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House history
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POST OFFICE BOX 865
OFFICE AT HAMILTON HALL
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 I PHONE (617) 745-0799
175 FEDERAL STREET
Built by·
JOSHUA CROSS, housewright
Circa 1790
Research by,
Joyce King
May 1988
"to preserve Historic Sites, Buildings and objects,
and to work for the education of the community
in the true value of the same."
�175 FEDERAL STREET
BOOK 9455 PAGE 126
DATE -
April 1, 1988
CONSIDERA'fION
$235,000
GRANTOR (seller) -
John M. and Sherlyn Anastasi
GRAHTEE (buyer)
Walter P. Dupuis
DESCRIP'fION
Land and buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
For title see deed recorded in book
8566 page 268
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DATE -
October 8, 1986
CONSIDERATION
None listed
GRANTOR (seller) -
John M. Anastasi
GRANTEE (buyer)
John M. and Sherlyn Anastasi
DESCRIPTION
Land and buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
For my title see deed recorded in
book 7774 page 251.
BOOK 7774 PAGE 251
DATE -
May 31, 1985
CONSIDERATION
$140,000
GRANTOR (seller) -
William J. and Karen Whitworth
GRAN'l'EE (buyer)
John M. Anastasi
DESCRIPTION
Land and buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
For title of granter see deed of
John J. Crowley recorded in book
6512 page 514.
BOOK 6512 PAGE 514
DATE -
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August 21, 1978
CONSIDERATION
$33,000
GRANTOR (seller) -
John J. and Helen
GRANTEE (buyer)
William J. and Karen Whitworth
of 182 Federal st.
DESCRIPTION
Land and building
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
Being the same premises conveyed to
us by deed of Patrick J. Crowley and
Mary E. Crowley on June 8, 1946 and
recorded in book 3463 page 229.
c.
Crowley
�BOOK 3463 PAGE 229
DATE -
June 8, 1946
CONSIDERATION
None listed
GRANTOR (seller) -
Patrick J. and Mary E. Crowley
GRAWJ.'EE (buyer)
John J. and Helen
DESCRIPTION
Land and buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
Being the same premises conveyed by
deed of Nellie R. Friend on Jan. 6,
1928 and recorded in book 2779 page
553.
c.
Crowley
BOOK 2779 PAGE 553
DATE -
January 6, 1928
CONSIDERATION
None listed (mortgage $5,500)
GRANTOR (seller) -
Nellie R. Friend widow
GRANTEE (buyer)
Patrick J. and Mary E. Crowley
DESCRIPTION
Land and buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
Being the same premises which Mary B.
Osgood conveyed to William R. Austin
on May 11, 1880 and recorded in book
1039 page 125 and which he devised
to the granter by his last will.
BOOK 1039
P~GE
125
DATE -
May 11, 1880
CONSIDERATION
$3,500
GRANTOR (seller) -
Mary B. Osgood widow
GRANTEE (buyer)
William R. Austin
DESCRIPTION
Parcel of real estate on the south
side of Federal street
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
The same estate deeded to Mary B.
Osgood by Joseph Osgood guardian
on August 2, 1866 and recorded in
book 708 page 133.
�BOOK 708 PAGE 133
DA'l'E -
August 2, 1866
CONSIDERATION
$3,000
GRANTOR (seller) -
Joseph Osgood guardian of Ebenezer
Beckford an insane person
GRAN'l'EE (buyer )
Mary B. Osgood
DESCRIP'l'ION
Land, dwelling house and other
buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
The same estate which was purchased
by Nathaniel w. Osgood of Thomas
Moriarty on March 23, 1830 and
recorded in book 256 page 45.
BOOK 256 PAGE 45
DATE -
March 23, 1830
CONSIDERA'l'ION
$1,650
GRANTOR (seller) -
Thomas and Jenima G. Moriarty
GRANTEE (buyer)
Nathaniel
DESCRIPTION '
Lot of land, dwelling house and other
buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
The same estate conveyed to William
Low by Michael Webb as recorded in
book 195 page 126 and by the
administrator of William Low to
Moriarty as recorded in book 233 page
53.
w.
