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OFFICE AT OLD TOWN HALL
POST OFFICE BOX 865
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 / PHONE (617) 745-0799
127 Derby Street
Store of CAPrAIN EDWARD ALLEN
by 1786
remodeled in 1831 by RI CHARD STICKN~Y
for JOSEPH W
ATERS
"to preserve Historic Sites, Buildings and objects,
and to w ork for tlte education of the community
in the tme value of tl1e sume."
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127 Derby Street
Derby street was laid out before 1768.
It was called a new town
way in 1768; a way leading from the Long Wharf to the ropewalk,
1770; the new lane, 1781; Fore street, 1787; and Derby street, 1799.
(Essex Antiquarian, vol. 10 pg. 22)
"This lot was a portion of the original homestead of Joseph Grafton,
a mariner, who conveyed it to his son John Grafton of Salem, mariner,
Sept. 15, 1667.
John Grafton built a house upon the lot (Hardy st.)
and lived in it until his removal to Boston, before April 14, 1711,
when he conveyed the house and land for two hundred pounds, to his
_srandson Joseph Hardy of Salem, shipwr ight . M Hardy al so removed
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to Boston before June 17 , 1713, when he conveyed the house and lot
to Joseph Andrew of Salem, house-carpenter, for three hundred pounds.
For a similar consideration,
workhouse and barn to
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Andrew conveyed the land, house,
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John Pickering
of Salem, yeoman , Feb. 21,
M Pickering died, possessed of the estate , in 1722,
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having de vis ed it to his daughter Sarah Hardy for her life and then
to her children by her husband Joseph Hardy.
the children of M Hardy and herself:
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Mrs . Hardy died, and
Benjamin Goodhue of Sal em,
blacksmith, and wife M
artha, Nathaniel Phippen, jr. , of Salem, cooper,
and wife Seeth, Edmund Hen field of Salem, cooper, and v1ife Lydia ,
I saac Pierce of Bost on , baker , and wife Mary , a.nd widow Sarah
Mansfield, conveyed fiv ~- sixths of the house and land to Warwick
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�Palfry of Salem , gentleman, Nov . 11, 1745; and Ben jamin Ropes of
Salem, cooper, and wife Ruth (another daughter of M and M
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Hardy) conveyed one-sixth of the house and lot to I•1r . Palfrey , t·'. ay
31 , 1746.
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Palfrey died in 1756, possessed of the house and
lot, having devised the estate to his son W
alter Palfrey v1ho the::
lived in t h e house ."
(Essex Antiquarian, vol. 10 page 72)
On June 24, 1766 Walter Palfrey , fisherman , for 60 pounds, s old ~o
Jose ph Hodges , merchant in behalf of and on account of Edward .Allen ,
land i n the East Parish containing 30 poles:
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Edward Allen, born in 1735, crune to America from Berwick on Tweed, Eng.
in 1757 and married on Jan . 18, 1759 Ruth . Hodges daugh ter of
Gamaliel and Sarah (Williams) Hodges.
After the death of his wife
Ruth, which occurred in 1774, Capt. Allen married M
argaret Lockart
of North Carolina in 1778.
Captain Allen built his house on the
corner of Derby and Hardy streets in 1768.
The first mention of Captain Allen's store (now 127 Derby St.)
appears in the tax records of 1786; previous to that time the
captain was truced for a house, warehouse, wharf and land.
(The
type of store is never given)
Captain Allen died on July 27, 1803 at the age of 68.
In his will,
i'lritten July 12, 1803, Capt o A en bequeathed to his wife M
ll
argaret
as her dower "all plate , household furniture and all provisions
and stores for the family which shall be in the house and the wood
which I shall have at the time of my death.
term of her natural life.
the real es tate.
All to wife for the
Also the income and improvement of all
The house where I now l.ive and land under and
adjoining with the stor e and other buildings thereon shall be held
and enjoyed by said wife during h er natural life and the rest shall
be h eld .and possessed by my nine children:
Edward, Ruth , Alice ,
Alexander, John, Nancy, Betsy, Henry and Sally and their heirs."
(Probate #394)
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Xargare t All en died on A . 13 , 1 808.
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Her death was recorded in
the East Parish list of deaths :
" Nargaret, widow of Capt . Edward Allen .
years .
Inter mittent fever, 5~
She was a Lockhart of I:orth Carolina.
years a go.
She was v er y yo_ ng to her husband.
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in marriage t went y- f ive years.
Came to Salem t l:i!'t:
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arried at 23, ::..::.. ving
Four children survive her, two sons.
Capt . Allen's first wife was a Hodges by whom he had three children,
one son.
W
ebb.
A grandchild also, M
ary Swett, by deceased daughter , a
Lived partly on her farm on Salem Neck.
of Hardy • 11
Derby street, co:- .
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The property was not sold until March 10, 1810 when Edward Allen
executor of the last will •~of my father Edward Allen" sold the
land and buildings to Joseph W
aters, merchant.
(book 188 page 205)
Along w"ith patriotic service :in ·the Revoluti.onary W
ar, Captain Waters'
most known accomplishment was when he superintended the construction
of the frigate "Essex" in 1798.
This famous vessel was built by
Salem ship-builders on W
inter Island, rigged and turned over to the
government
fast sailer
to serve in the War of 1812.
The "Essex" proved a very
and had a noted career.
Captain ~aters lived in the house at 114 Derby st . and apparently
purchased this property as an investment .
I n April of 1831 Joseph
'.'/ aters contracted -:1i th Richard Stickney to have Stickney " alt er
and co::npl etl y finish f or a dwelling- house , a certain store owned
by said ·.'Jaters, and situated o,: Derby Street" by J uly 31.
J os eph W
aters died on Feb. 11, 1833.
( appendix A)
In his will, written Jan. 31,
1833 (probate #29000 ) , M '.'Jaters bequea~hed to his daughter, M
r.
ary
G
ilbert, "th e new house lately erected by me , on part of the Allen
house l ot, together with the land and all the privileges and appurtenances belonging to the same ."
( appendix B)
Mary (W
aters) Gilbert was married to Daniel Gilbert, a lawyer, i n
1806.
The couple made their home in Brookfield , M
ass.
A few bills
regarding this property were found in the Waters manuscripts now
preserved at the Essex Institute:
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�The tax records for 1837 substantiate the ownership and gives notice
of the occupant: 81 Derby (sometimes 83, renumbered 127 in 1894)
Mary Gilbert of North Brooksfield owner
Michael Wheeler,mariner
1840 census -
Owner Mrs. Gilbert, 14 people in residence
Occupants
1844 - M
ichael Wheeler, Samuel Kehew, Francis Dutrey
1848 - M
ichael Wheeler, W
illiam Wheeler, George M
organ
1850 census:
~ ichael Wheeler
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Susan
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:'.ichael
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Joseph
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Susan
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Sa.1.:mel
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::ary Ann
Abby
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2nd family
George ;forgan
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Lydia Ann "
':Jilliam H. t1
M
ary Peele
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age 54 mariner
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born Mass o
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1853 the title had been transferred to Mary 's brother W
illiam D.
Waters.
On Oct. 25 ~of that year William D. Waters sold the land
and 3 dwelling houses (125 Derby, 127 Derby and 18 Hardy street)
to Isreal Shepard, William Archer Jr. and John B. Edwards.
487
page
(book
29)
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1855 _tax records:
Occupants
George Morgan
Willi am Berry
s.
Owner
Archer et al val. $1,000
1855 Jan. 6 - Israel D. Shepard, William Archer Jr. and John B.
Edwards, traders, sold the land and building to Enoch Goodwin, grocer
for the sum of $1,175:
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Enoch Goodwin was originally from Newburyport and prior to moving
into 127 Derby St. he operated a grocery store at 100 Derby
st.
1858 tax record
Enoch Goodwin
Henry Hunt
age 46
" 22
storekeeper
machinist
1858 Oct. 1 - Enoch Goodwin died.
owner val. $1 ,000
In his probate (#40539) M
r.
Goodwin 's property was listed as:
grocery store
$275
horse
50
buggy
15
;•1agon
6
pung
6
harness, blanket , fork
curryco mb & card
8
grocery stock
712 . 72
boot & shoe s t ock
560 .46
outstanding bills
403 .12
f~rniture & books
85 . 75
Salem ba.-rik
503.69
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notes
Tax records:
Occu:eant
Augustus Ande r son
1859
1861
Jacob Anderson
Augustus
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Jacob Anderson Jr.
Isaac Goodwin
1864
Isaac Goodwin
57
Owner
Est. Enoch Goodwin val. $1,000
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house $600
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land
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Isaac B. Goodwin
1869
age 25
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1870 census:
Elizabeth Goodwin
Isaac B.
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Esther E.
2nd family
David c. Nichols
II
Sarah A
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Grace c.
age
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29 mariner
Johanna
Hary Ann
John
:<at:.e
2nd family
11
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29 grocer
23 keeps house
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1 at home
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Owner
Elizabeth Goodwin
untaxed
age .50
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laborer
keeps house
currier
works in shoe shop
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19
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11· at school
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7
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67
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house $600
land
200
born Ire .
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Eliza=,e th Goodwin
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20 in stitchery shop
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1876 tax record
Cc cupant
:saac Goodwin
age 36
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/illiam Selly
75
1880 ce!lSUS
''icr::ael Harrigan
11
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1887 ~;ov. 1 - Isaac B. Goodwin of Everett; JoseJ:h VI. and Esther
.Sau:'; p~vid and M
ary T. Lowd, heirs of El izabeth D. Goodwin sold
,
the l and and buildings at 127 Derby St. to Bridget Hyde .
1210 page 465)
(book
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Tax records:
Occupant
Qwne..r.
1888 l·~ichael Duggan, barber
William Hyde
Bridget Hyde
house $700
land
300
illiam Hyde , moulder
1890 W
John H. Devine
Dennis Devine
Bridget Hyde
house $800
land
300
1895 Dominick Curtain
Bridget Hyde
house $800
land
300
1900 census
Jarr.es Noude
age
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II
Angela
II
Ed~und
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~obert
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2nd fa.:!lily
·:a::-!'iet Fitzgerald
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~ridge :Iyde
25 day laborer
23
born Canada
came us in 1885
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Ire .
Eass
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1870
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l904 Feo . 12 - Bridget Hyde, single, srcld the property to Genya
=.insky of Pe abody.
:, 1887 .
The same conveyed by Isaac Good :1in et al on Hov.
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(book 1733 page 226)
1905 tax record
Occupant
~ouis Linsky , blacksm
ith
age 30
Owner
Genva Linsky
house $800
land
600
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1906 July 24 - Genya Linsky sold the land and buildi ng to Antoni
and Aniela Kalapienski.
1904.
The same conveyed by Bridget Hyde on Feb. 12,
(book 1835 page 40)
1907 ~arch 27 - Antoni and Aniela Kalapienski sold the land and
building to Woyjiech Filip.
Linsky on July 24, 1906.
1910 census
Woyjiech Filip
age
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II
.Sophia
II
II
Joseph
II
Frank
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Pzeslawa
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2nd fa":lily
" ichael Stanovitch II
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Victoria !'i:orzienski
John Szulez
Belvina Kozek
Joseph Scerzina
The same property conveyed by Genya
(book 1867 page 4)
32 cotton mill born Austria came us in 1896
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27 bar r.ian
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20 cotton mill
20 gardner
19 boarder
18 skinner
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Russia
Mass
Austria
Russia
Austria
Russia
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1907
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1907
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1914 Rav. 2 - Woyjiech Filip sold the property to Jozfina Uszinski,
wife of W
ladyslaw.
Kalapienski.
The same premises conveyed by Antoni and Aniela
(book 2277 page 351)
1915 Feb. 4 - Wladyslaw and Jozfina Uszinski sold the land and buildings
to Tekla Kulaszewski, wife of John.
rhe same conveyed by Woyjiech
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Filip on Nov. 2, 1914.
(book 2286 page 592)
1945 Oct. 11 - Tekla Kulaszewski sold the land and buildings to
Anthony and Eva Hawryluk.
(book 3427 page 184)
1963 July 9 - The heirs of Anthony and Eva Hawryluk sold the land
and buildings to Charles and Frances M Bona.
.
The same premises
conveyed by Tekla Kulaszewski on Oct. 11, 1945.
Anthony Hawryluk
died on De c. 24, 1950 and Eva Hawryluk died on M 29, 1961.
ay
( bo ok
5081 page 286)
1975 :•!ay
16 - Th e titl e was transferred from Frances M. Bona, wi dow
of C:t ar:'..es , to Ar t h ur
c.
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Th e s ame
conveyed to Charles J . and Fr anc es Bona by deed of J oseph Hawryluk.
( oook 6149 page 257 )
Re f erence to book and page are deed books at t he Regi~try of Deeds.
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bers are ca s e s at Probate Court. ·B<:t h o~f i ces are lo cate d
in t he same building on Federal St. All 1!1-aps 1.n ~his report are
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Derby Street
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Derby Street
Joseph Waters
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13 Crombie
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15 Oliver Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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7 CAMBRIDGE STREET
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 I PHONE (508) 745-0799
16 Crombie Street
Built in 1834
for
Samuel Ferguson, Painter
Research by Donna Vinson
February, 1992
�16 Crombie Street
The Ferguson-Fellows House
Built in 1834 for Samuel Ferguson, Painter
History of the Property:
The lot on which 16 Crombie Street now stands is part of a much
larger lot which served as a pasture for the Corwin family in the
seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
Their house was <and is)
located on the corner of Essex and North Streets, the present-day
"Witch House".
The patriarch of the family, Captain George Corwin,
died in early 1685 and his executors inventoried his property and
possessions shortly thereafter.
Valued at ninety pounds was "the
pastor, qt. about 3 acres and 1/2, considering a buriall place ther
apointed"
(George Francis Dow, "An Inventory of the Contents of the
Shop and House of Captain George Corwin", Privately Printed in Salem,
1910, p. 5).
Captain Corwin bequeathed his house and a half part of the
pasture to his son Jonathan, who served as one of the judges in the
Salem Witch Trials seven years later.
In order to distance themselves
from his involvement, later generations of the family referred to
themselves as "Curwins" and "Curwens" after the judge's death in 1718.
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Reverend Bentley
reports that the pasture located between Essex, Summer, Norman, and the
newly-laid-out Crombie's "lane" or "court" was still called "Curwen's
field" even though it had passed to a succession of unrelated owners,
including members of the Cabot, Crombie, and Baker families.
"Curwen's field" remained undeveloped pastureland until Benjamim
Crombie began laying out a lane to Norman Street on the land adjoining
his Essex Street tavern, the "Sign of the Ship", after 1805.
Nearly
twenty years later, the "lane", "court", and finally "street", was
completed.
As the path gradually progressed southward, Crombie sold
off parts of his property to various Salem grantees, "together with a
right and privilege of free egress and regress of said way for
themselves, their heirs and assigns, and their servants on foot and in
carriages, for their cattle, carts, and otherwise, in as full and ample
a manner as the Inhabitants of said Salem use the Streets of said Town"
<Essex County Registry of Deeds, Book 179, leaf 222).
Joseph Baker,
Salem merchant, appears to have been the largest purchaser of the new
Crombie Street property <E.C.R.D. Book 179, leaves 221-223>.
Baker sold part of his newly-acquired property to James Bott,
Jr., saddler and son of the famed Salem chaisemaker and namesake of
"Bott's Court", further west along Essex Street, in 1807 <E.C.R.D. Book
181, leaves 103-104>.
Bott purchased additional property on Crombie
Street in the following year, financing both purchases with mortgages
�granted by the sellers, Baker and Thorndike Deland <E.C.R.D. Book 182,
leaves 285-287>.
Bott's mortgages apparently became so burdensome that
he was compelled to sell his Crombie Street properties at a loss to his
more established father in 1811 <E.C.R.D. Book 192, leaves 259-260).
James Bott Sr. held the estate, one of many in Salem he possessed,
until his death in 1829 at the venerable age of eighty-four.
The elder Bott possessed not only many properties in Salem but
also many heirs, and so the settlement of his estate took several
years.
In 1833, one of Bott's grandchildren, Samuel Ferguson, bought
the shares of his siblings in the Crombie Street property and erected a
house on the consolidated estate in the following year <E.C.R.D. Book
274, leaves 51-52).
Either he did not intend, or could not afford, to
live in the new house as he sold it to Oliver Fellows, shipwright and
"caulker", only a year later <E.C.R.D. Book 284, leaves 181-182).
The Fellows family remained in residence at 16 Crombie Street for
over forty years.
Mrs. Fellows lived there alone after her husband's
death in the 1860s, and her heirs sold the property to Lydia Woodbury,
widow of Stephen Woodbury of Salem, after their mother's death
<E.C.R.D. Book 972, leaves 175-176).
From time to time Mrs. Woodbury
took in tenants and residents to live with her, and in her later years
a niece, Miss H.P. English, was in residence.
After Lydia Woodbury's
death in 1900 her heirs sold the property to Mr. and Mrs. George A.
Stevens of Salem <E.C.R.D. Book 1620, pages 57-58>.
George Stevens was
a guard at the nearby Mercantile National Bank on Essex Street
<Salem
Directory, 1901). Della Stevens Bogart and her husband Harry, a
clerk, came into possession of the house after her mother's death in
1921 <E.C.R.D. Book 2501, pages 435-437>. The Bogarts also took in
occasional boarders <Salem Directories, 1921-1931).
After ten years in residence, the Bogarts sold 16 Crombie Street
to Franklin and Margaret O'Brien of Salem, who occupied the house until
1946 <E.C.R.D. Book 2870, page 333; E.C.R.D. Book 3132, page 487>.
That year, 16 Crombie Street and other properties in the immediate
vicinity, including the Empire Theater on the corner of Essex and
Crombie Streets, were conveyed to Naumkeag Insurance Company, Inc. of
Salem and its real estate associate, Salem Realty Company, by various
grantors, including the O'Briens <E.C.R.D. Book 3477, page 108;
E.C.R.D. Book 3518, pages 349-353. See inserted "Plot Plan of Property
on Summer St., Salem, Mass. for Salem Realty Co., 285 1/2 Essex Street,
Salem, Mass.).
In 1958 Salem Realty Company sold 16 Crombie Street to
Mary W. Cass and Joanna M. Cass, mother and daughter <E.C.R.D. Book
4523, page 52).
Joanna Cass Bennett and her husband James Bennett are
the present owners of the property.
Documentation:
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Book 181, leaves 103-104
Granter: Joseph Baker of Salem, Merchant
Grantee: James Bott Jr. of Salem, Saddler
Consideration: $1100
�Conveyance of: " •••. a certain parcel of land situate in said
Salem .... on a private way which runs Southerly from Essex Street
along the Western end of Crombie's House .... together with a right
and privilege of said way, with free ingress, egress, and
regress, for the said Bott Junior his heirs and assigns, and
their servants for themselves on foot, and in Carriages and for
their cattle, carts and otherwise, in as full and ample a manner
as the Inhabitants of said Salem use the streets of the Town."
Date recorded:
April 4, 1807
E.C.R.D. Book 182, leaves 286-287
Grantor:
Thorndike Deland of Salem, Merchant
Grantee: James Bott Jr. of Salem, Saddler
Consideration: $500
Conveyance of: " ••.• a parcel of land situated in said Salem
Date recorded: April 23, 1808
E.C.R.D. Book 192, leaves 259-260
Granter:
James Bott, Jr. of Salem, Saddler
Grantee: James Bott, Sr. of Salem, late Saddler, now Merchant
Consideration: $1452.87 and $142.00
Conveyance of: Crombie Street properties previously purchased
of Joseph Baker and Thorndike Deland, the latter "with a workshop
thereon standing (andJ being subject to a mortgage amounting in
principle and interest to $585.00."
Date recorded: February 15, 1811
E.C.R.D. Book 274, leaves 51-52
Granters:
Thomas B. Ferguson, Cordwainer, James Ferguson,
Painter, Ebenezer Saunders, Tanner, and Margaret his wife in her
right, Daniel Potter, Blacksmith, and Dolly his wife in her
right, all of Salem.
"The said Thomas B., James, Margaret, and
Dolly being grandchildren of James Bott deceased and devisees
named in his last will and testament."
Grantee: Samuel Ferguson of Salem, Painter, "another grandchild of said James and also a devisee named in said will".
Consideration:
$50 to each of said devisees
Conveyance of: four-fifths of Bott's land on Crombie Street,
"and the said Samuel, as devisee, claiming the other fifth."
Date recorded:
October 22, 1833
E.C.R.D. Book 284, leaves 181-182
Granter: Samuel Ferguson of Salem, Painter
Grantee: Oliver Fellows of Salem, Shipwright
Consideration: $2300
11
Conveyanr:e of:
•••• a
certain mE:lssuage, consisting of a Dwelling
House, and other Buildings, with the land under and adjoining,
�situated in Crombie Street in said Salem .... "
Date recorded: August 31, 1855
E.C.R.D. Book 972, leaves 175-176
Granters:
John F. Fellows, of Chelsea, and John L. Marks and
Mary A. Marks, his wife in her own right, of Topeka, Kansas
Grantee: Lydia 0. Woodbury, of Salem, Widow
Consideration: $3200
Conveyance of: property on Crombie Street, "descended at the
death of Oliver Fellows to his children John F. Fellows and Mary
A. Marks, the grantors aforesaid, who now hold the same as
tenants in common."
Date recorded: March 16, 1877
E.C.R.D. Book 1620, pages 57-58
Granters: Hannah P. English and Philip English of Hyde Park,
Elizabeth Strickland of Waltham, Widow, Rebecca B. Woodbury of
Concord, N.H., Widow, and William English of Los Angeles,
California
Grantees: George A. Stevens and Margaret H. Stevens, of Salem
Consideration: $1 and other valuable considerations
Conveyance of:
16 Crombie Street, the former estate of Lydia
O. Woodbury
Date recorded:
September 14, 1900
E.C.R.D. Book 2501, pages 435-437
Granter:
David Frye of Salem (agent of transfer)
Grantees: Harry Bogart of Salem, Executor of the Will of
Margaret H. Stevens, late of said Salem, and Della W. Bogart
Consideration:
$3500
Conveyance of: 16 Crombie Street
Date recorded: November 29, 1921
E.C.R.D. Book 2870, page 333
Granters: Harry H. and Della W. Bogart, of Salem
Grantee: Margaret G. O'Brien, of Salem
Consideration: paid
Conveyance of:
16 Crombie Street.
"This conveyance is made
subject to a mortgage in the sum of $2700 held by the Salem
Five Cents Savings Bank which the grantee assumes and agrees
to pay."
Date recorded:
January 3, 1931
E.C.R.D. Book 3477, page 108
Granter:
Franklin O'Brien of Salem
�Grantee: Naumkeag Insurance Agency,
Consideration: paid
Conveyance of:
16 Crombie Street
Date recorded: September 3, 1946
Inc., of Salem
E.C.R.D. Book 3518, pages 351-352
Granter: Naumkeag Insurance Agency, Inc., of Salem
Grantee: Salem Realty Company of Salem
Consideration: paid
Conveyance of:
16 Crombie Street and other adjoining properties
Date recorded: December 9, 1946
E.C.R.D. Book 4523, page 52
Granter: Salem Realty Company
Grantees: Mary W. Cass and Joanna M. Cass
Consideration: paid
Conveyance of:
16 Crombie Street, "being a part ion of the
premises conveyed to the grantor by deed from the Naumkeag
Insurance Agency, Inc •.•. "
Date recorded: December 12, 1958
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16 Crombie Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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The William B. Pike House
Built for Samuel Ferguson, Painter
Built by 1831
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16
16 Crombie
1831
Crombie
Federal
Ferguson
painter
Pike
Samuel
Samuel Ferguson
William
William B. Pike
wood
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House at
17 Carlton Street, Sale111
Built c.1808 for Margaret Ellison Bray, widow
Enlarged c.1831 for Benjamin Bray, coach-maker & inventor
Francis P. Ashton, barber, in old age (from photo); he resided here from 1809-1821
(source: Hadley's llist01y of Essex Lodge)
�House at 17 Carlton Street, Salem
According to available evidence, this house was built for Margaret (Ellison)
Bray, widow, c.1808. It was enlarged to the rear c.1831 for Benjamin Bray,
chaise- and coach-maker.
On 26 August 1808 Capt. Benjamin Crowninshield, a Danvers merchant who
was formerly a Salem East India shipmaster, for $600 sold to Margaret Bray of
Salem, a widow, a lot of land in Salem bounded southwesterly 38' on "Carlton's
Street", northwesterly 70' on land of Crowninshield, northeasterly 37' on land of
Crowninshield and ofBerry, southeasterly 70' on land of Ranson (ED 185:226).
The evidence indicates that she had a modest house built: it probably had a
central entrance and a room on either side, with chimneys running up the back
walls to provide heat in all four rooms, and perhaps with kitchen rooms attached
as ells. It was two stories high, likely with a pitch roof.
Margaret Hill Ellison was born in Salem and baptized in 1776 at St. Peter's
(Episcopal) Church, the daughter of John Ellison and his wife Elizabeth Ulmer.
John Ellison was an Englishman, born in London; he came as a young man to
Salem, and in 1762 married Elizabeth Ulmer, the granddaughter of Rev. Mr.
Ulmer, who had come as a preacher from Germany c. 1700 and settled in Maine.
The Ellisons had several children, of whom those surviving infancy were Mary,
Rebecca, George, Elizabeth, and Margaret, and John, Jr. John Ellison fought as a
rebel in the War of the Revolution (1775-1783), both as a soldier and later as a
sailor. By 1783 he was in business as a ship-rigger in the East Parish, and in
1798 became a town watchman (policeman). Mrs. Elizabeth (Ulmer) Ellison
would live until October, 1808 (died at age 69) and Capt. Ellison, a watchman in
his last years, lived until March, 1812. He would die at age 74, lamented by many
and characterized by Rev. William Bentley as "a man of great integrity and good
reputation."
In March, 1794, Margaret H. Ellison, 18, married Benjamin Bray, 19. Between
1795 and 1807 they would have seven children, mostly boys. The Brays resided
on Hardy Street, in the old Diman house.
In 1800, Salem was still a town, and a small one by our standards, with a total
population of about 9,500. Its politics were fierce, as the Federalists squared off
against the Democratic Republicans (led by the Crowninshields and comprised of
�the sailors and fishermen). The two factions attended separate churches, held
separate parades, and supported separate schools, military companies, and
newspapers (the Crowninshield-backed Impartial Register started in 1800).
Salem's merchants resided mainly on two streets: Washington (which ended in a
wharf on the Inner Harbor, and, above Essex, had the Town House in the middle)
and Essex (particularly between what are now Hawthorne Boulevard and North
Streets). The East Parish (Derby Street area) was for the seafaring families,
shipmasters, sailors, and fishermen. In the 1790s, Federal Street, known as New
Street, had more empty lots than fine houses. Chestnut Street did not exist: its
site was a meadow, backlands for the Pickerings on Broad Street and the old
estates of Essex Street. The Common, not yet Washington Square, had small
ponds and swamps, and was covered with hillocks and utility buildings and the
town alms-house. In the later 19th century, Salem's manufacturing-based
prosperity would sweep almost all of the great downtown houses away.
The town's merchants were among the wealthiest in the country, and, in Samuel
Mcintire, they had a local architect who could help them realize their desires for
large and beautiful homes in the latest style. While a few of the many new
houses built in the next ten years went up in the old Essex-Washington Street
axis, most were erected on or near Washington Square or in the Federalist "west
end" (Chestnut, Federal, and upper Essex Streets). The architectural style (called
"Federal" today) had been developed years before in the Adam brothers in
England and featured fanlight doorways, palladian windows, elongated pilasters
and columns, and large windows. It was introduced to New England by Charles
Bulfinch upon his return from England in 1790. The State House in Boston was
his first institutional composition; and soon Beacon Hill was being built up with
handsome residences in the Bulfinch manner.
Samuel Mcintire, carver and housewright, was quick to pick up on the style and
adapt it to Salem's larger lots. Mcintire's first local composition, the Jerathmeel
Peirce house (on Federal Street), contrasts greatly with his later Adamesque
compositions. The interiors of this Adam style differed from the "Georgian" and
Post-Colonial: in place of walls of wood paneling, there now appeared plastered
expanses painted in bright colors or covered in bold wallpapers. The Adam style
put a premium on handsome casings and carvings of central interior features such
door-caps and chimney-pieces (Mcintire's specialty). On the exterior, the Adam
style included elegant fences; and the houses were often built of brick, with
attenuated porticoes and, in the high style, string courses, swagged panels, and
even two-story pilasters. The best example of the new style was the Elias Hasket
�Derby house, co-designed by Bulfinch and Mcintire, and built on Essex Street in
1799 (demolished in 1815), on the site of today's Town House Square.
Salem's commerce created great wealth, which in tum attracted many newcomers
from outlying towns and even other states. A new bank, the Salem Bank, was
formed in 1803, and there were two insurance companies and several societies
and associations. The fierce politics and commercial rivalries continued. The
ferment of the times is captured in the diary of Rev. William Bentley, bachelor
minister of Salem's East Church (it stood on Essex Street, near Washington
Square), and editor of the Register newspaper. Mr. Bentley's diary is full of
references to the civic and commercial doings of the town, and to the lives and
behaviors of all classes of society. On Union Street, not far from Mr. Bentley's
church, on the fourth of July, 1804, was born a boy who would grow up to
eclipse all sons of Salem in the eyes of the world: Nathaniel Hawthorne, who~e
father would die of fever while on a voyage to the Caribbean in 1808. This kind
of untimely death was all too typical of Salem's young seafarers, who fell prey to
malaria and other diseases of the Caribbean and Pacific tropics.
In 1806 the Derbys extended their wharf far out into the harbor, tripling its
previous length. This they did to create more space for warehouses and shipberths in the deeper water, at just about the time that the Crowninshields had built
their great India Wharf at the foot of English Street. The other important
wharves were Forrester's (now Central, just west of Derby Wharf), and Union
Wharf (formerly Long Wharf), extending from the foot of Union Street, west of
Forrester's Wharf. To the west of Union Wharf, a number of smaller wharves
extended into the South River (filled in during the late 1800s), all the way to the
foot of Washington Street. Among the most important of these were Ward's,
Ome's, and Joseph Peabody's, which extended from the foot of what is now
Hawthorne Boulevard. Each of the smaller wharves had a warehouse or two,
shops for artisans (coopers, blockmakers, joiners, etc.). The waterfront between
Union Street and Washington Street also had lumber yards and several ship
chandleries and distilleries, with a Market House at the foot of Central Street,
below the Custom House. The wharves and streets were crowded with shoppers,
hawkers, sailors, artisans ("mechanics"), storekeepers, and teamsters; and just
across the way, on Stage Point along the south bank of the South River, wooden
barks and brigs and ships were being built in the shipyards. Perhaps Benjamin
Bray, a boatbuilder and shipwright, worked there, or perhaps he had his own
small shipyard, or worked at Becket's, off Becket Street.
�Salem's boom came to an end with a crash in January, 1808, when Jefferson and
the Congress imposed an embargo on all American shipping in hopes of
forestalling war with Britain. The Embargo, which was widely opposed in New
England, proved futile and nearly ruinous in Salem, where commerce ceased and
families began to wonder how they would survive. In the midst of this
uncertainty, Benjamin Bray, 33, fell ill; and on June 3, 1808, he died of
consumption (pneumonia or tuberculosis), "a worthy man" (per Rev. Wm.
Bentley), leaving Margaret with the care of several young children, including
infants. Joseph Lambert, gentleman, became guardian of some of the Bray
children.
In August, 1808, Mrs. Margaret Bray bought the house-lot on Carlton Street. In
the winter of 1808-9, Mrs. Bray, 30, was courted by a newcomer in Salem,
Francisco Paolo Astranan, 26, a barber from Sicily who had arrived in Salem in
September in the Salem ship Traveller, Capt. Richard Ward Jr. (see Ship
Registers ofDistrict ofSalem & Beverly). Mr. Astranan went by the "Englished"
name of Francis P. Ashton, and started a successful barbering business in Salem.
He and Margaret wed on 29 January 1809; and they would have at least two
children, Lucy Ann and Micalah (born 1817; Francisco's mother's name; it was
handed down in the family but was usually written Mickaler! ). (Info on Mr.
Ashton from 1 Dec. 1865 obituary, Salem Gazette, and from p. 106, H.P.
Hadley's 200 Years ofMasonry in Essex Lodge; photo).
Other Italians had settled in Salem at about this time. Peter Barras, a mariner and
shopkeeper, was here, as was Michele F. Come, a noted painter of seascapes,
who resided on Charter Street and taught painting, did decorative painting of
houses interiors and ship-cabins, and sold his artworks. Joseph Monarch, a
mariner, of Naples, also settled in Salem, and probably was a very close friend of
Francis Ashton. Mr. Monarch named one of his sons Francis Ashton in his
honor; that son later changed his name to Francis M. Ashton. In January, 1817,
Mr. Ashton loaned $200 to Joseph Monarch to help him buy a house (ED
212:206).
As a hotbed of Democratic-Republicanism, Salem's East Parish and its seafarers,
led by the Crowninshields, loyally supported the Embargo until it was lifted in
spring, 1809. Shunned by the other Salem merchants for his support of the
Embargo, the eminent merchant William "Billy" Gray took his large fleet of
ships-fully one-third of Salem's tonnage--and moved to Boston. Gray's move
to Boston permanently eliminated much of Salem's wealth, shipping, importexport cargoes, and local employment. Gray soon switched from the Federalist
�party and was elected Lt. Governor under Gov. Elbridge Gerry, a native of
Marblehead.
In this new house (assuming it was standing by 1809), the Bray children were
growing up, although it is possible that some were sent to live with relatives.
Margaret Hill Ellison (1776-1819), d/o Capt. John Ellison & Elizabeth Ulmer,
died "suddenly" 6July1819 and was buried at Charter Street Graveyard. She
m. 2March1794 Benjamin Bray (1775-1808), son of John Bray & Eunice
Becket, died of consumption on 3June1808. She m/2 29 Jan. 1809 Francisco
P. Astranan (Francis P. Ashton) (1783-1865) born 5 Feb. 1783 Palermo, Sicily,
s/o Thomas Astranan & Michela Campanella, died 26 Nov. 1865 in Salem. He
m/2 5 Dec. 1819 Rachel (Gwinn) Hall (1789-1850+), d/o Thaddeus Gwinn &
Mercy Beadle of Salem. Known issue ofMargaret, surnames Bray and
Ashton:
1. John Bray, 1795 (m. 1817 Margaret Roundy) Boston printer 1821.
2. Benjamin Bray, 1797, died of quinsy 20 Jan. 1799, aged 15 months
3. Margaret Bray, m. 1820 Jonathan C. Taylor, Salem boatbuilder 1821,
pump & block-maker later
4. Eliza Bray, m. David Robinson, Boston horse-letter
5. Benjamin Bray, 1801, m. 8 Sept.1825 Mary Lane
6. Daniel Bray, Salem mariner 1826 (m. 1828 Pheba Skidmore)
7. William Bray
8. Lucy Ann Ashton, m. William N. Nassau; issue
a. W.N. Nassau Jr.
b. Arethusa W. Nassau.
9. Mica/ah (Mickelar) Ashton, 1817, hp 1824, m. Mr. Snow; issue
a. Mickelar Ashton Snow (b.1836) m. Jonathan Davis
b. Margaret Ellison Snow
c. Francis P.A. Snow (b. 1846)
d. James F. Snow m. Sophia E.
The house was owned by Margaret alone, and not with her second husband Mr.
Ashton, who was noted for his uprightness and high standards and may have
refused to take an ownership interest in the house in order to ensure that his stepchildren received an inheritance. His barber shop was likely situated in this
house. The 1812 real estate valuations are the first to note Mr. Ashton's presence
in Salem (Mrs. Margaret Ashton, the owner, was not listed in the valuations of
�1809-1811 either). In 1812 (ward one) he was listed as "Francis F.A. Ashton,
barber," and paid taxes on "part house & shop" worth $300 and $100 in income.
In 1813 he was listed as Francis P. Ashton, with identical property and values.
Salem resumed its seafaring commerce for three years after the end of the
Embargo, but still the British preyed on American shipping; and in June, 1812,
war was declared against Britain. Although Salem had opposed the war as being
potentially ruinous and primarily for the benefit of the southern and western warhawk states, yet when war came, Salem swiftly fitted out 40 privateers manned
by Marblehead and Salem crews, who also served on U.S. Navy vessels,
including the Constitution. Many more could have been sent against the British,
but some of the Federalist anti-war merchants held their vessels back. In
addition, Salem fielded companies of infantry and artillery. Salem and
Marblehead privateers were largely successful in making prizes of British supply
vessels. While some were wounded in engagements, and some were killed, the
possible riches of privateering kept the men returning to sea as often as possible.
The first prizes were captured by a 30-ton converted fishing schooner, the Fame,
and by a 14-ton luxury yacht fitted with one gun, the Jefferson. Of all Salem
privateers, the Crowninshields' 350-ton ship America was the most successful.
She captured 30-plus prizes worth more than $1,100,000.
Salem erected forts and batteries on its Neck, to discourage the British warships
that cruised these waters. In June, 1813, off Marblehead Neck, the British frigate
Shannon defeated the U.S. Navy frigate Chesapeake. The Federalists would not
allow their churches to be used for the funeral of the Chesapeake's slain
commander, James Lawrence ("Don't give up the ship!"). Almost a year later, in
April, 1814, the people gathered along the shores of Salem Neck as three sails
appeared on the horizon and came sailing on for Salem Bay. These vessels
proved to be the mighty Constitution in the lead, pursued by the smaller British
frigates Tenedos and Endymion. The breeze was light, and the British vessels
gained, but Old Ironsides made it safely into Marblehead Harbor, to the cheers of
thousands.
