born in Salem, Sophie was the daughter of the late Michael and Josephine
(Ruda) Leskewicz. Due to the early deaths of her parents, Sophie was raised
by her maternal aunt and uncle Frances and John Jackowski.
Sophie was employed at the Bell Shop in Salem, at Ann & Hope in Danvers,
and as a cook at the Landmark School in Beverly. Throughout her life, Sophie
loved cooking, tending to her flowers, reading books, and caring for her
grandchildren.
Sophie is survived by five children, Michael Harris and his wife, Viktoriya of
Land O' Lakes, Fla., Stephen Harris and his wife, Danigayle of Salem,
Catherine Biron and her husband, Daniel of Mountainside, N.J., David Harris
of Topsfield, and John Harris and his late wife, Marie Harris of Topsfield;
seven grandchildren, Anastacia, Michael, Andrew, Alyssa, Christina, Stephen,
and Kaitlin; and many nieces and nephews. She was also sister to the late
Helen Leskewicz Case, Jenny Leskewicz Hollingsworth, and Marcella
Leskewicz Przyjemski.
Services will be held on Friday, August 21, 2015, 1:30 p.m., at the Greenlawn
Cemetery, 57 Orne Street, Salem, MA. Arrangements are by the
Full-Spychalski Funeral Home, 84 Washington Square East, by Salem
�Common, Salem. The family would be honored and deeply appreciative if, in
lieu of flowers, donations are made in her memory to the Kaplan Family
Hospice House, 78 Liberty Street, Danvers, MA 01923. For guest book and
directions, visit www.SalemFuneral.com.
Stephen R. Harris
Salem High School Yearbook, 1972
���Inventory No:
SAL.1770
Historic Name:
Honeycomb, Thomas P. House
Common Name:
Address:
148 North St
City/Town:
Salem
Village/Neighborhood:
North Salem;
Local No:
27-247;
Year Constructed:
C 1850
Architectural Style(s):
Greek Revival;
Use(s):
Single Family Dwelling House;
Significance:
Architecture;
Area(s):
Designation(s):
Building Materials:
Roof: Asphalt Shingle;
Wall: Wood Clapboard;
Foundation: Concrete Unspecified;
Demolished
No
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FORM 3 - BUILDING •
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FORM NO.
3^7
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
80 30YLST0N STREET,
BOSTON, MA Q2116
Salem
148 N o r t h S t .
c Name
recent
residential
gical
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RIPTIOlf:
by 1850
ce
SKETCH MAP
A p r i 1 Mgfe
Shov property's l o c a t i o a i n r e l a t i o n
to aesrest cross streets and/or
geographical features.
Indicate
N
a l l buildings between inventoried
property and nearest i n t e r s e c t i o n .
Indicate north.
Style
City
Greek
Directories
Revival
Architect
E x t e r i o r wail f a b r i c
clapboards
Outbuildings__
Major a l t e r a t i o n s (with dates) o n e story
early
20th century
Date
Moved
Approx. acreage
Setting
Recorded by
Debra H i l b e r t
Organization
Salem P l a n n i n g
Date
May, 1986
Dept
rear
l e s s t h a n one
commercial/residential
on r o u t e 114
(Staple additional sheets here)
addition
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important a r c h i t e c t u r a l features and
evaluate i n terms of other buildings w i t h i n the community.)
T h i s house i s t y p i c a l of a v e r y p o p u l a r Greek R e v i v a l d e s i g n i n Salem.
O r i e n t e d w i t h i t s p e d i m e n t e d g a b l e end t o t h e s t r e e t , t h e d w e l l i n g has a
recessed s i d e h a l l entry f e a t u r i n g s i d e l i g h t s
and a t r a n s o m .
The
h e a v i l y b r a c k e t e d doorhood i s a t r a n s i t i o n a l I t a l i a n a t e d e t a i l .
Other
e l e m e n t s a r e t h e g r a n i t e f o u n d a t i o n and t h e s l e n d e r s i l l and c o r n i c e
b o a r d s w h i c h c o n t r a s t w i t h t h e v e r y deep e n t a b l a t u r e c o r n i c e .
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played i n l o c a l or state
h i s t o r y and how the b u i l d i n g relates to the development of the community.)
D i r e c t o r i e s i n d i c a t e t h a t t h i s h o u s e was s t a n d i n g by 1850, a t w h i c h t i m e —<>
• i t was owned by c a r p e n t e r Thomas P. Honeycomb. B e c a u s e o f h i s
o c c u p a t i o n i t may be t h a t Honeycomb b u i l t t h i s h o u s e h i m s e l f f o r h i s own
use.
B e f o r e N o r t h S a l e m b e g a n t o d e v e l o p as a r e s i d e n t i a l n e i g h b o r h o o d i n t h e
1 9 t h c e n t u r y , t h e a r e a was known as t h e N o r t h f i e l d s .
L a n d was h e l d
communally f o r a g r i c u l t u r a l purposes.
By 1700, t h e p r o p e r t y on t h e e a s t
s i d e o f N o r t h S t r e e t f r o m t h e N o r t h R i v e r t o Orne S t r e e t had b e e n
a s s i g n e d t o James Symonds. U n t i l t h e N o r t h B r i d g e was b u i l t i n 1744,
t h i s a r e a was i s o l a t e d w i t h a c c e s s a v a i l a b l e o n l y by f e r r y o r f r o m •
Boston S t r e e t v i a present-day Peabody.
The b r i d g e made d e v e l o p m e n t h e r e
more d e s i r a b l e e s p e c i a l l y a l o n g N o r t h S t r e e t , t h e m a i n t h o r o u g h f a r e f r o m
Salem to Dartvers.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of p u b l i c a t i o n , author, date and publisher)
|
1 8 5 1 , 1874 S a l e m
1846, 1874 S a l e m
Perley, Sidney.
° H - , Volume
C
Maps
Directories
" N o r t h f i e l d , Salem, i n 1700."
48, pp. 172-174
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Essex I n s t i t u t e H i s t .