Osgood
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BOOK 233 PAGE 53
DATE -
April 29, 1823
CONSIDERATION
$323.44 exclusive of a mortgage and
the amount of the widow's dower
GRANTOR (seller) -
Benjamin R. Nichols administrator of
the estate of William Low
GRANTEE (buyer)
Thomas Moriarty, mariner
DESCRIPTION
Lot of land, dwelling house and other
bui !dings
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PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
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The same conveyed on January 2, 1812
subject to a mortgage of $359.84 and
the widow's dower.
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�BOOK 195 PAGE 126
DATE -
January 2, 1812
CONSIDERA'.l'ION
$1,400
GRANTOR (seller) -
Michael and Sally Webb
GRANTEE (buyer)
William Low, mariner
DESCRIPTION
Lot of land, dwelling house and other
buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
The same estate (and no more)
conveyed by Samuel Peters as recorded
in book 192 page 144.
BOOK 192 PAGE 144
DATE -
December 26, 1810
CONSIDERATION
$1,100
GRANTOR (seller) -
Samuel and Hannah Peters
GRANTEE (buyer)
Michael Webb, merchant
DESCRIPTION
Land and buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
Being part of the same land I
purchased of William Cleaveland as
recorded in book 168 page 87.
�BOOK 164 PAGE 275
DATE -
May 16, 1799
CONSIDERATION
$1,650
GRANTOR (seller) -
Joshua and Lydia cross
GRAN'rEE
(buyer)
William Cleaveland Jr., watchmaker
DESCRIPTION
Land, dwelling house and other
buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
The same piece of land I purchased
from Jonathan Buffum on June 13,
1783.
BOOK 137 PAGE 150
DATE -
June 13, 1783
CONSIDERATION -
60 pounds
GRANTOR
Jonathan and Sarah Buffum
(seller) -
GRANTEE (buyer) -
Joshua Cross, housewright
DESCRIPTION -
Spot of land on the south side of
the new street, so called, near the
town bridge.
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Documentation shows that the house built by Joshua Cross was
of one story in height and had 15 windows. Since the structure
is now two stories plus and definitely Greek Revival (1825 1850) in style, it must be assumed that it was altered during
that time frame. There has been no documentation found to
indicate that a new structure was built on this land after
1825.
Since the house was sold to Nathaniel ~. Osgood, in
1830, he is the person n1ost likely responsible for the
transformation.
1790 Census (pg. 94)
Joshua Cross 1 male over the age of 16; 1 h1ale under 16; 6
females.
(The abutters listed, Nathaniel Fisher and Ephraim
Emerton, place Cross as living on the lot now 175 Federal by
this date)
1850 census (Ward 4 #645:974)
Nathaniel Osgood age 53; tanner; prop. val. ~4,200; b. Mass.
Mary b, Osgood age 50; b. Mass.
Joseph Osgood age 25; master mariner; b. Mas~.
Caroline Osgood age 22; b. Mass.
Mary B. Osgood age 18; b. Mass.
Lucy Osgood age 16; b. Nass.
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Federal Street
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175 Federal Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Built by Joshua Cross, housewright
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1790, 1988
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English
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172 Federal Street
Built circa 1849 for George Nichols, Tanner
History of the property:
172 Federal Street was built at the peak of the Greek Revival
era of American architecture in the 1840s by Salem tanner George
Nichols for his son Nathan. The elder Nichols built the house and
resided in it briefly before conveying it to Nathan Nichols, a
clerk, who owned and occupied the property for the next fifteen
years.
The western end of the present-day Federal Street, which was
laid out across private lands after 1769 and referred to as the
"new street" on or near the North River until its formal
designation as "Federal Street" in 1794, was owned primarily by the
Buffum family, who had purchased it from the original land grant
recipient Robert Moulton in the later seventeenth century. Both
the Moulton and Buffum families were Quakers, and they located
their meeting house on the nearby "main street", or Essex Street.
The Buffum family retained, their property on Federal Street
until well into the nineteenth century, when it was divided into
house lots and sold to several grantees, including Thomas Reynolds,
a Salem laborer who purchased the lot on which the present-day 172
Federal Street now stands from Peace Buffum, a spinster, in 1847. 1
Reynolds purchased a lot of land bounded southerly by Federal
Street, westerly by land of Miss Buffum extending to the high water
mark of the North River, northerly by the river, and easterly by
land of Daniel Haskell, "together with all the flats belonging to
said lot". Less than a year later, he conveyed this lot to George
Nichols, Jr.,-a Salem tanner, who erected 172 Federal Street. 2
George Nichols did not transfer the deed to 172 Federal Street
to his son in his lifetime, but Nathan Nichols and his wife
Elizabeth took up exclusive residence in 1850 according to the
Salem Directories.