On land, the war went poorly for the United States, as the British captured
Washington, DC, and burned the Capitol and the White House. Along the
western frontier, U.S. forces were successful against the weak English forces;
and, as predicted by many, the western expansionists had their day. At sea, as
time wore on, Salem's vessels often were captured, and its men imprisoned or
killed. After almost three years, the war was bleeding the town dry, and the
menfolk were disappearing. Hundreds of Salem men and boys were in British
�prison-ships and at Dartmoor Prison in England. At the Hartford Convention in
1814, New England Federalist delegates met to consider what they could do to
bring the war to a close and to restore the region's commerce. Sen. Timothy
Pickering of Salem led the extreme Federalists in proposing a series of demands
which, if not met by the federal government, could lead to New England's
seceding from the United States; but the Pickering faction was countered by
Harrison G. Otis of Boston and his moderates, who prevailed in sending a
conciliatory message to Congress.
At last, in February, 1815, peace was restored.
Post-war, the Salem merchants rebuilt their fleets and resumed their worldwide
trade, slowly at first, and then to great effect. The eldest Bray son, John, may
have fought, as a teenager, on privateers. After the war he became a printer, and
in 1817 married Margaret Roundy. They soon had a first child, a daughter; and
at just that time John's mother, Margaret Ashton, 42, had her last child, a
daughter named Micalah. Mr. Ashton had continued to prosper in his work as
barber and hair-dresser. In February, 1818, he joined Essex Lodge of Masons.
In July, 1819, at the age of 44, Mrs. Margaret H. (Ellison) Bray Ashton died,
probably at home. The effect on her children, some of them quite young, may be
imagined. Like most men of that time, Mr. Ashton sought a new wife to help him
raise the children; and on 5 December 1819 he married Rachel (Gwinn) Hall. In
1809 she had married Spence Hall, who had died in 1816. Evidently the Halls
had had no children. Rachel now became step-mother to the Bray and Ashton
children. In 1820 the house was occupied as a duplex, with families headed by
Francis Ashton and his step-son John Bray (1820 census, p. 40). Mr. Ashton's
family consisted of himself, his new wife, and two little girls, probably Lucy Ann
and Micalah. Mr. Bray's family consisted of himself, his wife, and a little girl.
The other Bray children were living elsewhere, perhaps as apprentices or in the
family of their sister, Margaret, who married Jonathan Taylor in 1820.
In March, 1821, the Probate Court set off to the little Ashton girls the north front
room and the north kitchen and a small piece of land at the northwest part of the
house lot, with certain rights to pass to and fro over the other land (ED 227:46).
This left the rest of the property in the ownership of the Bray siblings. It is likely
that Mr. Ashton and his new wife and his two daughters moved elsewhere in
1820-1. In November, 1820, he (through a trustee) purchased for $180 a plot of
land on Bridge Street, near Pleasant, and he moved a building onto there to serve
as his house and barber shop (ED 224:221). It seems likely that the two Ashton
�rooms were rented out to John Bullock (1781-1854), a laborer who lived here
with his wife Elizabeth (Cloutman) Bullock, and their daughters Elizabeth and
Mary Ann.
Into the 1820s the foreign trade continued prosperous; and new markets were
opened with Madagascar (1820), which supplied tallow and ivory, and Zanzibar
(1825), whence came gum copal, used to make varnish. This opened a huge and
lucrative trade in which Salem dominated, and its vessels thus gained access to
all of the east African ports. The pre-war partisan politics of the town were not
resumed post-war, as the middle-class "mechanics" (artisans) became more
powerful and brought about civic harmony, largely through the Salem Charitable
Mechanic Association (founded 1817). Salem's general maritime foreign
commerce fell off sharply in the late 1820s. Imports, which were the cargoes in
Salem ships, were supplanted by American goods, now being produced in great
quantities. The interior of the country was being opened for settlement, and
many Salemites moved away to these new lands of opportunity. To the north, the
falls of the Merrimack River powered large new textile mills (Lowell was
founded in 1823 ), which created great wealth for their investors; and in general it
seemed that the tide of opportunity was ebbing away from Salem. In an
ingenious attempt to stem the flow of talent from the town and to harness its
potential water power for manufacturing, Salem's merchants and capitalists
banded together in 1826 to raise the money to dam the North River for industrial
power. The project, which began with much promise, was suspended Gust before
construction began) in 1827, which demoralized the town even more, and caused
several Salemites to move to Boston, the hub of investment in the new economy.
Mr. Ashton was among them, as were John Bray and his sister Mrs. Eliza Bray
Robinson; but most of the Brays stayed in Salem.
On 1 Sept. 1821 Jonathan C. Taylor, Salem pump- and block-maker, paid $200 to
John Bray, printer, and David Robinson, horse-letter, and wife Eliza, all of
Boston, for their 2/6 interest in a half-house and its lot of land on Carlton Street
(ED 236:260). This gave the Taylors a half-interest in the homestead; they
probably resided here for a few years, in the southwest end of the house (which
seems to have been set off to them), and then purchased and moved into a house
on nearby Neptune Street (part of Charter Street nearest Derby Street). On 22
February 1825 the Taylors for $300 sold to Benjamin Bray, a Salem coach- and
chaise-body maker, their 3/6 undivided interest in the dwelling house and other
buildings on a lot in Carlton Street. The lot fronted 25' on the street and ran back
about 70' deep, where it made an ell. Certain parts of the house and land were
�still reserved to the Ashton girls (ED 236:259). The lot was bounded on the
northwest on the other half of the house and on the southeast by land of Ranson.
On 15 May 1826 Daniel Bray 3d, Salem mariner, for $100 sold his one-sixth of
the premises to Benjamin Bray, who also bought (on 8 July 1826 for $100) the
1/6 right of William Bray, Salem mariner (ED 240:232, 243: 93). Thus Benjamin
Bray, Salem coach and chaise-body maker, acquired the last outstanding shares
in the homestead (other than the Ashtons'), which he now owned.
The younger Brays, William and Daniel, who grew up here, had interesting
careers as sailors. Daniel, a mariner, married Pheba Skidmore in 1828 and
resided at 21 Becket Street in 1836 and 1841, and at 104 Essex Street in 1845.
His brother, William Bray, had been involved in one of the most notorious
episodes in Salem's long seafaring history. In May, 1830, William Bray, aged
about 25, sailed as ship's carpenter on board the Silsbee, Pickman & Stone ship
Friendship, Capt. Charles M. Endicott and a crew of 16, bound to Sumatra to
trade for pepper. Having arrived on the west coast of their destination, they kept
guard against the often-hostile Malays as the pepper (300,000 lbs. for William
Silsbee) was loaded on the ship, anchored about % mile off the port of Quallah
Battoo. One hot morning, while the captain and a few of the crew were on shore,
a boatload Malays came alongside with pepper and were allowed to come on
board the Friendship to help in loading. The mate did not heed his crewmen's
alarm at the number of natives on the decks. Suddenly they attacked, using their
razor-sharp "creese" swords to kill and wound several of the Salem men. Cut off
from guns and handspikes on board, four of the crew jumped overboard. William
Bray and his three companions swam two miles to a remote point, and hid,
naked, in the jungle. Traveling by night and enduring scorching sunburns as they
hid in low brush by day, they spent four days without food and with little drink,
and finally arrived at the house of a friendly rajah, Po Adam, who joyfully
informed them that the Friendship had been re-taken by Captain Endicott and a
group from two other American vessels. Four other crewmen had also escaped to
the shore, one of them badly hurt: Charles Converse, grievously wounded in the
initial assault, had pulled himself up the anchor chains at night and dragged
himself on board the vessel, where he was thought to be dead and left
undisturbed until the Americans re-took the Friendship. The others (five) had
been slain. In the next year, the frigate Potomac was dispatched to Quallah
Battoo, whose forts were taken and destroyed and many Malays killed. For more
information about this episode, see G.G. Putnam's article in EIHC 57, among
other sources.
�In 1830 (census, p. 374) the Benjamin Brays and John Bullocks resided here. In
that year a horrifying crime brought disgrace to Salem. Old Capt. Joseph White,
a wealthy merchant, owned and resided in the house now called the GardnerPingree house, on Essex Street. One night, intruders broke into his mansion and
stabbed him to death. All of Salem buzzed with the news of murderous thugs;
but the killer was a Crowninshield (a local crime-boss who killed himself at the
Salem Jail), hired by his friends, Capt. White's own relatives, Capt. Joseph
Knapp and his brother Frank (they were executed by hanging). The results of the
investigation and trial uncovered much that was lurid about Salem, and more of
the respectable families quit the notorious town.
15 March 1831 Benjamin Bray, Salem coach and chaisebody maker for $1500
mortgaged to Peter E. Webster, Salem trader, the dwelling house and land on
Carlton Street (excepting Lucy Ann & Merchaler Ashton's portion) (ED
259:106). With the mortgage money, Mr. Bray evidently enlarged the house by
raising the roofline in front and extending it as a two-story leanto toward the rear,
thus adding three or four new small rooms in back. It is likely that the chimneys
(as indicated by the brick foundation arches in the cellar), which had once run up
the end wall of the original house, remained in place and had fireplaces facing
back into the new rooms as well forward into the old rooms.
Benjamin Bray was thirty in 1831, and operated a coach-making business with a
workshop (by 1836) at 15 Union Street. In 1825 he had married Mary Lane; and
they had three daughters by 1835. Mary (Lane) Bray was born in Salem in 1801,
the daughter of shipmaster Capt. William Lane and his wife Elizabeth Brown of
Derby Street. Mary had two older sisters and four younger brothers. Her
grandfather, Nicholas Lane, a sailmaker, had come to Salem from Gloucester.
By 1836, the house was occupied by the Benjamin Brays and by the John
Bullocks (see 1837 Salem Directory). Artisans and laborers like Messrs. Bray
and Bullock looked on with concern as Salem's remaining merchants moved
quickly to take their equity out of wharves and warehouses and ships and put it
into manufacturing and transportation, as the advent of railroads and canals in the
1830s diverted both capital and trade away from the coast. Some merchants did
not make the transition, and were ruined. Old-line areas of work, like ropemaking, sail-making, and ship chandleries, gradually declined and disappeared.
Well into the 1830s, Salem slumped badly.
Despite all, Salem was chartered as a city in 1836. City Hall was built 1837-8
and the city seal was adopted with an already-anachronistic Latin motto of "to the
�farthest port of the rich East"-a far cry from "Go West, young man!" The Panic
of 183 7, a brief, sharp, nationwide economic depression, caused even more
Salem families to head west in search of fortune and a better future. Salem had
not prepared for the industrial age, and had few natural advantages. The North
River served not to power factories but mainly to flush the waste from the many
tanneries (23 by 1832) that had set up along its banks. Throughout the 1830s, the
leaders of Salem scrambled to re-invent an economy for their fellow citizens,
many of whom were mariners without much sea-faring to do. Ingenuity,
ambition, and hard work would have to carry the day.
One inspiration was the Salem Laboratory, Salem's first science-based
manufacturing enterprise, founded in 1813 to produce chemicals. At the plant
built in 1818 in North Salem on the North River, the production of alum and blue
vitriol was a specialty; and it proved a very successful business. Salem's whalefishery, active for many years in the early 1800s, led, in the 1830s, to the
manufacturing of high-quality candles at Stage Point, along with machine oils.
The candles proved very popular. Lead-manufacturing began in the 1820s, and
grew large after 1830, when Wyman's gristmills on the Forest River were
retooled for making high-quality white lead and sheet lead (the approach to
Marblehead is still called Lead Mills Hill, although the empty mill buildings
burned down in 1960s).
These enterprises were a start toward taking Salem in a new direction. In 183 8
the Eastern Rail Road began operating between Boston and Salem, which gave
the people of Salem and environs a direct route to the region's largest market.
The new railroad tracks ran right over the middle of the Mill Pond; the tunnel
under Washington Street was built in 1839; and the line was extended to
Newburyport in 1840. Mr. Bray's coach-making business was hurt by the
railroad, for the stagcoach lines to Boston and other places were rendered all but
unnecessary. Mr. Bray could not repay the Webster mortgage; and Mr. Webster
foreclosed. In July, 1839, Mr. Webster agreed to convey the premises to Mrs.
Mary L. Bray for Mr. Bray's payment of unpaid balance, $450, in monthly $20
installments (ED 452:196). The Bullocks remained the tenants in the house, and
were joined there by Mrs. Bullock's sister, Sarah Cloutman, a tailoress.
In the 1840s, new companies in new lines of business arose in Salem. The
tanning and curing of leather was a very important industry by the mid-1800s. It
was conducted on and near Boston Street, along the upper North River. There
were 41 tanneries in 1844, and 85 in 1850, employing 550 hands. The leather
business would continue to grow in importance throughout the 1800s. Iri 1846
�the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company completed the construction at Stage Point
of the largest factory building in the United States, 60' wide by 400' long. It was
an immediate success, and hundreds of people found employment there, many of
them living in industrial tenements built nearby. Also in the 1840s, a new method
was introduced to make possible high-volume industrial shoe production. In
Lynn, the factory system was perfected, and that city became the nation's leading
shoe producer. Salem had shoe factories too, and attracted shoe workers from
outlying towns and country areas. Even the population changed, as hundreds of
Irish families, fleeing the Famine, settled in Salem; and the-men went to work in
the factories and as laborers.
During the 1840s, with a family of six children to support, Benjamin Bray drew
on his considerable ingenuity to modernize his coach-building business. He was
a talented designer, and applied himself to improving the functioning of windows
and window curtains. Two of his creations were clever enough to earn him
patents. He participated in the first Exhibition of the Salem Charitable Mechanic
Association at the Mechanic Hall, on Essex Street at Crombie Street, in
September, 1849; and there was awarded a diploma in the category of New
Inventions. The diploma was accompanied by the following appraisal by the
judges:
"Car Window Spring and Curtain Fixtures, by Benjamin Bray of Salem.
This is an ingenious application of springs and rollers to window sashes, to
prevent the friction which sometimes occurs, and to allow them to be elevated
or depressed with ease, at the same time, by a simple contrivance, the
window remains suspended at any point of elevation. Something of this kind
would be of very obvious utility in the construction of our car windows,
which are often obstinately fixed at a point, in spite of the efforts of the
conductors and passengers to open or close them. The objection that the
rattling of the cars would continually tend to close the window is theoretically
removed by a contrivance which puts the window in equilibrium with the
spring, and thus produces the same condition as of the weights and pulleys in
the common house window.
"The arrangement of the curtain, though not altogether new in principle,
is, so far as the knowledge of the Committee extends, new in its application
to window curtains, and seems to possess decided advantages over those in
common use. By closing completely at the sides, it not only excludes the
sun, but also operates favorably as a double window to exclude the cold air,
thus contributing materially to comfort of our parlors."
�The talented Mr. Bray also exhibited "a machine for cutting tapered plugs of any
size." These inventions evidently raised the Bray family out of their financial
difficulties, and gave the family a good level of comfort.
Benjamin Bray (born 1801, son ofBenjamin Bray & Margaret Hill Ellison) m.
1825 Mary Lane (born 1801, dlo William Lane & Elizabeth Brown). Known
issue, surname Bray:
1. Mary E., 1826
2. Sarah E., 1831
3. Micalar, 1834
4. Edward L., 1837, mariner 1860
5. WilliamM., 1839, mariner 1860
6. George, 1844
In 1850, the house was occupied by the Benjamin Bray family in % of the rooms,
and by the Bullock sisters, Elizabeth, 38, and Mary Ann, 36, seamstresses, in one
unit, and, in another unit, by the Bullocks' aunt, Miss Sarah Cloutman, 59, a
tailoress (1850 census, ward one, house 192). In 1851, Mr. & Mrs. Bray paid off
the money owed ($375) to Mr. Webster, who had died (ED 452:197, 458:30).
Mr. Bray had made the transition from a coach-builder to a manufacturer of
curtain fixtures. He continued to prosper in the 1850s. In August, 1859, for $100
he purchased from Lucy Ann (Ashton) Nassau her right in the property, and the
right of one of the heirs of her sister, Merchalor (Ashton) Snow (ED 591 :299).
He evidently purchased the other three Ashton-Snow rights, and thus came into
ownership of the Ashton rooms and land, and so owned the whole house and its
lot. With this purchase and the Bray take-over of the Ashton rooms, the Misses
Bullock and their aunt Cloutman moved elsewhere. In 1860 the Benjamin Bray
family resided here, including the three sons, Edward, William, and George, of
whom the first two were sailors (1860 census, house 1247).
Mr. Francis P. Ashton, who had left for Boston about 1825 with his wife Rachel
and little daughters, had prospered in the metropolis, and had saved a good deal
of money. In September, 1834, he had sold his Bridge Street house and shop for
$1100 (ED 278:54). By 1845 he was ready to retire from hair-dressing in
Boston, and he looked to Salem. In March, 1845, he paid $1200 for a house and
land on Dearborn Street, North Salem, and moved back to the town where he had
first arrived from Sicily in 1808. By 1850 he and his wife Rachel were caring for
two of his grandchildren, Mickler Ashton Snow, 13, and Francis P. Ashton Snow,
�four, who lived in their home (1850 census, ward four, house 96). Mr. Ashton
had enough money at that time that he was loaning it out at interest (ED 437:266)
and was "dispensing great sums of money in acts of private charity" (per his
obituary).
Salem continued to change in the 1850s. Some members of Salem's waning
merchant class continued to pursue their sea-borne businesses; but even the
conditions of shipping changed, and Salem was left on the ebb tide. In the late
1840s, giant clipper ships replaced the smaller vessels that Salem men had sailed
around the world; and the clippers, with their deep drafts and large holds, were
usually too large for Salem and its harbor. The town's shipping soon consisted of
little more than Zanzibar-trade vessels and visits from Down East coasters with
cargoes of fuel wood and building timber. By 1850 Salem was about finished as
a working port. A picture of Salem's sleepy waterfront is given by Hawthorne in
his "introductory section" (really a sketch of Salem) to The Scarlet Letter,
which he began while working in the Custom House.
The Civil War began in April, 1861, and went on for four years, during which
hundreds of Salem men served in the army and navy, and many were killed or
died of disease or abusive treatment while imprisoned. Hundreds more suffered
wounds, or broken health. The people of Salem contributed greatly to efforts to
alleviate the suffering of the soldiers, sailors, and their families; and there was
great celebration when the war finally ended in the spring of 1865.
During the war years, the Bray family moved to Boston. By 1865, the house was
occupied by one Parker Bray and by Charles Fillebrown, 29, a varnisher &
polisher, wife Mary E., 28, and son Charles H., seven (1865 census, Ward One,
house 469). Charles Fillebrown had been a brave soldier during the war, and had
served as a private, from Salem, in July, 1862, in Co. G, First Regiment, Mass.
Volunteer Heavy Artillery. The Regiment was assigned to ordinary duty in forts
near Washington, DC, for a year and more. The outfit saw its first action in the
spring of 1864. At the Battle of Harris Farm, in Virginia, on May 19, the
Regiment lost 54 men killed (Major Rolfe included) and 312 wounded, with 27
missing. The outfit remained in the campaign against Petersburg, and on June 16,
lost 25 killed and 132 wounded in an ill-fated assault on the entrenchments.
Charles Fillebrown was one of those wounded. His wounds were evidently
severe, and he was mustered out in July, 1864. (see Mass. Soldiers, Sailors,
Marines in Civil War, 5:610). He resided at One Carlton Street by 1870.
�Francis P. Ashton, 82, survived to see the end of the Civil War. He died in
November, 1865. In his obituary (1 Dec. 1865 Salem Gazette) it was satted that
he retired from business in the 1840s and lived in retirement on Dearborn Street,
making many charitable donations so that "many a poor family now sincerely
mourns his loss. He was guided through life by a strict, stem, unbending moral
principle, and for this he was honored and respected by all."
Through the 1860s and 1870s, Salem continued to pursue a manufacturing
course. The managers and capitalists tended to builp their new, grand houses
along Lafayette Street (these houses may still be seen, south of Roslyn Street).
For the workers, they built more and more tenements near the mills of Stage
Point. A second, larger, factory building for the Naumkeag Steam Cotton
Company would be added in 1859, and a third in 1865; and by 1879 the mills
would employ 1200 people and produce annually 14,700,000 yards of cloth.
Shoe-manufacturing also continued to expand, and by 1880 Salem would have 40
shoe factories employing 600-plus operatives. More factories and more people
required more space for buildings, more roads, and more storage areas.
In 1870 this was the residence of the Stickneys and Mearas. Charles Stickney,
21, a currier in the leather industry, and his new bride Minnie, 20, born in New
Brunswick. Sherman T. Meara, 35, born in Ireland, was a shoe-factory worker;
he lived here with his wife Eugenia E., 32 (born in Mass.), son Frank S., four,
and William Jones, 22, a boarder, born in Maine and working as a teamster (1870
census, ward one, house 139). Mr. Meara was a veteran of the Civil War. In
1862, a bootmaker residing at Tisbury, he had enlisted as a private in the 43d
Regiment, Mass. Volunteer Infantry, for nine months' service, which occurred in
and around Newbern, North Carolina. His regiment saw some skirmishing but
mainly did guard duty. He (a bootmaker of North Bridgewater) enlisted again, in
November, 1863, in the Second Regiment, Mass. Volunteer Heavy Artillery.
This regiment had some Salem officers: Major Samuel C. Oliver (later Lt. Col.)
and Surgeon, Dr. James A. Emmerton. Mr. Meara's Company H was posted to
Fort Monroe, North Carolina, in December, 1863, and in April, 1864, was
engaged in a battle with Gen. Hoke's rebels. After brave resistance, Co. G and
Co. H, 275 men, were captured by the Rebels, and the men sent off to
Confederate prisons, where most of the men died in sub-human conditions. Mr.
Meara escaped from prison on Feb. 22 and made his way back to his regiment,
where he was promoted to sergeant and served out the war at Newbern. He was
mustered out on 8 July 1865, and soon after came to Salem (see MSSMCW,
4:268, 5 :732).
�On 17 September 1874 Mrs. Mary Lane Bray, widow of Benjamin Bray, of
Boston, for $1825 sold to John Collins of Salem, the house and land here fronting
38' on Carlton Street (ED 912:226). Thus, after more than 60 years, the
homestead passed out of the family ownership.
The new owner, Mr. Collins, 44, was a laborer, born in Ireland. He and his wife
Catherine, 54, had a daughter, Mary Ann, 20. They made the house a duplex,
and rented out one unit to tenants. By 1880 the Collins family lived here in one
unit (Mary Ann, 26, was working as a cigar maker); while in the other lived a
widower, William Kane, 45, tinsmith, born in Ireland (he had come to Mass. by
1856), and his children William Jr., 23, a barber, daughter Nellie, 21, a
dressmaker, and sons John, 18, cigar maker, James, 11, and Thomas, 7 (1880
census). The Kanes were still here in 1884, when Mr. Kane had his tinsmith's
shop at 31 Central Street, on the inner harbor.
About 1882 Mary Ann Collins married Bartholomew N. Flynn, a laborer; but Mr.
Flynn died on 12 Aril 1885 leaving her a young widow. In 1885-6 the house was
occupied by the Collinses, Mrs. Flynn, and William Martin, who worked at the
gas works off Bridge Street (Salem Directory). John Collins, the owner, died in
the late 1880s; and by 1890 the residents here were his widow Catherine, his
widowed dughter Mary Ann Flynn, cigar maker, and Henry Randall, a
"yachtsman" probably meaning a crewman on a yacht (see Directory).
After withstanding the pressures of the new industrial city for about 50 years,
Salem's rivers began to disappear. 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 A venue, Canal Street, and Loring A venue, finally vanished
beneath streets, storage areas, junk-yards, rail-yards, and parking lots. The South
River, too, with its epicenter at Central Street (that's why there was a Custom
House built there in 1805) disappeared under the pavement of Riley Plaza and
New Derby Street, and its old wharves (even the mighty Union Wharf, formerly
Long Wharf, at the foot of Union Street) were joined together with much in-fill
and turned into coal-yards and lumber-yards. Only a canal was left, running in
from Derby and Central Wharves to Lafayette Street.
By 1893 William G. Dodge, shoemaker, and family, were the tenants, while Mrs.
Collins and Mrs. Flynn occupied the other unit. In March, 1895, Mrs. Ctaherine
Collins conveyed the premises to her daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann Flynn (ED
1437:294). Mrs. Collins evidently died in the next two years. Mrs Flynn would
�continue to live here for another 50 years, with various tenants moving in and
out. By 1897 the tenants were Michael E. Tivnan, a morocco dresser (leatherworker) and Miss Clara J. Tivnan, a shoe-stitcher, probably with their mother,
Marie, a nurse, widow of Michael Tivnan. Mrs. Tivnan lived here through 1906,
and by 1908 had moved to 4 Messervy Street with her children (Charles, Clara,
and Joseph, a police officer).
Salem kept building infrastructure; and new businesses arose, and established
businesses expanded. Retail stores prospered, and machinists, carpenters,
millwrights, and other specialists all thrived. Starting in the 1870s, FrenchCanadian families began coming to work in Salem's mills and factories, and
more houses and tenements were built in what had been open areas of the city.
The Canadians were followed in the early 20th century by large numbers of Polish
and Ukrainian families, who settled primarily in the Derby Street neighborhood.
By the eve of World War One, Salem was a bustling, polyglot city that supported
large department stores and large factories of every description. Its politics were
lively, and its economy was strong.
The owner, Mrs. Flynn, lived here alone in 1907-8. By 1911 her tenant was Mrs.
Joanna Leahy, widow of James. In 1913-1914 Mrs. Mary Ann Collins Flynn was
alone here again. On June 25, 1914, in the morning, in Blubber Hollow (Boston
Street opposite Federal), a fire started in one of Salem's fire-prone wooden
tanneries. This fire soon consumed the building and raced out of control, for the
west wind was high and the season had been dry. The next building caught fire,
and the next, and out of Blubber Hollow the fire roared easterly, a monstrous
front of flame and smoke, wiping out the houses of Boston Street, Essex Street,
and upper Broad Street, and then sweeping through Hathorne, Winthrop,
Endicott, and other residential streets. Men and machines could not stop it: the
enormous fire crossed over into South Salem and destroyed the neighborhoods
west of Lafayette Street, then devoured the mansions of Lafayette Street itself,
and raged onward into the tenement district. Despite the combined efforts of
heroic fire crews from many towns and cities, the fire overwhelmed everything in
its path: it smashed into the large factory buildings of the Naumkeag Steam
Cotton Company (Congress Street), which exploded in an inferno; and it rolled
down Lafayette Street and across the water to Derby Street. There, just beyond
Union Street, after a 13-hour rampage, the monster died, having consumed 250
acres, 1600 houses, and 41 factories, and leaving three dead and thousands
homeless. Some people had insurance, some did not; all received much support
and generous donations from all over the country and the world. It was one of
the greatest urban disasters in the history of the United States, and the people of
�Salem would take years to recover from it. Eventually, they did, and many of the
former houses and businesses were rebuilt; and several urban-renewal projects
(including Hawthorne Boulevard, which involved removing old houses and
widening old streets) were put into effect.
By the 1920s, Salem was once again a thriving city; and its tercentenary in 1926
was a time of great celebration. Mrs. Mary Ann (Collins) Flynn lived here
through 1942, with various tenants (in 1920, Emma & Wladislaw Zawacki, a
shoeworker, & family; in 1942 Edward N. Tripp and wife Lillian, who ran the
Salem Recreation Craft Shop in the rear of the house). In 1943 the Salem
Savings Bank took possession of the premises; Mrs. Flynn moved out but the
Tripps stayed on.
Salem boomed right through to the 1960s, but the arrival of suburban shopping
malls and the relocation of manufacturing businesses took their toll, as they have
with many other cities. More than most, Salem has navigated its way forward
into the present with success, trading on its share of notoriety arising from the
witch trials, but also from its history as a great seaport and as the home of
Bowditch, Mcintire, Bentley, Story, and Hawthorne. Most of all, it remains a
city where the homes of the old-time merchants, mariners, barbers, and coachbuilders are all honored as a large part of what makes Salem different from any
other place.
--Robert Booth, 13 Oct. 2002 for Historic Salem Inc.
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17 Carlton Street, Salem, MA 01970
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Built for Margaret Ellison Bray - Widow c. 1808
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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HISTORIC
SALEM INC
17 Carlton Street
Built for
Margaret Ellison Bray
c. 1809
Remodeled in 1831
Researched and written by Jen Ratliff, 2022
Adapted from Robert Booth, 2002
Historic Salem Inc.
The Bowditch House
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
(978) 745-0799 | HistoricSalem.org
©2022
�17 Carlton Street, c. 2020
(Salem Accessors Office)
Carlton Street was laid out in 1800 and was named for revolutionary war army officer,
Colonel Samuel Carlton. The area had previously been known as Bakehouse Field, for a
bakehouse that once stood on Essex Street. 1 17 Carlton Street is one of the street’s earliest
homes. It was built around 1809 for Margaret Ellison Bray and was likely enlarged to its current
configuration in 1831 by Margaret’s son, Benjamin Bray, Jr. The home is in the Federal style
with simple trim and a brick foundation. Federal style architecture was popular from about
1780 to 1840 and is an evolution of the Georgian Style.
Bentley, William., Dalrymple, Marguerite., Waters, Alice G.., Waters, Joseph Gilbert. The Diary of William Bentley
D.D., Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts: 1803-1810. United States: Essex Institute, 1911. Pg. 36
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�The Historic Derby Street Neighborhood is perhaps the best example of Salem’s diverse
and ever-changing history. The land began as part of the largest native village inhabited by the
Naumkeag people. Europeans settled in the area after 1626 and many of Salem’s remaining
first period homes line lower Essex Street, including the 1667 Stephen Daniels House, 1675
Narbonne House, and c. 1688 William Murray House. As Salem’s maritime industry bustled,
seafarers built their stately homes in the neighborhood to be close to their wharves. In the
early-to-mid 19th century, Salem’s elite moved to larger newly built estates on picturesque
streets such as Washington Square and Chestnut Street. Their former waterfront neighborhood
became home to Irish immigrants looking for work in the city’s factories and homes.
In the early 20th century, the neighborhood transitioned again, this time from being an
Irish neighborhood to predominantly Polish. Like the Irish, Polish immigrants were attracted to
job opportunities in the city’s mills and factories. Polish immigrants began arriving in Salem
around 1890, and by 1911, Poles comprised about 8% of the city’s overall population.
Bray Family, 1808-1874
Margaret Hill Ellison (1776-1819) was born in Salem, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Ulmer
(1739–1808) and John Ellison (1738–1812) on April 14, 1776. 2 John was born in London and
emigrated to Salem, where he married Elizabeth in 1762. John was a solider and sailor of the
rebel army during the Revolutionary War. By 1783, he was in business as a ship-rigger and in
1798 was working as a town watchman. John was described by Reverend William Bentley as “a
Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research
Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
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�man of great integrity and good reputation.” 3 Elizabeth was the granddaughter of Rev. Ulmer, a
preacher who emigrated from Germany around 1700 and settled in Maine. Together, John and
Elizabeth had seven surviving children: Mary, Rebecca, George, Elizabeth, Margaret, and John
Jr. 4
Margaret Ellison married boatbuilder and shipwright, Benjamin Bray (1775-1808) on
March 2, 1794, at the age of eighteen. 5 The couple resided on Hardy Street in Salem and had
seven children. Benjamin Bray fell ill and died of consumption at the age of thirty-three on June
2, 1808. He was buried in Charter Street Cemetery. Margaret was left with several young
children, some of which were put in the care of a guardian, Joseph Lambert. Two months after
Benjamin’s death, Margaret Bray purchased a plot of land on Carlton Street from Benjamin
Crowninshield for six $600. 6
On January 29, 1809, Margaret married barber, Francisco Paolo Astranan (1783-1865).
Astranan was a Sicilian immigrant that went by the anglicized name Francis P. Ashton. The
couple had two children, Lucy Ann and Merchalor Ashton. 7 Francis was close friends with
mariner Joseph Monarch, who immigrated to Salem from Naples. Monarch named one of his
sons Francis Ashton Monarch in his friend’s honor. His son later altered his name to Francis M.
Ashton and was one of the first to rent 1 Carlton Street, after the home was constructed as an
Booth, 2002 in reference to the diary of William Bentley, D.D., pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts.
Salem: Essex Institute. V.3 1803-1810
4
17 Carlton Street, Historic Salem, Inc. Robert Booth, 2002
5
Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research
Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
6
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds, 185:226 (1808)
7
This name has many different spellings including variations on Micah.
3
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�investment property for Susannah Ingersoll in 1851. 8 According to historian Robert Booth, the
home at 17 Carlton Street first appeared in tax records in 1812 with Francis Ashton listed as
operating his barber shop in the home. 9 Although Francis is listed on the tax records, Margaret
solely owned the home, likely to ensure that her children with Benjamin Bray would receive an
inheritance. 10
In July 1819, Margaret passed away at the age of forty-four, just two years after giving
birth to her youngest child. She was buried with her first husband, Benjamin Bray, in Charter
Street Cemetery. Francis Ashton quickly remarried on December 5, 1819, to Rachel (Gwinn)
Hall, a widow of Spencer Hall. 11 Rachel became the stepmother to the Bray and Ashton children
and by 1820, the home on Carlton Street was headed by Francis Ashton and stepson John Bray
and his wife Margaret Roundy.
In March 1821, the house at 17 Carlton Street was divided amongst the Aston and Bray
children. Margaret and Francis’s daughters, Merchalor and Lucy Ann Ashton were deeded “the
north front rooms and north kitchen,” as well as a small piece of land on the northwest part of
the lot. The remainder of the property was deeded to the Bray children. 12 Around this time,
Francis P. Ashton, his new wife Rachel, and his children relocated to the corner of Bridge and
Pleasant streets and the Ashton portion of the home on Carlton Street was rented to laborer,
Susanna Ingersoll inherited The House of the Seven Gables and despite being a successful real estate investor is
best known for being the cousin of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the muse for his 1851 novel.
9
These records were likely available through the Phillips Library or City Hall in 2002. They have since become
unavailable.
10
Booth, 2002
11
Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849: Marriages. United States: Essex
institute, 1924.
12
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds, 236:260 (1825)
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�John Bullock (1781-1854) and his family. 13
In September 1821, John C. Taylor, a Salem pump and block maker, paid $200 to John
Bray, Eliza Bray and her husband David Robinson for their portion of ownership of the home.
The Taylor family resided in a part of the home for about two years prior to purchasing and
moving to a house on nearby Neptune Street. 14 In 1825, the Taylors sold their section of the
home back to the Bray family, this time to Benjamin Bray, Jr. (1801-1869) who was now a coach
and chaise body maker (horse carriage maker) at 15 Union Street. Benjamin continued to
purchase shares of the home’s ownership from his Bray siblings. The youngest Bray’s, William
and Daniel, who grew up in the home had careers as sailors. Daniel, a mariner, married Pheba
Skidmore in 1828 and resided nearby at 21 Becket Street and later at 104 Essex Street. William
traveled the world working as a ship’s carpenter.
Benjamin Bray married Mary Lane in 1825. Mary was born in Salem in 1801 and was the
daughter of Captain William Lane and his wife Elizabeth Brown, of 110 Derby Street. The couple
had three daughters and continued to share the Carlton Street home with John Bullocks. 15
In March 1831, Benjamin Bray took out a mortgage of $1,500 from Peter E. Webster, a
local trader. According to Robert Booth, “With the mortgage money, Mr. Bray evidently
enlarged the house by raising the roofline in front and extending it as a two-story lean-to
toward the rear, thus adding three or four small new rooms in back. It is likely that the
chimneys (as indicated by the brick foundation arches in the cellar), which had once run up the
end wall of the original house, remained in place and had fireplaces facing back into the new
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds, 224:221 (1820)
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds, 227:46 (1821)
15
City of Salem Directory, 1837
13
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�rooms as well forward into the old rooms.” 16 This renovation likely created the home we now
see at 17 Carlton Street today.
The Eastern Railroad began offering direct trips between Salem and Boston in 1838.
Benjamin’s coach making business likely suffered following the railroad’s arrival in Salem and
the Panic of 1837. As a result, Benjamin Bray could not repay the Webster mortgage; and the
home was foreclosed, but in July 1839, Peter Webster agreed to convey the premises to
Benjamin’s wife, Mary for Benjamin Bray's unpaid balance, $450, in monthly $20 installments. 17
The Bullocks also remained the tenants in the house, and were joined there by Mrs. Bullock's
sister, Sarah Cloutman, a tailoress. According to Robert Booth, Benjamin and the Bray family
were able to bounce back.
During the 1840s, with a family of six children to support, Benjamin Bray drew on his
considerable ingenuity to modernize his coach-building business. He was a talented
designer and applied himself to improving the functioning of windows and window
curtains. Two of his creations were clever enough to earn him patents. He participated
in the first Exhibition of the Salem Charitable Mechanic Association at the Mechanic
Hall, on Essex Street at Crombie Street, in September 1849; and there was awarded a
diploma in the category of New Inventions. During the 1840s, with a family of six
children to support, Benjamin Bray drew on his considerable ingenuity to modernize his
coach-building business. He was a talented designer and applied himself to improving
the functioning of windows and window curtains. Two of his creations were clever
enough to earn him patents. He participated in the first Exhibition of the Salem
Charitable Mechanic Association at the Mechanic Hall, on Essex Street at Crombie
Street, in September 1849; and there was awarded a diploma in the category of New
Inventions.