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Street_
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Name
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Original Use
Present Use
Present Owner
Date
Source of Date
Architect
3. CONDITION: Excellent Good (Fair? Deteriorated
Moved Altered
IMPORTANCE of site to area: Great Little <Nor$£)
SITE endangered by_
4. DESCRIPTION
FOUNDATION/BASEMENT:
W A L L COVER: j^ojxfr
B r i c k Stone Other
CHIMNEYS: 1 (f> 3 4
Center End Cluster
Wings E l l Shed Dependency
PORCHES: 1 2 3 4
Cfb CkJt^
Material:
C^gMcncJ
STORIES: 1 2 (§) 4
ATTACHMENTS:
High Regular Low
Elaborate < J r r e ^ ^ r )
/
Simple/Complex
Portico Balcony
Recessed
ROOF: ^RTcT Gambrel Flat Hip Mansard
Tower Cupola Dormer windows Balustrade G r i l l work
FACADE:
Gable End: lFron|:i^i^~) Symmetrical^Asymu^^
Entrance: (^on^/Side Centered Double Features:
Windows: Spacing: Regular/irregular
Simple/Qgfmpj^
AJ. (LrJL,Q ,$
Identical/Varied
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Ornament
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Corners: Plain T J i a s t e r s Quoins Obscured
OUTBUILDINGS
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5. indicate location of structure on map below
LANDSCAPING
6. Footage of structure from street
y
Property has A/
feet frontage on street
Recorder
For
Photo
tote, fluty Sf~
NOTE: Recorder should obtain written permission from Commission or sponsoring organization before using this form.
(See Reverse Side)
FORM - MHCB - 1 0M-6-66-94301 7
�FOR USE WITH IMPORTANT STRUCTURES (Indicate any interior features of note)
Fireplace
Stairway
GIVE A B R I E F DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF SITE (Refer and elaborate
on theme circled on front of form)
R E F E R E N C E (Where was this information obtained? What book, records, etc.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Original Owner:
Deed Information: Book Number
Page
Registry of Deeds
�Chain of Deeds
Date Purchased
Homeowner
Years of
Ownership
Number
of Years
Purchase
Price
Deed
Referenced
Notes
n/a
Thomas P.
Honeycomb
c.
1850-1896
46
n/a
n/a
Thomas P.
Honeycomb Sr.
died in 1893,
leaving the estate
to his son
presumably.
November 15,
1920
Benjamin F.
Nason
n/a
n/a
n/a
915-382
Administrator of
the Estate of
Thomas P.
Honeycomb
November 19,
1920
Carrie E.
Kennedy
1920-1938
18
$5,250
2469-473
Parcel 2
19381942/43
~5
Consideration
paid; $900
mortgage
remaining
Essex Probate
Record 140,085
Parcel 1 Inherited through
Will of Mary M.
Lewis
3165-15
Parcel 2
William
Kennedy
November 8,
1938
November 30,
1942
Grace C.
Kennedy
John
Jackowski
1942-1975
33
Consideration
paid
3319-155
Parcel 2 (with the
buildings thereon)
1943-1975
32
Consideration
paid
3327-45
Parcel 1
1975-1998
23
Consideration
paid
6165-678
Parcel 1
Frances
Jackowski
April 2, 1943
John
Jackowski
Frances
Jackowski
June 19, 1975
Robert Harris
�Sophie Harris
March 31, 1998
Danigayle
Harris
Joseph
Piemonte
Michaela
Scutti
Parcel 2
1998-2021
23
$155,000
($67,000 was a
gift from Robert
and Sophie
Harris)
Total was
$222,000)
14700-308
Parcel 1 and
Parcel 2
2021+
>1
$880,000
39960-313
As Joint Tenants
with Right of
Survivorship; 2
parcels
Stephen R.
Harris
June 8, 2021
6165-679
�Residents Table
Resident Name
Directory Year(s)
Occupation
Thomas P. Honeycomb
1850- 1896
Carpenter
Mary P. Honeycomb
1850-1885
Keeping house
Thomas P. Honeycomb, Jr.
1850-1898
Machinist
Hannah S. H. Smith
1855-1888
Widow of Charles Smith
Samuel W. Thomas
1899-1901
Lived at the home until he
died
Margaret F. Thomas
1899-1902
Moved out after Samuel died
Albert H. Peterson
1888-1893
Clerk, National Exchange
Bank (adopted grandson of
Thomas P. Honeycomb Sr.)
Margaret Condon
1893-1895
“At 148 North”
Arthur K. Shepard
1904
Inspector in Boston
Robert D. Brown
1905-1908
Clerk (Beverly)
Thomas L. Brown
1905-1907
Janitor at the Pickering
School; died April 26, 1908
(City Directory 1908)
Emma L. Brown
1905-1907
At home
William R. Moore
1901-1924
Moore, Riley & Co., 200
Bridge Street (top lifts and
sole leather remnants)
Nellie Isabel Moore
1901-1924
Bookkeeper
Roland B. Moore
1905-1924
Clerk at Salem Five Cents
Savings Bank
Annie French
1909
Widow of Thomas French
Louise Muise
1912
At home
William B. Kennedy
1910-1921
Employee at United Shoe
Machinery Corporation
(Beverly)
�Carrie E. Kennedy
1910-1921
At home
Grace C. Kennedy
1910-1921
Stenographer (Beverly)
Charles F. Dow
1922-1930
Janitor at 125 Washington
Street
Ida M. Dow
1922-1930
At home
Ethel L. Dow
1922-1930
Stenographer at 124
Washington Street
Martin F. Mullarkey
1939-1942
Insurance Agent
Vera E. Mullarkey
1939-1942
At home
Mary F. Hennessey
1942-1950
Widow of Philip J.
Sophie F. Leskewicz (Harris)
1949-2002
Clerk at Nugent’s
John F. Shanahan Jr.
1951-1955
Watch and Jewelry Repairer
Helen C. Shanahan
1951-1955
Telephone operator at
NET&T Co.