After his father's death and his subsequent
inheritance of the property, the younger Nichols obtained a
mortgage with which he expanded the original house in the early
1860s. The enlarged house was conveyed to Roderick A. MacKenzie,
Essex country (South) Registry of Deeds, Book 386, leaf
293; August 30, 1847.
1
2
E.C.R.D. Book 392, leaf 242; January 26, 1848
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a Salem tailor, in 1865. 3 The MacKenzie family resided at 172
Federal Street for five years, after which they conveyed the
property to Daniel Haskell, who owned an adjacent house as well as
the Daniel c. Haskell & company, Tanners and Curriers, on Mason
street. Haskell immediately conveyed 172 Federal Street to one of
his employees, James Donaldson.'
The Donaldson family owned and occupied 172 Federal Street for
over twenty-five years, and their ownership is illustrated on both
the 1876 and 1897 Atlases of Salem (attached).
In 1906 James
Donaldson conveyed the property to the Wesley Methodist Episcopal
Church, and it became the rectory and residence of its pastor, the
Reverend Thomas W. Fessenden. 5
Six years later, the Church
transferred the house and land to the four Cuffe sisters of Salem,
who promptly took up residence. 6
Alice, Nellie, and Sarah Cuffe were single "career women"; the
former two were clerks and the latter was a factory forewoman.
Their elder sister Katharine Cuffe is listed simply as a "boarder"
in the Salem Directories. They apparently experienced difficulties
maintaining their household, as they obtained several mortgage
loans and took in a succession of boarders during their term of
ownership of the property (1912-1946). Of course, the Depression
coincided with several of these difficult years.
In 1946 the
surviving Cuffe sister, Sarah, conveyed the property to a nephew,
John L. Cuffe, and his wife Marion. 7 Though the Cuffes' property
was reduced by the construction of the Sylvania plant along "West"
Bridge Street, 172 Federal Street remained in the family for nearly
forty years through the inheritance of their daughter, Marion
Andrews.
The latter sold the property to its present owners,
Kenneth and Joyce Wallace, in 1984.
Transfers of title:
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Book 386, leaf 293
Grantor: Peace Buffum of Salem, Singlewoman
Grantee: Thomas Reynolds of Salem, Laborer
Consideration: $600
Conveyance of: "a lot of land in said Salem and bounded thus:
southerly on Federal Street thirty-six feet and six inches,
3
E.C.R.D. Book 694, leaves 252-253; December 6, 1865
4
E.C.R.D. Book 810, leaves 205-207; December 2, 1870
5
E.C.R.D. Book 1837, pages 196-197; August 7, 1906
6
E.C.R.D. Book 2144, pages 444-447; May 1, 1912
7
E.C.R.D. Book 3441, pages 473-474; February 13, 1946
�Westerly by land conveyed by me Peace Buffum to Daniel Haskell
one hundred and two feet and seven inches more or less to high
water mark of North River, Northerly on the line of the high
water mark thirty-six feet and six inches, Easterly by a line
running Southerly to said Federal Street parallel to the
Eastern line of said Haskell's land and thirty-six feet and
six inches from the same, together with all the flats
belonging to said lot."
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Date recorded: August 30, 1847
E.C.R.D. Book 392, leaf 242
Grantor: Thomas Reynolds of Salem, Laborer
Grantee: George Nichols, Jr. of Salem, Tanner
Consideration: $762
Conveyance of: the above lot
Date recorded: January 20, 1848
E.C.R.D. Book 694, leaf 252
Grantor: Nathan Nichols of Salem
Grantee: Roderick A. MacKenzie of Salem
Consideration: $5050
Conveyance of: the above lot, in addition to "the dwelling
house and other buildings now standing thereon."