In 1850, Benjamin Bray become sole owner of the home and land at 17 Carlton Street,
buying the remaining rights from his Ashton sisters. 18 He had transitioned from coachbuilder to
manufacturing curtain fixtures and was able to pay off his mortgage debts to Peter Webster’s
Robert Booth, 2002
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds, 452:196
18
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds, 591:299
16
17
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�estate. At the time, the home was divided into at least three units or sections, occupied by the
Bray family, Elizabeth and Mary Ann Bullock, and Sarah Cloutman. 19 After Benjamin Bray
become sole owner, the Bullock and Cloutman women moved out of the home, and it was
occupied in its entirety by Mary, Benjamin, and their six children. During the Civil War, the Bray
family relocated to Boston and rented the home in Salem. According to Robert Booth's 2002
history of the home:
By 1865, the house was occupied by one Parker Bray and by Charles Fillebrown, 29, a
varnisher & polisher, wife Mary E., 28, and son Charles H., seven (1865 census, Ward
One, house 469). Charles Fillebrown had been a brave soldier during the war, and had
served as a private, from Salem, in July, 1862, in Co. G, First Regiment, Mass. Volunteer
Heavy Artillery. The Regiment was assigned to ordinary duty in forts near Washington,
DC, for a year and more. The outfit saw its first action in the spring of 1864. At the Battle
of Harris Farm, in Virginia, on May 19, the Regiment lost 54 men killed (Major Rolfe
included) and 312 wounded, with 27 missing. The outfit remained in the campaign
against Petersburg, and on June 16, lost 25 killed and 132 wounded in an ill-fated assault
on the entrenchments. Charles Fillebrown was one of those wounded. His wounds were
evidently severe, and he was mustered out in July, 1864. (see Mass. Soldiers, Sailors,
Marines in Civil War, 5:610). He resided at One Carlton Street by 1870.
Benjamin Bray Jr. died in Boston on December 21, 1869, at the age of sixty-eight. On September
17, 1875, his widow, Mary (Lane) Bray, sold the home at 17 Carlton Street to John Collins for
$1,825, thus ending the Bray Family’s sixty years of ownership. 20
Collins-Flynn Family, 1874-1945
By this time, the Historic Derby Street Neighborhood had transitioned to an Irish
neighborhood, as many of the area’s earlier merchants had built larger homes away from the
Massachusetts. 1855–1865 Massachusetts State Census [microform]. New England Historic Genealogical Society,
Boston, Massachusetts.
20
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds, 912:226
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�working waterfront. The Collins family consisted of John, his wife Catherine, and their daughter
Mary Ann. The family emigrated from Ireland around 1854, when Mary Ann was a toddler.
Little information is known about the family but, by 1880, they had converted the home into a
duplex and rented out one section to William Kane, a tinsmith at 31 Central Street, and his
children. The Kane family emigrated from Ireland around the same time as the Collins family. It
is possible the two families had a connection. William Kane was a widower with five children:
William Kane, Jr., (age 23) who worked as a barber, Nellie (age 21) who worked as a
dressmaker, and John (age 18) who worked as a cigar maker and two younger sons, James (age
11) and Thomas (age 7). Catherine and John Collins’ daughter, Mary Ann (age 26) also worked
as a cigar maker. 21
Mary Ann Collins married Bartholomew N. Flynn, a laborer, around 1882. Their marriage
was short-lived, as Bartholomew died in 1885. Mary Ann remained in the home with her
parents. The Kane family moved out and William Martin moved into their unit. At the time,
William worked at the gas works near Bridge Street. John Collins died in the late 1880s and the
home was occupied by his widow, Catherine and daughter, Mary Ann. The other unit was then
occupied by Henry Randall, who worked as a yachtsman. Mary Ann inherited the home in 1895
and her mother died a few years later. She remained in the home for another fifty years, with
rotating tenants in the adjoining unit. (see Resident’s Table) Mary Ann lived in the home until
1943. Tenants Lillian and Edward N. Tripp remained in the home and operated Salem Recreated
Craft Shop in the rear of the Carlton Street house. The Collins-Flynn family owned and resided
in the home for 71 years before it was sold to Charles S. Johnston Jr. for $339.47. His ownership
21
Adapted from Robert Booth, 2002
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�was short, and it is likely that he made improvements to the home before selling to Mary and
James Lawnsby a few months later for $2,000. 22
Lawnsby Family, 1946-1995
James Robert Lawnsby (1913-1985) was born on July 9, 1913, in Beverly, Massachusetts
to Margaret (Gillis) and Edward L. Lawnsby. James was one of five children. He worked as a
laborer for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a program that created jobs during the
Great Depression. He married Mary Catherine MacDougall (1915-1997) in 1934, at the age of
21. The couple settled on Lothrop Street in Beverly and started a family. The Lawnsby’s
eventually had six children, Francis D. (1935-2018), James Jr. (1936-2011), William C. (19372008), Richard P. (1941-1995), Mary C. (1945-2000), and Thomas E. (b. 1950)
The family moved to 40 Webb Street in Salem around 1940, while James briefly worked
as a chauffeur. Later, taking a job as an oil serviceman for Halls Heat Headquarters, where he
ultimately became a manager. The family purchased 17 Carlton Street in 1946 and continued
renting the home until moving in, around 1948. The Lawnsby children were all raised in Salem
and attended Salem Public Schools.
Frances graduated Salem High School as Valedictorian in 1952 and Salem State College
as Salutorian in 1956. She taught elementary school in Danvers and at a local Sunday School.
She was heavily involved in local organizations including the Girl Scouts, League of Women
Voters, and the Women’s Club of Beverly. She married Donald C. Winslow in 1958 and worked
as a bookkeeper for his Auto Body shop in Danvers.
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds, 3437:64, 3450:280
The Lawnsby deed states “considerations paid” but the couple took out a mortgage for $2,000.
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�James Jr. “Jake” served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was known
as a sports enthusiast and avid fisherman.
William “Bill” followed in his father’s footsteps, working for Hawthorne Oil as an oil
burner technician. He was honorably discharged from the United States Army during the
Vietnam War and was a long-time active member of Salem’s Ancient Order of the Hibernian
(AOH) Division 18 and the Moose Lodge. He married JoAnna Fisher in 1960.
Mary C. Lawnsby married John C. Morrisey in 1968 and relocated to New Hampshire.
Her brother, Thomas married Evalyn Kumin in 1972, while working as an accountant. Evalyn is
an accomplished psychotherapist and mental health counselor, based in South Hamilton. No
information was available for Richard P. Lawnsby.
After almost fifty years of ownership, the Lawnsby Family sold the home at 17 Carlton
Street in 1995 for $67,500. Since then, it has been sold five times. Most recently, it was
purchased by Sarah Clermont and Stephen Larrick in December 2020. The couple have begun to
restore the home and have requested that this recording of its history be created.
JEN RATLIFF
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�Homeowner
Date Purchased
Number
of Years
11
Purchase Price
August 26, 1808
Years of
Ownership
1808-1819
Margaret (Ellison) Bray
Benjamin Bray
Mary (Lane) Bray
February 22, 1825
1825-1874
49
consideration
paid
236:260
John Collins
Catherine Collins
September 17,
1874
1874-1895
21
912:226
Mary A. (Collins) Flynn
March 6, 1895
1895-1945
50
In
consideration
of $1
In
consideration
of $1
Charles S. Johnston, Jr.
November 27,
1945
March 27, 1946
1945-1946
<1
$339.47
3437:64
1946-1995
49
consideration
paid
3450:280
October 2, 1995
April 15, 1998
1995-1998
1998-2002
3
4
$67,500
$165,500
13235:215
14739:227
January 30, 2002
2002-2004
2
$285,000
18265:277
James Lawnsby
Mary C. Lawnsby
Matthew E. Power
Todd B. McIlroy
Sarah B. McIlroy
Jeffrey Stevenson
Jennifer Lordi Stevenson
consideration
paid
Documents
Referenced
185:226
1437:294
Notes
Land was purchased in 1808, and the
house was built for
Margaret Ellison Bray Astranan/Ashton
“a certain parcel of land with the
dwelling house and all other buildings”
Benjamin Bray inherited 1/8th undivided
share when Margaret Bray passed in
1819, accumulated most of his siblings
shares of the home over the years.
458:30
“Buildings thereon”
Property was conveyed from Catherine
Collins to her daughter Mary Ann Flynn
Also see 2877:437,438 for mortgage
covenants, 3352:554 for possession due
to foreclosure, and 3435:480 for
discharge
Conveyed “by deed of James E. Lynch,
Executor under will of Mary A. Flynn
Also see 3450:281 for mortgage of
$2000 with Roger Conant Cooperative
Bank
�Tasha Davidson
Cheryl Davidson
Brian Dower
Joanne Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Sarah Clermont
Stephen Larrick
March 26, 2004
2004-2015
11
$363,000
22572:375
May 29, 2015
2015-2020
5
$389,500
34099:93
December 28,
2020
2020 –
Present
1+
$525,000
39366:593
Carlton Street is sometimes written as “Carleton Street” in deeds.
Directory Year
Residents
Occupation or Notes
1808-1819
1809-1819
1808-1853
18251842
1842-1853
1850
1850-1853
1851
1857
1864
1864
1866-1869
1866
1869-1870
1869
1872
1872
Margaret Ellison Bray
Francis P Ashton
Benjamin Bray
Mary L. Bray
John Bullock
Sarah Cloutman
Mary Ann Bullock
Elizabeth Bullock
Henry Rice
Priscilla Cloutman
George Bray
Edward L Bray
Sherman T. Meara
Hiram Sanborn
Joseph B. Osborn
Lydia Osborn
James Carter
George Caswell
No occupation listed. Widow of Benjamin
Barber. Married Margaret E. Bray in 1809.
Coach maker. Son of Margaret E. Bray
No occupation listed. Wife of Benjamin Bray
Laborer
Tailoress
Seamstress
Seamstress
Sail maker
Tailoress
Clerk - J.F. Almy & Co.
No occupation listed
Shoemaker
Cooper
Cooper
No occupation listed
Harnessmaker
Painter
�Directory Year
Residents
Occupation or Notes
1874
1874
1876-1886
1876
1882
1886
1888-1940
1890 - 1897
1890
1893
1895
1897-1906
1897-1906
1897-1906
1910-1911
1915
1915
1917-1921
1930
1930
1930-1931
1933-1936
1937
1937
1940
1940
1946
1957
1957
195719571957-
Leander LeBaron
Orville LeBaron
John Collins
Margaret Gibbons
Franklin Arrington
William Martin
Mary A. Flynn
Catherine Collins
Henry Randall
William G. Dodge
Ellen F. Edwards
A. Maria Tivnan
Clara J. Tivnan
Michael E. Tivnan
Joanna Leahy
James W. Armstrong
James T. Armstrong
Wadislaw Zawacki
Patrick Doherty
Mary Doherty
John Doherty
John L. Kelley
William A. Wilson
Geo W. Wilson
Edward Fripp
Lillian Fripp
Henry P. Wells
Harry C. McInnes
Eileen M. McInnes
James R. Lawnsby
Mary C. Lawnsby
Frances Lawnsby
Fireman
Mariner
Laborer
No occupation listed
Painter
Employed “at gas works”
Housekeeper. Widow of Bartholomew
No occupation listed
No occupation listed
Shoemaker
No occupation listed. Widow of Charles W.
No occupation listed. Widow of Michael
Shoe stitcher
Morocco dresser
No occupation listed. Widow of James
Car inspector
Helper
Shoe worker. Later used Walter as first name.
Laborer
No occupation listed
Machinist
Laborer
Driver - Salem Lumber Co.
No occupation listed
No occupation listed
Recreation Leader
Machinist
Leather Worker
No occupation listed
Serviceman - Hall’s Heat Headquarters
No occupation listed
Clerk
�Sources
�17 Carlton Street, 1985
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�Margaret Hill Ellison (1776-1819), dlo Capt. John Ellison & Elizabeth Ulmer,
died "suddenly" 6 July 1819 and was buried at Charter Street Graveyard. She
m. 2 Marci, 1794 Benjamin Bray (1775-1808), son of John Bray & Eunice
Becket, died ofconsumption on 3 June 1808. She m/2 29 Jan. 1809 Francisco
P. Astranan (Francis P. Ashton) (1783-1865) born 5 Feb. 1783 Palermo, Sicily,
s/o Thomas Astranan & Michela Campanella, died 26 Nov. 1865 in Salem. He
m/2 5 Dec. 1819 Rachel (Gwinn) Hall (1789-1850+), dlo Thaddeus Gwinn &
Mercy Beadle ofSalem. Known issue ofMargaret, surnames Bray and
Ashton:
1. John Bray, 1795 (m. 1817 Margaret Roundy) Boston printer 1821.
2. Benjamin Bray, 1797, died of quinsy 20 Jan. 1799, aged 15 months
3. Margaret Bray, m. 1820 Jonathan C. Taylor, Salem boatbuilder 1821,
pump & block-maker later
4. Eliza Bray, m. David Robinson, Boston horse-letter
5. Benjamin Bray, 1801, m. 8 Sept. 1825 Mary Lane
6. Daniel Bray, Salem mariner 1826 (m. 1828 Pl,eba Skidmore)
7. William Bray
8. Lucy Ann Ashton, m. William N. Nassau; issue
a. W.N. Nassau Jr.
b. A retltusa W. Nassau.
9. Mica/ah (Mickelar) Ashton, 1817, bp 1824, m. Mr. Snow; issue
a. Mickelar Ashton Snow (b. 1836) m. Jonathan Davis
b. Margaret Ellison Snow
c. Francis P.A. Snow (b.1846)
d. James F. Snow m. Sophia E.
�Benjamin Bray (born 1801, son ofBenjamin Bray & Margaret Hill Ellison) m.
1825 Mary Lane (born 1801, dlo William Lane & Elizabet/, Brown). Known
issue, surname Bray:
1. Mary E., 1826
2. Sarai, E., 1831
3. Micalar, 1834
4. Edward L., 1837, mariner 1860
5. WilliamM., 1839, ,nariner 1860
6. George, 1844
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�Unofficial Property Record Card - Salem, MA
General Property Data
Parcel
ID 41-0086-0
Prior Parcel
ID 11 -Property
Owner LARRICK STEPHEN C
CLERMONT SARAH E
Mailing
Address 17 CARLTON ST
Account
Number 0
Property
Location 17 CARLTON STREET
Property
Use One Family
Most
Recent
Sale Date 12/31/2020
Legal
Reference 39366-593
Grantor KENNEDY,JOANNE
City SALEM
Mailing
State MA
Zip 01970
Sale Price 525,000
ParcelZoning R2
Land Area 0.062 acres
Current Property Assessment
Card 1 Value
Building Value 289,600
Xtra Features 2,700
Value
Land Value 164,000
Total Value 456,300
Building Description
Building
Style Colonial
# of Living
Units 1
Year
Built 1800
Building
Grade Average
Building
Condition Good
Finished
Area (SF) 1736
Number
Rooms 7
# of 3/4
Baths 0
Foundation
Type Brick/Stone
Frame
Type Wood
Roof
Structure Gable
Roof
Cover Asphalt Shgl
Siding Vinyl
Interior
Walls Plaster
# of
Bedrooms 4
# of 1/2
Baths 1
Flooring
Type Hardwood
Basement
Floor Concrete
Heating
Type Forced H/W
Heating
Fuel Oil
Air
Conditioning 0%
# of Bsmt
Garages 0
# of Full
Baths 1
# of Other
Fixtures 0
Legal Description
Narrative Description of Property
This property contains 0.062 acres of land mainly classified as
One Family
with a(n) Colonial style building, built about
1800 , having Vinyl exterior and
Asphalt Shgl
roof cover, with 1
unit(s), 7
room(s), 4
bedroom(s), 1
bath(s), 1 half bath(s).
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Inventory No:
SAL.3293
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Address:
17 Carlton St
City/Town:
Salem
Village/Neighborhood:
Derby Street;
Local No:
41-86;
Year Constructed:
C 1810
Architectural Style(s):
Colonial;
Use(s):
Single Family Dwelling House;
Significance:
Architecture;
Area(s):
Designation(s):
Building Materials:
Roof: Asphalt Shingle;
Wall: Wood Shingle;
Foundation: Brick;
Demolished
No
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FORM B - BUILDING
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80 BOYLSTON STREET ·,
BOSTON, MA 02116
Salem
17 Carlton Street
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Setting
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Organization Salem Planning Department
. Date January, 19 86
(Staple additional sheets here)
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�ARQUTECTIJRAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural featw·es and
evaluate in tenns of other buildings within the cOillIIU..mi. ty.)
17 Carl ton Street is a vernacular Federal period house whose modest character
is common to the Derby Street area.
The house is oriented with the flank end of its
gable roof . to the street and has a 3-bay symmetrical facade with a center entry.
The trim is simple and consists of plain window surrounds, a. molded doorhood, and .
flush roof eaves and eave returns . in the gable ends. Other features are the brick
foundation and the two interior chimneys.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the comm.mity.)
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Benjamin Crowninshield, a master mariner and later .commander of the well-known
yacht Cleopatra's Barge, owned the land now comprising 15 and 17 Carlton Street. In
1808 he sold the latter property to Margaret Bray for $600.
The deed mentions. "a
lot of land" but no buildings. Margaret Bray was married to Benjamin Bray and from
l~ter deeds, it appears that they had six children. By 1821 there was a . house on
this property for a partition among the Bray children and Lucy Ann Ashton and
Merchalor Ashton makes mention of a dwelling. One of the Bray children, Benjamin,
eventually acquired the ownership rights to this property. He was a coachmaker
who worked on Union Street. Bray also had tenants living in the house including
John Bullock, ~ laborer, in 1837, and Henry Rice, a sailmaker, in 1851.
Carlton Street was known as Bakehouse Field for · a bakehouse located on Essex
Street. By 1800 much of this land was owned by Hannah Carlton Crowninshield,
Benjamin Crowninshield's mother.
Carlton Street was laid out in 1800 probably in
response to increased need for building land. The Federal period was a prosperQus
one for maritime trade.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFEIDJCES (name of publication, . author, date and publisher)
1851, 1874 Maps of Salem
1837, 1851 Salem Directories
Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 185/Leaf 226, Book 227/Le:u 46, Book 236/
Leaf 159, Book 240/Leaf 232,_Book 243/Leaf 93
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CITY OF SALEM
BOARD OF APPEAL
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'"'i'l\liU hold a public hearing for all persOFf';,Jr1-terested in the petition submitted tiY'l;IJ:IIAN DOWER requesting a
Variance/~er Section 7-19 (c) (2) to
allow a cUrfi::<ttJt to create a driveway
between resfdern;e and fence for till>
property locatecfr~t<~7 carlton Street
'R-2. Said heariri{J''\,rjJI be held on
Wednesday, April :io;12905 at 6:30
p.m., 120 Washingtont'$treet, 3rd
floor, Room 313.
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Nina Cohen, C~atrf1an
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�CITY OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
BOARD OF APPEAL
I 20 WASHINGTON STREET, 3RD FLOOR
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970
STANLEY
J. USOVICZ, JR.
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ISION ON TI-IE PETITION OF BRIAN DOWER REQUESTING AVARIANClf
TI-IE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 17 CARLTON STREET R-2
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on this petition was held on April 20, 2005 with the following Board Memben.,J
presen,
Cohen Chairman, Richard Dionne, Edward Moriarty, Nicholas Helides amf
Bonnie
otice of the hearing was sent to abutters and others and notices of the
hearing we
ly published in the Salem Evening News in accordance with
Massachusetts
Laws Chapter 40A.
The petitioner is req
a driveway between resi
2zone.
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The Variances, which have
that:
a Variance per Section 7-1910 (2) to allow a curb cut to create
d fence for property at 17 Carlton Street located in an R-
ed, may be granted upon a finding by this Board
a. Special conditions and circumstanel~ ~ . which especially affect the land,
building or structure involved and wh(~h ak+not generally affecting other lands,
buildings and structures involve.
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b. Literal enforcement of the provisions ofth'
nhm,1Ordinance would involve
substantial hardship, financial or otherwise, to th\,~~~tmers.
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c. Desirable relief may be granted without substantial de
and without nullifying or substantially derogating from
the purpose of the Ordinance.
t to the public good
.of the district of
The Board of Appeal, after careful consideration of the evidence present
and after viewing the plane, makes the following findings of fact:
I. The Petitioner, Brian Dower presented his petition to allow a curb cut to er
driveway between the residence and the fence on the right side of the dwellin
and for the use of two parking spaces at the rear of the lot.
2. A petition signed by many of the neighbors was presented and read into the
minutes.
3. Zoning Board Member Edward Moriarty expressed concern over the loss of green
space in the rear yard.
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DECISION OF THE PETITION OF BRIAN DOWER REQUESTING A
VARIANCE FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 17 CARLTON STREET R-2
page two
4. Chairman Nina Cohen inquired if the petitioner was in favor of a restriction in the
decision to restrict the dwelling to single family use. Petitioner affirmed they were
in favor of such restriction.
Chris Loring of 19 Carlton Street spoke in favor of the petition.
is of the above findings of fact, and on, the evidence presented the Board
ds as follows;
1. Speci
· ·ons exist when especially affect the subject property but not he
District.
2. Literal enfo
of the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance would involve
substantial har
e petitioner.
3. Desirable relief
.
..•ted without substantial detriment to the public good
and without nullifying o~stantially derogating from the intent of the district or
the purpose of the Orditlal''"
Therefore, the Zoning Board of A
Variances requested, subject to the follo
4 in favor and I in opposition to grant the
g~pitions:
1. Petitioner shall comply with all city ail.tt•'..
regulations.
2. All construction shall be done as per the plans s
Building Commissioner.
3. All requirements of the Salem Fire Department relative
shall be strictly adhered to.
4. Property shall remain a single family use.
Variance Granted
April 20, 2005
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Nicholas Helides
Board of Appeal
�DECISION OF TIIB PETITION OF BRIAN DOWER REQUESTING AVARIAN CE
FOR TIIB PROPERTY LOCATED AT I 7 CARLTON STREET R-2
page three
A COPY OF TIIIS DECISION HAS BEEN FILED WITH TIIB PLANNING BOARD
TIIB CITY CLERK
from this decision, if any, shall be made pursuant to Section 17 of the
. usetts General Laws Chapter 40A, and shall be filed within 20 days date of filing
of this
· ion in the office of the City Clerk: Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter
tion I 1, the Variance or Special Permit granted herein shall not take
effect until
of the decision bearing the certificate of the City Clerk: that 20 days
have elapsed
peal has been filed, or that, if such appeal has been filed, that is
has been dismi
·ed is recorded in the South Essex Registry of Deeds and
indexed under the
the owner of record or is recorded and noted on the owner's
Certificate of Title.
Board of Appeal
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ROBERT CHILTON
10 BECKETT ST.
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PLOT PLAN OF LAND
17 CARLTON STREET
SALEM
PROPERTY OF
BRIAN DOWER & TASHA DAVIDSON
SCALE 1" = 10'
MARCH 8, 2005
NORTH SHORE SURVEY CORP.
47 LINDEN ST., SALEM, MA
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�Peg Harrington
15 Carlton Street
Salem, Massachusetts
01970
Board of Appeals
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s. Nina Cohen, Chair
fSalem
MA01970
April 17, 2005
I write today t
y full support of my neighbor Brian Dower in his request to create
a driveway and p
a on his property at 17 Carlton St., immediately adjacent to
my back yard. As yo
, this is a very congested neighborhood with parking in short
supply. I am fortunate t
ndominium has a small driveway for off-street parking
for both my car and the o
of!h~ upstairs unit, because given the complete lack of
enforcement of resident-only pljjd('¼jig rules here and the abuse of on-street parking by
certain residents who choose not<f; , their driveways, I would be faced with a similar
situation.
Mr. and Mrs. Dower are wonderful ne1g
rs seeking to improve their property and the
neighborhood as a whole, and I have eve c •'~tnce that their plans will be in keeping
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with the unique character of the street.
Respectfully submitted,
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�etter to attest to the fact that I have no opposition to my neighbor,
,i Carlton Street installing a curb cut between our houses. I live at 19
· "" Dower has requested the curb cut so that he can park his vehicle in
the space beiween'Q.e ,'•
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I am in favor of allowin
in between 17 and 19 Carl!
Respectfully,
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Chris Lohring
19 Carlton Street
Salem, MA 01970 .
978-853-9138
hbor, Brian Dower, to have a curb cut and driveway put
et, Salem, MA.
�4/16/05
To: Members of the City of Salem Board of Appeals:
state that I am in favor of and have no objections to my neighbor, Brian
Dower, to
. f curb cut and to create a driveway between residence and fence for the
property local
.17 Carlton Street, Salem, MA.
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�House at
17 Carlton Street, Sale111
Built c.1808 for Margaret Ellison Bray, widow
Enlarged c.1831 for Benjamin Bray, coach-maker & inventor
Francis P. Ashton, barber, in old age (from photo); he resided here from 1809-1821
(source: Hadley's llisto,y of Essex Lodge)
�House at 17 Carlton Street, Salem
According to available evidence, this house was built for Margaret (Ellison)
Bray, widow, c.1808. It was enlarged to the rear c.1831 for Benjamin Bray,
chaise- and coach-maker.
On 26 August 1808 Capt. Benjamin Crowninshield, a Danvers merchant who
was formerly a Salem East India shipmaster, for $600 sold to Margaret Bray of
Salem, a widow, a lot of land in Salem bounded southwesterly 38' on "Carlton's
Street", northwesterly 70' on land of Crowninshield, northeasterly 37' on land of
Crowninshield and ofBerry, southeasterly 70' on land of Ranson (ED 185:226).
The evidence indicates that she had a modest house built: it probably had a
central entrance and a room on either side, with chimneys running up the back
walls to provide heat in all four rooms, and perhaps with kitchen rooms attached
as ells. It was two stories high, likely with a pitch roof.
Margaret Hill Ellison was born in Salem and baptized in 1776 at St. Peter's
(Episcopal) Church, the daughter of John Ellison and his wife Elizabeth Ulmer.
John Ellison was an Englishman, born in London; he came as a young man to
Salem, and in 1762 married Elizabeth Ulmer, the granddaughter of Rev. Mr.
Ulmer, who had come as a preacher from Germany c. 1700 and settled in Maine.
The Ellisons had several children, of whom those surviving infancy were Mary,
Rebecca, George, Elizabeth, and Margaret, and John, Jr. John Ellison fought as a
rebel in the War of the Revolution (1775-1783), both as a soldier and later as a
sailor. By 1783 he was in business as a ship-rigger in the East Parish, and in
1798 became a town watchman (policeman). Mrs. Elizabeth (Ulmer) Ellison
would live until October, 1808 (died at age 69) and Capt. Ellison, a watchman in
his last years, lived until March, 1812. He would die at age 74, lamented by many
and characterized by Rev. William Bentley as "a man of great integrity and good
reputation."
In March, 1794, Margaret H. Ellison, 18, married Benjamin Bray, 19. Between
1795 and 1807 they would have seven children, mostly boys. The Brays resided
on Hardy Street, in the old Diman house.
In 1800, Salem was still a town, and a small one by our standards, with a total
population of about 9,500. Its politics were fierce, as the Federalists squared off
against the Democratic Republicans (led by the Crowninshields and comprised of
�the sailors and fishermen). The two factions attended separate churches, held
separate parades, and supported separate schools, military companies, and
newspapers (the Crowninshield-backed Impartial Register started in 1800).
Salem's merchants resided mainly on two streets: Washington (which ended in a
wharf on the Inner Harbor, and, above Essex, had the Town House in the middle)
and Essex (particularly between what are now Hawthorne Boulevard and North
Streets). The East Parish (Derby Street area) was for the seafaring families,
shipmasters, sailors, and fishermen. In the 1790s, Federal Street, known as New
Street, had more empty lots than fine houses. Chestnut Street did not exist: its
site was a meadow, backlands for the Pickerings on Broad Street and the old
estates of Essex Street. The Common, not yet Washington Square, had small
ponds and swamps, and was covered with hillocks and utility buildings and the
town alms-house. In the later 19th century, Salem's manufacturing-based
prosperity would sweep almost all of the great downtown houses away.
The town's merchants were among the wealthiest in the country, and, in Samuel
McIntire, they had a local architect who could help them realize their desires for
large and beautiful homes in the latest style. While a few of the many new
houses built in the next ten years went up in the old Essex-Washington Street
axis, most were erected on or near Washington Square or in the Federalist "west
end" (Chestnut, Federal, and upper Essex Streets). The architectural style (called
"Federal" today) had been developed years before in the Adam brothers in
England and featured fanlight doorways, palladian windows, elongated pilasters
and columns, and large windows. It was introduced to New England by Charles
Bulfinch upon his return from England in 1790. The State House in Boston was
his first institutional composition; and soon Beacon Hill was being built up with
handsome residences in the Bulfinch manner.
Samuel McIntire, carver and housewright, was quick to pick up on the style and
adapt it to Salem's larger lots. Mcintire's first local composition, the Jerathmeel
Peirce house (on Federal Street), contrasts greatly with his later Adamesque
compositions. The interiors of this Adam style differed from the "Georgian" and
Post-Colonial: in place of walls of wood paneling, there now appeared plastered
expanses painted in bright colors or covered in bold wallpapers. The Adam style
put a premium on handsome casings and carvings of central interior features such
door-caps and chimney-pieces (Mcintire's specialty). On the exterior, the Adam
style included elegant fences; and the houses were often built of brick, with
attenuated porticoes and, in the high style, string courses, swagged panels, and
even two-story pilasters. The best example of the new style was the Elias Hasket
�Derby house, co-designed by Bulfinch and McIntire, and built on Essex Street in
1799 (demolished in 1815), on the site of today's Town House Square.
Salem's commerce created great wealth, which in tum attracted many newcomers
from outlying towns and even other states. A new bank, the Salem Bank, was
formed in 1803, and there were two insurance companies and several societies
and associations. The fierce politics and commercial rivalries continued. The
ferment of the times is captured in the diary of Rev. William Bentley, bachelor
minister of Salem's East Church (it stood on Essex Street, near Washington
Square), and editor of the Register newspaper. Mr. Bentley's diary is full of
references to the civic and commercial doings of the town, and to the lives and
behaviors of all classes of society. On Union Street, not far from Mr. Bentley's
church, on the fourth of July, 1804, was born a boy who would grow up to
eclipse all sons of Salem in the eyes of the world: Nathaniel Hawthorne, who~e
father would die of fever while on a voyage to the Caribbean in 1808. This kind
of untimely death was all too typical of Salem's young seafarers, who fell prey to
malaria and other diseases of the Caribbean and Pacific tropics.
In 1806 the Derbys extended their wharf far out into the harbor, tripling its
previous length. This they did to create more space for warehouses and shipberths in the deeper water, at just about the time that the Crowninshields had built
their great India Wharf at the foot of English Street. The other important
wharves were Forrester's (now Central, just west of Derby Wharf), and Union
Wharf (formerly Long Wharf), extending from the foot of Union Street, west of
Forrester's Wharf. To the west of Union Wharf, a number of smaller wharves
extended into the South River (filled in during the late 1800s), all the way to the
foot of Washington Street. Among the most important of these were Ward's,
Ome's, and Joseph Peabody's, which extended from the foot of what is now
Hawthorne Boulevard. Each of the smaller wharves had a warehouse or two,
shops for artisans (coopers, blockmakers, joiners, etc.). The waterfront between
Union Street and Washington Street also had lumber yards and several ship
chandleries and distilleries, with a Market House at the foot of Central Street,
below the Custom House. The wharves and streets were crowded with shoppers,
hawkers, sailors, artisans ("mechanics"), storekeepers, and teamsters; and just
across the way, on Stage Point along the south bank of the South River, wooden
barks and brigs and ships were being built in the shipyards. Perhaps Benjamin
Bray, a boatbuilder and shipwright, worked there, or perhaps he had his own
small shipyard, or worked at Becket's, off Becket Street.
�Salem's boom came to an end with a crash in January, 1808, when Jefferson and
the Congress imposed an embargo on all American shipping in hopes of
forestalling war with Britain. The Embargo, which was widely opposed in New
England, proved futile and nearly ruinous in Salem, where commerce ceased and
families began to wonder how they would survive. In the midst of this
uncertainty, Benjamin Bray, 33, fell ill; and on June 3, 1808, he died of
consumption (pneumonia or tuberculosis), "a worthy man" (per Rev. Wm.
Bentley), leaving Margaret with the care of several young children, including
infants. Joseph Lambert, gentleman, became guardian of some of the Bray
children.
In August, 1808, Mrs. Margaret Bray bought the house-lot on Carlton Street. In
the winter of 1808-9, Mrs. Bray, 30, was courted by a newcomer in Salem,
Francisco Paolo Astranan, 26, a barber from Sicily who had arrived in Salem in
September in the Salem ship Traveller, Capt. Richard Ward Jr. (see Ship
Registers ofDistrict ofSalem & Beverly). Mr. Astranan went by the "Englished"
name of Francis P. Ashton, and started a successful barbering business in Salem.
He and Margaret wed on 29 January 1809; and they would have at least two
children, Lucy Ann and Micalah (born 1817; Francisco's mother's name; it was
handed down in the family but was usually written Mickaler! ). (Info on Mr.
Ashton from 1 Dec. 1865 obituary, Salem Gazette, and from p. 106, H.P.
Hadley's 200 Years ofMasonry in Essex Lodge; photo).
Other Italians had settled in Salem at about this time. Peter Barras, a mariner and
shopkeeper, was here, as was Michele F. Come, a noted painter of seascapes,
who resided on Charter Street and taught painting, did decorative painting of
houses interiors and ship-cabins, and sold his artworks. Joseph Monarch, a
mariner, of Naples, also settled in Salem, and probably was a very close friend of
Francis Ashton. Mr. Monarch named one of his sons Francis Ashton in his
honor; that son later changed his name to Francis M. Ashton. In January, 1817,
Mr. Ashton loaned $200 to Joseph Monarch to help him buy a house (ED
212:206).
As a hotbed of Democratic-Republicanism, Salem's East Parish and its seafarers,
led by the Crowninshields, loyally supported the Embargo until it was lifted in
spring, 1809. Shunned by the other Salem merchants for his support of the
Embargo, the eminent merchant William "Billy" Gray took his large fleet of
ships-fully one-third of Salem's tonnage--and moved to Boston. Gray's move
to Boston permanently eliminated much of Salem's wealth, shipping, importexport cargoes, and local employment. Gray soon switched from the Federalist
�party and was elected Lt. Governor under Gov. Elbridge Gerry, a native of
Marblehead.
In this new house (assuming it was standing by 1809), the Bray children were
growing up, although it is possible that some were sent to live with relatives.
Margaret Hill Ellison (1776-1819), d/o Capt. John Ellison & Elizabeth Ulmer,
died "suddenly" 6 July 1819 and was buried at Charter Street Graveyard. She
m. 2 March 1794 Benjamin Bray (1775-1808), son of John Bray & Eunice
Becket, died of consumption on 3 June 1808. She m/2 29 Jan. 1809 Francisco
P. Astranan (Francis P. Ashton) (1783-1865) born 5 Feb. 1783 Palermo, Sicily,
s/o Thomas Astranan & Michela Campanella, died 26 Nov. 1865 in Salem. He
m/2 5 Dec. 1819 Rachel (Gwinn) Hall (1789-1850+), d/o Thaddeus Gwinn &
Mercy Beadle of Salem. Known issue ofMargaret, surnames Bray and
Ashton:
1. John Bray, 1795 (m. 1817 Margaret Roundy) Boston printer 1821.
2. Benjamin Bray, 1797, died of quinsy 20 Jan. 1799, aged 15 months
3. Margaret Bray, m. 1820 Jonathan C. Taylor, Salem boatbuilder 1821,
pump & block-maker later
4. Eliza Bray, m. David Robinson, Boston horse-letter
5. Benjamin Bray, 1801, m. 8 Sept.1825 Mary Lane
6. Daniel Bray, Salem mariner 1826 (m. 1828 Pheba Skidmore)
7. William Bray
8. Lucy Ann Ashton, m. William N. Nassau; issue
a. W.N. Nassau Jr.
b. Arethusa W. Nassau.
9. Mica/ah (Mickelar) Ashton, 1817, hp 1824, m. Mr. Snow; issue
a. Mickelar Ashton Snow (b.1836) m. Jonathan Davis
b. Margaret Ellison Snow
c. Francis P.A. Snow (b. 1846)
d. James F. Snow m. Sophia E.
The house was owned by Margaret alone, and not with her second husband Mr.
Ashton, who was noted for his uprightness and high standards and may have
refused to take an ownership interest in the house in order to ensure that his stepchildren received an inheritance. His barber shop was likely situated in this
house. The 1812 real estate valuations are the first to note Mr. Ashton's presence
in Salem (Mrs. Margaret Ashton, the owner, was not listed in the valuations of
�1809-1811 either). In 1812 (ward one) he was listed as "Francis F.A. Ashton,
barber," and paid taxes on "part house & shop" worth $300 and $100 in income.
In 1813 he was listed as Francis P. Ashton, with identical property and values.
Salem resumed its seafaring commerce for three years after the end of the
Embargo, but still the British preyed on American shipping; and in June, 1812,
war was declared against Britain. Although Salem had opposed the war as being
potentially ruinous and primarily for the benefit of the southern and western warhawk states, yet when war came, Salem swiftly fitted out 40 privateers manned
by Marblehead and Salem crews, who also served on U.S. Navy vessels,
including the Constitution. Many more could have been sent against the British,
but some of the Federalist anti-war merchants held their vessels back. In
addition, Salem fielded companies of infantry and artillery. Salem and
Marblehead privateers were largely successful in making prizes of British supply
vessels. While some were wounded in engagements, and some were killed, the
possible riches of privateering kept the men returning to sea as often as possible.
The first prizes were captured by a 30-ton converted fishing schooner, the Fame,
and by a 14-ton luxury yacht fitted with one gun, the Jefferson. Of all Salem
privateers, the Crowninshields' 350-ton ship America was the most successful.
She captured 30-plus prizes worth more than $1,100,000.