John Jackowski
1944-1975
Leatherworker
Frances Jackowski
1944-1975
Cleaner, North Shore
Cleaning Company
David J. Harris
1993-1995
n/a
Robert J. Harris
1957-2002
Teacher
Ruth A. Harris
1990
n/a
Stephen A. Harris
1995-2020
n/a
Danigayle Harris
1998-2021
Paralegal
Scott T. Cyr
1985
n/a
Hugh H. Cyr
1993
n/a
Michael J. Tutin
1996-1997
n/a
Lori E. Tutin
1996-1997
n/a
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North Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
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Title
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148 North Street, Salem, MA, 01970
Subject
The topic of the resource
House History
Description
An account of the resource
Built for or by
Thomas P. Honeycomb
Carpenter
and his wife
Mary P. Haskell
c. 1850
Creator
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Built circa 1850
House history completed 2022
Contributor
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Amanda Eddy
Language
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English
148 North Street
1850
2022
Carpenter
Haskell
Honeycomb
Massachusetts
Salem
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for the pufpose
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spread,
by abo1.1t 1ROO, -from the
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of the North River
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on both sides
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of style
and function
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to aesthetics,
together
with fimc.ti (In Pl · r.m-t.•;!-/:i'buildings:
of all sorts.
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~;.:::i,•.:,. ,. , ... cobbJ.ers,
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ch,,_ise· ·and· harness-m;,_kers-,
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.Above Moody Square,
in 1800, the buildings
were sti]l
·· .. ·relatively
spa.rse. ·· Between the sq11are and B'I)hra.t1 Wood's
.house
(earlier
'Edmund Johnson's
cabinet
woi:-lrnho:p - l"!P. 1800)
1
.on 'the east side of the ro8.d once stood' Can+.,..i.n 1"1i.as G1"8.n+. s
house· (reinovedl hefore
1850).
On the west Ride of the roRd
.to Danvers·,
beginning·
at the square,
was "'· n.ine "'CrP. tr;:ict
, . of land· with a tiny. house located
in its northern-mo.sir
corner
(later
removed· to make .way for Symonds street
·. abouii: 1802) •
· · . ;. .
·
The· latter
large' parcel
was o;med' by Benjamin
Da18nd
S;,_lem, a yeoman, who sole'! his "certain
tr Pct of l .and" to
Isaac
Osgood', 6 a. trader
or investor,
on May 9, 1801, for
1800 dolla:::-.s.
Bounds:_
•
.
:\.
Easterly
Northerly
Westerly
Southerly
by.the
road leading
to Topsfield
by Elizabeth
Symonds
hy Jose:rh Symonds,
a.nr'l J;:,nr'I f'orrn<>rly of
Samuel Symonds,
now re:r11ted ·:to· be .John
Skerry's
by Dark Lane
(now School Street)
''as the fences
appurtenances
--~
'
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K definite
nineteenth
-
I
trend' took nlace
century
in regard
to
-.,
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with
the
-·· ._.;~ "!' .,; .•:,•_:,.
...,-;'
now stend
to~e-!:hAr
and privileges"
,
2 -
about the turn into the
development.
Thought was
of
�,.,.,:
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..
:':..-:' ·..
. -..-- •• ;.•.
~
. "• '..: ;_J
· being
given to a new Beverly· - Salem bridge;
:the benefits
undoubtedly·
entered
into· the op1Jortunistic
minds
of many a $alemite
as well as many North Salem "pigeons".
It has b'eeii speculated
that. Dearborn
Street's
great
breadth
(finally
laid out in 1810) attested
to the serious
consideration given Or1fe 1 s Point for the purpose
of the proposed
·
... Esse~ Bridge.
Meanwhile
new dwelling
houses
began annearing
with increasing
regularity.
. ·
··
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c~·····...
·of'' which·
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tl.
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Isaac
Osgood therefore
became amoung the first
to set
:;;ft··~"·· ··--··-·/his: sights
northward·
- · aJ though his net nrofi t, after
all
''.'['.:.
. was- bought and sold,
came to only 323 dollars
on his initial
;~-.(:>
1800 dolla.rs·
invested;·
relatively
conservative.
Ten lots
were surveyed
and sold bordering
on North Street,
while
the
remaining
six acres
to the west (includingwhat
later
became
::~~:...
-;'
Buffum Streei\j north
oi S_chool Street)
was sold as a. unit
to
~~-~:-··
Nathan Wood.
The latter
developed
Buffum Street
into house
.. lots. to their
present
situation.
All of the transactions
.. .
,,... took place
:
in 1801 and consisted
of the· 1ots ·on .the· ·
>;"'/oli,owing
page.
·, "'.\/ :.· .· •-. , ..
.
,Jf;;::'::--;
·,:
,_, ·· ·
Lots· numbered two, three
and five thr01.1gh ten sola. for
dollars·
each, while ·number· one (a doub e J.ot- con<'dsti.np;
°'·
of'half
an ,a.ere) brought'
only-143
dollars.
1:1;-,yr,nt Street
:f;jj\;:;.,,.:;,,;:·
presurrra'ti:ly- was· laid' 01,t subseriuently
in the erea of lots
1
7 and' 8', while it could be assumed., as mentionedec,rlier,
.
. " ..
that
Naths.n Wood I s interest·
in ac'].ui ring lot numhPr ten wRs
_
Y"\. '·· .:·::.to J.ay out Symonds Street
as access
to hi.s oi:her l0ts
2nil
f)t''..":''":"
...,
...
:;r.:\Project~d'
new street
-:- aJ. though this
is not yet a. foregone
"::'."'>.
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Lot .nv_mb"r"a. four on Isaac
0s~r,;oil I s ):118'1 W':'s r.onvPyP.il
on M;i.y 23, 1801, for 100 dollars
to -Po1r;er -Po!'" of Sa]_P.m,
_ a sa.d•ler an/!_ ohais
Limaker, as "acert.ain
1
()f
not.,cahJy
1 For a rrofi t _of 15 il ot. Jp-,.13 l"nil." :revoid of buila ings.
ol
_-P0ne
conveyed.' his land about
a yRar lcite:r ( Au!'.;1rnt 1?, 1 An2) to
John D11nckley,
a Sc1lem Blci.cksmi th, 11:i. cRrt"' in 1 ot. of 1 r-iTiil
::.:....
,.
n~hered
f?11r in Pc division.
of lots
formerly
of Is,,.
11 0seoon ,i
,;:¥-_..,..,.-~-,.-,:
~--which._ c.onsisted
_of. 40, pole_s and bounded
as follows:
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John Dunckley I s· success
at his tr8~ e W"lll.il RPP.m ,cann,carent
· insofar·
as hi.s purchase
of the lPnd nnd s11_b"'""llent <>rP.r.+.i
of a substantiP.l
house W8S' aocomnJ.ishea
,-,+ +hP P/c"' of '32. ·
Li ttJ.e is known of his baok1n:011nd ,carnJ c:cirP,"r or ,;,ven whrre
....