Date recorded: December 6 ;· 1865
E.C.R.D. Book 810, ·leaves 205-207
Grantor: Daniel Haskell of Salem
Grantee: James Donaldson of Salem
Consideration: $6000
Conveyance of: "a lot of land situated in said Salem, bounded
Southerly on Federal Street thirty-six feet and six inches,
Westerly on land of said Haskell sixteen feet then Northerly
on land of said Haskell seventeen feet then Southerly on said
land four feet nine inches, then on a line coincident with the
western line of sixteen feet first described bounding westerly
on land of said Haskell sixty-nine feet seven inches more or
less to high water mark on North River: Northerly on the line
of said high water mark thirty-six feet six inches, Easterly
on a straight line running from the North River to Federal
Street and thirty-six feet six inches distant at each end from
the line of the land of said Haskell which is the western
boundary line of the above conveyed premises, together with
all the flats thereto belonging and extending into the North
River and the dwelling house and other buildings on said
conveyed premises. Being the same estate which was conveyed
this day to said Daniel Haskell by Roderick A. and Sarah A.
MacKenzie."
Date recorded: December 2, 1870
�E.C.R.D. Book 1837, pages 196-197
Grantor: James Donaldson of Salem
Grantee: the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church, "a religious
society duly incorporated and having its home of worship in
said Salem"
Consideration: $1 and other considerations
Conveyance of: the above property, "with the exception of
the flats named in said deed which flats have since been
filled."
Date recorded: August 7, 1906
E.C.R.D. Book 2144, pages 445-446
Grantor: the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church of Salem
Grantee: Nellie M. Cuffe, Sarah A. Cuffe, Alice M. Cuffe, and
Katharine J. Cuffe, all of Salem
Consideration: $1 and other valuable considerations
Conveyance of: the above property
Date recorded: May 1, 1912
E.C.R.D. Book 3441, pages 473-474
Grantor: Sarah A. Cuffe of Salem
Grantee: John L. Cuffe and Marion L. Cuffe of Salem
Consideration: paid
Conveyance of: the above property, "excepting therefrom and
reserving to myself a life tenancy in the said demised
premises during my natural life."
Date recorded: February 13, 1946
E.C.R.D. Book 7367, page 502
Grantor: Marion L. Andrews of Salem
Grantee: Kenneth s. Wallace of and Joyce E. Wallace of Salem
Consideration: paid
Conveyance of: 172 Federal Street
Date recorded: March 30, 1984
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Federal Street
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172 Federal Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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An account of the resource
Built for George Nichols
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c. 1849, 1996
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Donna Vinson
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01970
172
1849
1996
Donna
Federal
George
Massachusetts
Nichols
Seger
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7 CAMBRIDGE STREET
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 I PHONE (508) 745-0799
167 FEDERAL STREET
Built by
EZRA WOODBURY, carpenter
in 1878
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Research by,
Joyce King
January 1989
�BOOK 6430 PAGE 214
DATE -
December 22, 1977
CONSIDERATION
$25,000
GRANTOR (seller) -
Joseph P. McKay of Beverly
Executor under the will of Ellen E.
Neville
GRANTEE (buyer)
William D. Little trustee
DESCRIPTION
Land and building (Lot A)
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
Said premises were conveyed to John
Neville and Ellen E. by deed recorded
in book 4201 page 441.
BOOK 4201 PAGE 441
DATE -
September 2, 1955
CONSIDERATION
$4,200
GRANTOR (seller) -
Lillian E. Gay of Peabody executrix
GRANTEE (buyer)
John J. and Ellen E. Neville
DESCRIPTION
Land and building (Lot A)
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
Being the same premises conveyed by
Thomas F. Little to Charles F. Gordon
et ux by deed book 2663 page 186.
�167 FEDERAL STREET
BOOK 9678 PAGE 228
DATE -
August 31, 1988
CONSIDERATION
$145,000
GRANTOR (seller) -
John
GRANTEE (buyer)
David J. and Elizabeth M. Parks
DESCRIPTION
Land and building (Lot A)
Northwest - Federal st. 20.30'
Northeast - Right of way 69.80'
southeast - Lot c by two courses
7.05' and 15.81'
Southwest - Saunders 77.75'
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
The same premises conveyed by deed of
William D. Little trustee as recorded
in book 6431 page 792.
w.
P. McHale
BOOK 6431 PAGE 792
DATE -
December 29, 1977
CONSIDERATION
$30,000
GRANTOR (seller) -
William D. Little trustee of Federal
Street Realty Trust
GRANTEE (buyer)
John
DESCRIPTION
Land and building (Lot A)
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
Being the same premises conveyed by
deed of Joseph P. McKay exc.
and
recorded in book 6430 page 214.
w.