Salem erected forts and batteries on its Neck, to discourage the British warships
that cruised these waters. In June, 1813, off Marblehead Neck, the British frigate
Shannon defeated the U.S. Navy frigate Chesapeake. The Federalists would not
allow their churches to be used for the funeral of the Chesapeake's slain
commander, James Lawrence ("Don't give up the ship!"). Almost a year later, in
April, 1814, the people gathered along the shores of Salem Neck as three sails
appeared on the horizon and came sailing on for Salem Bay. These vessels
proved to be the mighty Constitution in the lead, pursued by the smaller British
frigates Tenedos and Endymion. The breeze was light, and the British vessels
gained, but Old Ironsides made it safely into Marblehead Harbor, to the cheers of
thousands.
On land, the war went poorly for the United States, as the British captured
Washington, DC, and burned the Capitol and the White House. Along the
western frontier, U.S. forces were successful against the weak English forces;
and, as predicted by many, the western expansionists had their day. At sea, as
time wore on, Salem's vessels often were captured, and its men imprisoned or
killed. After almost three years, the war was bleeding the town dry, and the
menfolk were disappearing. Hundreds of Salem men and boys were in British
�prison-ships and at Dartmoor Prison in England. At the Hartford Convention in
1814, New England Federalist delegates met to consider what they could do to
bring the war to a close and to restore the region's commerce. Sen. Timothy
Pickering of Salem led the extreme Federalists in proposing a series of demands
which, if not met by the federal government, could lead to New England's
seceding from the United States; but the Pickering faction was countered by
Harrison G. Otis of Boston and his moderates, who prevailed in sending a
conciliatory message to Congress.
At last, in February, 1815, peace was restored.
Post-war, the Salem merchants rebuilt their fleets and resumed their worldwide
trade, slowly at first, and then to great effect. The eldest Bray son, John, may
have fought, as a teenager, on privateers. After the war he became a printer, and
in 1817 married Margaret Roundy. They soon had a first child, a daughter; and
at just that time John's mother, Margaret Ashton, 42, had her last child, a
daughter named Micalah. Mr. Ashton had continued to prosper in his work as
barber and hair-dresser. In February, 1818, he joined Essex Lodge of Masons.
In July, 1819, at the age of 44, Mrs. Margaret H. (Ellison) Bray Ashton died,
probably at home. The effect on her children, some of them quite young, may be
imagined. Like most men of that time, Mr. Ashton sought a new wife to help him
raise the children; and on 5 December 1819 he married Rachel (Gwinn) Hall. In
1809 she had married Spence Hall, who had died in 1816. Evidently the Halls
had had no children. Rachel now became step-mother to the Bray and Ashton
children. In 1820 the house was occupied as a duplex, with families headed by
Francis Ashton and his step-son John Bray (1820 census, p. 40). Mr. Ashton's
family consisted of himself, his new wife, and two little girls, probably Lucy Ann
and Micalah. Mr. Bray's family consisted of himself, his wife, and a little girl.
The other Bray children were living elsewhere, perhaps as apprentices or in the
family of their sister, Margaret, who married Jonathan Taylor in 1820.
In March, 1821, the Probate Court set off to the little Ashton girls the north front
room and the north kitchen and a small piece of land at the northwest part of the
house lot, with certain rights to pass to and fro over the other land (ED 227:46).
This left the rest of the property in the ownership of the Bray siblings. It is likely
that Mr. Ashton and his new wife and his two daughters moved elsewhere in
1820-1. In November, 1820, he (through a trustee) purchased for $180 a plot of
land on Bridge Street, near Pleasant, and he moved a building onto there to serve
as his house and barber shop (ED 224:221). It seems likely that the two Ashton
�rooms were rented out to John Bullock (1781-1854), a laborer who lived here
with his wife Elizabeth (Cloutman) Bullock, and their daughters Elizabeth and
Mary Ann.
Into the 1820s the foreign trade continued prosperous; and new markets were
opened with Madagascar (1820), which supplied tallow and ivory, and Zanzibar
(1825), whence came gum copal, used to make varnish. This opened a huge and
lucrative trade in which Salem dominated, and its vessels thus gained access to
all of the east African ports. The pre-war partisan politics of the town were not
resumed post-war, as the middle-class "mechanics" (artisans) became more
powerful and brought about civic harmony, largely through the Salem Charitable
Mechanic Association (founded 1817). Salem's general maritime foreign
commerce fell off sharply in the late 1820s. Imports, which were the cargoes in
Salem ships, were supplanted by American goods, now being produced in great
quantities. The interior of the country was being opened for settlement, and
many Salemites moved away to these new lands of opportunity. To the north, the
falls of the Merrimack River powered large new textile mills (Lowell was
founded in 1823 ), which created great wealth for their investors; and in general it
seemed that the tide of opportunity was ebbing away from Salem. In an
ingenious attempt to stem the flow of talent from the town and to harness its
potential water power for manufacturing, Salem's merchants and capitalists
banded together in 1826 to raise the money to dam the North River for industrial
power. The project, which began with much promise, was suspended Gust before
construction began) in 1827, which demoralized the town even more, and caused
several Salemites to move to Boston, the hub of investment in the new economy.
Mr. Ashton was among them, as were John Bray and his sister Mrs. Eliza Bray
Robinson; but most of the Brays stayed in Salem.
On 1 Sept. 1821 Jonathan C. Taylor, Salem pump- and block-maker, paid $200 to
John Bray, printer, and David Robinson, horse-letter, and wife Eliza, all of
Boston, for their 2/6 interest in a half-house and its lot of land on Carlton Street
(ED 236:260). This gave the Taylors a half-interest in the homestead; they
probably resided here for a few years, in the southwest end of the house (which
seems to have been set off to them), and then purchased and moved into a house
on nearby Neptune Street (part of Charter Street nearest Derby Street). On 22
February 1825 the Taylors for $300 sold to Benjamin Bray, a Salem coach- and
chaise-body maker, their 3/6 undivided interest in the dwelling house and other
buildings on a lot in Carlton Street. The lot fronted 25' on the street and ran back
about 70' deep, where it made an ell. Certain parts of the house and land were
�still reserved to the Ashton girls (ED 236:259). The lot was bounded on the
northwest on the other half of the house and on the southeast by land of Ranson.
On 15 May 1826 Daniel Bray 3d, Salem mariner, for $100 sold his one-sixth of
the premises to Benjamin Bray, who also bought (on 8 July 1826 for $100) the
1/6 right of William Bray, Salem mariner (ED 240:232, 243: 93). Thus Benjamin
Bray, Salem coach and chaise-body maker, acquired the last outstanding shares
in the homestead (other than the Ashtons'), which he now owned.
The younger Brays, William and Daniel, who grew up here, had interesting
careers as sailors. Daniel, a mariner, married Pheba Skidmore in 1828 and
resided at 21 Becket Street in 1836 and 1841, and at 104 Essex Street in 1845.
His brother, William Bray, had been involved in one of the most notorious
episodes in Salem's long seafaring history. In May, 1830, William Bray, aged
about 25, sailed as ship's carpenter on board the Silsbee, Pickman & Stone ship
Friendship, Capt. Charles M. Endicott and a crew of 16, bound to Sumatra to
trade for pepper. Having arrived on the west coast of their destination, they kept
guard against the often-hostile Malays as the pepper (300,000 lbs. for William
Silsbee) was loaded on the ship, anchored about ¾ mile off the port of Quallah
Battoo. One hot morning, while the captain and a few of the crew were on shore,
a boatload Malays came alongside with pepper and were allowed to come on
board the Friendship to help in loading. The mate did not heed his crewmen's
alarm at the number of natives on the decks. Suddenly they attacked, using their
razor-sharp "creese" swords to kill and wound several of the Salem men. Cut off
from guns and handspikes on board, four of the crew jumped overboard. William
Bray and his three companions swam two miles to a remote point, and hid,
naked, in the jungle. Traveling by night and enduring scorching sunburns as they
hid in low brush by day, they spent four days without food and with little drink,
and finally arrived at the house of a friendly rajah, Po Adam, who joyfully
informed them that the Friendship had been re-taken by Captain Endicott and a
group from two other American vessels. Four other crewmen had also escaped to
the shore, one of them badly hurt: Charles Converse, grievously wounded in the
initial assault, had pulled himself up the anchor chains at night and dragged
himself on board the vessel, where he was thought to be dead and left
undisturbed until the Americans re-took the Friendship. The others (five) had
been slain. In the next year, the frigate Potomac was dispatched to Quallah
Battoo, whose forts were taken and destroyed and many Malays killed. For more
information about this episode, see G.G. Putnam's article in EIHC 57, among
other sources.
�In 1830 (census, p. 374) the Benjamin Brays and John Bullocks resided here. In
that year a horrifying crime brought disgrace to Salem. Old Capt. Joseph White,
a wealthy merchant, owned and resided in the house now called the GardnerPingree house, on Essex Street. One night, intruders broke into his mansion and
stabbed him to death. All of Salem buzzed with the news of murderous thugs;
but the killer was a Crowninshield (a local crime-boss who killed himself at the
Salem Jail), hired by his friends, Capt. White's own relatives, Capt. Joseph
Knapp and his brother Frank (they were executed by hanging). The results of the
investigation and trial uncovered much that was lurid about Salem, and more of
the respectable families quit the notorious town.
15 March 1831 Benjamin Bray, Salem coach and chaisebody maker for $1500
mortgaged to Peter E. Webster, Salem trader, the dwelling house and land on
Carlton Street (excepting Lucy Ann & Merchaler Ashton's portion) (ED
259:106). With the mortgage money, Mr. Bray evidently enlarged the house by
raising the roofline in front and extending it as a two-story leanto toward the rear,
thus adding three or four new small rooms in back. It is likely that the chimneys
(as indicated by the brick foundation arches in the cellar), which had once run up
the end wall of the original house, remained in place and had fireplaces facing
back into the new rooms as well forward into the old rooms.
Benjamin Bray was thirty in 1831, and operated a coach-making business with a
workshop (by 1836) at 15 Union Street. In 1825 he had married Mary Lane; and
they had three daughters by 1835. Mary (Lane) Bray was born in Salem in 1801,
the daughter of shipmaster Capt. William Lane and his wife Elizabeth Brown of
Derby Street. Mary had two older sisters and four younger brothers. Her
grandfather, Nicholas Lane, a sailmaker, had come to Salem from Gloucester.
By 1836, the house was occupied by the Benjamin Brays and by the John
Bullocks (see 1837 Salem Directory). Artisans and laborers like Messrs. Bray
and Bullock looked on with concern as Salem's remaining merchants moved
quickly to take their equity out of wharves and warehouses and ships and put it
into manufacturing and transportation, as the advent of railroads and canals in the
1830s diverted both capital and trade away from the coast. Some merchants did
not make the transition, and were ruined. Old-line areas of work, like ropemaking, sail-making, and ship chandleries, gradually declined and disappeared.
Well into the 1830s, Salem slumped badly.
Despite all, Salem was chartered as a city in 1836. City Hall was built 1837-8
and the city seal was adopted with an already-anachronistic Latin motto of "to the
�farthest port of the rich East"-a far cry from "Go West, young man!" The Panic
of 183 7, a brief, sharp, nationwide economic depression, caused even more
Salem families to head west in search of fortune and a better future. Salem had
not prepared for the industrial age, and had few natural advantages. The North
River served not to power factories but mainly to flush the waste from the many
tanneries (23 by 1832) that had set up along its banks. Throughout the 1830s, the
leaders of Salem scrambled to re-invent an economy for their fellow citizens,
many of whom were mariners without much sea-faring to do. Ingenuity,
ambition, and hard work would have to carry the day.
One inspiration was the Salem Laboratory, Salem's first science-based
manufacturing enterprise, founded in 1813 to produce chemicals. At the plant
built in 1818 in North Salem on the North River, the production of alum and blue
vitriol was a specialty; and it proved a very successful business. Salem's whalefishery, active for many years in the early 1800s, led, in the 1830s, to the
manufacturing of high-quality candles at Stage Point, along with machine oils.
The candles proved very popular. Lead-manufacturing began in the 1820s, and
grew large after 1830, when Wyman's gristmills on the Forest River were
retooled for making high-quality white lead and sheet lead (the approach to
Marblehead is still called Lead Mills Hill, although the empty mill buildings
burned down in 1960s).
These enterprises were a start toward taking Salem in a new direction. In 183 8
the Eastern Rail Road began operating between Boston and Salem, which gave
the people of Salem and environs a direct route to the region's largest market.
The new railroad tracks ran right over the middle of the Mill Pond; the tunnel
under Washington Street was built in 1839; and the line was extended to
Newburyport in 1840. Mr. Bray's coach-making business was hurt by the
railroad, for the stagcoach lines to Boston and other places were rendered all but
unnecessary. Mr. Bray could not repay the Webster mortgage; and Mr. Webster
foreclosed. In July, 1839, Mr. Webster agreed to convey the premises to Mrs.
Mary L. Bray for Mr. Bray's payment of unpaid balance, $450, in monthly $20
installments (ED 452:196). The Bullocks remained the tenants in the house, and
were joined there by Mrs. Bullock's sister, Sarah Cloutman, a tailoress.
In the 1840s, new companies in new lines of business arose in Salem. The
tanning and curing of leather was a very important industry by the mid-1800s. It
was conducted on and near Boston Street, along the upper North River. There
were 41 tanneries in 1844, and 85 in 1850, employing 550 hands. The leather
business would continue to grow in importance throughout the 1800s. Iri 1846
�the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company completed the construction at Stage Point
of the largest factory building in the United States, 60' wide by 400' long. It was
an immediate success, and hundreds of people found employment there, many of
them living in industrial tenements built nearby. Also in the 1840s, a new method
was introduced to make possible high-volume industrial shoe production. In
Lynn, the factory system was perfected, and that city became the nation's leading
shoe producer. Salem had shoe factories too, and attracted shoe workers from
outlying towns and country areas. Even the population changed, as hundreds of
Irish families, fleeing the Famine, settled in Salem; and the-men went to work in
the factories and as laborers.
During the 1840s, with a family of six children to support, Benjamin Bray drew
on his considerable ingenuity to modernize his coach-building business. He was
a talented designer, and applied himself to improving the functioning of windows
and window curtains. Two of his creations were clever enough to earn him
patents. He participated in the first Exhibition of the Salem Charitable Mechanic
Association at the Mechanic Hall, on Essex Street at Crombie Street, in
September, 1849; and there was awarded a diploma in the category of New
Inventions. The diploma was accompanied by the following appraisal by the
judges:
"Car Window Spring and Curtain Fixtures, by Benjamin Bray of Salem.
This is an ingenious application of springs and rollers to window sashes, to
prevent the friction which sometimes occurs, and to allow them to be elevated
or depressed with ease, at the same time, by a simple contrivance, the
window remains suspended at any point of elevation. Something of this kind
would be of very obvious utility in the construction of our car windows,
which are often obstinately fixed at a point, in spite of the efforts of the
conductors and passengers to open or close them. The objection that the
rattling of the cars would continually tend to close the window is theoretically
removed by a contrivance which puts the window in equilibrium with the
spring, and thus produces the same condition as of the weights and pulleys in
the common house window.
"The arrangement of the curtain, though not altogether new in principle,
is, so far as the knowledge of the Committee extends, new in its application
to window curtains, and seems to possess decided advantages over those in
common use. By closing completely at the sides, it not only excludes the
sun, but also operates favorably as a double window to exclude the cold air,
thus contributing materially to comfort of our parlors."
�The talented Mr. Bray also exhibited "a machine for cutting tapered plugs of any
size." These inventions evidently raised the Bray family out of their financial
difficulties, and gave the family a good level of comfort.
Benjamin Bray (born 1801, son of Benjamin Bray & Margaret Hill Ellison) m.
1825 Mary Lane (born 1801, dlo William Lane & Elizabeth Brown). Known
issue, surname Bray:
1. Mary E., 1826
2. Sarah E., 1831
3. Micalar, 1834
4. Edward L., 1837, mariner 1860
5. WilliamM., 1839, mariner 1860
6. George, 1844
In 1850, the house was occupied by the Benjamin Bray family in ¾ of the rooms,
and by the Bullock sisters, Elizabeth, 38, and Mary Ann, 36, seamstresses, in one
unit, and, in another unit, by the Bullocks' aunt, Miss Sarah Cloutman, 59, a
tailoress (1850 census, ward one, house 192). In 1851, Mr. & Mrs. Bray paid off
the money owed ($375) to Mr. Webster, who had died (ED 452:197, 458:30).
Mr. Bray had made the transition from a coach-builder to a manufacturer of
curtain fixtures. He continued to prosper in the 1850s. In August, 1859, for $100
he purchased from Lucy Ann (Ashton) Nassau her right in the property, and the
right of one of the heirs of her sister, Merchalor (Ashton) Snow (ED 591 :299).
He evidently purchased the other three Ashton-Snow rights, and thus came into
ownership of the Ashton rooms and land, and so owned the whole house and its
lot. With this purchase and the Bray take-over of the Ashton rooms, the Misses
Bullock and their aunt Cloutman moved elsewhere. In 1860 the Benjamin Bray
family resided here, including the three sons, Edward, William, and George, of
whom the first two were sailors (1860 census, house 1247).
Mr. Francis P. Ashton, who had left for Boston about 1825 with his wife Rachel
and little daughters, had prospered in the metropolis, and had saved a good deal
of money. In September, 1834, he had sold his Bridge Street house and shop for
$1100 (ED 278:54). By 1845 he was ready to retire from hair-dressing in
Boston, and he looked to Salem. In March, 1845, he paid $1200 for a house and
land on Dearborn Street, North Salem, and moved back to the town where he had
first arrived from Sicily in 1808. By 1850 he and his wife Rachel were caring for
two of his grandchildren, Mickler Ashton Snow, 13, and Francis P. Ashton Snow,
�four, who lived in their home (1850 census, ward four, house 96). Mr. Ashton
had enough money at that time that he was loaning it out at interest (ED 437:266)
and was "dispensing great sums of money in acts of private charity" (per his
obituary).
Salem continued to change in the 1850s. Some members of Salem's waning
merchant class continued to pursue their sea-borne businesses; but even the
conditions of shipping changed, and Salem was left on the ebb tide. In the late
1840s, giant clipper ships replaced the smaller vessels that Salem men had sailed
around the world; and the clippers, with their deep drafts and large holds, were
usually too large for Salem and its harbor. The town's shipping soon consisted of
little more than Zanzibar-trade vessels and visits from Down East coasters with
cargoes of fuel wood and building timber. By 1850 Salem was about finished as
a working port. A picture of Salem's sleepy waterfront is given by Hawthorne in
his "introductory section" (really a sketch of Salem) to The Scarlet Letter,
which he began while working in the Custom House.
The Civil War began in April, 1861, and went on for four years, during which
hundreds of Salem men served in the army and navy, and many were killed or
died of disease or abusive treatment while imprisoned. Hundreds more suffered
wounds, or broken health. The people of Salem contributed greatly to efforts to
alleviate the suffering of the soldiers, sailors, and their families; and there was
great celebration when the war finally ended in the spring of 1865.
During the war years, the Bray family moved to Boston. By 1865, the house was
occupied by one Parker Bray and by Charles Fillebrown, 29, a varnisher &
polisher, wife Mary E., 28, and son Charles H., seven (1865 census, Ward One,
house 469). Charles Fillebrown had been a brave soldier during the war, and had
served as a private, from Salem, in July, 1862, in Co. G, First Regiment, Mass.
Volunteer Heavy Artillery. The Regiment was assigned to ordinary duty in forts
near Washington, DC, for a year and more. The outfit saw its first action in the
spring of 1864. At the Battle of Harris Farm, in Virginia, on May 19, the
Regiment lost 54 men killed (Major Rolfe included) and 312 wounded, with 27
missing. The outfit remained in the campaign against Petersburg, and on June 16,
lost 25 killed and 132 wounded in an ill-fated assault on the entrenchments.
Charles Fillebrown was one of those wounded. His wounds were evidently
severe, and he was mustered out in July, 1864. (see Mass. Soldiers, Sailors,
Marines in Civil War, 5:610). He resided at One Carlton Street by 1870.
�Francis P. Ashton, 82, survived to see the end of the Civil War. He died in
November, 1865. In his obituary (1 Dec. 1865 Salem Gazette) it was satted that
he retired from business in the 1840s and lived in retirement on Dearborn Street,
making many charitable donations so that "many a poor family now sincerely
mourns his loss. He was guided through life by a strict, stem, unbending moral
principle, and for this he was honored and respected by all."
Through the 1860s and 1870s, Salem continued to pursue a manufacturing
course. The managers and capitalists tended to builp their new, grand houses
along Lafayette Street (these houses may still be seen, south of Roslyn Street).
For the workers, they built more and more tenements near the mills of Stage
Point. A second, larger, factory building for the Naumkeag Steam Cotton
Company would be added in 1859, and a third in 1865; and by 1879 the mills
would employ 1200 people and produce annually 14,700,000 yards of cloth.
Shoe-manufacturing also continued to expand, and by 1880 Salem would have 40
shoe factories employing 600-plus operatives. More factories and more people
required more space for buildings, more roads, and more storage areas.
In 1870 this was the residence of the Stickneys and Mearas. Charles Stickney,
21, a currier in the leather industry, and his new bride Minnie, 20, born in New
Brunswick. Sherman T. Meara, 35, born in Ireland, was a shoe-factory worker;
he lived here with his wife Eugenia E., 32 (born in Mass.), son Frank S., four,
and William Jones, 22, a boarder, born in Maine and working as a teamster (1870
census, ward one, house 139). Mr. Meara was a veteran of the Civil War. In
1862, a bootmaker residing at Tisbury, he had enlisted as a private in the 43d
Regiment, Mass. Volunteer Infantry, for nine months' service, which occurred in
and around Newbern, North Carolina. His regiment saw some skirmishing but
mainly did guard duty. He (a bootmaker of North Bridgewater) enlisted again, in
November, 1863, in the Second Regiment, Mass. Volunteer Heavy Artillery.
This regiment had some Salem officers: Major Samuel C. Oliver (later Lt. Col.)
and Surgeon, Dr. James A. Emmerton. Mr. Meara's Company H was posted to
Fort Monroe, North Carolina, in December, 1863, and in April, 1864, was
engaged in a battle with Gen. Hoke's rebels. After brave resistance, Co. G and
Co. H, 275 men, were captured by the Rebels, and the men sent off to
Confederate prisons, where most of the men died in sub-human conditions. Mr.
Meara escaped from prison on Feb. 22 and made his way back to his regiment,
where he was promoted to sergeant and served out the war at Newbern. He was
mustered out on 8 July 1865, and soon after came to Salem (see MSSMCW,
4:268, 5 :732).
�On 17 September 1874 Mrs. Mary Lane Bray, widow of Benjamin Bray, of
Boston, for $1825 sold to John Collins of Salem, the house and land here fronting
38' on Carlton Street (ED 912:226). Thus, after more than 60 years, the
homestead passed out of the family ownership.
The new owner, Mr. Collins, 44, was a laborer, born in Ireland. He and his wife
Catherine, 54, had a daughter, Mary Ann, 20. They made the house a duplex,
and rented out one unit to tenants. By 1880 the Collins family lived here in one
unit (Mary Ann, 26, was working as a cigar maker); while in the other lived a
widower, William Kane, 45, tinsmith, born in Ireland (he had come to Mass. by
1856), and his children William Jr., 23, a barber, daughter Nellie, 21, a
dressmaker, and sons John, 18, cigar maker, James, 11, and Thomas, 7 (1880
census). The Kanes were still here in 1884, when Mr. Kane had his tinsmith's
shop at 31 Central Street, on the inner harbor.
About 1882 Mary Ann Collins married Bartholomew N. Flynn, a laborer; but Mr.
Flynn died on 12 Aril 1885 leaving her a young widow. In 1885-6 the house was
occupied by the Collinses, Mrs. Flynn, and William Martin, who worked at the
gas works off Bridge Street (Salem Directory). John Collins, the owner, died in
the late 1880s; and by 1890 the residents here were his widow Catherine, his
widowed dughter Mary Ann Flynn, cigar maker, and Henry Randall, a
"yachtsman" probably meaning a crewman on a yacht (see Directory).
After withstanding the pressures of the new industrial city for about 50 years,
Salem's rivers began to disappear. 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 A venue, Canal Street, and Loring A venue, finally vanished
beneath streets, storage areas, junk-yards, rail-yards, and parking lots. The South
River, too, with its epicenter at Central Street (that's why there was a Custom
House built there in 1805) disappeared under the pavement of Riley Plaza and
New Derby Street, and its old wharves (even the mighty Union Wharf, formerly
Long Wharf, at the foot of Union Street) were joined together with much in-fill
and turned into coal-yards and lumber-yards. Only a canal was left, running in
from Derby and Central Wharves to Lafayette Street.
By 1893 William G. Dodge, shoemaker, and family, were the tenants, while Mrs.
Collins and Mrs. Flynn occupied the other unit. In March, 1895, Mrs. Ctaherine
Collins conveyed the premises to her daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann Flynn (ED
1437:294). Mrs. Collins evidently died in the next two years. Mrs Flynn would
�continue to live here for another 50 years, with various tenants moving in and
out. By 1897 the tenants were Michael E. Tivnan, a morocco dresser (leatherworker) and Miss Clara J. Tivnan, a shoe-stitcher, probably with their mother,
Marie, a nurse, widow of Michael Tivnan. Mrs. Tivnan lived here through 1906,
and by 1908 had moved to 4 Messervy Street with her children (Charles, Clara,
and Joseph, a police officer).
Salem kept building infrastructure; and new businesses arose, and established
businesses expanded. Retail stores prospered, and machinists, carpenters,
millwrights, and other specialists all thrived. Starting in the 1870s, FrenchCanadian families began coming to work in Salem's mills and factories, and
more houses and tenements were built in what had been open areas of the city.
The Canadians were followed in the early 20th century by large numbers of Polish
and Ukrainian families, who settled primarily in the Derby Street neighborhood.
By the eve of World War One, Salem was a bustling, polyglot city that supported
large department stores and large factories of every description. Its politics were
lively, and its economy was strong.
The owner, Mrs. Flynn, lived here alone in 1907-8. By 1911 her tenant was Mrs.
Joanna Leahy, widow of James. In 1913-1914 Mrs. Mary Ann Collins Flynn was
alone here again. On June 25, 1914, in the morning, in Blubber Hollow (Boston
Street opposite Federal), a fire started in one of Salem's fire-prone wooden
tanneries. This fire soon consumed the building and raced out of control, for the
west wind was high and the season had been dry. The next building caught fire,
and the next, and out of Blubber Hollow the fire roared easterly, a monstrous
front of flame and smoke, wiping out the houses of Boston Street, Essex Street,
and upper Broad Street, and then sweeping through Hathorne, Winthrop,
Endicott, and other residential streets. Men and machines could not stop it: the
enormous fire crossed over into South Salem and destroyed the neighborhoods
west of Lafayette Street, then devoured the mansions of Lafayette Street itself,
and raged onward into the tenement district. Despite the combined efforts of
heroic fire crews from many towns and cities, the fire overwhelmed everything in
its path: it smashed into the large factory buildings of the Naumkeag Steam
Cotton Company (Congress Street), which exploded in an inferno; and it rolled
down Lafayette Street and across the water to Derby Street. There, just beyond
Union Street, after a 13-hour rampage, the monster died, having consumed 250
acres, 1600 houses, and 41 factories, and leaving three dead and thousands
homeless. Some people had insurance, some did not; all received much support
and generous donations from all over the country and the world. It was one of
the greatest urban disasters in the history of the United States, and the people of
�Salem would take years to recover from it. Eventually, they did, and many of the
former houses and businesses were rebuilt; and several urban-renewal projects
(including Hawthorne Boulevard, which involved removing old houses and
widening old streets) were put into effect.
By the 1920s, Salem was once again a thriving city; and its tercentenary in 1926
was a time of great celebration. Mrs. Mary Ann (Collins) Flynn lived here
through 1942, with various tenants (in 1920, Emma & Wladislaw Zawacki, a
shoeworker, & family; in 1942 Edward N. Tripp and wife Lillian, who ran the
Salem Recreation Craft Shop in the rear of the house). In 1943 the Salem
Savings Bank took possession of the premises; Mrs. Flynn moved out but the
Tripps stayed on.
Salem boomed right through to the 1960s, but the arrival of suburban shopping
malls and the relocation of manufacturing businesses took their toll, as they have
with many other cities. More than most, Salem has navigated its way forward
into the present with success, trading on its share of notoriety arising from the
witch trials, but also from its history as a great seaport and as the home of
Bowditch, McIntire, Bentley, Story, and Hawthorne. Most of all, it remains a
city where the homes of the old-time merchants, mariners, barbers, and coachbuilders are all honored as a large part of what makes Salem different from any
other place.
--Robert Booth, 13 Oct. 2002 for Historic Salem Inc.
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1southeasterly
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by Highland avenue as shown on said plan: 100 feet; North-
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:easterly by lot 602 as shown •On said plan, 100 feet; Northwesterly by lot
J802 as shown on said plan·~_100 feet; Southwesterly by Fre~an Road as sho
.on said plan, 100 feet.. Said parcel of land oontaining ten thousand
(lOS)()r)
!square
feet of l and according to said plan. Parcel . 2 The land in SALEM, .
.
Essex County, •Massachusetts I being lot numbered 133, as sho'flil on pla:n of
!land
entitled "Home Sites": owned by Frederick H• .Griswold, dated October
.
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11925, Thomas A. Appl eton, C. E., re~orded with Essex County South Distric1
,Registry of Deeds, Book of Plans 41, Plan 45. Said parcel of land being
!bounded as follows: Southeasterly by Highland Avenue as shown on said pl],
iFifty ( 50) feet; South westerly by lot numbered 106 as shown on said· plan,
:one hundred (100). feet; Northwesterly by lot numb~red 800 as shown on sai4
.plan, Fifty-f~ur .and '72-100 (54. '72 ) feet; Northeasterly by lot numbered
Bf
las shown on said plan, One hundred (100) feet; Said par~el of land containing Five Thousand, Two Hundred and Thirty-Five ( 5235) square feet accordirJs
to said plan. Said premises will be sold subject- to
any and all tax titl
,
tax takings, unpaid taxes and other municipal assessments. Tel!IDB of sale:
One Hundred Dollars to be paid in cash by. the purchaser at the time and ·
place of sale ; balance within ten days t hereafter.
nounced at the sale.
~rtgage.
Other terms to be an-
Signed Henry J. DesRoberts, Present Holder of said
February -10, 1931.
Frdm the office. of James
P. l!ahoney~ 31 Ex-
change Street, Lynn. Mass. Pursuant to said notice at the time and place
~herein appointed; I sold the mortgaged premises at pu~lic auction by Rome
C. King an auctioneer, to Henry J. DesRoberts above named, for One Hundred
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-~$100,00) Dollars bid by Henry 1, DeeRobert, being tbe h;gheat bid mode
herefor at sai d auct ion
Henry J. DesRoberts
(se.§1)
igned and sworn to by the said· Henry J. DesRoberts March 10th·, 1931;
before
me
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James P.• •Mahoney
Notary •Public
t:: ::•:•p:::::~;:::.• ::~':::.:~=~•::- -
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lty, Massachusetts, being a widow; for cos.sideration paid; grant to the Salem .· to
Savings Bank, a corporation duly established by law and located in Salem
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jNANTS, to secure t he payment of One Tho~sand Doll~ in on~ year with five
:end oue•helf per oeut iut.e_re•t per annum, pe,nble ,q,,art.e~l•~ • • provide:
.
Salem Sav.Bk.
1in the County of Essex and Commonweal th of ,Massachusetts, with MORTGAGE C
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~'33 S.l.
£
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, a note of even date, the land. in said SALEt.r w'i th the buildings .thereon,
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ibounded. as follows: South'testerly by Carlton Street thirty-eigh~ (38) f eet;
;Northwesterly by land now or fornerly of Joseph _D anforth seventy (70) fee~;
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'Northeasterly by land now or ·formerly of "Jonathan Br own and by land now or
,fol'IIJ3riy of Peter Berry thirty-seven {37) feet; Southeasterly by_land now!
:or formerly of Cato Ransom seventy (70) feet.
Being the same premises con-
veyed to my father John Collins by deed of Mary .L. Bray dated Septembe~
11;
.1874,. and. recorded with .Essex South District
Deeds .. Book 912, Page 226,
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title -being derived as heir-at"".law of said John Colli~. S~e also deed
lfrom my mother _Catherine Collins to me, dated .March 6~ 1895, and recorded ,
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with said Deeds, Book 143.7, Page 294.
This mortgage is upon the Statutory
,Condition ~ and upon the further condition .that the grantor or her heirs, '
!executors~ administrators or ~ssigns shall pay all truces and assessments on
)said premises, whether in the nature of taxes or assessments now i n being '
.or
not, shall keep the buildings now
or hereafter standing thereon
insurea:I
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;against fire in a sum satisfactory to said Bank or its successors or assigns ,
all insurance to be made payable i n case of loss to said Bank or its sue- :
,cessors or assigns, and shall
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to said Bank or its successors or assigns
iall such sums with interest as it or they may pay or incur for such truces ,1
assessments
.
.or insurance~ or on account of any foreclosure proceedings here'
-under, whether completed or not; for. any breach of which the mortgagee sha;:i.l
have the Statutory Power Of Sale .
And said Bank and its successors and e.s·
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l igns shall have the further right to cancel and surrender any insure.nee
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.policies and collect the proceeds t~refrom in case of e.ny sale made here-,
:under~ and to retain out of the ~roceeds of any such sale one per cent of !
ithe purchase money for its or their services in ~aking such sale; any pur
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,chaser e.t such sale shall be held to claim hereunder in case of any defect'
!in said sale ; e.nd any entry made for the purpose of foreclosing this mort-:
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gage she.11 .enure to and for the benefit of the purchaser at such se.l~. WIT.-
NESS my hand and seal this eighth day of April in the ye~r nineteen hundre~
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e.nd tqirty-one.
· J4ary A. Flynn
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.In presence of Daniel C. Fitz
COMMO.NnALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS :
)Essex, as: On this eighth day
ot April 1931, before me personally .appeared
Mary A. Flynn to me !mown to be the person described in and who executed ,
t lie foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that she executed the s~ as 1
her free e.ot e.nd deed.
Daniel C. Pitz
Notary Public.
My commission expires April 21, 1933.
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be Ml d to olaill he:"OIUder io. c:ue
or
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Ceteet. io said n b ; e.od aey e11tr1 ao.d• !1>r tJJ. P'U'JlOBe of foreolosi!lg
tblo aortsas• 1.ball 8Jl.u.re t.o and tor U!A bin.fit of tbe purcbdel' at· su
.elo. Asul I • .Bt.b, t Y. Ierr, wite of odd a¢rlgagor. rtl• e•• to t be
gtgff
oll
r~~• of ~ r .l!ld Hctao.storid a:.d ot..lltr lo.t.eruh
GOrt•
io tb• eort•
gaged pna.i.11,. ~"JSS our hao4a a.ad te-A~S t~h 6th di\)' or ?iO'f01tbor
tilt 1nr ..1.t.otM.11. h.Wldred Md fort1- chree.
ta preetuc-e or
De.o.itl
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to.
T. Ra1t0t!d Kerr
c. Fitt.
Efaal Y. terr
OOlG!~"l.aALTE 01°KASS.Alll'll:1sirrs l a.;.x, sa: On thla 6tb day of no..1:ber 194 ,
4
bofoH i.e pon~o.ll., o.ppeu&d T. lta,yaood Kerr to • Uon lo be tbe per.Ji.
deoeri b&:l b and wlu,, &Dout.d tile fONftO~ io.at.NDSot, ud 401'.oowledgc<l
thtlt be e2ee11.ted ,he Sli.S!O o.s hh ~ o.ot
ud deed.
Daoiel C, Pih.
4
lb' ~saion expires April ), 1947,
Bsaex u . Reeehed No.,., 6, 194), )) 2. past 9 A.Jt. ~orded a.od E-x.uiitt<rd-!
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Poua.
n,..
to
Sa.lea Se• . ~.
lw• bere'111 cert.ity tb~t. on t he 3N d.o1 of !fO'\'uber
:tioe bu.od.rod. !ort1•tb.rec we wero ptoAOJl.t and
SftW
io. the fMr one thou~
the S&lem Se.vi naa B&u,
by RolflDd A. Staftley, its Truo.aurer, thereunto dut, au~bori.ed, tbo mrt•
to • oerhia. a:>rt&!)g~ ghea by lte.ry A. !'_110.0 t o tbo s.,1e ■ S&v
v.agee n.o.:,ed
iag3 8a.o.k: dated J\pril 8 , A.D. 19311 a.nil recordeC in ·i:i-,ox Soutb l)iai:ri ct
.
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Rei;bt.rt ot llt'lda , Book 21!:'n, Pag-e J.J7, :l'll.e a.o o;,ea, pea ceable eod u.oop•
p0aed entry
;o. the Pl'(lus.u eit'll&ted
ia Sel em, deacr ibed. lo aaid D0"8a&•
t or the pupoae, 01 him d.eol&.N1d , ot toi;ecloaioa said oortgsgo tor breeota
of <10ruiitico.1 thereof.
3dgar W. Jo.h.o30G
!!l! 0010011n,.1.'II! or IWlSJ.l:llllS?\"!S
id.ward .&.
)
Merri ll
Basu as. N¢•~·btr 6 , 1943. T'.~ J)eraooall.J a;,;,oen:d \.be aboYe oa11ed Edga.r
, J ohn.so~ NlQ lc!wa.rd • · ll6~rill a.nd !Dade oet.b t hat tbe tibo•e ee rtit icate
by t.h.n subaortbtd is true, before ao D.,,.oJel C. fits
Not el'J Pl.&bHc
lly Coaisaio.a. h piro~ ~U. ), · 19.i,7,
Htt a,, Received Nov. 6, 1943, 40
ir, .
post 9 J..,V, Recot'llod Md 1:umined .