,..
;/:
• he was born in 1770.
The first
recoril
of 'cis e-x-ist;,nr,e
[}}.;_,-,:;,· . :·,,-: a(p:pears ir the form.of
___
Dr • Wm.t'fl)_entley,
ohf thP. BPst chnrch
, _.-,..._,_;e_,,.
f~rmerly
on l0wer · Essex ,8 tree
, . no ti~€;
i·m c1mounr: 11
is
13
,. _ -_ ·-;•singers"
on at least
three
occasions
in 17R9 "nrl 1790 •
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, By the
mid-1790s
Dunc kl Py' s cerPP.r ste::>il i.1 y s,+,renc;thP.nP.il
he was known to ~ive done blacksmithing
fol:' P-1:i::i.s H:=is1'-et
Derby,- on his vessels
- presumabJy
j,n port.
With liJ" t::il e11tR
more advanced
th•m exclusively
shoejne; horF;es the
Commonwealt.h htrerl. him to work on gun "'"·rri:a~f'"
jn 1814 r'l.nri.ne;
thP. war-.
The following
excerJ:)t lists
"D11nckl ee" t.op:,d:her
with, A. Wndal~ ~ a neigl1bor- and whe~lwrie;ht,
amo11ne; thP.
expenditures·:
·
~t~~~-Y;~. .,and
.,.·
~
...
THE ESSEX
. /4o;AL
GUARDS
251
.~June_ 9, 1814. Aftt:r dinner we were· alarmed about
'}.I!'~ the enemy, as two s~ip~ we:e off, a 74 & Frigate. . A
3&"'::C,Tender passed w1thm .Misery Island & boats without
had
:t,£!< pursued a schooner which put into Beverly shore &
·&
:there was burnt two miles below the town. The Inhab. /:~ jtants appeared & the cannon were brouo-ht upon the
.·~f/',Neck, but the enemy retired immediately. "
:,,l'':'.June 10. The late event has roused the Government
·f"'.mBoston.• The Governour has ordered two brass .field
.·
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By a Resolve
I am directed· to
>/t-mo~ed t.be
Hous~ Cannon,
cause to be re.
property of this
1
.__ Commonwealth, now in the Town of Salem, on Winter Island, so
-;~;
..:>...,-=:;.·,-.
: ···='t.--ca~!ed, t~ a n 1ore s afe an<l convenient place in said Town.
1 1
..i. ou w1 1 P e:is~ 1o contract
with some suitallle person or-persons,
:_::'_toremove the !.aid house to a spot that :Maj. Geul IIovev shall di·
..
'~:,~-, _'-:- ......
..·
~~;,rect. 1 think it would be coovenient to place it near yOar present
·
·.'-·:-'.-·.Gau
house.
You wmhave the Carriages & 'Waggons put in order without loss
;_~-:· time 1 & inform me ,vbat implemsnts, Harness, &c., remain, be.
of
_.., looging to them, that are tit for service; what is wanting shall be
,......
_ .sopplierl as soon as the house is in readiness to receive them.
·.~:--- Yon will be prudent in your expenditures, & your· ilills 1 if accore.
:
_--~_panied by proper vouchers, shall be paid at sigbtt by
... · '-·
Sir
.~:{
i • ·
'Yr Obt. Servt
-: .-;~.:
Amasa Davis, Quartr Yasr Genl
1,:. ·Joo Russell, Esq
·
·
·,;_.·:' ,, ·. -'"t~'.f.-.· Colo Commt .Arti1Iery 1 1st B, 2d Div.
.. Lt.
'.«r,\ ·-.,-1..~:~{::':'~·.·iCommonwealth of Massachusetts Dr. to John Russell.
The
_:-(:~.To
irnndry expenrlitnres, in the removal of the Cnmmonwealtb's
."';:· , Gun.House from Winter.Island to Washington-Square
;,...,_
in Salem,
.?·J.-: and in the titting for serYice a pair of Iron 12 pounders, agree•
:" '•'
_,._ ,-··ably
...
to the orders of Aruasa Davis, Esq., Quarter-Master Gen·
· ";-:';;,> of the Militia of said Commonwealth,
.! eral
-~
viz ..•.••...
~::.r.,-o Cash paid Honeycomb & Osborne, for the removal of the
·;.3~~;,:,:
Guo-Rouse, and puttiog the same in comp!ete repairs,
:---~:_-: as p€:- Bill ................•....
·
";...........
, . . . . . . . . 155••.
:'.}i.:,'~. pai.d John Todd_, for the removal ol the Gans, &
Cash
. ~~-.--: sundries, as per bill ..........
,. . . . . .•.. . . . . . . . . . ..
10.••
paid A. Wendell, :for repairing Wheels, &c., a.;;.per
-- . · bill........
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .
39, ..
--~-i:,~_Cash paid J. Duncklee, for blacksmith's
work on Gnu
:-~;:·- Carriages, as per bill..........................
.... ..
23.31
. ~::: ..
~·'.:Cash paid W. Lu~comb, for painting Carriages and~
=·-·A.¥,--;,
·Wagon, as per bill. ...............................
,.
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Boston, June 15th, 1614.
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1814-1815.
CONDITIO~S IN
·1..·
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.A:bie;;i.i_l -Porter and John Dunckley
WP.re m;,ry-i P.<t ,:r111.y1.;,
S;aJPm 'Rr,n.' subsP.cp1ently
h,i.d Rt lPRst
twn rlii.lr'lr,,n:
BlizR.bP.th
R.11dT,ouisa - R.J.though no reco,-.a of' t.hem hR,ri_nP.:
any: chiJdrP.n
i.s ayaila.ble.
,.
~Zit"?"~,,- _1794'";'·j_n
.,
.......
ThP. folJ.01.-rinc; is a Jist
of t;ax recnrr'ls
RR tli"Y :anr-p,ir
the J.edgerr1.
Their meanine; :=JRye.t is not tot:aJJy
cJ.eR,-.,
: ·since
houses
;are not· speci fical J.y irlenti.fie-1
- nor.- ,,,..P.
·shop J.ocatio:ns·.