P. McHale of Marblehead
�BOOK 2663 PAGE 186
DATE -
January 8, 1926
CONSIDERATION
None listed (nortgage $1,900)
GRANTOR (seller) -
Thomas F. Little of Salem
GRANTEE (buyer)
Charles F. and Mary A. Gordon
DESCRIPTION
Land and building (Lot A)
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
Being the same premises conveyed to
me by deed of oville L'Heureux on
Jan. 6, 1926.
BOOK 2663 PAGE 163
DATE -
January 6, 1926
CONSIDERATION
None listed
GRANTOR (seller) -
oville A. L'Heureux of Salem
GRANTEE (buyer)
Thomas F. Little
DESCRIPTION
Land and buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
Being the same premises conveyed to
me by Ezra L. Woodbury et al and
recorded in book 2641 page 145 & 146.
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�BOOK 2641 PAGE 145
DA'I'E -
May 16, 1925
CONSIDERATION
None listed
GRANTOR (seller) -
The Heirs of Ezra Woodbury
GRANTEE (buyer)
Oville A. L'Heureux
DESCRIPTION
Land and buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
Being the same premises conveyed to
Ezra Woodbury, deceased.
BOOK 996 PAGE 60 & 184
DATE -
May 1878
GRANTOR (seller) -
Samuel A. Macintire by foreclosure of
a mortgage given by Henry Tuttle
.;.
Clarissa F. Tuttle of Whittier, Ill.
GRANTEE (buyer)
Ezra Woodbury
DESCRIPTION
Land and buildings
Reference to book and page are deed books at the Registry of
Deeds.
Probate numbers are cases at Probate Court.
All maps
in this report are for illustrative purposes and are not meant
to be exact.
�167 FEDERAL STREET
Federal street was laid across private land about 1769. It was
called the new street in 1770; new street laid out near the
North river, 1779; a town way, 1782; and Federal street, 1794.
(Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 7, pg. 67)
As shown in the chain of title, this land was owned by Henry
Tuttle prior to Ezra Woodbury's purchase in May of 1878. Mr.
Tuttle lived at 165 Federal and had a small shop on the spot
where this house stands. Mr. Woodbury removed this shop and
obtained a building permit on August 5, 1878:
Ezra woobury - resident at 130 Bridge st. - to build at 167
Federal St. a wooden dwelling house 14' X 27' - two story with a pitched roof.
A summary of Ezra Woodbury's life was published in the Salem
Evening News, on May 4, 1899, at the time of his death:
"Ex Engineer Ezra Woodbury, news of whose critical illness was
announced in the first edition of today's News, died at his
residence, 168 Bridge street, at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Mr. Woodbury was born in Salem in the house on the corner of
Northey street and Woodbury court, Feb. 10, 1821. He was the
son of Israel and Susan Woodbury. He attended the old Williams
street school, and, after completing his education, learned the
carpenter's trade. On attaining his majority, he went into
business as junior member of the firm of Perkins & Woodbury.
The partnership lasted several yars, and upon its dissolution
he carried on the business alone, continuing it up to a few
years ago. He was largely interested in real estate and the
care of the property has been sufficient of late to keep him
busy.
He was always interested in fire matters and when quite a
young man was captain of one of the old hand engine companies,
and on April 4, 1879, was elected a member of the board of
engineers, serving until April 7, 1878. At the time of the
great fire in Boston, in 1872, in response to a call for help,
he was sent to that city in command of a portion of the Salem
fire department.
He was a member of the common council in 1856 and 1857, and
he had always been an earnest and outspoken temperance worker.
Mr. Woodbury was twice married, his wives being sisters,
Elizabeth and Mary Knight, and daughters of the late William
Knight of Salem. Both are dead. He leaves three sons, Ezra
Woodbury, assistant clerk of courts of Essex county, George P.
Woodbury a contractor and builder and Albert K. Woodbury first
assistant engineer of the Salem fire department, and one
daughter, Miss Abbie K. Woodbury who has kept her father's home
for him since the death of his second wife."
�Ezra Woodbury's real estate holdings in 1896 were listed as:
House 166-168 Bridge, $3,500; house 164 Bridge, $2,300; land,
6900 ft., $1,200; carpenter shop 58 Bridge, $100; land under
and around, $100; barn foot Howard, $700; land under and
around, $700; house 8 Saunders, $1,500; house 3 Cross st. ct.