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Affidavit
as to Kot.ice
of Coodl ,
81 11 or Sale
llanufaotunrt --
Cefttnl He.tl. B'4:.
of t,u
Affidavi t u to dthult i.n payuab unde: a Cond.itio.arel Bill of Sale u
pro•ided le Chapter 18', S&ct.for. 1) or Gel!.•r-al
Lo••
I , Sheldoo 1. Coldt.h
ait, A.uht_lDt Cashier of tbe l!e.t.ufaot1,1;nrs-Co~tral Ratioe&l. ~
et
Ly
0
t~• Assigoee ud· ;rcaoot bol ~~r of tb• CoD41tiottal Bill of Selt . gi•eo bf
ob.a
r.
Flood a.ad Gertrude
iao., ·co;eriag oa,
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flood to S;,rc.gue, Breed, Ste•ca;.• &. Newbell,
Mod.el f:!B . )O Stokol Stoker, iast alled in pl'tlliee, &t
51-69 Bol )'Cke Stroe~, 14no, I.a.$$. , oweed br tbe said Jot.ri J. Fl ood acG
ertr-Jde I>. Flood, tbe \~oUce of cocdltiooal. sale bei ~ re~ord.,,a 'Mith !ff
1.
�-------------.---------------------------------ered , the following vote was passed: "Voted, that the Treasurer, and or
the.Asst. Treasurer is hereby authorized and instruct ed to execute , acknow
ledge and deliver in the name and behalf of said Bank, the deed of parti al
release which has just been read. " January 5, 1946
Attest :
Loui se Seely
Cler k
of the Charlestown Five.Cents Savings Bank .
(Corporate seal)
Essex ss . Received Jan. 7, 1946. 2.5 m. past 10 A,M . Recorded and Examined
Discharge of
Statement as to
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSfflS City of Salem. Office of the Coll ector
Davis
a lien on the hereinafter described parcel of real estate upon the filing
for r ecord or regi str at i on of the statement prescribed by General Laws,
Water Rates
of Taxes
This i s to Certify that the water r ates and charges which becam
Chapt er 40, Section 42B, in Essex, South District Regist r y of Deeds ass c
fied bel ow, have, together with interest and costs thereon , been paid or
legally abated .
Statement Recorded
Book
Page
Owner Named in
Locati on and Description of
Statement of Lien Land
.
11 Feder al St.
Edit h M. Davis
41
January 4, 1946.
C. Leo Clapper Collector of Taxes
THE COMMONVIEALTH OF MASSACHUSfflS)
for City of Salem
"Essex, ss . ·Jan. 4, 1946. Then personally appeared t he above named C. Leo
3205
Clapper, Collector of Taxes, and made oath that the foregoing statement b
him subscribed i s t r ue, before me,
Daniel C. Fitz Notary Public
Essex ss . Received Jan. 7, 1946. 2.5 m. past 10 A.M. Recorded and Examined
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Lynch Ex:or .
to
James E.Lynch, of Salem,Essex County ,Massachusetts becutor of the Will of
Mary A.Flynn,late of said Salem by the power conferred by license of the
Pr obate Court for the Cou:nty of Essex in the Estat e of said Mary A.Flynn,
Johnston , Jr .
One .50 &One .05 1211857 dated Nov .27 ,1945 and ever y other power,for Three HuDired and thi .t
R.Stamps
nine and 47/100 Dollars paid,grant t o Charles $. Johnston Jr. ,oi' sai d SaleJ
Documentary
Canceled
the l and in said SALEM,bounded and described as follows,v i z: :southwester lf.
by Carlton Street , thirty-eight (38) feet; Northwester ly by land now or
for mer ly of Joseph Danforth seventy (70) feet; Northeaster ly by ·land now
or for merly of Jonathan Brown and by land now or for merl y of Peter Berry
thirty- seven (37) feet; and Southeasterly by land now or formerly o!' Cato
,Ransom seventy (70) feet. See deed to John Collins of Mary L. Br ay, dated
!September 17, 1874, Book 912, Page 2G6 in Essex South Dist rict. Registry 01
l
~eeds, and also in same Registry Book 143°7, Page 294. Taxes for 1946 are
It o be apportioned as of date of deliver y of deed.Said premises are conveye
r••
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••••~•U•_Sal••
SsvigM ..
B...,,,-• ••••~•d_in.J!,se,Ulo>11'h .Dis~
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· 65
trict Registry of Deeds, Book '21377, Page 437, which a.mounts to $860.53.
WITNESS my hand and seal this fifth day of January 1946.
M.J. Kowalski
)
James E. Lynch
- Essex ss. January 5, 1946. Then personally appeared the above-named Jai es
E. Lynch and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be hi s free act an(
deed, before me ·
Max J. Kowalski
Notary Public
My co111111ission expires Dec.21949.
Essex ss. Received Jan. 7, 1946. 30 m. past 10 A.M. Recorded and Examine<
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Rockport Office of the Collector of
Tax Taking
T~es I, Alvin S. Brown J;·• Collector of Taxes for the Town of Rockpor,
Smith
pursuant and subject to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 60, Sect oos
to
53 and 54, hereby take for said town the following described land: Lots Town of Rockport
337-338-339-340 .at 1Homeorest 1 so-called, more accurately described on
plan filed with the Board of Assessors,Rockport, Mass. Said land is taki n
for non-payment of taxes as defined in Section 43 of said Chapter 60 ass, ssed
thereon to Amy A.B. Smith for t he year 1944, which were ·not paid within
fourteen days after demand therefor made upon Amy A.B. Smith on April ls1 ,
1945. and now remain unpaid together with interest and incidental expensJs
and costs to the data of taking in the amounts hereinafter specified, afJer
notice of intention to take said land given as required by law. 1944 Taxis
remaining unpaid $3.00 Interest to the Date of Taking .15 Incidental e. penses and Costs to the Date of Taking 5.85 Sum for which Land is taken
$9.00 WITNESS my hand and seal this 31st day of December, 1945.
THE COMMONWEALTH
)
Alvin S. Brown Jr., Collector of Taxes
OF MASSACHUSETTS
)
for the Town of Rockport (Corporate seal)
Essex, ss. December 31, 1945. Then personally appeared the above named A]vin
S. Brown Jr., and ecknuwledged the foregoing instrument to be his free adt
and deed as Collector of Taxes, before me,
Esther E. Johnson
Justice of the Peace (Justice of the Peace seal
My commission expires May 14, 1948
Essex ss. Received Jan.8.1946. 30 m. past 8 A.M. Recorded and :Examined
------------------------------------------------------------------------THE -COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Rockport Office of the Collector of
Taxes I, Alvin S, Brown Jr., Collector of Taxes for the Town of Rockport,
pursuant and subject to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 60, Sections 53 end 54, hereby take for said town the following described land:
Tax Taking
· Mull en
to
Town of Rockport
Lots 6 and 7 (at Homecrest) so-called, more accurat!ely described on pl1 ~
d) 3~1g . \J",.3 3~
filed with the Board of Assessors, Town of Rockport, Mass. Said l and is
·
- taken for non-payment of taxes as defined in Section 43 of said Chapter 6
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tl'tllltst A. la.nnins NQ\uy Public Oiota.rie.l tetl)
~ oOM.ini~ ex.;,U'te 1au. ~. l947
Bi.sex ea. Re:ehed J&i. '1, 1946. l,t •·past, P,ll. Rtcorcletl
~
&r1a
lua.iHd
KNOO .AJJ.· WJl.· B'! Tli!S1 ?Rl!SEIITS , .. · ,b.-Liocolll. CO-<>J!O?•ti•..Bel1X
.r·J.
ll&4sa.e.btatl!tte, tbe a,uote,.g.o nutd ii;; a otrt.aia •ort&9,ge gheo by Juu
R. lilllaiu e.td lluy M. WUUt.:u, hutbud and wi fe do.tea Stpttdler l?,
LD. 193&, Bild rec:>rdei!. wiih l ssei: So\f.h bghtrr ot Deeds, Book: 3M8,
I
Pe,ge 6'1, heeb7 aoktt:Yledgea th.at it hu recei~d fw.l. J>41.0.t a.od aat.i.t
~
tactloo ot tht!! ea.u,
ic. eaiside.ratioo thereof it hereby caneeb end
di echarges said a,rtg-9.ge, Ill TiffBS.S EREO?, the ao.id Lincol:i Co"'9pon
~ the 8aJlk. baa cauaed ih corpoffJ.te l(lo.l to be hereunto a!fhcd. e,o:$ lbeae
J)l'eaenta t.o be eisr,ed, e.ck.M•ldsta and dtl t ,ar~ h) i ta 08.De 604 behalf
br Agoca I. OOt1111.iog i.t.e .bei.tl!l-".lt Tree.1urer thia twe.:itr~aeuoth day or
lio"tellber, A.J>. 1945.
Liocoll Co-openthe Barut (CotpON\e eul)
Si~ed Md aealed }
iD prt1$E!Oee of •
)
COlllO!Wrl.ll-E OF tl.'i.SSACF.USl'I'I'S E300X, u. Hoff
By
Agaes I. Do,oing A&siata.nt Tr eo.:nacr
r
2?, 1945 Tben peravnall,y e.p;u:ued. the •bo,e r.aud AW!et I. Dowt1.U& aa Aa1•
aista.i:.t Trcu...-er and t1,aktowledge,a the toregoiq; in&tnDDt to be tbe
tree ti.ct ar.d dud ct ~ Lincoln. Co~perathe Bank, before
frueis E. I~slla
M~a.ry Publie
E&an: ,a. Receh; d J&D. 1, 1946. 26:
11.
i1IC
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put~ P.)1. Recorded end hulned j
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Diacluuge
'1h Solca So.,iJB• &Ak, the holder ot tbe .tthlti aortgage, hereb7 aekno1•
Saleo $8,.Bk.
edee• e.athf utio!l of .aod di&ohfl.rgee tbe aaa.
Ori beck M.Oeed
alid Salen Sui :ga
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Rex:.. B. 28'11
J>.I 431
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IN ifl'f}IE3S m?RmF , t te
baa caueeci U.e eorpOH\e •al t o be ber e to arr· d.
a.nd tbeae preaen~a to be ei8l-td. ill i tt toM and 'beba.l! by Rolaoa A. Stl!lllfey
&D.t
its Trua\:r'er beNlw.'.o duly aaU:.o.rizeQ, tbh tittb C.$J ot Jsa1ary in tbe ;
year oioeteu bu.o.dtitd CUld for'7 - .d.x. sale.-. Sa,laga Buk(Corpo:ate aeal)
!
CCIOl!tN&U'l'B 01 ilUSSAClll.1Stl"I'S)
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By lolard A. Stan.lay Treasurer .
Eun, u: Or. tbh ~b de, of ZaeU1.ry 19i6, before • awored Role.DI\ Aj
St,e,ll;lty, to .e pel'Mea.11.J known, wbo, bei.cg by u chtly s.-)rD, did aa, t t
1
be ie the T'r-easu:-er ct -.id Solu So.,irgt ))Mk, &.fd the.t tbe sed o!fi~~
t.o the toregoirg i&atl'll:l8Dt b tl-.e oorporate seal of Mid Ccxr;,nrotlon an
that aaid ioatra.aeut IIOI tie;ned and auled i.D btWI of ea1d Corporat ion
by uthorHy
ot i ta By-1.awe, enG ackllodec!,g'!d ea.id inltNmfnt \ o be the
tzte act &id deed of e&id. ·Corpoi-~Hoa.
?.dwvd !. ».rrill
J'u.stice of the
r.a.c,.
tty cocu,i saio.o •xpire, February 12 1948
r.e,a u . Receh.a Jan. 9, 1946. 33
Ill,
rast ll .;\.~. Reoorded a.n4 &wain
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�3450
r,
Cbarie,
s.
J ohnston, J r.
280
Se J em
of
, - - - - - - - - - c.omrty. Mauachvatta.
lawnsh7 a mt ,ry C, lt9WD3bJ
Es, et
f~ amaidrn.tion paid. ,n.at to le mes •
h~~~~~ wtto aa tenants bv the
. . , _ . w.
entirety, both
or sa1 ri Sal em , t o ss1o Couotx of f;;,sox
wilhearnalltllffllllllla
dtelaodin sa1d Salem , bouodod and do:scr1bed as follows; v1~:
-----naian
S0trrHKE.~TEl!LY by Cer l ton Stre et thirty-eight (38) feet;
'I0R'l'lfNE;ITERLY by land now or formerly of Joseph Oanfoi-th s eventy
( 70) feet;
K0RTREA~TE!!LY by land now or f ormer ly of Jonathan Brown and by
land now or f ormerly of Peter Berry thtrty-seven (37) feet: snd
SOU'l'IIEA~TERLY by lend now or formerlr of C9to Rensom ~~venty
•(70 ) feet .
•
Being the same premises conv.e yed to Charles S, J ohnston , J r.". by
' c:ieed ot Jame s E. Lynch, Exe c;utor 1tnder ,'/i ll of .ltAJ'J A. FlyM, re'Oorded
wltb Eaeox Sou th L>ls tri_?t. Re,; is.tr~ of Deeds, Book 3437, P!l<;e 64.
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h•ad
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~£4~£~~~~I I ? ~ of
$1
•••dp:mtm
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-'_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 4 6
Th<ft P<=•lly appcartd th• abo>< namc<l...~ . e.:i...~ms..t.a.o....._,J...,rc...•.___
_ _ _
and ulmowledgtd tltt fortgoing uu1rumcn1 to bt---h.1:i.__ f ~ct and deed, before.me
f
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N~TUl.,...ftlll
,.fi, 2_
lssu ss. Reeei ved l.!ar. 27, 1946. 4G •• past 11 1,11. Recorded and Rmained.
�3450
281
.. ita .......!Al!le.s..JI.•...J,9:«Illl.bY. •.and. ..111.ar.y...C•....L!lll!rutb~.•... huahe.nd...s.nd...w.•\.f.e., ... s.s. ........•
..i:..e.nant.a.• ...b.Y....the ... ant.1.r.e.t:.r .•...bath ...................... ......................................
of •.........Salall!+...Es.s.e.x................. .................................................... County, llassacbuaelle,~,,au11u11illi,
for consideration paid, grant to the ROOER CONANT CO-OPERATIV.E BANI(, sit1U1tcd in S•lem, J'lo,.•
Couty, llluaachuaett., with l!ORTOAOJ:l COVENANTS to aeeurc the payment ol.....
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NORTHWESTERLY by l1rnd now or formerly of Jos enh. l)enforth seventy
feet1
NORTHEASTEllLY by lsnu now or formerly of Jonathan Rrown and by
now or formerly of l'eter berry thirty-oeven (3'7 I feet; "nd
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(70) feet .
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Chap!« 191 of th• Acts of 193$ and nny affiffldmenla 11,er,or ,holl at all lime, be eomplied with onJ that a
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I, Mary C. Lawnsby 1 of Danvers, Bssex County, Massachusetts,
for consideration paid)!- grant to Matthe,..I. Power, of l 7 Carlton
Street, Salem, said Essex County, with QlJXTCI..AJ:111 COVZNANTS the land
in said Salem, bounded and described as follows:
SOUTHWESTERLY:
by Carlton Street, thirty-eight 138) feet;
NORTHWESTERLY:
by land now or fo_rmerly of Joseph Dan.forth,
seventy (70) feet;
NORTHEASTERLY:
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by land now or formerly of Peter Berry,
thirty-seven (37) feet; and
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seventy (70) feet.
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We, Todd B. Mcilroy and Sarah B. Mcilroy, of 36 Cedar Street, Marblehead,
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survivorship, of 17 Carlton Street, Salem, Massachusetts
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by Carlton Street, thirty-eight (38) feet;
NORTHWESTERLY
by land now or formerly of Joseph Danforth, seventy (70)
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tenants by the entirety, the following premises:
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by Carlton Street, thirty-eight (38) feet;
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QUITCLAIM DEED
We, Robert B. Kennedy and Joanne Kennedy, husband and wife, of Lansing, New York
in consideration of Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand and 00/100 ($525,000.00) Dollars paid
grant to Stephen C. Larrick and Sarah E. Clermont, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, of 17
Carlton Street, Salem, MA 01970
WITH QUITCLAIM COVENANTS
The land with the buildings thereon, situated in Salem, Massachusetts, and being bounded and
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by Carlton Street, thirty-eight (38) feet;
NORTHWESTERLY
by land now or formerly of Joseph Danforth, seventy (70)
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by land now or formerly of Jonathan Brown and by land now
or formerly of Peter Berry, thirty-seven (37) feet; and
SOUTHEASTERLY
by land now or formerly of Cato Ransom, seventy (70) feet.
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evidence of identification, which was { v(photographic identification with signature issued by a federal
or state government agency, ( ) oath or affirmation of a credible witness, ( ) personal knowledge of
the undersigned, to be the persons whose names are signed on the proceeding or attached document
(s) and acknowledged to me that they signed it voluntarily for its stated purposes and that the foregoing
instrument is their free act and deed, and who swore or affirmed to me that the contents of the
document are truthful and accurate to the best of their knowledge and belief.
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Preservation at work
The following document is a collection of research on 18 Crombie Street. The document
package includes the nomination to Preservation Massachusetts' Most Endangered list, the
house mstory conducted by Rory Goff, the Holyoke Insurance house history (to deem the
house insignificant in hope of tearing it down), and other articles of interest. A larger
collection of documents concerning: tne preservat:ioo of this ho.mse Cafli be fowrrtd in1 HSI 's files.
Contact the office for more information.
9 North Street I P.O. Box 865 I Salem, MA 01970
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�THE SALEM, MASS., EVENING NEWS -THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1990
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SALEM - The Historical Commission and the Holyoke Mutual
Insurance Co. are locked in a battle over an old house on Crombie
Street which the company wants
to tear down for parking spaces
and the commission wants to preserve.
The Historical Commission
voted unanimously Wednesday
night after a three-hour hearing
to recommend against granting a
waiver of the delay ordinance for
demolition, requested by Holyoke. The commission can only
delay demolition of the house for
six months. The Salem Redevelopment Authority will make the
decision whether it can be torn
down.
Commission members and Holyoke representatives could agree
on little about the house including its age and its structural
soundness. Commission members
contended it was structurally fine
and maybe 220 years old while
the company said it was 160 years
old, falling down and ofno historical importance.
Most of the neighbors on Crombie Street also opposed the demolition of the house, which abuts
Joe's Auto Laundry, also owned
by the insurance company. Holyoke is located across Norman
Street from Joe's Auto Laundry.
Among the groups in favor of
preserving the single family gam-
This is a 'histo:ri'We intend. to press
c ally significant
ahead to tear the
building.'
house down.'
Anne Farnham,
William}. Lundregan,
Holyoke attorney
brel house are Historic Salem
Inc. and the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Anne Farnham, on behalf of
the Essex Institute, said the
house is a "historically significant
building" which is important to
preserve. She noted it was part of
the historic register.
Attorney William J. Lundregan, representing Holyoke, said
the company originally wanted to
turn the building into a conference center but it was in such
poor shape that rehabilitation
costs were too high.
"We intend to press ahead to
tear the house down," Lundregan
said.
Essex Institute
Lundregan denied charges
from opponents that the company, which employes 200 people,
was threatening to leave the city
ifit didn't get its way.
The Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company and the city's Hlstorlcal Commission disagree over the age and
significance of this old gambrel home on Crombie Street and neighbors say the company's plans to
demolish the structure for a parking lot will be one more damaging blow to this downtown residential
street which Is a National Reglste~ district. View Is looking north toward Essex Street. Out of view at left Is
former Joe's Auto Laundry property at corner of Crombie and Norman streets.
T"" Salem .~··,,,•lfi'• plu>•o
He said the company could let
the building decay to a point
where city official would be
forced to tear it down.
Holyoke.didn't have any immediate plans to develop it.
He detailed the company's 140
year commitment to downtown
Salem. He said the company looks
at nearby properties when they
come up for sale if it abuts their
property. Holyoke bought the
house for $169,000 four years ago.
Commission members and others tried to determine whether
the company had any more plans
for the house lot. Lundregan said
"We'd like to find out the company's strategic plans without
any of the threats to leave the
city," said David Pelletier, a
Crombie Street resident.
Board of Appeal member Jane
Stirgwolt suggested that since the
company had no immediate plans
for the lot that it lease the house
until it works out plans. Board
members agreed that it was an
option Holyoke should consider.
Lundregan said the company had
already considered it.
Frank Montesi of 15 Crombie
St. said it is another case of a corporation "bowling over" a Salem
neighborhood. He said only four
homes will be left on the street
which was once filled with homes.
Stephanie Montesi said Crombie Street was the last residential
street downtown, according to
the Historic Register.
"I'm really frustrated about
this back door apprpach," she
said.
Commission member Russell
Slam said the demolition of the
house would be a tragedy.
"The neighborhood has been
under seige for the past 10 years.
This neighborhood is being nickel
and dimed out of existence,"
Slam said.
Commission Chairwoman Annie C. Harris said tearing down
the house will only provide a few
parking. spaces. She mentioned
other city plans to increase parking nearby. She said the property
is listed under the Crombie
Street National Register District.
�Salem Historical Commission
ONE SALEM GREEN, SALEM, MASSACHUSEITS 01970
(617) 7 45-9595, EXT. 311
I 5 May 2001
Kathryn Coggeshall
Endangered Resource Program
Historic Massachusetts, Inc.
Old City Hall
45 School Street
Boston MA 02 I 08
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RE: 2001 List of Most Endangered Historic Resources/ 18 Crombie Street, Salem
Dear Ms. Coggeshall:
The Salem Historical Commission would like to support the nomination submitted to you by
Historic Salem Incorporated, and urge that 1-1.M.I. list 18 Crombie Street in Salem among the
Commonwealth's I 0 most endangered historic resources in 200 I.
Built circa 1770 and moved to its pre.sent site in 1830, this building is a rare surv1v111g
example of a colonial period vernacular house in Salem's central business district. In contrast to
the grand scale and high style of Salem's famous Georgian and Federal mansions, the diminutive
size and setting of this properly is deceptive, causing it to be easily overlooked and
underestimated. In !'act, compact closely spact.:d womlen houses or this type dominated 18'11
century Salem and the historical significance of the City's now more numerous surviving
mansions cannot be fully understood without recognizing their common and traditional
counterparts, such as 18 Crombie Street. Today, only three other comparable houses remain in
Salem's central business district (See NR Nomination form, item 7, pp. 2-3).
In addition to its individual significance, 18 Crombie Street is the oldest and smallest of 6
historic buildings which constitute a substantially intact early I 9th century urban streetscapc and
modern residential enclave. As a whole, this strcctscape creates a historical setting for the
prominent Crombie Street Church (1828), which is a focal point of the district and a notable early
example or the Greek revival architectural style in Essex County. The combined impacts of 19' 11
century commercial and industrial expansion, the Great Salem lire or 19 I 4, and urban renewal
clearance programs during the mid 20 111 century have all served lo isolate Crombie Street today as
an archaic and charming reminder or early selllement patterns in Sale111 's evolving central
business district.
In I 983, this property was listed on the National Register as part or a Downtown Salem
Mu ltiplc Resource Norn ination. In I 990, the owner app Iied to the Sa !cm I-I istorica I Commission
!'or a waiver from the City's demolition delay ordinance and lo the Salem Redevelopment
Authority for a permit to demolish the building. Both applications were denied and since that
time no permit has been issued !or demolition. Furlhcnnore, the Massachusetts 1-listorical
Commission and the Architectural Conservation Trust for Massachusetts included this property
on their respective lists of'"rnosl endangered" properties in 1990. /\s a result, 18 Crombie Street
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has been a subject or legal dispute and "demolition by neglect'' for over len years. During the
past year, however, there have been renewed efforts to re-open negotiations toward preservation
of this building. These efforts have been promoted by Crombie Street residents, Historic Salem
Incorporated, the City Council, the Salem Harbor Community Development Corporation and the
Salem Evening News.
The Salem Historical Commission fully supports these efforts and the nomination submitted
by Historic Salem Incorporated. We urge H.M.I. to increase public awareness of this greatly
underestimated and critically endangered property by including it on the list of I 0 most
endangered historic resources in the Commonwealth this year.
Please feel free to call if you would like to discuss this matter further.
Sincerely,
Lance Kasparian
Salem Historical Commission, chair
cc:
Joe Walsh, planning department
.Jane Guy, SHC clerk
Joan Lovely, City Council
Tim Jenkins, H.S.l.
John Goff, H.S.I.
�The Wendt House at 18 Crombie Street
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Application for State's Most Endangered Listing
2001 MASSACHUSETTS' TEN MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC RESOURCES
NOMINATION FORM
Srrn INFORMATION:
Property Name: Wendt House a/k/a Ferguson-Pike-Cate-Jefferson-Dane House
Property Address: 18 Crombie Street,
City I State I Zip: Salem, MAO 1970
NOMINATOR INFORMATION:
Applicant Name: Historic Salem, Inc.
Affiliation I Relation to the Property: Historic Salem, Inc. (HSI) is Salem's 501 ( c) 3 community
preservation advocacy organization. HSI in 2000 commenced designating list(s) of Most Endangered Historic
Resources in Salem, following HMI and National Trust example. The Wendt House is tlte most critical(v
e11da11gered historic property on HSl's first "Most Endangered" historic resources list.
Applicant Address: Post Office Box 865,
City I State I Zip: Salem, MA 01970
Applicant Tclephone:[p/ease include both day and evening 1111111/JersJ (978) 745-0799 day and evening.
Applicant Fax: (978) 744-4536
PROPERTY OWNER INFORMATION:
Owner Name: Holyoke Mutual Square, Inc., or Holyoke Square, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Holyoke
Mutual Insurance Company, a/k/a Holyoke of Salem Insurance Agency, Inc.
Owner Address: I Iolyoke Sq.,
City I State I Zip: Salem, Mi\ 01970
Owner Telephone: (978) 745-6420
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Please provide additional information with al/achments. (fnecessmy.
I.. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENDANGERED RESOURCE
Briefly describe the resource's selling, structures, and/or major.features.
Setting: Crombie Street is the core street in the Crombie Street Historic District, Salem's smallest National
Register listed historic district. The Crombie Street District is composed of six remaining buildings in the last
surviving residential enclave in the heart of Salem's downtown. The street is a paved narrow lane, lined with
18 111 and 19 111 century timber, brick, and stone buildings from the Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, and
Italianate periods and styles. It is only one block long. The district includes a cross-section of residential
buildings from various periods of development, along with a church building originally built as a theatre. Wood
is the dominant material, although the Crombie Street Church and the Bowker House are brick. All the
buildings directly abut the sidewalk, suggesting high density, but placement on the lots is irregular, creating a
neighborhood atmosphere.
The street runs from the old Ruck's Creek waterfront area at its low end (now Norman Street), up to Essex
Street, which traditionally marked the high land, and "ye Main Street" forming the cast-west spine of the
peninsula upon which ! 7' 11 century Salem was settled. The Wendt House anchors the west side of the low end
of the street. It is widely exposed upon its south and west sides, due to the prior removals of other historic
houses.
Structures and Major Features: The Wendt House is a small, handsome I 811i century, Georgian Style, 2-1/2
story, gambrcl roofed timber framed house. It is clad in old wood shingles, painted brown, and has 6/6 double
hung windows, as well as a central brick chimney, impressive wood wainscot and interior details, and a small
two story kitchen addition added to the south side as an ell
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Additional architectural description and plans and Overview, sec Section L
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Photographs, sec Section B
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Slides, sec Section C
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Articles, sec Section H
2. SETflNG.
Does the immediate site retain its original character? Are there open space issues? fr there evidence of
early landscape features and/or design?
The immediate site retains much of its original character from at least the J 830s decade, when it is believed
that I 8 Crombie Street was assembled from older houses, moved to and joined on the old waterfront site.
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Additional site description and documentation, sec Additional Old Maps Section N and
Locator map, see Section D
National Register nomination forms, sec Section G
Historic Landscape analysis and study has been hindered and prevented by Holyoke's deliberate efforts to
demolish the building by neglect. Vestigial plantings remain, but are obscured by weeds, rubbish, and
encroaching pavement. No archaeological study.available.
3. CONTEXT
Whal does the s111To111uli11g area look like? Is ii similar to the original setting:' !Iow has it changed? J>lease
describe with details.
The Wendt House is located on the west side of Crombie Street in the old "Knocker's Hollow"
neighborhood of Salem. It anchors the lowest and southernmost end of Crombie Street where it intersects
Norman Street. Norman Street is part of Route J 14 and Salem's dominant urban entry corridor from Route
128 and the north.
18 Crombie Street's surrounding area is Salem's last surviving early residential neighborhood in the
western part of the central business district. It is part of a National Register district and former waterfront
area.
The principal change over the centuries has been the filling in of the old stream and Ruck's Creek working
waterfront, the demolition of many early buildings, including famed woodcarver and Salem architect
Samuel Mclntire's own home (to create the new Holyoke Building) located directly across Norman Street.
One block west is Summer Street, which forms the boarder between the CBD and the Mcintire local
historic district, where Norman Street continues as Chestnut Street, the site of Salem's finest collection of
Federal period homes-The Wendt House is now the "end" building in the eroded historic Crombie Street
neighborhood, pressure is now being exerted upon 18 Crombie Street to fall.
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4. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Briejly state the historical significance <~/'the resource and its relevance to the local co1111111111ity. ls the resource
listed 011, or eligiblejbr listing 011, the Stale or National Register ofl!istoric !'laces:'
Lance Kasparian, Chairman of the Salem Historical Commission characterized the Wendt House's historical
significance as follows:
"Built circa 1770 and moved to its present site in 1830, this building is a rare surviving example
ofa colonial period vernacular house in Salem's central business district. In contrast to the grand
scale and high style of Salem's famous Georgian and Federal mansions, the diminutive size and
setting of this property is deceptive, causing it to be easily overlooked and underestimated. In fact,
compact closely spaced wooden houses of this type dominated 18th century Salem and the historical
significance of the City's now more numerous surviving mansions cannot be fully understood
without recognizing their common and traditional counterparts, such as 18 Crombie Street. Today,
only three other comparable houses remain in Salem's central business district (Sec NR Nomination
form Section G)."
The decline of buildings in the Crombie Street Historic District from eight to six since the National Register
nomination was first prepared, further underscores the rarity and significance of the few buildings which
remain.
It is also important, historically, for many reasons including both its early occupation by William Pike (a U.S.
Customs House official and personal friend of both l JS President Franklin Pierce and Salem's N<tthaniel
Hawthorne) and the Jefferson and Farmer families, important members of Salem's early Afro-American and
maritime community. Circumstantial evidence suggests that 18 Crombie Street may possess additional
significance as a circa 1840 local center of Afro-American liberation-one of the "stops" on Salem's
Underground Railroad. It is an important core contributing element within a recognized National Register
district.
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Letter in the Salem Evening News, January :24, :200 !-"distinguished history", sec Section H
Beyond its individual significance, 18 Crombie Street is particularly important <ts an <1nchor structure in an
intact historic neighborhood under redevelopment pressure. It supports and preserves Salem's only surviving
early downtown neighborhood within the bounds of the CBD. This area has felt intense pressures of urban
development and encroachment in the past. Older historic structures were formerly located up the hill, where
the parking lot is now located at the head of Crombie Street, across the street where the White Hen Pantry is
now located, immediately downhill on the asphalt parking surrounding Joe's Auto Laundry and also across
Norman Street on the site of the Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company building
The Salem Historical Commission spoke to contextual associations as follows:
"In addition to its individual significance, 18 Crombie Street is the oldest and snrnllest of 6
historic buildings which constitute a substantially intact early 19th century urban streetscape and
modern residential enclave. As a whole, this streetscape creates a historical setting for the prominent
Crombie Street Church (I 828), which is a focal point of the district and a notable early example of
the Greek revival architectural style in Essex County. The combined impacts of 19th century
commercial and industrial expansion, the Great Salem fire or 1914, and mban renewal clearance
programs during the mid :20th century have all served to isolate Crombie Street today as an archaic
and charming reminder of early settlement p<ttterns in Salem's evolving central business district."
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The Wendt House is a "bookend" building in a threatened historic neighborhood. It needs to be saved to
preserve the neighborhood as a whole. The Salem Evening News recognized this fact in December, 2000, when
it reversed a long held pro-development position to advocate preserving the house upon its ancient site, because
it illustrates the "cheek by jowl" density of urban downtown neighborhoods in centuries past.
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For additional documentation of 18 Crombie Street's importance as part of a small but
significant district, under development pressure, see "Most Endangered" materials from 1990
[SHC reference, sec Section E], also Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Commission, City
of Salem, Massachusetts Historical Commission, ACT for Massachusetts, Inc., National Trust
for Historic Preservation and Crombie Street Neighborhood Association support letters,
dating from 1990 through May, 200 I l Preservation Support Letters, Section M]
5. THREAT
What is the nature o.f the threat to the property? (Threats might include demolition, arson, neglect,
inappropriate rehabilitation, over-development, vandalism, and/or pending sale or.forc/osure without
restrictions in place.) Please be specific about the threat over the next month, six months, one year and beyond.
The Wendt House suffers from a great number of threats.
The principal active threats to the Wendt House are: demolition, demolition by neglect, risk of arson, risk of
accidental loss by fire, and risk of vandalism, all accelerated in recent months both by new damage to the
building's weather envelope evidenced by broken and unboarded window(s), second floor level; also stepped up
effo1is on Holyoke's part to eliminate all problems by eliminating the building.
The Wendt House's chief threat derives from its current ownership. Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company, the
current owner, seeks to remove the historic house by demolition. The building stands across Norman Street
from the Company's main office building. It was erected in the late 20 111 century on the site of Salem architect
and woodcarver Samuel Mclntire's residence. Mclntire's residence was destroyed by Holyoke to create a new
site for a commercial office building in an essentially residential neighborhood, and now Holyoke wishes to
remove the Wendt House to create a small number of downtown parking spaces.
In addition to all the factors listed above, the Wendt House is additionally physically threatened by its proximity
lo Salem's "dry" homeless sheller on Crombie Street which, when ti.ill, exacerbates homeless persons and
vagrancy problems on Crombie Street most heavily, and to a lesser degree in the whole western part of
downtown.
Architecturally, the Wendt House is further physically threatened by its proximity to Holyoke's ever-expanding
asphalt parking lots, and Holyoke's policy of attempting lo promote intense rental parking on land near the
house. The close proximity of the new asphalt parking lots (combined with Holyoke's long standing desire to
remove the historic building) allows now for large piles of snow to be piled against and near the house in the
winter, providing more water damage and pollution run-off on the property, and opens the possibility for plows
and heavy vehicles to collide with the long abandoned, timber framed house.
For the record, it should be noted that since the Wendt House preservation crisis was first started by Holyoke in
the late 1980s, Holyoke, while being thwarted in obtaining a demolition permit for the house, has been
successful in
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Destroying and removing wood picket fences and constructing additional parking spaces in
the side and rear yards in 1993
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Demolishing the rear porch about 1995.
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The abandoned nature of the house, as well as its sun dried exterior and occasional use as a teenage "hang out"
area, due to its being an attractive nuisance, further increases fire risks, particularly in summer and warm
weather months. There arc no known fire alarms or smoke detectors in the building. and the building receives.
Due to the variety of threats and conditions associated with this property, the Wendt House is at active risk for
loss year round, due to three primary factors:
I)
Changing threat risks associated with changes in the season (e.g. highest vagrancy problems
in winter; highest teenage hangout problems in summer), as well as
2)
The constant desire of the owner to lose the building by any means, and
3) The slow but steady erosion which is occurring, due to the aging of the wood frame house,
with complete non-provision of Owner-supplied maintenance.
Prior to becoming Executive Director of Historic Salem, Inc., HSI spokesman and preservation architect John
Goff served for many years as Historic Massachusetts, Inc. 's Preservation Advocate for the Souther Tide Mills
in Quincy, one of the first properties ever nominated to HMI's Most Endangered List. Mr. Goff has noted for
our record that
"The Wendt House in Salem has many of the same architectural preservation problems
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associated with the Souther Tide Mills-typical of abandoned I 8 " centlllJ' timber frame
buildings left exposed to the elements/or many years. Yet with the Wendt House, the
problems are more shocking lo perceive, because the building is located in the heart of an
historic !vlas.rnchusell.1· city, which prides itself upon its historic districts, and its heritage
to11ris111 attractions. "
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There is additional reason to believe that the Wendt House at I 8 Crombie Street is now Eligible for Listing as
Most Endangered at State Level in 2001, because, according to records on file with both Historic Salem, Inc.
and the Salem Historical Commission,
"the !vlassachusetls f-hl·torical Commission and the Architectural Conservation Trust for
!1/assad111sl'lts i11c/11clecl this 11ro11ert_\' 011 their re.1·11<•cfil•e lists of '111ost e11cla11gerecl' properties
fat State levelJ in 1990. see SJ JC letter Section E"
NOTE: The status of the 18 Crombie Street House thus begs the question "What happened to the State's Most
Endangered Properties between 1990 and 1993 ifthe Wendt House was first listed upon both MHC's and
ACT's lists in 1990-but NOT listed upon the first list created by HM! after it merged with ;\CT for
Massachusetts, Inc. by 1993?"
Shouldn't the Wendt House NOW BE ON the list of State's Most Endangered-not only because of the current
crisis and condition of the property-but also due to the fact that no preservation dangers were remediated or
removed between 1990 and 200 I?
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A comparison of photographs of the Wendt House from the late 1980s-compared with those taken in 2001demonstrate very real deterioration in the fabric of the building, due to its abandonment, deferred maintenance,
and prolonged preservation problems over many years: Sec and compare photograph I (200 I), Section B
with 1989 photograph Section H
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The paint on the wood shingles has all but washed away completely on the upper portion of
the front far;ade.