FoJ.ger Po-pe'R a.bsence in 1802 wn11l.n fi.t
but whether
or when Duncklee
ha.a. 8 blacksrni. th' P. A hon w·i ti,
.....
.
-~
.
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~i:a~~u!~a~In;n
a.~a~~~-:~-r~s-o:?C~{u:~~!t;:
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~803· - W"rd' 2 John Dunclea
•· . Folger .. Pope. unlisted
····-· · .·.' •,.·....
..
,.:.~·-····, -··..
' •' ·-180,4) 1805; 180~
1807
1808
1809 1810.· .1811 -
.
.
'
1812
- wa.rd
.
-
boo
ditto
WATd' 4 John
Duncley
.. :1816 ,..,;·ward-,4;Joh:n:':Duncley
. .
.
,._, ·'
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& shon
1000
Bouse
&
Shop
Pc Shop
-
(See
ROO.
1812
.Tohn Duncley
ditto
1812
.·.,.-.:; ..
~·;::·~~i~i.,.~--:
-··..
- pir House
.
Duncley
4- John
1815
:.,,,.,
130
- Pt Ho1.1se & ½ Shon - 1000
- Pt house &. Shnp (zone)
- 1200 ·
John D11nclea ditto
1803
ditto
1803
ditto
1803 ·
ditto
1803
clitto
1303·
clitto
1803
ditto
1803
wa.ra. 2 - John Dunc1ea - part
1813'
1814
~
~:&
sto~h=p
"!"' ·; ..., ...., ;·
wArni·-2:JohnDunclea
Wardl 4' Folger
Pope
1802
·....
_ - P!t H;~~=e
i.s not
w:;a.rd:2 John DuncJ.ea - Pt House ?, -½ Shop - 700
ward: 4 Folger
Pope - Pt House c'cshop - 1300
1801
... _,
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17 oc;atj nn,
in
House
hn,ise
- House
I'-:
"811<" S'ho-r
& Shnp
- 900
-
900
No 4)
800.
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,
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1819
1820
· 1821
wara.
ditto
4 John
DunkJ.ey
1819
- House.
70()
& Shor
Dunkley
pt
house
iand sho11
ward
Dunkley
rt
homie
c1na shnn
house
8nd
shop
20()
pt
..
ward' 4 John
pt
.. -::,.
:
house
8nd ehon
(aeiaa)
.. t.
.'i_.•'-.-
·1822
4 John
400
-
300
?O()
dead"
.· John Dunckley'
s· greatest
r,rohl em (r:roh8h1y
Reconn only
.t·o ·sorting
out the different
spelJ.ings
of hi.s TI-"'rne) was h:ls
·health
- spe~i fie ally
epilepsy
- an aff~. i ct:i on of wh~<'h he
eventually
died at the age of 5~ on April
29, 182~, in SPJern. 18
-The following
inventory
copy not onJ.y rAA.ffi:rrns the <"Yfsi::once
.. of a working
lmil11fng
on Dunckley'
s prr.:nerty
hnt.- "· cornrl p·te
1.i'_i_:t··"" ~t.,!~7, of
,.;.:i~t
con.t:~,~s
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tt&&f+
his
dweJ J.ing
house
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as
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'·of Probate for the County of Essct,
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To the Honorable CJ)~.·
f~\~-t:
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(lii'c.
!named, having been first sworn, ha.e
,
i ,-; /i
J/1,.!:tr...,
Esquire,
Judge
Pursunntto I\ ,varrantfrom your hon?r,we, the subscrihers,the committee therein.
~¢::/· '
mode the following
·1,wentor1 aml appraisement of the estate of JJ?.>1.GJJ.,_,.,,/Ck
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;.:\:-..
late of.
_;j(l,U,_
.... in said county,
il°JJ{,,__,/Ll'»1"~
e /'.dcceascd,..:.fiesiate,
as shc1fn to us by the adrninistratun
R.al &tatr .
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was par-tr of !he probate
rPr:,r:,rd (# R"i73) of
IIJ"ohn· Tomcklee,
S8.lem, blacksmi t.h.n ·.,,na t.hP Pnt.i rP.t.y wRs il "'tea
the fifth
o:f .July, 1825.
Abigc>i.l puncklee
W"l.8
list.Pr! ::1s the
widow·.
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her lleR.th at age 73 on ,Jun 7, · 1842, whP,..e1rNm she
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to boarders.
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(kept for.reference
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. (a cordwainer
whose shop was further
~9wnNorth ::lt.reet) "'S
1 pant
an o_cc1.
of Wj.dow Dunkley's_
house.
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"n.i.rectory",.
1837, listed_Josep~/?ye,
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·
over both occupancy
and ownership
of the fRrni.J.y 11011.se after
,·,,,,.. :: --- ._-.their
mother's
death.·
"The Misses Diinkley"
wer.e milliners
~:"<r.:''-"~"'"·'.·,· ··. and 'kept
a sho-p at 21 St. Peter
Street
;13tn_ aho11t 18'i0 when
f.\.~-~-~-·'(.-",'._business JT\oved' to 295 Essex Street.
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_
were maintained
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excerpt
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4 ·_ · ·
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- owners
Wm Moneys (mov'd)
'Allen
Peabody
(mov•a)
Daniel
Peaho0y
(~ov'd)
· Nathaniel
Goodh11e
· Occupants:
The taxes
and :i;,ouisa Dunkley
house _in 1845 -.,ere
as
folJows:
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2':i
.