$1,200; land, 3842 ft., $500; house 15 Northey, $2,000; land
2730 ft., $400; house 5 Woodbury ct. $500; land 1760 ft., $200;
house 7 Woodbury ct., $600; land, 2800 ft., $300; house 9
Woodbury ct., $600; land, 1400 ft., $100; house 165 Federal,
$1,000; house 165 Federal rear, $2,000; shop 167 Federal, $300;
land 8400 ft., $2,500; house 10 Glendale, $1,500; land, 5000
ft., $500; house 103 Essex, $1,600; land, 3800 ft., $1,100;
house 19 Northey, $1,500; land 2720 ft., $400; house 27 Boston,
$2,200; land 3440 ft. $700.
A few occupants of 167 Federal St.
1880 census
Edward Rushford age 38, marbleworker
Isabell Rushford age 22, wife, dressmaker
1884 City Directory - James Stone apothecary
1886/7 City Directory - James Stone M.D. drugs
1900 census
Christopher Ballard age 35, born Canada, teamster
Anna Ballard, wife, age 42, born Canada
Edith Ballard, daughter, age 11, at school
Anna Ballard, daugher, age 10, at school
1901/2 City Directory - Mrs. Margaret Tobin variety store,
house same
1905 City Directory - Mrs. Elizabeth R. Ring variety store,
house same
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Land and House at 153 Federal Street, Salem, Mass.
This house was built for Aaron Hayward, master mason, in 1842.
In 1740 Hannah Orange, a widow of Boston, for,450 li sold
3 3/4 acres of land to Thomas Blaney, Salem shoreman (a man
involved in unloading, preparing, and selling the fish brought
back to Salem from the fishing grounds); this land ran down
along what is now Flint Street to what was then the broad
North River, of which Bridge Street was the southern bank
(80:101). In the 1760s Federal Street was laid out through
this land, and Mr Blaney 1 s widow, Alice Blaney, proceeded to
sell off the land for house-lots. On 18 Sept ·1773 she sold
to Benjamin Nourse, Salem sadler, for 35 li, a house-lot fronting about 36 1 on Federal Street and running ba~k about 200 1 ,
as well as a shallow triangular piece (gore) or land fronting
127' on Federal Street to the east {133:22).
Benjamin Nourse (a direct descendant of Rebecoa Nurse, the
witch trial victL~) built a house on this lot soon after
purchasing it in 1773; on 20 Nov 1789 he bought from Ebenezer
Beckford, a merchant, a parcel of land adjoining to the west,
fronting one pole (16.5 1 ) on Federal Street and running about
200 1 deep; on this strip stood a wood-house and the southerly
end of a dwelling house (148:251}. Mr Nourse immediately
mortgaged his dwelling house, his newly-enlarged house-lot,
and the gore to Mr Beckford, who discharged this mortgage on
15 April 1790 (148:252).
Mr Nourse, "a sexton," died nof old age 11 on_17 Jan 1798 in
his 78th year, having earlier changed his occupation from
sadler to chair-bottom maker; by his will of 24 Nov 1797 he
devised to his (second) wife Abigail a life estate in half
of his hcuse and land, and to his son Samuel the other half
of the homestead, along w:l.th the right to Abigail's half after
her death; to his son Benjamin he left just $50; according to
the inventory, the dwelling house and land were worth $800
(#19685).
On 7 Jan 1799 Samuel Ncurse, a cordwainer (shoemaker1 mortgaged
his half snd his right to his mother's half to Sarah Hathorne,
shopkeeper; she discharged this mortgage 30 April 1801 {164:205).
Again, on 28 April 1801, Mr Nourse mortgaged the same premises
for $500 to John Osgood, merchant, who was acting, evidently,
on behalf of his ward Joseph Jackson hroodbridge ( 169 :243).
11r Nourse paid off this mortgage on 20 Aug 1804 for $604 to
Messrs 0Rgood & Woodbridge (175:33).
It was probably at this time that Mr Nourse began the decline
that ended in death two years later; certainly his actions
were those of a man dete!'lllined to put his house in order. On
�20 Aug 1804 Mr Nourse for $500 granted to his step-mother
Abigail (who was also his mother-in-law) a life estate in
his undivided half of the homestead (175:33). On that same
day Mr Nourse, for $500,sold to William Coombs, baker,
~"'rederick Coombs, mariner, and Elizabeth Coombs, spinster
(his wife 1 s siblings )3:~his :r-ight to his step-mo':;her 1 s right
to the homestead and gore (175:33}; also at this time Mr
Nourse granted his right to his mother's remaining undivided
1/4 right in the homestead & gore to Joseph Mansfield, cordwainer, who immediately reconveyed this 1/4 right to Mr Nourse's
wife, Abigail (Coombs}, (these last two deeds were lost or
destroyed, and were renegotiated on 22 & 23 Oct 1806, 193:69).