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The wood shutters have been lost in their entirety.
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A number of the window panes (with early, wavy glass) have been broken out. Many of the
early window sash arc rotted and decayed.
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The foundation has been deteriorated by the roots of 5 inch diameter sumac trees near the
building which have grown 20 feet tall.
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Landscape and yard has been removed to create new rental parking spaces adjacent to the
house.
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The rear porch was allowed to collapse, and was removed.
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The conditions of the roof, downspouts, gutters, sills and timber framing is unknown.
The Wendt House's deteriorations would not be so disturbing, were they not intentionally inflicted, as
byproducts of a Demolition by Neglect land use strategy promoted by one of Salem's largest taxpayers,
employers, and properly casualty insurance company.
The Demolition By Neglect nature of the Wendt House situation is evidenced both by Holyoke's repeated
efforts to tear the building down by legal means, combined with the prolonged abandonment, as well as by a
1990 admission by William .I. Lundregan, the company's attorney, that:
"Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company ... wants to tear down ... an old house on Crombie
Street .. .for parking spaces .... {and should this request.for a demolition permit he denied] the
company could [still choose to} let the building decay to a point where city oj}icials would be
forced to tear it down" jscc November 8, 1990 newspaper article, Section HI
In order to fully comprehend the multi-faceted, complex, challenging, and prolonged nature of the preservation
problems associated with the Wendt House, it is necessary to look beyond and beneath all the physical
manifestations and problems described above to attempt a better and more accurate understanding of the
corporate mentality, and core "mindset" of Holyoke Insurance, which owns the house-as well as the nearby
parking lots and the large office building.
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Holyoke's demolition of Salem architect Samuel Mclntire's own house (formerly located on
the site of the new office building) attests to a past disinterest in preservation.
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The company has rebuffed and/or ignored at least four proposed alternate preservation re-use
options for the Wendt House over the last 12 years, sec Reuse proposals, Section K:
1.
In December, 1990 (shortly after the Wendt House first became endangered by
Holyoke) Pioneer Village in 1630--one of Salem's oldest outdoor educational and
heritage tourism sites-proposed that the Wendt House be restored where it wasand used both for new "classroom facility and residence" by Pioneer Village-and
"valuable reception, meeting and training space for the Holyoke Insurance
Company."
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2.
In March, I 991 (about two years after the Wendt House was first endangered) the
newly formed non-profit organization The Society for the Study of War and
Culture, Inc. proposed purchasing 18 Crombie Strccl ror USC as its new
headquarters. The Society proposed that "This headquarters building will contain
our Offices and Library and provide storage space for the equipment used in our
planned living history program, the Lewisburg Grenadiers Interpretive History
Project." The Society's proposal was rebuffed.
3.
In March, 200 I, (shortly after the property became publicized on HSI 's first Most
Endangered List in December, 2000) Historic Salem, Inc. proposed that Holyoke
either a) transfer the property to Salem Harbor CDC for ultimate renovation as a
first-time homebuyer house; orb) transfer the property to HSI to arrange its
transfer, after restoration, to "an appropriate family." J-ISl's March, 200 I proposal
was rebuffed.
4.
In March and May, 200 I, the Salem Harbor Community Development Corporation
proposed having "Holyoke ... work ... with the Salem Harbor CDC on renovating
this property so that it could be re-sold to a first-time homebuyer." To date, Salem
Harbor CDC's offer has been completely rebuffed.
In addition to rebuffing a number of appropriate preservation re-uses for the property, Holyoke has
repeatedly pressured the City to issue it a demolition permit for razing the Wendt House, lost all attempts to
secure a permit, appealed the denial in Court, lost the legal appeal-and yet still persisted in maintaining
that it seeks no other options than to demolish the property--either outright, or through demolition by
neglect.
All of this contextual history relating to the ongoing preservation battles over the last dozen ycarsindicates a tenacity and corporate stubbornness, which highlights and magnifies all the other threats listed
above.
Because Holyoke is a large company, with significant financial resources, it can bring more "firepower" to
the battle than can the neighbors, Ward Councilors, Historic Salem, Inc., even the City orsalcm working
without outside support. We seek active help now, to keep the Wendt House from following the example
of the lost Salem Armory (Most Endangered at State Level), which was similarly neglected for many years,
before becoming ultimately lost forever after a contrived preservation "emergency" last year.
Under the contrived "emergency" pattern, it is typical for maintenance and repairs to be
suspended upon historic buildings, indefinitely, until (finally) city o.flicials would be forced to
tear it down. "
On the subject of contrived Salem "emergencys" it is important to note that increased public visibility of
the Wendt House since it was listed on HSI's Most Endangered list last year may have actually served to
increase the "emergency" situation with respect to I 8 Crombie Street now.
Faced with the fact that 18 Crombie Street is now being called "Holyoke's House of Shame" in Salem
Evening News Editorials-and that the neighbors have just organized a new Crombie Street Neighborhood
Association (and cleaned up the property without obtaining permission) reports are coming in that Holyoke
is exploring other options, including legal challenges on other fronts-as well as seeking to obtain
permission from the Salem fire Department to raze the house, citing hazardous situation.
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6.
COMMUNITY COMMITMENT
Is there community support for the preservation a/the nominated resource'! Has the local preservation
commission taken a position on the is.1·11e:J Are there any suggestions or plans/iH· the reuse of'the resource.
if appropriate?
There is very strong Salem community support for the preservation of the Wendt House. At the
neighborhood level, a Historic Crombie Street Neighborhood Association was just formed, on May I,
200 I, to "talk about the plight of the small historic house on our street" and lo brainstorm new means and
methods to repair and to preserve it. The Crombie Street Neighborhood Association's first publication
(sec Section I) concludes with the sentences:
"As a small neighborhood, we can not afford to lose one sixth o/011r critical mass to min and the
eventual expansion q/parking. We want our house back, with a yard and garden. We want people
living in and appreciating the charm of this di111i11111ive house. Holyoke has had the chance to use
and preserve the properly. They insult all (?/Salem and make 111ocke1y (?(their own tenets through
their neglect. Please help us to save this small house with a large historic sign(ficance. "
The Historic Crombie Street Neighborhood Association, (HCSNA) has been intensely active during its first
month of May, 200 I. Following organization on May I'', it conducted a first CLEAN-UP of the Wendt
House property on Sunday, May 61h, and is planning a "Peaceful Protest and Meditation in the Buddhist
tradition" at both 18 Crombie Street and the Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company's headquarters on
Sunday May 20 1h. The neighborhood association is also planning a Crombie Street Block Party for Friday,
June 81h-and has begun a media campaign to get the preservation side of the story out to the public-to
force Holyoke to take responsible and appropriate actions. "Hot off the press" in the Salem Evening News
dated May 17, 2001, Robert Wall ofthe HCSNA fired off the group's first public salvo in a letter to the
Editor, which was titled "Crombie Street Neighbors Plan to Keep Pressure On" (sec Section H).
Crombie Street Neighbors Plan to Keep Pressure On
!edited from Salem Evening News May 17, 2001]
"Holyoke must be forced lo take even the basic steps needed to maintain the house and the
small piece of surrounding property th al hasn't already been paved. They ignore their own
advice to homeowners and their assurances or community support nng with hypocrisy.
Holyoke Mutual's neighbors arc disgusted and taking matters into their own hands. They arc
actively responding lo Holyoke's practice of demolition by neglect and applying the golden
rule: They arc banding together lo clean up and repair the historic rroperty. I lomclcss
neighbors arc pitching in lo help. Everyone is working side-by-side and having fun gelling lo
know each other.
It is all about building real community in the heart of one of America's oldest downtowns.
Robert Wall
NOTE: Upon May 17111 , we also learned that William J. Lundregan, attorney for Holyoke Square, Inc., served
legal papers on May 161" against the Walls, Pelletiers, and Lawrences of HCSNA for theft of vegetation,
defacement of plywood covers with white paint, and trespass at 18 Crombie Street on May 61". Holyoke,
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through Lundregan, promises to arrest members of HCSNA if further trespass occurs on June 8 ". sec Section P
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At City level, the preservation of the Wendt House is also a high priority of City Council President Joan
Loveley, as well as the City's Building and Legal departments, Historical Commission, as well as the
Salem Evening News.
City Council President Joan B. Lovely has been working to keep the preservation of 18 Crombie Street in
community awareness since, as a Ward Councillor, she heard her constituents complaining about the
situation years ago-and since HSI nominated it to its Most Endangered List last year. The City of Salem
has fought for the preservation of the Wendt House in court-and won.
The Salem Historical Commission has repeatedly written in favor of preserving the 18 Crombie Street
house-and a number of its letters are attached.
In and outside or Salem, preservation organizations have advocated preserving the Wendt House over the
last 12 years, sec Section M, including:
Local:
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The Crombie Street Neighborhood Association
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The Essex Institute
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Historic Salem, Inc .
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The Salem Historical Commission
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The Salem Harbor Community Development Corporation
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The Salem Redevelopment Authority
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The Society for the Study of War and Culture, Inc .
State and National:
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ACT (Architectural Conservation Trust) for Massachusetts, Inc.
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The Massachusetts Historical Commission
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation
Historic Massachusetts, Inc.'s recognition and support is now needed, both to
consolidate preservation support from all organizations listed above, as well as to
help tip the ultimate fate of 18 Crombie Street towards preservation, rather than
demolition.
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Regarding current re-use proposals (see Section K) for the 18 Crombie Street property,
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Historic Salem, Inc. and its preservation advocates who live adjacent to, and across Crombie
Street from the Wendt House would like lo sec the house either: I) restored and retained as
historic district quality housing; and/or 2) used for educational purposes as an historic site
attraction, community education center, or other positive and productive purpose.
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The Salem Harbor Community Development Corporation (CDC) recently made an offer to
Holyoke to work proactively and positively with Holyoke to have Holyoke donate the house to
the CDC for restoration, renovation, and re-sale as a new first time homebuyer affordable
housing project.
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These two proposed re-uses (1-ISl's and Salem Harbor CDC's) appear to be the major re-use
proposals currently "on the table" although as recently as 1997, the City also harbored plans for
historic house restoration and re-use. In footnote 4 of Holyoke's I997 legal challenge (filed
while Neil J. Harrington was Mayor), the Judge, after dismissing Holyoke's case, observed
"The City seeks to preserve the building for historical purposes, but has declined to take it by
eminent domain or even establish the area as an historic district under G.L. c. 40C. The City
seems to hope that it can-unfairly in the Court's view-force Holyoke Square to do the public's
work, at Holyoke Square's private expense, and repair and restore the building."
The property ranks highest on HSJ's first Most Endangered Historic Resources List. The only listed
property of equal or higher standing on I-ISi 's Most Endangered List has been the Salem Jail and Jailer's
House complex, which through being recognized also at State Level as Most Endangered, is now making a
good recovery.
For additional information on the Wendt House, sec the attachments, which include the following
newspaper and newsletter mticles, sec Section H:
Eveni!J~gws.
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"Neighbors Pledge to Block Razing of Crombie Street I-louse" in fuilem
1989?
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"Preservationists, Firm Feud Over Old Downtown I-louse" in Salem Evening News, Nov. 8, 1990;
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"Crombie Street House has its Day in Court" HSI Newsletter, Autumn I Winter 1997;
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"Group Lists Most Endangered Properties in Salem" in Salem Evening News Dec. 12, 2000;
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"Preservationists Fight to Save Old House" in Salem Evening News, Dec. 18, 2000;
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Editorial "Preserving the Character of Downtown Salem" in Salem Evening News Dec. 19, 2000;
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"Neighbors Hope to Save Neglected Historic Home" and "Neighbors want to Save old Home" in
Salem Evening News January 19, 2001;
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"Holyoke's Action Threatens Company's Place in Salem 's History" in Salem Evening News
January 23, 200 I;
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"Crombie Street Dwelling has Distinguished History"in Salem Evening News January 24, 200 I;
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"Nonprofits Want to Save House" in Salem Evening News March 27, 200 I;
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"Neighbors Rally Around an Abandoned Historic House" in Salem Evening News, May 8, 200 I;
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"Holyoke's House of Shame" Editorial in Salem Evening News, May IO, 2001;
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"Crombie Street Neighbors Plan to Keep Pressure On" in Salem Evening News, May 17, 200 I;
Prepared by Historic Salem, Inc.
May 18, 2001
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�The Wendt I louse al 18 Crombie Street
Salem, Massachuscl!s
Application for State's Most Endangered Listing
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FUTURE PLANS
If the resource were selected as one of klassachuselfs' Ten !vlost
Endangered, how would the listing he
used?
Should 18 Crombie Street be listed as a Most Endangered Historic resource at State level, HSI would
likely use that development:
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To promote public support of the Crombie Street Neighborhood Association's efforts to have
their area become recognized as a Local Historic District;
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To begin to forward a proposal to effect a local Demolition By Neglect Ordinance;
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To engineer more public discussion about 18 Crombie Street options at its Fall, 200 I
conference upon local Most Endangered properties;
In addition,
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Holyoke might re-visit the latest re-use proposal offered by the Salem Harbor CDC;
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The Salem Redevelopment Authority might be encouraged to exercise its significant authority
and play a more influential role;
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A property transfer and house restoration project might be commenced, enabling the Wendt
House to be transformed from a 12 year eyesore and perennial problem, to a restored
landmark and new urban asset.
A successful ''reversal of fortune" for this house could also potentially be used by Historic Salem, Inc. to
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Demonstrate the compatibility of historic preservation with affordable housing and open
space restoration re the new Community Preservation Act;
Increase preservation interest and awareness;
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Is there anything else you want us to know about the resource?
We hope HMI will respond positively to our application. Please call if you have any questions. For reference
and further reading, we provide a number of attachments:
Sections:
A.
Nomination Form
B.
Color Photographs
C.
Color Slides
D.
locator !v/ap
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Salem Historical Co111111ission Lelfer.1·
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local "Most Endangered"
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National Register Doc11J11entati1111
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Nell'spaper Articles
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Crombie Street Neighhorhood Association l'ublications
Prepared by Historic Salem, Inc.
May 18, 2001
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�The Wendt I louse at 18 Crombie Street
Salem. Massachusetts
Application for State's Most Endangered Listing
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Historic Salem, Inc. Position Statements
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Re-Use l'ropo.rnl.1·
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Holyoke's "Overview Study"
M. Preservation Support letters with legal Findings
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Additional Old Maps
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Pike - Hawthorne Connection
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latest Legal Challenges
To Be Considered for Selection, Please Include:
Three to jive color snapshots
Three to jive color slides
Documentation, if available, i.e. National Register o/Historic Places inventOJyform or other study.
8-112 x I I inch copy of a map (.1·treet or USGS) showing the location (){the resource.
All application materials become the property of Historic /vlassachusetts. The nominator grants Historic
Massachusetts unlimited use of all photographs and slides. Please provide the name of the photographer
to he credited in all puhlications.
Authorization: ----------------'-/\-'-1=a'-'rg"''r.=n~·e-'-t~K='·=S~.~T~1~110~/~1e""i_1~P~r=e.~1·i=d~e~n~t,~H~i.1~·1c~J1~·1~·c~S~c~1/~e~11~1.~l~n~c.
Signature
Print or ()!pe name and title
Authori::.ation:
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Print or type name and title
PLEASE RETURN Tl/IS FOR!IJ NO LATER THAN MA!' IS, 200 I TO:
Endangered Resource Program, 1listoric Massachusel/s, Old City l la!l, 45 School Street, Boston, MA (}2 f ()8
{[you have a11y q11eslio11s, please co/l/ac/ KalillJ'll Coggeshall al 617 723-3383.
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Starting from the Essex street end, the corner lot was
owned by Colonel John Hathorne end by him conveyed to BenjaNo.2
Crombie Street, min Marston in 1699. Possibly part of the Crombie street
east side
Church is on the southern edge of Marston's land. No 9 is
Nos.9-17
certainly on the western side of the Jonathan Corwin propersee also 26 Mill ty whose grandson George owned'. the eastern side on the pres& 31 Charter Sts. ent Washington street. There was a house on the southern cor
ner of the George Corwin land and his tomb was in the s·outh
eastern corner of Jonathan's land. George was the Sheriff ir
the witchcraft trial and they did not dare to put his body in
the tomb until the furor had abated. Jonathan had no house
on his land but Benjamin Marston probably built one about
1708. ~enjamin, born in 1651 was the son of John and Mary
(Chisholm) Marston and. he married Abigail, baptized in 1655,
daughter of Hilliard Veren who died after 1692. He married
again _
Patience, ••• and he died in Ireland in 1726. In 1837
and certainly earlier Joel Bowker jr, born in 1806, son of
Joel, born in 1775, died in 1830, married in 1802, Eunice
Pearson, born in 1780, died in 1808, was living here. His
father had married in 1808 Margaret Rogers of Ipswich, born
in 1780; died in 1'818 and he died in 1830. Joel jr married
in 1828 Leafy Curyis of Scituate, daughter of Joseph and Poll~
Bowker. Joel jr was there until 1859 or 1860 when he died
and the widow and his sons George and Charles, the former
born in 1824, the latter~s birth not recorded, lived here witl
their mother who seems to have died before 1861 and Charles
at that time had removed to 44 Essex street. George, who
does not appear to have married, probably died about 1903/4
and Charles in 1913, umLarried. The family is numerous in
Scituate. The map of 1874 shows George as the owner of No.
9 with a large plot of land to the east and south of the
house, still standing.
In the south west corner on Crombie street are two narrow
No.13 & 15
lots, the northerw:one owned by the heirs of Joel Bowker, the
southern one by P(emberton) Hale of Newburyport, who l~ied
at. .lill Cmnbridge street. He was born in 1805, married in 1830
Martha Ford, parents unknown. She died in 1842 ae 31 and be
marr&ed in 1845 Lydia Toppani Hale, born in 1811, daughter
of Moses and Susanna {Toppan.). : Hale ·:- of - ~ewburyport ~ · ·;1n 1881
Samuel Pearce Richardson, born in 1827, son of Rev. Phineas
and Sarah (Pratt) Richardson of Methuen (and as a Baptist
minister, of many other places) married in 1858 Susan Rogers,
daughter of John and Leafy (Curtis) Bowker, was living with
Mrs George Bowker. Richardson died in 1906 and the family
still live there,1939).
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No.17
T(imothy) Bryajt • .He, however, lived in his house at 31 Charter street until his death about 1869 (q.v.), and the house
here was occupied by brief tenants.
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HOLYOKE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF SALEM
Holyoke Square
Salem, MA
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Repaired as Residence
Relocc..te
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Reuse as Business
Existing Dwelling CPresent Conditions)
Existing Conditions
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Report
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Chart <Appendix)
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Historic Report
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Home Appraisal
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DeMarco/Jarek Partnerhsip has been enlisted by Holyoke Mutual
Insurance Co., Inc. to review the condition of their property
at 18 Crombie Street, Salem, MA.
In particular, DJP has been
charged with determining the disposition cf the dwelling at
said locati~n with respect to historic relevance, present
physical =haracteristics and "ultimate valueu.
In order to accomplish our gcals, various techniques have been
employed including intensiv~ sit2 inspection work, historic
~esearcn,
cost estimating, mapoing and ap~r3~sal / assessment
evaluation.
The following summary details DJP~s findings along w1Tn
overall conclusic~s and recommendations.
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In order to ascertain what "ultimate value~ the dwelling at !8
Crombie Street has, DJP conducted a multi-prong investigation,
comprehensively covering each of the factors which contribute
to "value".
Historic perspective - the enclosed report (See
Attachment nA"> chronologizes the dwellings history from
original parceling of the land, initial construction
through to present day ownership.
bi story nf 18 Cr omb i _g__
has not been a major
hisforically sianificant tenanc~
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Before and after
that tenancy the occupants, often including a
boarding tenant, were simply residents of the
community. Except for the fact that the dwelling ~~
old, no aspect of the house (fireplace, moulding,
doors or finishes> is of historic significance. As a
result, there is no redeeming historic value
assoc1 ated w1 t:r; tne Tt=nanchJ or the res.i dence perse.
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The original neighborhood at the time of construction tended to relate to the activities of the
adjacent church .=md/or fraterna.l / alliances in the
one of the
i mmediate vicinity.
pPriohPral homes within the bloc k of land that
~ ostered these activiti~s.
The value of the building as a b l oc k ing element
against ccmmercial development, pr ior to or since
zoning has been established is non-e x istent • . The
~b i lity for this re~idPnre +a ~ p a w n residential
' activitu in thi~ are~ is net likPlU as the present
zoning ordinance indicates that area as B-3
<Business Central> making 18 Crombie a nonof the fact that it is in a
conformin
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The following estimate <Attachment D> of repair
established by DJP's office is a projection of
present costs to bring the existing facility into
a habital condition but does establish any addi tional cost expenditures that would be necessary
to make the dwelling suitable fo r a specific
p urpose, i.e. apartments, offices, or retail stores.
The enclosed home inspection report <Attachment B>
establishes in very specific terms, al l of the
positive and negative aspects of the present
condition at 18 Crombie Street, but does not focus
on ' t h P s p ~cifir circumstanrP~ lPadinn tn its pre~ent
Eondition.
However, while researching the pr~sen t
construction evolution~ it was noted that t he
prese n t dwelling was originally built on or directly
adjacent to a stream bed.
Apparently it was built
i n t h e location of a former wor k shed but there is
n o visable evidence that either the original shed
f oundation or timbers were incorporated in t h e
presen~ structure.
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placed on soil of questionable bearing capacity,
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coupled with the fact that limited to no engineering
was used to establish footing sizes in those days,
has ultimately lead to the present footing/bearing
wall settlement problems.
In addition, the original
builder chose brick as the below grade foundation
wall material.
Subsequently, the freeze thaw cycle
along with a wet basement from construction onset to
present has contributed to the crumbling brick
condition that we see today. (See Attachment E
Photographs).
These aspects of the present condition, if left
unchecked (i.e. without launching an underpinning
operation) would result in ~Qil~§IDil§!iQil_Qf_!h§
The gambrel frame portion of the
building <with the exception of limit~d sill
deterioration due to wood boering insects) is in
reasonable structural condition.
Unfortunately, the
additions (porch and corner rooms) are failing due
to insect and wet rot problems.
However, if it were
not for the existance of these additions acting as
buttresses against the main house~ the degree cf
settlement encountered at the worst two corners of
the foundation coupled with the pulling away of the
notched first floor frame could have caused the
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failure due to racking.
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Article 22 of the Massachusetts State Code controls
the degree to which a dwelling shall comply with
present code requirements.
As evidenced by the
enclosed floor plans (See Attachment F) the layout,
stairway, fireplace and framing _are all subject to
va~ying degrees of noncompliance.
In order to use
18 Crombie Street for somethinq oth"er tnan c<. si1rcTle
familu residence~ would cause thi: full effect of the
codP requiremPnts tn be impo~ed.
A~ a re~idence,
thi=>ri=> is still significant repair work necesc:;arw to
be completed in order to achieve a negotiated (with
Sali=>m Buildina Department) complidnce with Article
~ 1 he stairs are substa. ndard~
ba.throoms are in
need of code related updating, layout is counter to
present standards and roofing/rbot construction
could use maintenance help.
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The repair costs must be judged inevitably from
a cost benefit view point.
If the repair cost is
out of sync with the value of the house on the
market, the cost for repair becomes a " labor of
love rather than an investment.
It is not li k ely
that this neighborhood would draw such a
bene f .:i. ctor.
If the house is nnt s ~ ab i l-i,..~ d i t s
value will co inue to dimin i sh 1mtj l a cr pss over
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p oint ic:. reachPd whi=>Y'p cnndemna+ion nr failure
;;-rrurc:. at which point t he .... ~si dence ha.s no va.lu~e. ,
Prudent invP~tme nt nnw to stahili?e t he foundatin Q
previ:.nt the )
Wi 11 not add to ValLlP but Wi 11 li kelyhood of a building fail u re or f urther decrease
of non market driven value.
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The primary method of establishing the absolute market
value of the residence located at 1 8 Crombie Street is to
be establish what dollar a mount t he market will bear at
the given time of sale by offering the residence for
sale.
Two other me t hods of establishing market value are
available~
A.) being an appraisal, and B.) being an
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accurate, they certainly give a general indication of
value.
In the case of 18 Crombie Street~ the assessed
value is approximately $30,000 more than the appraised
value of the property.
Presently the city has assessed
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LAND AREA:
LAND VALUE:
?.UILDING VALUE:
101 Single Family House
1 z; 80(Z; SF
$ 865000.00
$ 68,600.00
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area in which the residence is located as nBusiness
Central District " .
1n1s s1T u aT1on has not necessar11y
made the house more valuable~ only t h e land.
As of this
writing, the prese nt depressed economic conditions have
further lead to the decline of the property.
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Just as important as economic considerations are the
social implications of the area.
Indioent and homeless
p:::irsnns :11ho frequent the a i=>a da.i lw ar:::i p:::ir re i ved c?.<=. a
neaative inf lu~nce which has contributeu LO oriving the
assessed value of the propertu dawn.
1T is likely that
the same property at another location would attain a
higher appraisal and/ or market value.
There are four broad range "use" strategies or
possibilities for the 18 Crombie Street dwelling as it
presently exists.
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Based on the poor condition of portions of the
dwelling, c~~ing the structure ~s logical and
economical as it enables the land to be used far
commercial development.
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Repairing the structure to serve as a ~g§i~§n~g
is possible, but unlikely as the costs to repair
surpass its potential value.
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B~lQ£~iiQil to another site is a reasonable alternative for the building as it allows the land to
rise to its "highest and best use" while saving the
dwelling which is repairable and of interest as
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Repairing the structure ta serve as a ~gmmg~~i§l
is possible~ but unlikely as the cost to
repair it surpasses its potential value.
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furthe~ explains the ramifications of choosing any one of
the foJr alternative uses described above.
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A home inspection report documents our observations during several site visits to 18 Crombie
Street, Salem, MA, from July 1990 through
August 1990.
The entire report and its supplements have been included as "Attachment B".
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Photographs have been taken as part of the home
inspection process.
Forty-five of the most
significant areas of deterioration and/or
structural difficulty, along with existing
condition shots have been included.
B.
An independent appraisal has been completed by
Longval Associates which is included as a tool for
comparison of value against assessmenT, estimated
repairs and alternative use considerations.
See
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definition of Central Business permitted uses. See
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This plan
Heritage Plaza West Urban Renewal Plan.
encourages preservation and adaptive reuse which serves
the best interest of the city and the owner/developer of
a particular property.
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By following the included CSee Attachment A) report
tracing 18 Crombie Street from initial parceling
to present day, it is obvious tbat the residence
provided a home for some 15 families aver the course
of time but, none of the residents or the building
pla!Jed a role in historhJ to the po-int of being
18 Crombie Street can be
considered significant.
characterized succinctly as having 1.l non-noteworthy owner/tenant residents and 2.) rion-noteworth~
architecture.
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The enclosed map/locus plan is included for
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After reviewing the condition of the residence at 18 Crombie
Street, delving into its history, establishing its market
value, and estimating the construction costs and code
deficiencies associated with its repair, alternative us~ uc",
relocation of the core building to a remote site is a
practical and sympathetic approach to the present and/or
future disposition of the residence.
If a consensus can not
be achieved to relocate the original Gambrel Frame residence,
leaving the land to obtain its highest and best use, then, the
present structure, which has out lived its economic value
should be razed <Alternative Use A> in order to allow the land
to achieve its highest and b~st use.
The remaining
alternatives (housing or business> would be better served by
creating a better core building specifically suited to
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contemporary s~anaaros for each of the uses desired.
Fu~thermore,
we recommend that the Building Department from
the City of Salem be invited in to review the condition of the
premises.
In addition, we recommend that a definitive step be
taken related to the condition of the home in order to staive
off concerns for safety in the vicinity of the residence.
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18 CROMBIE STREET:
THE WILLIAM B. PIKE HOUSE
BUILT BY 1831 FOR SAMUEL FERGUSON, PAINTER
Researched by Rory Goff
Salem. Massachusetts
July, 1990
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BUILT BY 1831 FORSAMUEL FERGUSON, PAINTER
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GRANTOR-
Charles Gott of Wenham, attorney for Hugh Peters,
"sometymes pastor of the Church of Christ" [First
Church], Salem
GRANTEE-
George Corwin of Salem, merchant
DESCRIPTION-
"... four acres of pasturage, be it more or less, lying
and being situate in Salem aforesaid, adjoining to
the land of Mr. Raulph Fogge on the north side, and
of Mr. George Emery on the south, and being
bounded on the east with the river [South River,
now Washington Street] and on the west with the
highway [now Summer Street]"
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PREVIOUS REFERENCE- None
NOTE-
Hugh Peter or Peters, Salem's second pastor, came
to Salem in 1636 and was probably allotted this
four-acre pasturage by the town shortly thereafter.
Peters was instrumental in promoting Salem's
economic prosperity, but returned to England in
1641, became Chaplain of Oliver Cromwell's
Parliamentary Ar my, and was executed as a
regicide after the Stuart Restoration of 1660, soon
after conveying this property by attorney to Capt.
George Corwin [or Curwen].
After Corwin's death on January 3, 1684-5, the
pasture was divided between his son Jonathan
(western portion. underlying No. 18 Crombie St.)
and the heirs of his son John (eastern portion).
Hon. Jonathan Corwin ( 1610-1718 ), merchant and
judge at the witchcraft trials, married Elizabeth
Sheafe and had daughter Elizabeth ( 1678-1706,
married Deacon James Lindall, merchant), and son
Rev. George Corwin (1683-1717, married
Mehitabel Parkman). The western pasturage was
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the land beneath No. 18 Crombie St. fell to the two
surviving sons of Rev. George: Samuel (1715-1802)
and George (1717- 1802, married Sarah Pickman).
(Essex Antiquarian, "Part of Salem in 1700," Vol. 3,
p. 68; Perley, History of Salem. Vol. 2, p. 299 n.)
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CONSIDERATION-
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£57, and "other Lands released to me by my
Brother George Curwen of Salem aforesaid
Gentleman"
GRANTOR-
Samuel Curwen of Salem, gentleman
GRANTEE-
George Curwen of Salem, gentleman
DESCRIPTION-
"The second lot butts Westerly on a Highway
[Summer St.1 & there measures four pole, Northerly
on land set out to Elizabeth & Mary Lindall,
Easterly on land of Mr. Saml. Browne there
measuring four pole, & Southerly partly on land
formerly Rucks & partly on land of James Lindall
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December 22, 1746
CONSiDERATION-
£257, old tenor
GRANTOR-
Sarah Curwin of Salem, widow, ad ministratriI of
the estate of her late husband George Curwin, late
of Salem, gentleman, dec'd intestate
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John Dampney of Salem, butcher
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DESCRIPTION-
"... a certain piec-e of land in Salem afsd. Containing
about one hundred & five poles butting Westerly
on the street leading to the Almshouse [Summer
St.} sixty-six feet & an half, Northerly on land of
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DESCRIPTION (Cont'd)- Mary Lindall & Eliza. Gray a minor about twentyfive poles, Easterly on land of the heirs of Saml.
Browne late of Salem Gent. deceased sixty-six feet
& an half, & Southerly partly on land of Francis
Smith & partly on land of James Lindall Esqrs.
about twenty-five poles ... "
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- None
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Street, and sold some of his backyard (including
frontage of No. 18 Crombie Street) to Samuel
Gardner in the following deed.
Gardner had bought an estate including the house
on Essex Street (at what would become the east
corner of Crombie Street) built by Benjamin
Marston, Esq, High Sheriff of Essex, who sold it to
Capt. Timothy Orne, who conveyed it in 17 48 to
Gardner [Book 95, Page 40].
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along what would become Crombie Street: This
field had belonged to the children of Hon. Jonathan
Corwin's daughter, Elizabeth Lindall: viz., Elizabeth
(Lindall) Gray and Mary Lindall, and was partitioned to Elizabeth (Lindall) Gray's daughter,
Elizabeth (Gray) Cheever in 1755 (Book 102, Page
90) and sold to William Pynchon (Book 110, Page
132}, who resold it 11 days later to Samuel
Gardner on April 26, 1762 (Book 110, Page 148 ).
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property next south, the portion of John Dampney's
backyard which included (at its west end) what
would become the east frontage of No. 18 Crombie
Street, to a depth of twelve - fifteen feet back from
the street:
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£29.6.8
GRANTOR-
John Dampney of Salem, slaughterer [and Penelope,
his wife]
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Samuel Gardner of Salem, Esq.
DESCRIPTION-
"A piece of land in said Salem containing twentyseven poles & an half bounded Easterly on land by
me this day ... sold to Elizabeth Higginson four
poles and three links ... , Southerly on lands of
Nichols, Luscomb & Dodge six poles & twenty-two
links ..., Westerly by my own land four poles and
two links ... , & Northerly on said Gardner's land
formerly Lindall's six poles & fourteen links ... "
NOTE-
In the following deed, Dampney sold the remainder
of the Crombie Street lot to Abigail Ives:
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DATE-
June 7, 1766
CONSIDERATION-
£213.6.8
GRANTOR-
John Dampney of Salem, slaughterer
GRANTEE-
Abigail Ives of Salem, spinster
DESCRIPTION-
"... my Mansion House with the land under &
adjoining to the same in said Salem, bounded
Westerly on the highway leading from the
Main-street to the Alms-House so called [Summer
Street] si1ty-si1 feet, Northerly on land of William
Pynchon Esquire as the fence stands where it is
fenced, Easterly on land of Samuel Gardner Esqr.
sixty-six feet, and Southerly on land of George
Dodge as the fence stands so far as it is fenced ... "
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- None
BOOK 12 3 PAGE 161
DATE-
August 22
CONSIDERATION-
£253.6.8
GRANT ORS-
john Foster of Salem, mariner, and Abigail (Ives),
his wife
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Matthew Mansfield of Salem, shopkeeper
DESCRIPTION-
"AU that Mansion House [then same boundaries as
above]"
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- John Dampney to Abigail Ives, June 24, 1766; Book
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CONSIDERATION-
$4,665
GRANTOR-
Daniel H. Mansfield of Salem, merchant [and Mercy,
his wife, for $1]
GRANTEE-
Joseph Baker of Salem
DESCRIPTION-
"... a dwelling house & brick store with the land
under & adjoining the same, situated in Summer
street & bounded as follows, vizt. westerly on said
Summer street and there measures si1ty-si1 feet,
northerly on land of James King as the fence there
stands where it is fenced, easterly on land of
Benjamin Crombie, formerly the late Weld
Gardner's, and there measures sixty-six feet, &
southerly on land of Capt. William Orne's as the
fence there stands where it is fenced ... "
NOTE-
Joseph Baker neit bought the Crombie St. frontage,
in the following deed:
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CONSIDERATION-
$462
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GRANTOR-
Benjamin Crombie of Salem, innholder [and his
wife Elizabeth, for $1 ]
GRANTEE-
Joseph Baker of Salem, merchant
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DESCRIPTION-
"... a certain piece or parcel of land bounded as
follows, to wit northerly by a line beginning on
land of said Baker running twelve feet & eight
inches to a way hereinafter described (Crombie St.]
thence running southerly on said way sixty-six
feet, one inch & three-quarters of an inch to land
of Joseph Wiggins, bounding northerly on land of
James King & easterly by said way, southerly by a
line running westerly on said Wiggins' land to land
of said Baker fifteen feet ten inches, thence westerly by a line running northerly sixty-siI feet, siI
inches and one quarter on said Baker's land to the
first-mentioned bound, together with a right &
privelege of a way ... for the said Baker, his heirs,
assigns & servants ... for themselves on foot or in
cariages & for their cattle carts & otherwise, in as
full & ample a manner as the Inhabitants of said
Salem use the streets of said town, into & out of &
over a certain court way (Crombie St., bounded)
easterly by a line running southerly from Essex
street along the westerly end of said Crombie's
house about three hundred & seventy- two feet to
land of M. Larrack, then southerly by a line
running westerly on land of Mr. Wiggins twenty
feet, westerly by a line running northerly at the
distance of twenty feet from the first-mentioned
line and parallel therewith about three hundred &
seventy-two feet to Essex street, thence by a line
on Essex street running easterly to the first bound."
NOTE-
This was a small portion of the old Samuel Gardner
estate that Benjamin Crombie had purchased from
the heirs of George and Weld Gardner in 1802
(Book 172, Pages 34-36}; Crombie converted the
old Marston-Gardner house (on the east corner of
Essex and Crombie Sts.) into a tavern, and it
remained an inn for many years thereafter (it is
labelled the "City Hotel" on the 18 S1 Map of
Salem). Crombie then sold plots along his
newly-established private way, which at this time
enended south only through No. 18 Crombie St.
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"Mansfield" property east to Crombie Street, which
he then subdivided to form two house lots fronting
on Crombie Street. He sold the southern lot in the
following deed:
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March 13, 1807
CONSIDERATION-
s1100
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Joseph Baker of Salem, merchant [and Nancy, his
wife, for S11
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Francis Quarles of Salem, trader
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DESCRIPTION-
..... a certain piece or lot of land situate in said
Salem, bounding Easterly on a private way
[Crombie St.], which runs Southerly from Esse1
street along the western side of Crombie's house
about three hundred and seventy-two feet to land
of Larrack & Wiggins, measuring on said way
thirty-three feet, Southerly partly on land of
Wiggins and partly on land of Orne there measuring ninety-six feet and six inches, Westerly on my
own land there measuring thirty-two feet, Northerly on land of James Bott, Jr. ninety-three feet six
inches .....
NOTE-
The deed includes a right to use the private way
[Crombie St.1. but is also subject to an encumbrance
of a ten-foot private way along James Bott's lot to
the north (Agreement between James Bott, Jr. of
Salem, saddler and chase maker, and Joseph Baker
of Salem, merchant, September 10, 1806; Book 179,
Page 222).