11
Dunkley
- house
(115
North)
""'. (value)
1000"
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A. Dunkley il.ecided to sell
he 26
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_
half
of the house and pro11erty
to Elizabeth
for 500 dollars
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Both ladies.
were yet single
and the. moti vat.ion
behind the sale
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27
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in 1851,
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I s ci tuation
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at that· time and is followed.
by an 1869
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_described
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by Handy, 137 2/3 feet
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annear
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to consist
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proportions
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North Street
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John Dunckley, blacksmith, c. 1802
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David Gavenla
161
1802
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Dunckley
History
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John
North
Salem
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166 North Street, Salem, MA, 01970
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Edmund Johnson 1800
Ephrain Woods 1833
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David T. Gavenda
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166 North Street
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1833
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Ephraim Woods
Johnson
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Woods
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19 North Street
Built as a
medical office for
Dr. John G. Treadwell
in 1852
Remodeled for
J. F. Appleton
in 1893
Research & writing by
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October 2019
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
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198 North Street
Built for
Henry Chew
A free man of color
Mariner
c. 1834
Research & Writing Provided by
Amy E. Kellett
October 2018
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
978.745.0799 | HistoricSalem.org
© 2018
�Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street | Salem, Mass.
www.historicsalem.org
House History Report for
198 North Street
c.1967 Photograph — 198 North Street
Report completed by
Amy E. Kellett
October 2018
www.amykellett.com
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�198 North Street
Built for
Henry Chew
A free man of color
Mariner
c.1834
1867-1925 | Part of the Cressey Estate
1949-1983 | Property of Salem Housing
Authority — Veteran’s Housing
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�1833 — Henry Chew, mariner, purchases land from the Town of Salem
Amidst the rapidly expanding neighborhoods of the prosperous seaport town of Salem, Massachusetts a
mariner named Henry Chew purchased a plot of land in ‘Northfields’ (what is now North Street) from the
Town of Salem for one-hundred dollars on the 2nd of August, 1833. As there is no buildings noted on the
deed as being part of the property, it can be assumed that shortly after the land purchase, the Greek
Revival dwelling house was built on the land where it stands to this day.
2nd August 1833 — Northfields Property sold from Town of Salem to Henry Chew
Essex County Registry of Deeds
Book 273 | Page 15
This home remains one of the best examples of vernacular Greek Revival architecture in the City of
Salem, and has remained largely unchanged on its exterior through the decades of history that have
passed by its front door. Indeed, this house is one that is passed by millions of cars every year, as North
Street is one of the main thoroughfares in and out of the ‘Witch City’, and its unassuming appearance
belies its fascinating and extensive history. The architectural history standard text, A Field Guide to
American Houses, by Virginia & Lee McAlester notes the historical significance of Greek Revival
architecture, which is often associated with government buildings and the like, but the vernacular
examples hearken to the same historic influences:
Greek revival was the dominant style of American domestic
architecture during the interval from about 1830 to 1850 […] during
which its popularity led it to be called the National Style. [It]
especially flourished in those regions that were being rapidly
settled in the decades of the 1830s, ‘40s, and ‘50s.
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�… archaeological investigation in the early 19th century emphasized
Greece as the Mother of Rome which, in turn, shifted interest to
Grecian models. Two additional factors enhanced Greek influence
in this country. Greece’s involvement in a war for independence
(1821-30) aroused much sympathy in the newly independent United
States; at the same time, the war of 1812 diminished American
affection for British influence, including the still dominant Adam
style in domestic architecture.
An important and enduring legacy of the Greek Revival to American
domestic architecture is the front-gabled house. Popularized during
the ascendance of the Greek Revival style in the early 19th century,
this became the predominant form for detached urban houses in cities
of the Northeast…1
The purchase of this property and the subsequent building is especially significant as the home’s builder,
Henry Chew, listed in the 1833 City Directory as a mariner living on North Street, was a free black man.
Records indicate that he lived at the Greek Revival home on North Street for a number of years with his
family, including his wife Venus (married in 1801) and several children. Although the Chew family were of
a higher social status than many of their enslaved counterparts in the South, life was not easy for them, as
the couple buried several children in the time that they lived at the home on North Street, including a son
born the year that the home was built. Just fourteen months later the little boy died of an unnamed illness
in 1834. Prior to the family’s residence on North Street, they had also buried a daughter, Hannah, who
had died in 1822 from consumption, what is today called tuberculosis, at only eight years old.
Unfortunately, not much more is known about the Chew family, as records available from the time are
scarce. As a free black family, they were likely involved in the Abolitionist movement that had taken hold
in the greater Boston and North Shore region. Furthermore, this property may have been involved in the
Underground Railroad, as there is evidence that escaped slaves on the Railroad went through Essex
County, including Salem, on their route North to freedom. Maybe it is appropriate to note the
coincidence here — that Henry Chew and his family purchased land and built their home along a
farmland path that would eventually be named ‘North Street’ before the house was sold to the next
generation of owner in 1842.
1 McAlester, Virginia & Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses, Romantic Houses, Greek Revival. Pages 179-84
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�1842 Salem City Directory — Henry Chew, Mariner, North [Street]
Following the alphabetical list of names of Salem’s white residents, the City Directory included a
separate section entitled “People of Color” — the 1842 publication of the directory notes Henry Chew as
living on North Street, and lists the places of work for the other Chew family members.
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�1842 — Elisha Odlin purchases property from Henry Chew
According to the records found through the Essex County Registry of Deeds, Elisha Odlin purchased the
property on North Street from Henry Chew, including “a dwelling house and out buildings thereon” for
$100, plus interest. The deed also importantly notes about the North Street property, as “being the same
I (Henry Chew) purchased of the City or Town of Salem,” which refers to the earlier cited 1833 deed.
26th August 1842 —North Street Property sold from Henry Chew to Elisha Odlin
Essex County Registry of Deeds
Book 333 | Page 65
Elisha Odlin’s occupation is noted as ‘trader’ on the deed (above), which likely refers to the maritime
trade that supported Salem’s booming economy. Although there are several generations of men named
‘Elisha Odlin’ throughout the decades of the 18th and 19th centuries in Salem, the generation that aligns
with this deed suggests it was owned by Elisha Odlin, Jr. son of Samuel Odlin. Unfortunately, just five
years after Elisha Odlin Jr.’s purchase of the property on North Street, he died from consumption at only
twenty-seven years of age on November 19, 1848. Subsequently, his estate was divided among multiple
owners, until the property was procured by Pierce L. W. Gardner, and shortly thereafter sold to Caleb A.
Smith in 1855.
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�1874 Salem City Atlas
(Top) North Salem was a rapidly-developing neighborhood from the 1830s through the early 20th
century, and these Atlas images show the great swaths of land owned by Wm A. Creesy, as well as other
prominent Salem families. The arrow indicates the property that is now 198 North Street.
(Bottom) Close-up view of the 1874 Salem City atlas that notes 148 and 146 North Street as being the
property of William A. Creesy, and contemporaneous Federal censuses city directories list David
Sinclair, carpenter, as the resident of 148 North Street.