Having conveyed all of his property to his ste~-mother and
to his wife and her siblings, Samuel Nourse died late in
November, 1806.
Mr Nourse 1 s step-mother, Mrs Abigail Nourse, died 1 Mar 1814,
aged 70 years. After her decease, the whole homestead & gore
came into the outright possession of William and Frederick
Coombs, and Mrs Elizabeth (Coombs) Symonds and widow Abigail
(Coombs) Nourse. On 20 Oct 18t4 and 22 July 1816, these four
people, for a grand total of $ 1100, granted their rights
to the property to Capt Holten Johnson Breed, master mariner
(203:301, 209:277-8).
Capt Breed lived here for several years; on 19 May 1829 he
sold the estate for $760 to Benjamin Allen, Salem tann9r
{252:81 ); from the sale price, one surmises that the property
had been allowed to run down. Mr Allen died 31 Mar 1839,
aged 36 years; the estate then descended to his father, John
Allen, Salem gentleman. On 6 Jan 1842 John Allen for $1000
granted to his neighbor to the west, Aaron Hayward, Salem
mason, the 11 lot of .land on Federal Street with all the buildings
thereon" as well as his right to the gore (328:259).
Evidently, Mr Hayward proceeded to raze or remove (or drastically
remode~ the old Nourse house, and to build this house in its
place. The 1842 Salem real estate assessments show that Mr
Hayward sold to Leonard B Harrington his half-house (now 155
Federal Street, worth then $1600), that he owned two houses
worth a total of $2800, and that he owned another house worth
$1400 unfinished and $2500 finished. This last house was
unfinished at the time of assessment (probably summer 1842),
but it was probably finished by the end of the year. The 1843
assessment show that }fr· Hayward lived at 75 Federal Street
(now 153 Federal St; the street numbers were changed 21 Mar
1853}, which was assessed at $2500; he still owned the other
two houses worth $2800.
On 26 Ap 1855 Mr Hayward for $4500 sold his homestead to
Leonard B Harrington, Salem leather-dealer (511:264). Mr
Hayward, a master mason, died on 25 Nov 1879, aged about
85 years. He left his wife Eliza (Glazier), daughters
�Eliza Ann (wife of Edward D Loring, who was the son of Joshua
Loring, coach-ms..ker, who built 55-57 Federal Street), Mary
Ellen Hayward, and son Charles Henry Hayward, all of Salem
(#42020).
Leonard Bond Harrington, leather manufacturer (1803-89), lived
here for more than 30 years. He died 6 Mar 1889. having outlived
his wife, Marg~ret G (Hearsay); a wealthy man, he left most
of his holdings to his daughter Mrs Mary E Goodhue, to his
grand-daughter, Mabel C Har~ington (daughter of his deceased
son Leonard), and to his son Henry Harrington (to whom he
left his Federal Street homestead), (#67478).
Henry Harrington (1832-98), like his father a leather-merchant,
died on 20 June 1898; the homestead, valued at $7500, was
devised to his wife Lydia Frye (Nichols) Harrin,~ton (82831 )'.
Mrs Harrington owned the premises up to the time of her death
on 30 Nov 1919; she willed 153 Federal Street to Eunice Alice,
wife of her brother Benjamin C Nichols (134881 ).
Mrs Nichola died on 27 May 1831; by her will of 29 Sept 1924
she left the estate to her daughter Marion Winchester Nichols,
the. present owner (#171078). ·
Robert Booth
6 March 1977
Notes: A parenthetical number such as (#123) refers to
Southern Essex County Probate Docket #123, on file at the
Registry of Probate. A number such as (123:456) refers to
deed bcok and page at the So. Essex County Registry of Deeds.
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Federal Street
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153 Federal Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
Description
An account of the resource
Built for Aaron Hayward, master mason
Creator
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
Date
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1842, 1977
Contributor
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Robert Booth
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English
01970
153
1842
Aaron
Booth
Federal
Hayward
Massachusetts
Robert
Salem
Street