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January 26, 1808
CONSIDERATION-
$1200
GRANTOR-
Francis Quarles of Salem, merchant
GRANTEE
Thorndike Deland of Salem, merchant
DESCRIPTION-
"... a certain lot of land situate in Salem ... bounding
easterly on a private way [Crombie St.], measuring
on said way thirty-three feet, southerly partly on
land of Wiggins & partly on land late of Orne now
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inches, westerly on land of Jospeh Baker thirty-two
feet, northerly on land of James Bott, Jr. ninetythree feet six inches ... "
NOTE-
Included is the right to use the private way
!Crombie St.). The deed is also subject to the same
encumbrance as in the previous deed, but which
was discharged on April 13, 1808 (Book 182, Page
286). Deland subdivided the property into east
and west lots, conveying the east lot in the
following deed:
BOOK 182 PAGE 286
DATE-
April 14, 1808
CONSIDERATION-
$500
GRANTOR-
Thorndike Deland of Salem, merchant land
Mehitable Deland, his wife, for $0.10]
GRANTEE-
James Bott, junr. of Salem, saddler
DESCRIPTION-
"... a parcel of land situated in said Salem and
bounded as follows, viz. beginning at the Northeasterly corner thereof on a private way commonly
called Crombie's Court and thence running Southerly bounding Easterly by said Court thirty-two
feet ten inches. thence running Westerly bounding
Southerly on land of Joseph Wiggins thirty-one feet
ten inches. thence running Northerly bounding
Westerly on other land of me the said Deland
thirty-two feet nine inches, thence running Easterly bounding Northerly on land of said Bott
twenty-eight feet seven inches to the first bound
in Crombie's Court aforesaid, together with the
right and privelege to use said private way ... "
NOTE-
James Bott, Jr. erected a workshop on the land,
presumably for use in his trade as saddler and
chaise maker. He sold the land and shop to his
father, and died at his residence on Sewall Street,
of "intemperance," on May 4, 1822, aged 40. He
was survived by his widow, Priscilla, and several
children.
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DATE-
February 14, 1811
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$142
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James Bott, junior of Salem, saddler & chaise maker
[and Priscilla, his wife, for S0.10]
GRANTEE-
James Bott, senior of Salem (late saddler) now
merchant
DESCRIPTION-
"... a parcel of land situated in said Salem and
bounded as follows: to wit beginning at the
northeasterly corner thereof on a private way now
called Crombie street [and then same bounds as
above], together with the right ... to use said way or
street ... , together with the work shop thereon
standing .....
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Deland ... Book 182 Leaf 286"
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James Bott, Sr. died December 31, 1829. The
Salem Gazette (Jan. 1, 1830) lists "IJeaths. In this
town, last evening, Mr. James Bott, aged 84, a
native of Tudbury, England, but has been a
resident of this town more than sixty years. He
was an honest and worthy man in every relation of
life, and his loss will be severely felt by his
numerous descendants and connexions ... "
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the .nine dwelling houses and other properties he
owned at his death: the children of James Bott, Jr . .
received the house on Sewall street and the "West
Estate;" the children of Hanna (Bott) Ferguson )
received the "Pickering House" and a brick
dwelling_in_Charlestown, and "all my land and
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The children of Hannah (Bott) Ferguson and her
husband John Ferguson included Thomas B.
Ferguson, Margaret (Ferguson) Saunders, Dolly
(Ferguson) Potter, and Samuel Ferguson.
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GRANT ORS-
Thomas B. Ferguson, cordwainer land Mehitabel D.,
his wife]. Eben. S. Saunders, farmer. and Margaret
his wife in her right, Daniel Potter, blacksmith, and
Dolly his wife in her right, all of Salem, "the said
Thomas B., James, Margaret and Dolly being
Grandchildren of James Bott, deceased, and
devisees named in his last Will and Testament.....
GRANTEE-
Samuel Ferguson of Salem, painter, "another
Grandchild of said James, and also devisee named
in said Will"
DESCRIPTION-
"... the following lot of Land on Crombie Street in
said Salem, with the Building thereon and
priveleges & appurtenances, bounded Easterly on
said Street thirty-two feet and ten inches,
Southerly on Farmer and Colman thirty-one feet
and ten inches, Westerly on George Osborn thirtytwo feet and nine inches, and Northerly on other
land of the grantees twenty-eight feet and seven
inches ... "
NOTE-
Samuel Ferguson was born in Salem, baptised April
6, 1800. He married Mercy Lawrence and later
died of consumption on April 29, 1856, aged 56.
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in 1830 or in 1831; the Tax Valuation !'Qr_l8_3J1.ha
pencilled in for Sam!. Ferguson: "new house in
Crombie St., 1000" and his Tax Valuation for
1831 lists ·2 hou~ -_ r mbie - S1800 [raised to
i2500 in 18331;" these are No. 16 and No. 18
Crombie Street. We cannot tell which was built
first. though No.18 certainly looks older, and may
~ven incorporate James Bott, Jr.'s old workshop
within its rather unusual structure.
In 1836 Samuel Ferguson lived at No. 41 Summer
Street., and his painting business occupied No.
340 Essex Street.
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No. 18 Crombie Street successively housed Wm.
Kimbal, Jr. ( 18'43 ); Israel Shepard, grocer on Front
St. (1844); Reuben Floyd (1845-46); George
Blinn (1847- 48); "No Man" (1849); Mrs. Floyd and
_Cook (1850); and "No Man" (1851). 1852 again
shows "No Man," but is amended to list William B.
Pike and Conner-5-wasey-;--- - -.
Prince Farmer, a Black dealer in oysters at Derby
Square, was also shown at No. 18 Crombie St. in
Street Books 1844-45, but at No. 20 Crombie St. in
1846; the 1842 Directory lists him at No. 18 1/2
Crombie Street.
BOOK 484
PAGE 140
DATE-
October 1, 1853
CONSIDERATION-
$1300
GRANTOR-
Samuel Ferguson of Salem, painter [and Mercy, his
wife]
GRANTEE-
William B. Pike of Salem, weigher & gauger
DESCRIPTION-
"... a certain parcel of land in said Salem with the
buildinW hereon, bounded and described as
follows, viz. easterly on Crombie street, thirty-two
feet & ten inches; southerly on land of the late
Prince Farmer, thirty-one feet & ten inches;
westerly on the other lot herein described,
thirty-two feet & nine inches or thereabouts; and
northerly on land of Oliver Fellows, _
twenty-eight
feet & seven inches ... also a certain other parcel
of land in the rear of the above described lot &
bounded and described as follows viz. Commencing ·
at the northeast bound, & runhlng southerly by the
above described lot, thirty-three feet & five inches;
thence westerly by land of late Prince Farmer, five
feet & si1 inches; thence northerly by land of said
Farmer three feet & si1 inches, thence westerly by
said Farmer twenty-four feet & sil inches, thence
northerly by land now or late of Osborn & Archer
thirty feet & si1 inches; thence easterly by land of
Fellows thirty feet to the point begun at, containing
nine hundred and thirty feet."
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�PREVIOUS REFERENCE- Front lot: Deed of Thomas B. Ferguson and others,
recorded in Book 276-148.
NOTE-
William B. Pike's portrait is included in Portraits in
the Essex Institute. which also provides a
biography (pp. 76-77): "William Baker Pike was a
native of Salem, born in 1811, the son of Jacob and
Mary (Floyd) Pike [and nephew of the Misses
Floyd, living at 18 Crombie St. since 1845]. His
education was obtained in Salem's public schools
and he chose the carpener's trade for his means of
livelihood. He was, however, a deep thinker and a
strong Democrat,writing and speaking on party
politics with great vigor. In 1838 he occupied for
six weeks the editorial chair of the Commerci/ll
Advertiser, a newspaper published in Salem, but
did not continue in this calling. He received an
appointment at the Boston Custom House and later,
in 1857. accepted a position as Collector of the port
of Salem and Beverly. This position he held
throughout President Buchanan 's administration.
Among his friends was Nathaniel Hawthorne, with
whom he was on terms of great intimacy. In his
later years when he had retired to his farm in
South Groveland, he began his Afemories of
HaJvt.horne, which. however, he destroyed before
publication. possibly feeling he had dealt too
intimately with his subject. While living at his
farm which was on the borders of Johnson's pond,
he often entertained many of his Salem friends .
Among this coterie were Dr . George B. Loring,
/ Zachariah Burchmore, and on several occasions
~Jex-President] Franklin Pierce. These gatherings
were delightfully informal and politics were freely
discussed and national affairs criticised. Mr. Pike's
home in Salem was successively on Lafayette, Pond
and Broad Streets, but his residence was longest at
18 Crombie Street. Here he died, unmarried, on ~
April 26 , 1876." At his death, he was attended by~
physician Shadrach M. Cate, who had bought No. 18
Crombie St. but two months previously.
Connor B. Swasey, listed in the Street Book as living
with Pike at 18 Crombie Street from 1852 (aged
22 ) through 1855, also worked at the Custom
House, as Public Storekeeper.
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DATE-
February 2, 1860
CONSIDERATION-
$900
GRANT OR-
William B. Pike of Salem
GRANTEE-
Benjamin B. Neal of Salem
DESCRIPTION-
Same as above
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- "Both said lots were conveyed to me by Sa ml.
Ferguson by his Deed of Oct. 1, 1853, ... B[ook] 484,
L[eaf] 140 ... "
NOTE-
In this deed, William Pike stipulates that the
"above bargained premises are conveyed to said
Neal, subject to the right of my aunts Sally, Hannah
and Abigail Floyd or of either of them to hire and
occupy the same during their lifetime ... , paying
therefor the annual rent of Seventy-Five Dollars
($75 )." While Pike sold the house in 1860, he
himself continued to live here until his death in
1876.
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April 14, 1807, of David Neal and Mary (Elliott)
Neal. He is listed as "captain" in the 1861
Directory, and as "fire brick maker" in 1864. He
resided at No. 9 Cambridge Street through 1866;
but was living at 13 School Street at the time of his
death, on November 18, 1868.
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DATE-
February 9, 1863
CONSIDERATION-
$900
GRANTOR-
Benjamin B. Neal of Salem
GRANTEE-
Abby H. Burnett, wife of William Burnett of San
Francisco
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Same as above, except "northerly by land of said
Farmer three feel & six inches" has been copied
erroneously as "southerly ... three feet & six inches"
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- "Both said lots were conveyed to me by William B.
Pike by his deed of Feb. 2d. 1860, ... B[ook] 601
L[eaf] 77"
NOTE-
Abby Burnett donated the portrait of William B.
Pike to the Essex Institute in 1900.
BOOK 948 PAGE 276
DATE-
February 19, 1876
CONSIDERATION-
$1878
GRANTORS-
William Burnett. and Abby H. Burnett, wife in her
right, of Washington, D.C.
GRANTEE-
Shadrach M. Cate of Salem
DESCRIPTION-
"... the messuage in said Salem which is bounded
beginning at the northeast corner on Crombie
street and thence running southerly by said street
thirty-two feet and ten inches; thence westerly by
land late of Prince Farmer thirty-one feet ten
inches; thence southerly by land late of Farmer
nine inches; thence westerly by land late of Farmer
five feet six inches; thence southerly [sic; should be
"northerly"] three feet. six inches; thence westerly
by land late of Farmer twenty-four feet; thence
northerly by land of Osborn thirty feet six inches;
and thence easterly by land now or late of 0.
Fellows fifty-eight feet seven inches to Crombie
street and the point begun at."
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- "Being the same premises conveyed to said Abby
H. by deed from Benjamin B. Neal, ... Book 647 leaf
59"
NOTE-
The Salem Directory of 1881 lists "Shadrach M.
Cate, physician, 65 Washington St, house ditto."
The Salem Evening News (April 23, 1898) provides
the following obituary: "Danvers, April 23 -- Dr.
Shadrach M. Cate died very suddenly at his home,
�corner of Holton street and Peabody avenue, at S
o'clock last evening, from apoplexy ....
"Dr. Cate was born in London, N.H., October 2, 1823.
He studied medicine when quite young and was
one of the pioneers of homeopathic theory. He
attended the Western Reserve college in Oeveland,
Ohio;ancT-~r~~~!J.ted in 1854 from the Western
Homeopathic medical colle e. He practised in
Akron and Columbus, Ohio, in Augusta, Me., and
Salem, Mass., where he had an extensive business,
covering a period of 25 years. He was an
occasional contributor to the medical journals and
was a member of the Massachusetts Homeopathic
society and was its president in 186 7.
"In 1849 he married Miss Martha]. Messer, who
survives him, together with two sons and a
daughter ...
"He has always been a prominent member of the
Swedenborgian church in Salem and was one of the
founders of that society. He was a member of the
Masonic fraternity of Salem. He has lived in
Danvers for about two years, and was esteemed by
all who knew him here as elsewhere .... "
On February 24, 1879, Dr. Cate made an agreement
with the Farmers to smooth out the south
boundary line of No. 18 Crombie Street, "whereas
the parties are about to remove the fence between
their respective lots. Now it is agreed that the
dividing line between said estates is and shall be
as follows, beginning at a point on Crombie Street,
nine inches Northerly from the water table of said
Farmer's house and thence running Westerly
thirty-four feet and ten inches to a point three
inches from the water table of said house, then
_ turning and running Northerly three feet and six
inches and thence Westerly twenty-four feet and
six inches to a point distant South thirty feet and
four inches from the Northwest corner of said
Cates' land and twenty-eight feet and four inches
from the Southwest corner of said Farmer's land ... ",
with both parties paying each other $1 for any
land taken from the other (Book 1018, Page 11; see
enclosed Plan).
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DATE-
May 13, 1880
CONSIDERATION-
$1500
GRANTOR-
Shadrach M. Cate of Salem [and Martha j. Cate, his
wife]
GRANTEE-
Leonard j. Jefferson of Salem
DESCRIPTION-
Same as above
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the First Church for many years before buying No.
18 Crombie Street. He died October 8 that same
year, of Bright's Disease, while living at No. 7
Cambridge Street.
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Verde Istands, inherited No. 18 Crombie St. and
lived there for the next forty years, working in her
house as a seamstress and taking in boarders:
Thomas F. Williams, laborer ( 1882-83); William A.
Smith. clerk at D. B. Gardner & Co., Grocers, 127
Washington St. ( 1884-89); Mrs. Lucinda Fennimore. widow and Christian Scientist, and Addie
Fennimore. clerk at Frank Cousin's Dry Goods Store
( 1890-98 ); Alexander McCabe, coachman ( 190108 ); Frederick C. Larrabee, machinist ( 1909 );
Joseph F. Dechene, insurance collector ( 1910-13 );
Emil E. Deschene, carpenter (1914-16); and Thomas
F. and Elizabeth Nolan ( 1918-50). Rufina M.Jeffers ~ died hei:e-aged-?-r,-on-Novemb-~t-fi4~
he had no children, and willed her property first
to the Home for Colored Women. but changed her
will with a codicil, leaving it instead to Joseph A.
ane and Abbie A. Dane.
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DATE-
May 17, 1924
CONSIDERATION-
Uns ecified
DESCRIPTION-
"... the land in Salem, ... together with the buildings
thereon, bounded and described as follows:
northerly by land formerly of Fellows, now or late
of Stevens, 54 feet, 7 inches; easterly by Crombie
Street, 32 feet, 1O inches; southerly by land
formerly of Farmer, now or late of Freedman, 34
feet, 1O inches; westerly by the same land, 3 feet, 6
inches; southerly by the same land, 24 feet, 6
inches; and westerly by land now or late of Osborn,
30 feet, 4 inches."
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Jefferson and his wife Rufina M. Jefferson
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Tenant Thomas F. Nolan, general jobber, continued
living here through 19 31, and his widow, Elizabeth
Nolan, remained through 1950.
Sarah [or Sally] W. Shepard resided at No. 23
Summer Street through 1937, but lived at No. 18
Crombie Street from 1939 until 1951, when she
sold the property and moved to No. 384 Esse1
Street. At the time of her death, November 2,
1953, she was 92 years, 5 months, 18 days of age.
The Salem Evening News (Nov. 2, 1953) gives the
following obituary: "Miss Sally W. Shepard, who
made her home at 384 Essex street., died toda in
Salem hospital.
"Mrs. Shepard was born in Salem, the d ghter of
the late Michael W. and Eliza D. (Osborne) Shepard.
She was a member of the Busy Bees and attended
Grace Episcopal church . ... "
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buildings along the east corner of Crombie and
Norman Sts. (Nos. 26-30 Norman St.) are demolished to make a parking lot.
BOOK 3806 PAGE 586
DATE-
March 22, 1951
CONSIDERATION-
Unspecified
GRANTOR-
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GRANTEE-
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DESCRIPTION-
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PREVIOUS REFEREN - Deed from Joseph A. Dane and Abbie A Dane, dated
May 17, 1924; Book 2600, Page 276
NOTE-
Maude Stap e
a e ephone answering
service from No. 18 Crombie St., where she lived
from 1951 until 1957.
In 1957, No. 20 Crombie Street is destroyed, and
the buildings at the west corner of Norman and
Crombie Sts. are razed, including No. 34 Norman
St. (Bridal Shoppe), No. 36 Norman St. (North Shore
Babies' Hospital Thrift Shop and Auxiliary), and No.
38 Norman St. (Thomas J. Cadorette, general
merchandise, and John Reagan, used furniture,
through 1953; Mallard & Pappalardo, plumbing &
heating, 1954-56 ). In the 1958 Directory, No. 38
Norman St. is Eddie Hefferman's Texaco Station.
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Maude C. Staples of Lynn, unmarried
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Frances H. Wendt of Wenham
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PREVIOUS REFERENCE- Deed from Sarah W. Shepard, March 22, 1951; Book
3806, Page 586.
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was manager of the Girls' Club of Lynn. She lived
here from 1957 to 1986.
In 1969, the parking lot at the east corner of
Crombie and Norman Sts., No. 24 1/2 Norman St.
(Crombie St. Parking}, becomes No. 28 Norman St.
(Paul's 66 Gas Station in 1969; North Shore
Towing, 1970-1973; Vacant, 1974-1983; White
Hen Pantry, Domino's izza, Video Village, and
Uniglobe Travel by 986 ). ·
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CONSIDERATION-
Paid, and in full consideration of S1
GRANTORGRANTEE-
Frances H. Wendt of Salem
Nau mkeag Trust Company, Trustee of the Frances
H. Wendt Realty Trust, u/d/t dated Aug. 29, 1986,
recorded herewith, of 18 Crombie Street, Salem
DESCRIPTION-
Same as above
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February 16, 1988
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s169,000
GRANTOR-
Naumkeag Trust Company [Trustee -- see above)
GRANTEE-
Holyoke Square, Inc.
DESCRIPTION-
Same as above
PREVIOUS REFERENCE- Deed dated August 29, 1986; Book 8487, Page 1.
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Book 9430, Page 327, contains a confirmatory
deed, dated March 9, 1988, reflecting the change in
name of the Naumkeag Trust Co. to Eastern Bank
and Trust Co.
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The inspection was conducted from on top of the roof.
The
roof style on the main part of the house is a gambrel style
and the addition is a gable style.
The pitch is steep on the
main house and of medium pitch on the addition.
The exposed
roof consists of one layer of asphalt shingles.
The
approximate age of the roof is 18+ years.
Flashing material
is a combination of copper and lead. (Pictures 17-20)
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absence of an attic ventilation system in either roof
requires the installation of a continuous soffit and ridge
vent system, which will reduce excessive attic humidity.
There is also evidence of a pre-existing ice damming
problem.
The lower left gabel roof valleys should have been
lined with metal.
The lower rear roof was incorrectly
flashed ta the a~utting wall of the house.
The rear plumbing
vent has been installed on the outside wall which does not
meet building codes.
The vent should ru~ internally and
protrude above the roof a minimum of twelve
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The inspection was conducted from the ground.
There are two
chimneys in the house.
Chimney #1 is located in the center
of the house.
The exterior, flue lini~g and chimney are all
brick and in marginal condition <Pictures 9-12).
The ch irTiney
cap is in need of rebuilding and the flues need to be lined.
All chimney flashings are deteriorating.
Chimney #2 is located on the left side of the house.
The
exterior flue lining and chimney cap are all brick.
While
the exterior is in marginal condition, the flue lining and
chimney cap are in satisfactory condition.
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T he exterior walls, fascias, soffits and trim are all wood.
The cEdar shingle siding is in marginal condition and is
cupping and splitting on most sides cf the house (Pictures 2328).
There is also a layer of clapboard siding under the
shingles.
The trim is in marginal condition.
Paint has been
peeling from all wood surfaces.
Facias and soffits are
rotten as well as all corner boards.
The electrical entrance
cables are in poor condition.
Service cables entering the
house, which are buried on the exterior, show evidence of
rot-ting.
The basement presently does not have vents for
This w6uld have prevented some of the
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Of notable significance is the
collapsing of the brick and block foundations on the front
and left side of the house <Pictures 21-28).
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Th e gutters are of two types: wood and copper.
They are in
poor condition.
The wooden gutters are rotting and the
copper gutters should have been spaced away from all fascias.
The galvanized downspouts are in marginal condition
exhibiting evidence of splitting.
Grading around the
foundation does not slope away from the house, consequently
allowing water to pond.
To avoid drywell back up proper
drainage is recommended.
Sloping grade away from the
foundation a minimum of 1 inch per foot for 5 feet where ever
possible is necessar~.
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The walks are brick and in marginal condition.
Steps are
stone at the front of house and the rear steps leading up to
the porch are made of wood. The front stair was not flashed
against the sill and as a result the sill has rotted.
The
rear wooden stairs are rotting. The rear patio is brick and
is in marginal condition as well.
Of major concern is the
wood porch structure including~ but not limited to the roof
rafters, the corner post and porch decking (Pictures 25-28).
Floor joists and decking have been severely damaged by wood
rot and wood boring insects <the wood boring insects were
identified as carpenter ants).
In addition~ many slats on
the fence need to be replaced.
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T he exterior window style is double hung, and all are in poor
condition.
Entry doors are not square and window threshholds
are rotting. There are no storm doors located on all exterior
doors.
Some windows are fitted with aluminum combination
storms/screens.
The window sashes are loose in their
casings.
All flashing around windows and door heads are in
poor condition, and the bulkhead is unsafe and should be
rebuilt.
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T he existing full basement structure consists of brick walls,
a concrete floor, wood timber beams~ and a Merrimack brick
chimney arch as a central support.
A crawl space exists
under the addition section of the house.
The brick walls are
in poor condition~ note that the right and rear foundation
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walls are collapsing.
The existing first floor is in
satisfactory condition with the exception of a moisture
barrier which should be added to the crawl space floor.
On
the front and right side, the sills are in poor condition;
evidenced by rot and wood boring insect damage.
The floor
joists are in satisfactory condition with the exception of
the ~ight side, which has been damaged by wood boring
insects.
The left side of the merrimack chimney arch has
settled approximately 6-Sa and the foundation has settled 46• <Pictures 38-45).
The brick support posts are in poor
shape showing signs of deterioration.
There are also signs
of basement flooding. It is interesting to note that the
original house was built on a creek bed which the City filled
and later became known as Crombie Street.
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The entire house is heated by a 15+ year old Waltham oil
burner.
The hydronic <hot water) system is a gravity system
with galvanized and copper piping.· The estimated rated
capacity is 90,000 BTU/HR output.
At the time of inspection
the boiler was not operational.
The pipes, which are covered
with asbestos, have been cut.
The boiler shows a heavy soot
buildup and appears to have frozen over the winter months
which may have damaged the unit beyond repair.
A qualified
heating technician would be required to evaluate the damage.
In general, the heat exchanger test result was marginal, the
flue pipe is in such poor condition, evidenced by rotting,
that all the e x posed pipes should be replaced.
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Th e water source and waste disposal are provided by the City
of Salem.
The water supply pipes are copper and the waste
and vent pipes are a combination of copper, brass and cast
iron.
At the • time of inspection, the plumbing system was
inoperative due to the water being shut off at the main.
Visual inspection provided the following information: all
visible supply, waste and vent pipes are in poor condition.
Th~ water meter has been removed and the main line from the
street is also deteriorating.
Several fittings have blown
due to freezing.
The cast iron waste lines are not correctly
vented and the vent line in the attic has split.
The waste
lines and traps under the sink are also not properly vented.
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T he water heater is a Walthem Everhot tankless system.
The
approximate age of the unit is 15+ years and the tank
capacity is 25 gallons.
At the time of the inspection the
water heater was inoperative.
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T he house is set up with 60 AMP service and the fuse box is
located on the left side of the basement.
The main service
wire is tin coated copper and branch wiring is copper and tin
coated copper.
Fuses provide overload protection and branch
protection.
Branch wiring is a combination of romex cable
and knob and tube.
The system is grounded at water pipes. At
the time of inspection the service was shut off.
It should
be noted that the service is antiquated and should be
upgraded, in particular, the knob and tube wiring should be
replaced with romex.
The service entrance cable is also
deteriorated and should be upgraded and replaced.
Additional
receptacles are needed throughout the house to serve todays
needs.
In general~ wiring at the main box and throughout the
house is in marginal condition.
Grounding, bushings, knock
out plugs, and fuses are in satisfacotry condition <Picture
40).
l~IgB1QB_BQQ~§~_§g~gB~h-1~E2B~eil2~-------------------------wa 11 s and ceilings in the house are dry wall and plaster. The
floors are either hardwood or vinyl.
Hydronic radiators heat
the house and there is no cooling system.
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The general structure of the kitchen is not squared and the
floor is not level.
At the time of the inspection there was
no running water or electricity.
Electrical circuits are
very limited.
The sink basin is in satisfactory condition,
as are the cabinets and countertops with the exception that
they were not fitted properly when they were installated.
The walls, ceiling! floor, and electrical switches, outlets
and fixtures are all in marginal condition.
A room heater is
located on the inside wall. <Picture 29)
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T he house has two stair wells: one runs off the kitchen up to
the second floor bathroom and is meant for secondary use, the
front stair starts at the front door and runs up to the third
floor with three winders at the top.
The front stair well is
in satisfactory condition and the rear stair well is
considered marginal because cf the steepness of the risers.
Walls and ceilings are in satisfactory condition, but the
plaster finish was loosened in the front stair well due to
water damage.
Electrical switches, outlets and fixtures were
inoperative at the time of inspection.
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The walls and ceiling are satisfactory, although the ceiling
does sag due to the settlement in the foundation.
The
hardwood floor is in satisfactory condition, but it is also
not level.
Electrical outlets are in poor to marginal
condition and are limited.
The windows are marginal with
excessive peeling of paint.
The doors are also marginal and
are not square.
The fireplace is in marginal condition and
in need of flue lining.
The room is heated with a radiator
located on the inside wall. <Picture 30)
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The walls, ceiling and floor are in marginal condition.
The
ceiling sags and the structure has settled to the left.
Electrical outlets and fixtures are in poor condition and
receptacles are limited.
All windows stick and need
adjusting.
The fireplace is in marginal condition and the
chimney flue is in need of lining.
The room is heated by a
radiator located on the inside wall.
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The floor, walls and ceiling are in satisfactory condition
but the floor and ceiling sag.
The windows stick and need
adjusting.
Receptacles are inoperative and limited.
The
room heat is heated by a radiator located on an inside wall.
(Picture 32)
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The walls and ceiling are in marginal condition.
The plaster
is cracking and the ceiling is sagging.
The floor is in
marginal condition and not level.
There are no electrical
outlets! fixtures or switches.
The door is not square and
the windows need to be adjusted.
The fireplace is also in
marginal condition and the flue is not lined.
The room is
heated by a radiator located on an inside wall.
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The walls and the ceiling are in marginal condition.
The
plaster has cracked in various places.
Electrical outlets
and fixtures are inoperative and the ones that exist are
limited.
The windows and doors are also in marginal
conu1~1on.
The room is heated by a radiator located on the
inside wall.
The fireplace is in marginal to poor
condition.
The hearth needs rebuilding and the flue needs to
be lined.
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Ba th rooms are located on the second and third floor.
Neither
was operative at the time of inspection since the water and
electricity has been shut off at their respective mains.
All
bathroom fixtures are in marginal condition.
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T he attic was observed through the hatch.
It is insulated
with batt fiberglass, 3 1/2 thick, with an approximate •R•
value of 11.
The framing and sheathing are considered to be
in satisfactory condition. The insulation and ventilation
systems are in poor condition.
There is no side wall
insulation and what insulation exists was installed upside
down.
The chimneys and flues are in marginal condition.
The
left chimney is in need of repair and there is evidence of
leakage at the chimney flashings.
The roof is in need of
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ESTIMATE OF REPAIR
1st Floor
2nd Floor
3rd Floor
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608 SF
608 SF
512 SF
Roof Flashing
Gutter
Ventilation
Plumbing Vents & Built-in
Chimney Flue Linings
Chimney Caps
Replace Fascia & Soffits
Trim Boards
Windows
Trim Boards - Doors
Trim Boards - Corners
Basement Vents
Service Entrance
Wet Rot Wood Sills
Grading Around House
Repair Brick Patio
Repair Brick Walks
Rebuild Porch <include foundation)
Insect Extermination
Fense Repair/Reelace
Window Replacement/Repair
Door Replacement/Repair
Bulk-head Replacement
Wall and Roof Insulation
Repair and Stabilize Foundation
Replace Brick Support Posts
Replace Boiler
Repair Plumbing <Heat)
Repair Water Piping
Replace Vent Piping
Replace Water Heater and Piping
Upgrade Electical Service
Additional Outlets/Code
Review per Code
Kitchen Fi>:tures
Repair Walls/Ceiling-Kitchen
Stairs/Halls-Patch and Plaster
Living Room-Repair Walls/Ceiling
Replace Wood Trim
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2,400
1,800
600
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800
3'!'800
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16,500
500
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2,400
1,200
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3,500
2,500
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Trim Boards - Corners
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Service Entrance
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Repair Brick Walks
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Insect Extermination
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Door Replacement/Repair
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Additional Outlets/Code
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Kitchen Fi >:tures
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Stairs/Halls-Patch and Plaster
Living Room-Repair Walls/Ceiling
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81210
1,500
1, 200
4,000
71210
2,400
1,81210
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1! 01210
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800
3!800
3,01210
1,81210
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16,500
500
500
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2,40121
1, 200
2,00121
3,500
2,500
3,01210
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1,600
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All Bedrooms-Repair Walls/Ceilings
All Floor Sanding
Repair Fireplace
Floor Sanding and Refinish
All Bathrooms-Reapir Walls/Ceilings
Fixture Replacement
Tile Work - Floor
Lead Paint/Asbestos Removal
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800
2,000
500
300
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By ANDREW BRENGLE
Neighbors are worried about the future of this. 18th-century house on Crombie Street in
Salem. ·
The Salem Ne.rs/Jonathon M. Whitmore
News Staff
SALEM - Concern for the future of a small, 18th
century house on Crombie Street, next door to Joe's
Auto Laundry, has neighbors pledging to fight any
effort to knock it down.
The Holyoke Mutual Insurance Co., located
nearby on Norman Street, bought the house six
months ago. Crombie Street residents, sensitive to
rumors that the company will ra'ze the house, say the
three-story dark-brown, shingled structure should
be preserved for its historic value.
The house was built in 1783, according to city records, and was moved from Chestnut Street to its
present location in 1830. Frances H. Wendt, its former long-till)e owner, now lives in :Manchester:
The house is not an official historic monument ·
and the street has no standing as part of the city's
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Historic District. However, the
street has been recognized by the
National Register of Historic
Places because of its status as one
of the last primarily residential
streets in downtown Salem.
"I'm worried about the house"
said Ruth Wall of 13 Crombie s't.
"We want to keep what's left of
the neighborhood. Everybody
knows each other here."
Replying to a rumor that the insurance company will replace the
building with parking spaces,
Hoiyoke Vice President Patrick
Grieco said, "At this stage of the
game, I'd say it's not true. We are
just starting to investigate our
different options."
Grieco said it was premature to
say what the company will do
with the house, but added "at this
point we can't rule anything out."
Other options include using the
house as office space or remodeling it and selling it, he said.
Grieco said the company does
not need more parking space because it already owns the auto
laundry parking lot across the
street and has a two-level garage
underneath its own building.
But 15 Crombie St. resident
Frank Montesi disagreed.
"This is just another little block
for them," Montesi said. "They
get enough land, and they can
build another building. It
wouldn't surprise me if they put a
parking garage in its place."
Montesi, a contractor who lives
across the street, said he put a
$75,000 bid do\>;n on the six-room
house.-He wanted to refutbish it.
Holyoke, he said, paid $168,000.
The house has structural rot,
needs a new heating system and
new windows, Montesi said.
The city's opinion is that the
house should stay.
"I'd hate to see anything torn
down," said Mayor Anthony V.
Salvo. "This street was full of historic· homes, but many of therrl.
were torn down during the days
of urban renewal."
City Planner Gerard Kavanaugh said his department was
researching the history of the
house to determine its significance. If the house is to be demolished, Holyoke must go before
the Historical Commission for a
review.
The commission, under the demolition delay ordinance, has six
months to make a ruling. However, it cannot prevent demolition ifit cannot prove the house is
historically significant.
Historical Commission chair·woman Annie Harris said the
house has significance despite its
size.
"It's important in its location,"
she said. "It is in the only really
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residential portion of the street.
One of Salem's most important
assets is its old houses. And that
includes its smaller houses, not
just the large ones on Chestnut
Street."
The owner of Joe's Auto Laundry did not share the sentiment.
"It's not a historic building,"
said Joseph Palamara. "It's a
barn from Chestnut Street. Mrs.
Wendt triE:d to get a plaque for it
and couldn't."
He said residents should tend
to their own homes and stop prying into others' business. Palamara said the insurance company
did well to keep the Crombie
street area clean and well-maintained.
"You look at some of these
other places and they're a mess,"
he said. "I've been in this city 53
years and it's the same people
squawking about the same
things."
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SALEM - The Historical Commission and the Holyoke Mutual
Insurance Co. are locked in a battle over an old house on Crombie
Street which the company wants
to tear down for parking spaces
and the commission wants to preserve.
The Historical Commission
voted unanimously Wednesday
night an.er a three-hour hearing
to recommend against granting a
waiver of the delay ordinance for
demolition. requested by Holyoke. The commission can only
delay demolition of the house for
six months. The Salem Redevelopment Authority will make the
decision whether it can be torn
down.
Commission members and Holyoke representatives could agree
on Ii ttle about the house including its age and its ·structural
soundness. Commission members
contended it was structurally fine
and maybe 220 years old while
the company said it was 160 years
old, falling down and of no historical importance.
Most of the neighbors on Crombie Street also opposed the demolition of the house, which abuts
Joe's Auto Laundry, also owned
by the insurance company. Holyoke is located across Norman
Street from Joe's Auto Laundry.
Among the groups in favor of
preserving the single family gam-
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Anne Farnham,
William J. Lundregan,
Essex Institute
Holyoke attorney
brel house are Historic Salem
Inc. and the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Anne Farnham, on behalf of
the Essex Institute, said the
house is a "historically significant
building" which is important to
preserve. She noted it was part of
the historic register.
Attorney William J. Lundregan, representing Holyoke, said
the company originally wanted to
turn the building into a conference center but it was in such
poor shape that rehabilitation
costs were too high.
"We intend to press ahead to
tear the house down," Lundregan
said.
Lundregan denied charges
from opponents that the company, which employes 200 people,
was threatening to leave the city
if it didn't get its way.
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The Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company and the city's Hlatorlcal Commlulon disagree over the age and
significance of this old gambrel home on Crombie Str&et and neighbors say the company's plans to
demolish the structure for a parking lot will ~ one more damaging blow to this downtown residential
strHI which la a National Reglste~ district. View la looking north toward Essex Stret1l Out of view at Jen Is
former Joe's Auto Laundry property at comer of Crombie and Norman streets.
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He detailed the company's 140
year commitment to downtown
Salem. He said the company looks
at nearby properties when they
come up for sale if it abuts their
property. Holyoke bought the
house for $169,000 four years ago.
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Commission members and others tried to determine whether
the company had any more plans
for the house Jot. Lundregan said
"We"d like to find out the company's strategic plans without
any of the threats to leave the
ity," said David Pelletier, a
rombie Street resident.
already considered it.
Frank Montesi of 15 Crombie
SL said it is another case of a corporation "bowling over" a Salem
neighborhood. He said only four
homes will be Jen on the street
which was once filled with homes.
Stephanie Montesi said CromBoard of Appeal member Jane bie Street was the last residential
Stirgwolt suggested that since the street downtown, according to
company had no immediate plans the Historic Register.
for the lot that it lease the house
'Tm really frustrated about
until it works out plans. Board
this
members agreed that it was an said. back door appr_oach." she
option Holyoke should consider.
Lundregan said the company had
Commission member Russell
Slam said the demolition of the
house would be a tragedy.
"The neighborhood has been
under seige for the past 10 years.
This neighborhood is being nickel
and dimed out of existence,"
Slam said.
Commission Chairwoman Annie C. Harris said tearing down
the house will only provide a few
parking. spaces. She mentioned
other city plans to increase parking nearby. She said the property
is listed under the Crombie
Street National Register District.
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abandoned jail and a condemned
factory all made the first Most ·Endangered· Historic Resource List
selected by Historic Salem Inc.
The eight historic sites in bad
shape and ill need of private or
public assi~tance were jointly announced by HSI, a local preservation group, and by Mayor Stanley
Usovicz.
. The Salem Jail complex topped
the list of endangered properties.
It also was first on a list published by Historic Massachusetts
·Inc.
There were a few surprises,
most notably a cluster of old city
cemeteries.
HSI said it assembled this list
in the hope people would stop and
think before demolishing old
buildings, or act now to save
property that is deteriorating.
"Our objective is to ensure that
Salem's heritage is not lost, while
helping.with the economic revitalization of Salem," Meg
Twohey, president of Historic
Salem Inc., said in a prepared
statement.