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�1855 — North Street property becomes part of the Estate of Caleb A. Smith
The Essex County Registry of Deeds records records multiple purchases of property by Caleb Smith in
the mid-18th century, including a “parcel of land with the buildings thereon, situated on North Street in
Salem” described as “the premises to me (Caleb A. Smith) conveyed by the heirs of Elisha Odlin, by
various deeds on record.” Mr. Smith also appears on Historic Salem, Inc. historic house report records
as being the builder in 1861 of what is now 3-5 Ridgeway Street, less than a tenth of a mile from the North
Street property. For the next twelve years the Smith family would own the property and dwelling house
across the street from their own home on North Street, during which time the home would likely have
been used as a residence for the Smith family staff, or as an income property that they could rent out.
14th March 1867 — North Street Property sold from Caleb A. Smith to Wm. A. Creesy
Essex County Registry of Deeds
Book 719 | Page 242
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�1867 — Smith sells Estate, including North Street property, to William A. & Emily F. Creesy
Documentation shows that William A. Creesy, along with his wife Emily, purchased the estate from
Caleb A. Smith in 1867. Creesy had made his fortune, along with so many others, in Salem’s booming
maritime trade industry. According to the text entitled ‘Old Marblehead Sea Captains and Ships in
Which they Sailed” published by the Marblehead Historical Society in 1916, William Andrew Cressy
(whose name spelling seems to have varied depending on who recorded the documentation) was the
brother of Josiah P. Cressy, and was the captain for a number of Salem’s ships, including the Oneida,
Mary Whittredge, and Cohota.
1874 Salem City Directory
Captain William A. Creesy and his son and namesake, William A. Creesy Jr. are both noted as living at 145
North Street — their former home is now 3-5 Ridgeway Street, and the property at 198 North Street
belonged to part of the same Creesy Estate.
The 1867 Deed, dated March 14th, notes and references the premises as being the same that were
purchased by Smith in 1855 from Pierce L. W. Gardner:
…the real estate in said Salem which is bounded commencing at the
Southwest corner and running Northwesterly by North Street about one
hundred and forty eight feet to the land of Dearborn about four hundred
and twenty feet to land of Cross, then turning and running Southerly by
land of Cross about one hundred and thirty feet to the land of Newhall,
then turning and running Southwesterly by said Newhall’s land to North
Street and the said point begun at. […] Being the same premises conveyed
to Caleb A. Smith by Pierce L. W. Gardner by deed dated May 5, 1855,
recorded in the Registry of Deeds for Essex County in Book 513 Leaf 13.
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�1886-1889 Massachusetts State and Federal Naturalization Records
Petition for Naturalization — David Sinclair
Volume 3 | No. 4692-ixv3
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�Upon William A. Creesy’s passing in 1874, the Creesy Estate became the property of Mrs. Emily F.
Cressey (whose name spelling yet again changed on subsequent documentation). This is also around the
same time frame that the earliest map and atlas images appear showing the property at what is now 198
North Street. By 1872 a carpenter named David E. Sinclair and his family are listed in the City Directories
as living at 148 North Street (now 198).
1872 Salem City Map
This clip from an 1872 publication that included a map of Salem, Massachusetts Ward 6 area of North
Salem, while the arrow indicates the North Street property that is the subject of this report.
The larger historic context is important to note before recording the Sinclair’s history at 198 North
Street: as noted earlier, the neighborhood of North Salem was rapidly becoming more densely populated
throughout the 19th century, including a major renovation completed by the city around 1871 near what is
now the North Street Bridge (adjacent to the MBTA Commuter Rail station). As a result, land parcels
were subdivided as well as the numbering of the dwelling houses throughout the neighborhood,
including on North Street, where in the time period between 1870 and 1880 the address for the North
Street house that is the subject of this report changed from 148 to 198 North Street. For this reason,
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�earlier historic records of this property proposed a feasible theory that the building had been moved from
another parcel of land to its current current location, but further research confirms that the dwelling
house at 198 North Street has been on its current foundation since the area was called ‘Northfields’ and
the path that now bears the name North Street was little more than a passageway for merchants, goods,
and travelers to and from Danvers.
1870-c.1887 — David E. Sinclair & Family live at North Street property dwelling house
Prior to living at the home that would become 198 North Street for nearly two decades, David Sinclair,
housewright, and his family lived at a number of addresses throughout Salem. Naturalization records
note David Sinclair’s immigration to Salem on the 9th of November, 1849. He and his young wife
Margaret are listed on the 1850 Federal Census as living in Ward 1 along with Catherine Humber, Ann
Garret, Rebecca Phillips, and James A. Humber. The couple soon had a family of their own, and by 1853
are listed as living at 14 Turner Street (in Ward I of Salem, Mass.), and then at 15 Mall Street by 1855.
The 1860 US Federal Census provides more detail about the Sinclair family ten years after the couple
first appeared on Federal records. The family is listed as living in Ward 3, confirmed by the 1861 Salem
City Directory which notes the family’s address as 57 Broad Street. In 1860 the family included Mr. David
Sinclair, a 35 year-old carpenter, his wife Margaret, now 27 years old attended to the house and the
children: David A., age 9; Charles H., age 6, and 2-year-old Frank.
The family of five did not remain in the Broad Street neighborhood of Ward 3 very long, however, as the
American Civil War called Mr. Sinclair to join the Union Army, the family moved once again, this time to
15 Essex Street in Salem’s Derby Street neighborhood, during the absence of David. Mr. Sinclair’s
naturalization records note his voluntary enlistment into the Army of the United States on October 3rd,
1861 until he was honorably discharged in January of 1866. This is confirmed through Salem City
directories that list David Sinclair as serving with Company B of the 24th Army Regiment. Upon the
ending of the war, David Sinclair returned to his family at 15 Essex Street where they remained until 1870,
when the US Federal Census lists the Sinclair family as living in the 6th Ward of the City: North Salem.
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�By the 1870 recording of the US Federal Census, the Sinclair family had changed in the preceding
decade; the two oldest Sinclair boys, David and Charles Sinclair, now 19 and 16 years old, no longer are
listed as living with the family (for reasons yet discovered). David Sinclair, now 44 years old, is again
listed as a carpenter, his wife Margaret, now 37, continued to maintain the family home and raise the
younger Sinclair children: Joseph F. Sinclair, 12 (most likely the ‘F’ meaning ‘Frank’ or ‘Francis’ — the
youngest Sinclair child from the 1860 Census), a 3-year-old daughter, Annie F. Sinclair, and 7-month-old
Stephen H. Sinclair. In all, David and Margaret Sinclair would raise four boys and one girl during their
lives and time lived at 198 North Street.
1870 US Federal Census — Salem, Mass. — Ward 6
The Sinclair family, including David Sinclair with his occupation listed as ‘carpenter, Margaret E.
Sinclair as keeping house, and their 3 children, Joseph (12), Annie (3), and Stephen (7 months).
Salem City Directories during the Sinclair tenure at the North Street property show the change in
address for the home from 148 to 198 North Street between 1876 and 1878, just a few years after the
family’s first appearance at the address. Throughout their time at the residence David Sinclair is listed as
a carpenter by trade through the 1886 City Directory, after which he and his family moved to 29 Osborne
Street by 1888.
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�1888-1925 — 198 North Street remains part of the Cressey Estate while rented by several tenants
While the estate was owned and managed by the widow of William Creesy, Emily F. Cressey, the
property at 198 North Street was home to several tenants, whose names and occupations are traceable
though the Salem City Directories:
1888-c1896 : John E. Scanlan — Morocco Dresser
“Morocco Dresser” is a specialization in leather finishing; specifically, ‘morocco’ referred to a
type of goat skin leather that is much lighter than other 19th and 20th century finished leathers,
and a ‘dresser’ tanned the leather. This type of leather work was most often used in shoe leather
applications, so Mr. Scanlan likely worked with of one of the many shoe factories in Salem and
the greater North Shore region of Boston.
1897 : Walter A. Tarr — Shoe Trimmer
1899 : Ernest A. Oliver — Electrician
1901 : George M. Sinclair — Clerk
1903-1904 : Arthur W. Stevens — Shoemaker
1905-1910 : Frank J. Verry — Brakeman for the Boston & Maine Railroad
1911-1912 : Oliver Collette — Driver
1913 : Otis H. Pickard — Plumber
1914 : Albert Dyer — Teamster
In the early 20th century, ‘teamster’ referred to a person whose occupation it was to manage and
be in charge of a team of horses, which could be used for anything from transportation to fire
brigades.
1915 : Albert Nolet — Carpenter
1916-1920 — Charles W. Chapman — Machinist
(& Martha A. Chapman)
1921-1922 — John F. Farnsworth — Bricklayer
(& Sadie J. Farnsworth)
1924-1926 — William A Walsh — Leatherworker
(& Blanche Walsh)
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�1925 — The Heirs of Emily F. Cressy sell the property at 198 North Street to Arthur W. & Bessie M.
Dorman
The property at 198 North Street remained the property of the Cressy Family until 1925, at which time
the Essex County Registry of Deeds records indicate the land belonging to the Estate of Emily F. Cressey
on the even-numbered side of North Street was sold to Arthur W. & Bessie M. Doorman. Importantly,
this deed references an official survey plan recorded by Civil Engineer Thomas A. Appleton of the
property entitled “Land of Estate of Emily F. Cressy, Salem, Mass.” which clearly depicts the properties
at both 198 and 196 North Street.
30th March 1925 — 198 North Street sold from Cressy Estate to Arthur W. & Bessie M. Dorman
Essex County Registry of Deeds
Book 2634 | Page 201
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�After being in the Cressy family for nearly six
decades since 1867, Arthur & Bessie Dorman
purchased the property at 198 North Street and
maintained its ownership until 1949. The City
Directories give insight to the tenants of the Greek
Revival house at 198 North Street:
January 1925
Land of Emily F. Cressy — Salem, Mass.
Book of Plans 42, Plan No. 30b
With deed Josiah P. Cressy to Arthur W. Dorman
et ux. Rec.B.2634 P.201
1929 - 1935 — Charles E. Millner —Leatherworker
(& Lillian B. Millner)
1936-1939 — Robert J. Preston — Salesman
(& Rose M. Preston)
1940-1949 — John J. O’Shea — Post Office Clerk
(& Mary A. O’Shea)
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�1949 — Salem Housing Authority issues an ‘Order of Taking’ for 198 North Street
Following the second World War, the nation’s burgeoning population, known as the ‘Baby Boom’
created a need for veteran’s housing throughout the country, including in Salem, Massachusetts. As a
result, the property that had been purchased by Arthur and Bessie Dorman in 1925 was the subject of an
official ‘Order of Taking’ by the Salem Housing Authority, by order of an official State-Aided Housing
Project. Two documents record this transaction: the Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 3662 Page
213, and the Plan of Land for the ‘State-Aided Housing Project, Salem #200-1’, which included the
dwelling houses at 198 and 196 North Street, as well as two additional parcels of land:
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�1949-1983 — 198 North Street owned by the Salem Housing Authority
Following the government seizure of the property at 198 North Street, the property is listed as ‘Vacant’ in
the 1950 Salem City Directory. Available City Directories only give insight to tenants through 1963; the
recorded residents of 198 North Street through the early 1960s create a more detailed look into this
property’s extensive history:
1951-1953 — Ernest P. Snow — Leatherworker
(& Anna P. Snow)
1954-1962 — Emerson E. Pollock — Masonic Temple Superintendent
(& Lucy C. Pollock)
1964— Leo W. Dragon —- Leatherworker at A. C. Lawrence
The final document of this report correlates to the 1983 Deed regarding the property at 198 North Street,
by which time the property had been in the ownership and management of a trustee of Allyn Realty Trust.
Recorded in October of 1983, the deed and plan record the sale of the property from being managed as
State-Aided housing project to a private home, which it remains to this day.
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Built for
Henry Chew
A free man of color
Mariner
c. 1834
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c. 1834, 2018
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Amy E. Kellett
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English
1834
198
2018
Chew
circa
Henry
History
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Massachusetts
North
Salem
Street
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Built as a barn for Captain Samuel West Jr., shipmaster and sadler, in 1753. Converted to residence in 1769. Moved 50' South when North Street was widened in 1949.
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1753, 2017
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25 North Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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Joseph Torrey, physician, by 1825
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