"What puts (Salem) on the map
is the incredible collection of historic structures and the history of
the city, ... " said Tim Jenkins, cochairman of HSI's preservation
committee. "We cannot allow
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Although HSI has been discussing this project for years, it
was the loss of a city landmark,
the Salem Armory wall, that
helped spur the preservation
group into action: HSI went to
court last spring in an unsuccessful attempt to block the
Peabody Essex Museum from
taking down the remainilig facade
of the 1908 Armory.
"It delinite)y inspired us," said
Jenkins.
The Most Endangered Historic
Resom·ce List includes several
buildings the city or others m·c
working to save. A few properties
were the focus of public attention
in recent weeks. HSI applauded
those efforts.
For example, HSI put the downtown retail district on its list, and
cited the Daniel Low building, 227·
231 Essex St., as the "poster child
for the decline of Salem's retail
shopping district." Since the list ,
was selected, a buyer has been
found for the 1826 building, which
is Urn former meetinghouse of U1e
First Church.
The old police station on
Chm·ter Street, which has been vacant for seven years, also made
the list. Just days ago, the Salem
Redevelopment Authority desig·
nated a developer for the 1913
building.
The state also has come to the
city's aid on qne of these endangered sites. Jn)·esponse .to a re·
quest from the Usovicz administration, U1e Massachusetts Historical Commission awarded a
$76,000 grant to stabilize the jail
lceeper's house at Salem Jail,
which was badly damaged in a
fire last year. Usovicz also has set
up a committee to look into the fu·
tm·e use of the jail site.
· Its aim in creating this list, HSI
said, is not "to point an ac·
cusatory finger," but to encourage
city officials, residents, bush.iesses
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HSI put together its list after
seeking nominations from the ·
public.
John Goff, HSI's director, said
the list is both a warning and a
call for help.
"It's kind oflike a traffic light
blinking yellow," he said. "The.
time is running out."
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Hoping to resume discussion of
the issue, Ward 3 Councilor Joan
SALEM - To some, it's just a Lovely has submitted a council
small house at the end of a small order to hold a meeting sometime
downtown street. But to others, this winter. Neighbors are anxious
the brown clapboard home at 18 to see something positive happen
Crombie St. is the center of a at the house, she said.
"HSI feels it has value, as do the
decade-long controversy. .
The home, built in the mid-18th neighbors," Lovely said. "It's a ·
century, has an impressive !in· house that is boarded up and sitting vacant. It certainly doesn't
eage.
"There is a very rich history to add any value to the homes. It
the house," said John Goff, execu- takes away value."
tive director of Historic Salem Inc.
Jenkins can show off a thick
Many residents were happy folder full of his research on the
when Holyoke Square Inc., a sub· house. It was actually built somesidiary of Holyoke Mutual Insur- where near Chestnut Street,.then
nce Co., bought it for less than moved to its current location a
'00,000 in 1988. But then Hoiyoke hundred years later, fn the mid-<ltennined that renovating the va- 1700s. The area was one of the origcant house for another use would inal neighborhoods of Salem, and
the house miraculously survived
be too expensive.
The company asked the city for the great fire in 1914.
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pennission to demolish it to make
early Salem - first period Salem,"
way for eight parking spaces.
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Preservationists rallied to pro- Jenkins said.
Historic Salem Inc. hopes to save this house at 18 Crombie St.
One owner of the English Geor·
tect the house, which was built in
the mid-18th century. The city gian-style house, William Pike, was from being demolished.
found Holyoke did not have sum- a friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
"I think (Hawthorne) used to
cient grounds to demolish it,
sending the dispute into court, visit there almost daily," Jenkins
where the city prevailed.
said.
Then, in 1845, a blac]{ man from
But some fear the little house
has won only a stay of execution. South Carolina, Leonard Jefferson,
Four years, it has been boarded who may have been a freed slave,
tip. Neighbors and preservation- bought the house. He became a
ists complain it has become sexton at the First Church, but died
shabby. They believe ·Holyoke is within a year. The house passed to
trying fo demolish the building by his wife, Rufina, who lived there
neglect.
and rented out rooms for 40 years.
"It's a lot of money to spend on a
"A whole interesting cast of
property to let it go to waste in characters rented out rooms from
order to get permission to de- ·her," Jenkins said.
molish it," said Tim Jenkins, who
Holyoke bought the house from
has researched the house for His- a subsequent owner. ,Jenkins wontoric Salem.
ders whether Holyoke can reno·
Yet, when a building inspector vate the house or sell it to some·
~ecently entered the home, he
body who will. Perhaps the house
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~tural shape. That means the
he added.
standoff could go on for some time.
"Maybe now is the perfect time A large vacant building on Goodhue Street.
A Holyoke representative re- for them to cut their losses,"
ferred comment, this week, to the Jenkins said. "I think it's been
company's lawyer, who did not re- going on for too long."
By DAVE GERSHMAN
News staff
�86 Tuesday, December 19, 2000
The Evening News, Salem, Mass. ·
Preserving the
character of
downtown Salem
Two recent developments threaten to alter the character of
downtown Salem, and not for the better. Fortunately, neither will
take place without a fight.
• The Licensing Board last week turned down an Essex Street
businessman's request to keep five arcade-style games in his store.
He's threatened to take the issue to court, and may have precede,nt
on his side given the fact there all manner of arcade games at the
Salem Willows and the board had previously authorized a smaller
number downtown when a movie chain made that a condition of
its opening a theater at the Museum Place mall.
The theater has since learned to survive without the games,
however, and most would agree it has helped improve the atmosphere but within and outside the mall. In fact, a video arcade is
probably the last thing U1C downtown area needs right now as it
struggles to attract new visitors.
"I don't think this is ... the direction we want to go in," Ward 3
Cow1cilor Joan Lovely told the board, and she's right. While the
honky-ton~< element asserts itself every Halloween, one would just
as soon limit it to that one month. For the city's central business
district needs to reestablish itself as a year 'round destination, not
only for tourists, but for residents of the North Shore who might
be lured by its restaurants, cultural institutions and other activi~
ties.
So long as the Licensing Board retains the legal authority over
the placement of video games, it ought to exercise that power to
keep them away from downtown.
• Just around the corner, on Crombie Street, there's concern
about the deteriorating stq.te of a 150~year-old dwelling owned by
the Holyoke Mutual Instu-ance Co.
The insurance company, located across the street, purchased the
home in 1988 and planned to a parking lot. When Urnt plan en·
countered opposition (our position then was that demolition
should only be allowed if Holyoke planned to put another structme on the site), they simply boarded up the building and let it sit
there.
Now neighbors and Historic Salem Inc. fear there's a purpose
behind Holyoke's allowing the place to deteriorate: At some point
there might not be any choice but to take it down. But there are a
bunch of people, including the ward councilor, who arc determined they arc not going to let that happen.
A short, unassuming little lane, Crombie Street offers a glimpse
of what downtown Salem looked like back in the 19th century
when residents live cheek by jowl with churches and businesses.
The house at 18 Crombie Street is an. important part of this
streetscape which ought to be preserved.
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SALEM - The city is looking at
ways to save a historic, 18th century home from the clutches of
what neighbors say is a neglectful
owner before the house has to be
demolished for safety reasons.
It's a scenario that has played
out several times in Salem's colorful history, yet perhaps never
has it involved one o~ the city's
18 Crombie St. In Salem
most respected companies.
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Yesterday, members ofa City-''.crombie St., which has been vaCouncil committee met with a· }:ant for some 12 years.
dozen historic preservationists> ?//'They're such hypocrites," said
and neighbors who want Holyoke ·. R'Uih Wall of 13 Crombie St., alMutual Insurance Co. to sell the· · luding to the company's efforts to
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Jenkins said the company's acpromote itself as a good T)eighbor wrangling took several years. The
in Salem. "It's a sham.''. · .·,: ·
company's appeal was only dis- tions contradict its mission. It sells
home insurance, but is letting a
.. The home has had intriguing mi.Ssed this summer.
history. Its owners iii.cIUded a
Meanwhile, neighbors complain historic home fall apart until it befriend of Nathaniel HaWthorne and. the home gets shabbier and shab- comes unsafe.
a freed slave who.becaine. a'sexton bier while the company has no David Pelletier of 12 Crombie St.
said the home has deteriorated
at the First Church and whose wife plans for it
later ran it as a rooming house.
"Day by day, week by week, and since Holyoke bought it. Its loss
· It also is one of only a few homes Holyoke doesn't really want to do would be a blow. "We are not a city
tosurvi.veinoneofthecity'soldest anything," City Solicitor John that ma.i:es postcards out of parking
residential neighborhoods.
Keenan said.
lots," Pelletier said.
The meeting was held at the
.A.side from its historic value, the
Despite its looks, said Building
vacant house could be filled with a Inspector Peter Strout, the home is urging of Council President Joan
new family and brighten ,lip~ a. ~. \3.Ctuajly in goqd st:pictural condi- Lovely, who heard neighbors' comtion of Crombie Street: The"lfom~ tion.'!t"lh1ot dangerous~ Holyoke plaints about the situation when
is located across from-th~ City's requesfs the. city inspect it twice a she campaigned for her seat three
homeless shelter. For years ifnas ye&,;;·~·, , . · ·
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been boarded up.
' .' ' .. ' "It'$)l0 mote dangerous than a
At the end of the night, the Com·
· "These neighbors are being held hm.ise· thit's)eft empty during the mittee on Government Services
lie::cage to a large corporation," Said day,'' Strout Sa.id."' .. ; At this PQint, voted to recommend city staff to exMeg 'I\vohey of Historic Salem Inc. I se'e.it being in this same struc- plore three suggestions: Ward 5
. Right now, Holyoke and the city tural condition for the next 5-to-10 Councilor Kim Driscoll said a nuiare locked into a stalemate. The years."
sance ordinance could be used to
company can't knock the house
However, many say the house is prompt repairs; Jenkins said the
do1m. But city officials believe the an eyesore. The paint is peeling and Salem Redevelopment Authority
company has a long-term plan to the yard is overgrovm. And in the could order restoration of the
demolish it by neglect, meaning pa.st, neighbors have complained of home; and Ward 2 Councilor Scott
the house will be allowed to fall people sleeping in the yard.
Lacava asked for a cost-benefit
apart until the city has to step in
News the stalemate could go on analysis of the city acquiring the
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and order it made safe or knocked for a decade left some city coun- property.
do\\11.
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cilors and residents fuming. Tim
It was not specified in the recom·
1'11988, the company bought the Jenkins of HSI said the historic mendation, but Lacava wanted to
home with the intention of turning preservation group wants to work talk about taking the property by
it Llto a conference center. Its of- with Holyoke to find a solution for eminent domain, and then selling it
fices are a block away. But the price the home, but has so far been re- to a family.
of renovations turned out to be too buffed.
Keenan agreed to look into the
high, so the company pitched a
"For the sake of four parking matters, but he did not give the
pla.11 to knock it down and replace spaces, we'll lose a significant part councilor$ much hope.
it l'.ith parking spaces.
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of this city's history," Jenkins said.
"We can't force someone to spend
··But the building inspector and " ... Everyone who has contacted money on their property if they
Salem Redeve~opment Authority Holyoke has seemingly gotten don't want to," he said. And
found Holyoke :did not have s.uffi- nowhere.~,·:
Holyoke doesn't want to sell it.
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perhaps he could rephrase my explanation
in a way that was easier to understand. So
Andy went to a microphone and outlined
the whole thing, while I nodded in agreement, or whatever, all the while thinking,
n0110r rny 08bt by just wrni11g this admiring colwnn.
Thanks, Andy, for the support 20 years
ago, and for helping run the country now.
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Barbara Anderson, a Marblehead resident and regular Viewpoint columnist, is
still executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation.
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Holyoke action threatens company's place in Salem's history
part of a chain gas station that can be found
Since 1843, the Holyoke Insurance Comanywhere.
Why is Salem's historic
pany has been led by only nine visionaries in·
It is my opinion that this corner could do
eluding its current president. They include
well with five more houses like the one at 18
fabric under siege b;·
John Williams, Augustus Story, Thomas
Crombie and one less generic g(!S station, esinstitutions that should
.. petially-siflce it is located directly across from
Johnson, Alfred Abbot, Charles Price, Walter
Harris, Carlos Faunce, Nelson Knowlton, Ray·
Salem's most historic residential street.
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know better?
mond Morrison, and now, Douglas Ryder of
It is .indeed unfortunate that the 10th and
Marblehead.
current president of Holyoke is trying to
Holyoke has been a strong builder in Salem.
create a situation where the 11th and 12th and
First of office buildings for itself and then of
Even the former Essex Institute director, future Holyoke presidents will never see Ulis
homes and businesses to replace those de- the late Anne Farnham, spoke on behalf of authentic complement to their company's
stroyed in the 1914 fire.
saving this house, acknowledging that it is long and distinguished history. That is, if the
Recently, we have had to meet with mem- "historically significant" apd has been part of company actually remains here and doesn't
bers of the Salem City Council, not to discuss the historic register since 1983, long before disappear like Sylvania and Parker Brothers
something that Holyoke wants to add to . Holyoke purchased it.
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did once they came under external influence,
Salem; but something it wants to take away.
Why is Salem's historic fabric under siege as Holyoke has recently.
I have observed this neighborhood busi- by institutions that should know better?
Salem's leadership should do whatever is
ness' attempts to let a 230-year-old, little, Holyoke wants to sacrifice this irreplaceable within its means, including using the power of
brown house at 18 Crombie Street deteriorate piece of Salem's historical context so it can eminent domain, to encourage Holyoke to befor the past 14 years. It did not look the way it create four more rental parking spaces. ·It will come a better citizen in regards to this matter.
does today when Holyoke bought it for speak volmnes about our paucicy of character We can forgive them for tearing down Samuel
: $169,000 to allegedly turn into a "conference as a historic city if our leaders allow this to Mcintyre's historic residence at 31 Summer
center." It was in "move-in" condition back happen. It will be one more step in the \\Tang Street in order to build their addition in the
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direction.
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1970s; but now that we all should know better,
}nfact its attomey,(and until recently, City
Will our heritage eventually consist of post- there is no excuse for their current behavior.
solicitor) was reported to have said at a His- cards of parking lots?
. · And if they eventually follow the path of
toric Commission meeting in the Nov. 8, 1990
Holyoke can make history, instead of de· · Pa,rker Brothers and Sylvania out of town;
Salem News that "the company would let the stroying it, by doing the right thing and selling · then at least we will still have that little,
building decay to a point where city official(s) this property to someone who will preserve it brown house at 18 Crombie Street to serve as
would be forced to tear it down." And that is and return it to its rightful place as a witness to a reminder of the positive things that Holyoke
exactly what our neighbor has done for the Salem's and Holyoke's long history together.
once stood for in Salem.
pa.st 11 years.
It is a shame that we never got :;krio\v numDavld Pelletier
·· If you did that to your house and_ Holyoke bers 20 and 22 Crombie Street, as well as.numSalem
supplied your homeowrier's policy, they. bers 30, 32, 34 and 36 Norman Street. They
(Editor's note: David Pelletier is a longtime
would probably cancel it.
were all demolished and their lots are now resident of Crombie Street.)
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historic home" (Salem Evening ~>_;"';x. \O'J'.'<.
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that you concluded "the house at .
for 18 Crombie Street is an important
m- part of this streetscape which
ought to be preserved" (Editorial,
Dec. 19, 2000).
When the local building inspector says he sees no reason to
destroy a perfectly good antique
house - and common sense also
suggests it can be repaired and relevs to red - one wonders why
Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company of Salem believes this "Most
Endangered Historic Resource"
new must be demolished.
I believe there is a simple expla:8
nation for Holyoke's stance. They
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were seriously misled by a local
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"consultant" who proposed that
"there is no redeeming historic 18 Crombie Street, Salem
.·ovi- value associated with the tenancy
or the residence per se" in an Salem. He was a personal friend of
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overview study prepared in 1990. U.S. President Franklin Pierce and
1 not This "consultant" further proposed of Nathaniel Hawthorne - Salem's
of
that "during the entire 160-year most famous author.
history of 18 Crombie Street's exisDr. Cate was a distinguished,
mitence, there has not been a major 19th-century Salem physician, and
an
historically significant tenancy."
a founder of the Swedenborgian
Through a simple matter of bad Church in Salem.
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scholarship, Holyoke Insurance
Prince Farmer and the Jcfferabout
was led over 10 years ago to cate- sons arc particularly important to
gorically dismiss a number of his- remember while we celebrate JanJistorical associations which poten- uary as Black History Month here
oring·
tially make this properly individu- in America.
ally eligible for listing on the NaPrince Farmer was one of
JUSing tional Register of Historic Places.
Salem's early Blacks who was re.thigh
I refer of course to the property's cently recognized in the Salem Afroearly ownership by foe First Amcr ican Heritage 'l'rail booklet
jects
Church of Salem; its early owner- published by the National Park Sercan
ship by Samuel Curwen, the famed vice. A cook aboard the ship George,
te inSalem Loyalist who built the and an oyster retailer at Old 'I'own
by veBowditch House; its early associa- Hall, Mr. Farmer was on the
nter in
tions with Benjamin Crombie who building committee of Salem's first
ran the Sign of the Ship· tavern at chtU·ch erected for blacks, and was
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the head of Crombie Street; as well a close associate of many 19th-cene.
.-edingly as its important early occupancies tury abolitionists, including the
and associations with Prince famed Remands of Salem.
tonomy Farmer, William B. Pike, Dr.
The Jelfcrsons were also strong
ve
Shadrach M. Cate, and Leonard J. advocates for civil rights and blacl<
ould be and Rufina M. Jefferson.
equality in Salem's fo1111ative years.
William Pike's portrait hangs in They were probably "conductors"
the Peabody-Essex Museum; he is or associates on the "shoreline"
. comes
best remembered as a U.S. customs branch of the Underground Rail~
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these facts, I refer you to the Essex
County Regish-y of Deeds, and to a
20-pagc report which I prepared on
18 Crombie Street in July 1990,.
which was reproduced as "Attachment A" in U1c 19W overview. This
document has been public record
since Holyoke applied to the city
for permission to raze the house.
Additional supporting material on
Salem's black history was compiled
by the National Park Service, and
information on the Salem Underground Railroad was compiled by
the late Miss Eleanor Broadhead.
The facts speak very well for
themselves. This lovely little
building is a unique and most important Salem historic landmark,
which should be repaired and restored immediately upon its ancient site to improve its blighted
neighborhood and downtown
Salem. Thank you for supporting
us in these recognitions.
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�Tl1c Evening News, Salem, Mass., Tuesday, March 27, 2001
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Nonprofits want tO save house.
By DAVE GERSHMAN
News staff
SALEM - The historic but
crumbling home at 18 Crombie St.
could have a new savior.
Historic Salem Inc. and Salem
Harbor CDC are talking of teaming
up to buy the house and renovate
it for a family. But as with other
chapters in the house's saga, the
plans may never get off the ground.
The company that owns the
house, Holyoke Square Inc., may ·
have no intention of selling it.
. "Al this stage, I understand
there's been no change in Holyoke's
position," said Tim Jenkins, a
member or HSI who h:1s researched
U1e home's past.
The Wendt House \Vas built in
1783 and moved to its Crombie
Street location in 1830. The small,
brown clapboard house is part of
one of the smallest, but oldest, 18 Crombie Street
neighborhoods in Salem. It mirac'
ulously survived the fire of 1914.
knock it down to make eight under the right terms it could be .
Several months ago, neighbors parking spaces, but the city has restored, and reused, ideally as ·a
residential property. But there;~
and members of HSI brought U1eir blocked the company.
concerns to the City Council. The
Now, neighbors and HSI fear the might be some other alternatives,'."·
home has lx!en vacant since Holyoke company is waiting tmtil the home
Jim Haskell, executive director,,
bought it in 1008, and its appearance crumbles to such an extent that of Salem Harbor CDC, said he has!",
has become shabbier and shabbier.
the city has no choice but to allow met with HSI and neighbors. Th~-.
Holyoke initially wanted to ren- its demolition for safely reasons.
nonprofit is the city's biggest lanr.I::;
"We think it's an important his- lord, and has renovated simila,r:•
ovate the home as a conference
center, but balked when the price torical house, wiU1 a great history prope'rties for first-time home;
tag rose too high. Then it sought to . to it," Jenkins said. "We hope that buyers.
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Neighbors rally around· an abandoned historic house
h,__ ...man of Salem. Grandpar~s
are Robert MacDonald of DaiWers
and Mildred Kaalman of Ij'aisy
Hill, Bolton, England.
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Peterson - Born at Salenl Hospital April 26, a daughter, ~asey
El lzabeth, to Keith Peterson and
Michelle Perrv of Salem. <hand·
parents are ?i.1axine Phili\ps of
Lady Lake, Fla., Edwin Pet'erson
1II of Nahant, and l\1r. anCi Mrs.
Garland Perry of Salem. Greatgrandparents are Mr. and :tv1rs.
Edwin Peterson jr. of Nahant.
Klein - Born ?.t La\vTence Gi:n·
eral Hospital AFU 27, a daughter,
Janel Faith, to :folly and Chris
Klein of Lawre:~.ce. Janel is wel·
corned home by r.er sister, Alexis
Leigh. Grandpar~nts are Sharon
Hoyt of Lawrence, Sheree Klein
and Steve Dohm::. both of Salem.
Meimeteas - Born at Salem
Hospital April 2i, a daughter,
Marla, to Angelo a:-td Amy ~·1eime
teas of Salem. G~andparents are
Christos and ?vl:;~ia n-1eimeteas,
and Esther ~e\\'tC ::, all of Salem.
By DAVE GERSHMAN
News staff
SALEM - Here's what's going on
in Salem neighborhoods this week:
Crombie Street
Big things are happening on
Crombie Street.
A group of neighbors at~e orga·
nizing because of their frustration
with Holyoke Mutual Insurance,
the company that owns the aban:
doned house at 18 Crombie St.
A dozen neighbors went to the
property on Sunday - in honor of
the citywide cleanup - and filled 30
trash bags of weeds, litter and
leaves. They also painted the boards
that cover the windows and doors.
The property, known as the
Wendt House, was built in 1783 and
was moved to Crombie Street in
1830, mirac.ulously surviving the
fire ofl914. In 19>1...3, Holyoke bought
the house to renovate it into a con·
ference center, then changed its
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Topics include the recent change
fused to comment on what hap·
pened next, but one neighbor claims in street lighting by Massachusetts
Ryder called the group "vandals."
Electric, the number of cars stored
"For whatever reason he's not at the auto sales companies on
happy getting free labor for re· Bridge Street, and planning for the
pairing a property he O\Vns," said neighborhoodwide yard sale set
Tim Jenkins, a resident who is in· for Saturday, May 19. All neigh·
terested in preserving the house.
bors are asked to help out.
Outside the house, neighbors
In addition, Ray Shea of the
found bottles and evidence that Salem Citizens Alliance will spt>..a.'\.:
homeless people were on the about the group's effort to gather
property. While they are critical enough signatures to put a quesof the company, they still want to tion asking if residents want to
work with it.
fonn a Charter Review Committee
"We wanted everybody, in· on l\ovember's ballot.
eluding Holyoke, to be proud of
Ultimately, the committee can
our neighborhood that we all live recommend any number of changes
in," said neighbor David Pelletier. to the City Charter, though the
mind. Then it sought to demolish it "And the only people that seemed group only wants one: the elimina·
for parking spaces, but was blocked to appreciate (the house) were the tion of the elected mayor in favor of
by the city. Since then, a standoff dogs who were using it on a reg· a city manager appointed by the
has endured.
ular basis. It was getting unsani- City Council.
:.;eighbors want to save the tary even for dogs."
South Salem
house and fear the company is
Sick of looking at an eyesore,
The South Salem Neighborhood
waiting for it to deteriorate until Jenkins said, neighbors had to Association meets tonight at 7 p.m.
the city allows it to be razed for take matters into their own hands. at the Saltonstall School. Salem
safety reasons.
"This is not how you treat your State College President Nancy Har·
"We have no active olan under neighbors," Jenkins said of the rington will discuss the college's
way for the moment,'i said Dou· company." ... I wouldn't want to be plans for a 450-student dorm, and
glas Ryder, president of Holyoke a property casualty insurance Superintendent Herb Levine and
Mutual Insurance, yesterday. "Ob- company insuring people's homes Mayor Stanley Usovicz will talk
viously, they can't do anything that doesn't know how to take care about nlans for a new Horace
with it unless we're interested in of its own property." .
Mann s·chool.
selling it. At the present time,
Federal Street
Both projects would be built at
we're showing no interest."
The Federal Street Neighbor· the same site, the 37-acre former
Ryder happened to be driving by hood Association meets Tuesday, Sylvania plant on Loring Avenue,
the house on Sunday when he saw May 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cotting- which is O\rned by the college.
the neighbors in the yard without
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Beverly .................................................... A8, A9 Business .........................................................82
Boxford ..................~........._............................. A6 Comlcs .............................................................C5
Danvers .............................................A12, A13 Dear Abby ......................................................C4
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way >Moi
,;to tax the poor
Will a 50-cent increase in the cigarette tax cause people to give
up smoking? Senate President Thomas Birmingham better hope
'~ not, and Uie same goes for U1e 35,000 Bay State residents whose ac:. cess to health care will depend on the revenues it generates.
:·1 As the number of people using tobacco decreases - and it
· should;, as people go out of state to avoid what will be fue highest' in-the nation tax - and they will; Uie revenues generated by this
' "sin" tax will disappear. And fuen what?
' Do we stop the subsidization of health insurance costs for those
in need and aid to hospitals that this particular tax increase is
, supposed to fund?
., Both a.re worthwhile endeavors U1at ought to be supported by
·~ more progressive taxes like those based on income and purchases.
, Should this increase pass over the objections of acting Gov. Jane
~.. Swift and 0U1ers, Massachusetts can probably Jay claim to be a na.. tiona.l leader in taxing to the max those who, as a class, can afford
it U1e least - people who play the lottery and people who smoke.
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,: Holyol(e's l1ouse of shame
.' The Holyoke l'vlut11a1 Insmance Co. has a long and proud his·, tory. In fact, the company's president, Douglas Ryder, even com. missioned a book about it several years ago.
As is typical with such works, ;iut.hor .John .J. ff'ox of Danvers ;1c'. lrnowJcdgcd in Uw forcworcl his intention "to insure that no one
: would be hurt or embarrassed by anything that is included within
the pages of U1is book."
Fortunately for him, his story ended in 1993 - Holyoke's 150th
birthday - for he would have had considerable difficulty dealing
· with recent events on Crombie Street. There, a 218·year-old house
.' which Holyoke wants to demolish for parking, has been allowed to
· deteriorate so that it has become both an eyesore and safety
.. hazard.
Frustrated neighbors took it upon themselves last weel<encl to
; spruce up the yard and exterior. We understand Ryder dropped
. . by; but, sadly, it was neiUier to help nor make a record of the
, cleanup for posterity.
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the firemen who lost their lives. The fire was apparc:I
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Holyoke Mutual bought the property 13 years ago.
While it said originally that it wanted to convert the
house into a small conference center and to lodging
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for visiting executives, Holyoke later applied to the
city for permission to demolish and expand an adjacent parking lot. It is a small home and only a few
more spaces would result. ·
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The home is located in a st>ven-building National their assurances of community support ring with
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Register district, the last historic residential district hypocrisy.
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Holyoke Mutual's neighbors are disgusted and rt
pns in the heart of Salem's downtown. One of Natllaniel
Hawthorne's closest friends, William Pike, once lived taking matters into their own hands .. They are acin the home. He was also a close friend of President tively responding to Holyoke's practice of demolition
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Franklin Pierce.
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. The house was probably a stop on the Under- banding together to clean up and repair the historic ji
ground railroad and was owned by a former slave properly. Homeless neighbors arc pitching in to help. s
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and his widow for 40 years. It is a handsome, 13th-cen- Everyone is working side-by-side and having fun get- 11
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tury, gambrel-roofed home with a history far richer ting to know each other.
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than its diminutive size would indicate.
It is all abput ~µilding real community in the heart v
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City officials have refused to condemn the entire of one of America's oldest downtowns.
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property as it is structurally sound. The seemingly
Robert Wall s
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endless odyssey moved to the courts and Holyoke has
For the Historic Crombie Street r"'i
lost all legal challenges to date.
Neighborhood Assoc.
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Recently, the City ·council and local preservationSalem ~
ists have stmied to rally behind the neighbors who
(Editor's note: Residents of Crombie Street and their
are mad as hell. Historic Salem Inc. included the supporters will gather this Sunday, May 20, from S to 6
property on its inaugural Most Endangered Historic p.m. for what's being described as a "peace/ul protest
and meditation in tlze Buddhist tradition," at tlze propbm- Resource list.
Holyoke must be forced to take even Uie basic steps erty Holyoke ow/IS at 18 Crombie Street and the compa- s
eneeded to maintain the house and the small
ny's headquarters
tlze street. Tlze nei,glzborlzood r
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Keeping house
Salem residents step up efforts to save the
historic Wendt House- nonviolently, of course
.The battle over Salem's Wendt House took a funky
:urn last Sunday, when the newly founded National
Historic Crombie Street Neighborhood Association
;taged a nonviolent action in the Buddhist tradition.
Their target? The perceived intransigence of Holyoke
\1utual Ins~rance Company, which owns the home in
~uestion.
The Wendt House, which is located at 18 Crombie
St., has· long been a source of acrimony between
Holyoke Mutual and the broader Salem community.
Holyoke Mutual, whose headquarters arc just across
:he street, bought the Wendt House 13 years ago.
The company wants to tear.down the house to exJand an adjacent parking lot. Salem officials have refused to condemn the property as strncturally un)ff
'towever, and demolition plans remµin on
:ioh...
Up_,tci this: point, HMI's legal challenges have been
Jnsticcessful. But Rob Wall of the Crombie Street as-·
;ociation, and John Goff of Historic Salem Incorpo:ated, charge the company with practicing demoli:ion by neglect- allowing the Wendt House to
5radually deteriorate, since they can't actually tear it
fown.·
"Holyoke has systematically and intentionally
5one aboufletting it fall down, fall into ruin," Wall
;ays. "[Holyoke) remains really intransigent. They
1von't come when summoned to meetings that the
;ity councilors have asked them to come to, [but] the
:ieighborhood comes. Theyjust show a real arro5ance and disrespect - I think believing, narrowly,
:hat they're homeowners and they can do whatever
:hey want with their house."
The stakes are fairly high. The Wendt House,
1vhich was built around 1770 and was moved to its
:::rombie Street location circa 1830, is Iisted on the
~ational Register of Historic Places as a contributing
Juilding in the Crombie Street National Historic Dis:rict. William B. Pike, a close friend of Nathaniel
~awthome and Franklin Pierce, lived there; so did
.eonard and Ruffina Jefferson, an African-American
:oui
:)Ught to have been conductors on the Unlcrg1vu11d Railroad.
Then there's the fact that the Wendt House be)ngs to an almost-vanished architectural catcgo1y
~at's indigenous to Salem. As if all that weren't
nough, the Wendt House is a stone's throw from the
:rombie.Street homeless shelter. Crombie Street res-
STAFF PHOTO BY MIKE MERGEN
Tim Jenkins sits with a giant sumo banner at last
Sunday's protest at the Wendt House in Salem. The
sumo is a symbol of 'power and controlled aggression,' says Jenkins.
idents contend that abandoned buildings and homeless persons arc a risky combination, and cite the
1999 Worcester fire to support their argument.
On May 6, Wall and several other activists cleared
overgrown vegetation from around the Wendt House
and covered the first floor window coverings with
bright white paint. Subsequently, in a letter dated
May 16, Salem attorney William Lundregan, who
represents Holyoke Mutual, accused the group of
trespassing, malicious destruction of property, and
then (of !he aforementioned VCl'.l'l:ilion ). l .1111dc1!r:m
· warned the recipients to stay away from the W<
House and other Holyoke property, and suggcs
that legal action would be taken if they didn't.
That's the context in which the Buddhist non
lent action took place. Before the event, Wall p:
vided a written explanation of its rationale. "Th
purpose is to increase mindfulness and bring :m
riess to the larger process of what preserving thi
house and our neighborhood is all about," Wall
wrote. "It is dedicated to and on behalf of our a<
sarics. They arc our greatest teachers and becau:
they are often unaware, suffer greatly by their sl
sighted, destructive choices."
Under the watchful eye ofa Salem police offi
who said he was doing detail work for Holyoke,
about 14 people showed up. They started with S<
sitting meditation, stayed in the zone for a slow·
around Holyoke's hcadqumtcrs and the rest oft!·
block, and closed \Vith a bit more stationary med
ing. Despite periodic exhortations and gong-ban:
from Wall, not everyone in the group seemed fo.
cuscd. While some pmiicipants looked mindful
throughout, others sipped coffee and smoked clo
cigarettes, or lounged casually with their arms fo
behind their head.
The reaction of passers-by was mixed. One m;
who drove down Crombie Street looked irritated
another appeared curious. At one point, a disheveled man wearing an Orlando Magic bascba
hnt, a cut-off green T-shirt stating that "There's 1
and then there's all you losers," and paint-splatte
pants walked up, watched for a while, and read ti
posted explanation of what was going on. "You
guys oughta have me restore it," he said as he
walked away. "I'm good at stuff like th'at! God
bless."
It's hard to say if the nonviolent action actually
creased the mindfulness of their adversaries at
Holyoke Mutual (whose Web site, www.holyokcn
tual.com, plays up a hometown feel and touts the
company's promise to fulfill its "corporate respon~
bility to the community"). Last Monday, Holyoke
CEO Doug Ryder declined comment on the Wendt
House, stating only thal all inquiries should be directed to attorney Lundrcgan.
Lundrcgan, like Ryder, had nothing to say on th1
sul~jcct.
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�Letters to the editor
Effort to preserve 18 Crombie St. continues
'le Editor:
1 Saturday, May 5, Mayor Usovicz' annual cleanup took place.
Many individuals and groups took
part to show their pride in our city
and to ensure that it was a cleaner
and healthier place to live. Wherever there was debris and decay,
you could find T-shirted team
members attending to the improve. ment of those areas.
One of these locations was 18
.. Crombie St., which, until that day
··the owner had allowed to become.
. surrounded by an ·overgrown,
: poorly maintained lot. It had. be-·
come hazardous to the health and
wellbeing of the neighborhood.
On thaf Saturday morning, to my ·
surprise; I found a team of YMCA
volunteers removing bags of debris, vegetation, broken bottles, etc.
They worked very hard, and when
I asked them who had instructed
·them to clean up this area, they responded that they were doing so at
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.w.$_. ·v!)ovicz' reglJ!).St..
When they were done they had i~ ,~ro~ble St, owned by the Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company.
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later picked up by city trucks. On
bPhqlf of the Crombie Street HisWhen it was all done you could sat unused and allowed to deterioNeighborhood Association, I see the pride on everyone's face. It rate for 14 years across the street
\h.. ..ud like to offer them our thanks
is true that a police officer had to from the city's homeless shelter.
. ! . for performing a thankless job.
·warn us that we were technically
In the past they have stated,
..., .·' The next day many of the resi- . trespassing, but he declined to in- through their attorney, that they
,:. · dents were thrilled to see what the tervene further as he could see we would "allow the110use to fall into
mayor's wife and her team had ac- were doing a good thing.
disrepair until the city demanded
complished. But there was still so
Our dilemma is this: When a that it be torn down." But recent
much more to be done. It was too property owner systematically and inspections by the city engineer
big of a job for one small team on· · intentionally creates a safety and have found the structure to be
one day.
health hazard increasing the likeli- sound and it can be restored.
Weeds, broken glass and com- hood of.fire and crime, decreasing
Lastly, I would like the citizens
-p.a"i~ted leaves were still every- property:values and the quality of of Salem to visit 18 Crombie Street
where. It smelled. It was unsani- · life, and furthermore flaunts and and bear witness to the "vantary and it was becoming a neigh- disrespects calls by the city and his- dalism" caused by members of our
bor hood fire hazard due to the toric interests to repair the prop- neighborhood. You will find a
owner's neglect.
erty; can .thoughtful persons decide, cleaned-up lot, a brick driveway
Not wanting to have the efforts • without any vandalism nor that we found buried under debris,
of the mayor's cleanup team go to breaking and. entering, to take it and newly painted boarded-up
waste, our entire neighborhood re- upon themselves to improve the se- windows on a little brown house
sponded to finish the job. It be- curity and safety of the neighbor- that witnessed the bhih of our nacame a point of community pride hood by cleaning up the exterior? tion, 218 years ago.
to be involved in this effort.
There are times when the effort to
You be the judge. Will Salem be
. For two hours the next day, all reduce crime and hazard in a neigh- better off with four·more rental
of the residents and children of borhood come into conflict with a parking places or worse, perhaps a
larger edifice; or should this hisCrombie Street, as well as others property owner's intransigence.
disgusted by the long-lasting dereEveryone was delighted that toric survivor be allowed to be reliction of this property, supplied this blight on our neighborhood built and reach its fourth century'!
J tools, paint and muscle power to had been transformed: Everyone We have a plan by which this can
,
d finish the job.
that is, except for one.
happen and all of us, including the
1
1 · Twenty-five more bags of debris
Just as we finished, a representa- present owner, can come out
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• were removed; including a dis- tive of the owner happened upon ahead. Tell the mayor and City
J gusting collection of flammable un- the scene and threatened to have us Council how you feel. Let 18
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derbrush, garbage, leaves and dirt arrested for trespassing, describing Crombie Street become your point
, saturated with bodily fluids as well the activities of the past two days of civic pride, as it is ours.
Robert B. Wall
H as potentially dangerous sumac as "vandalism." We were made to
Salem
~ .weeds whicli had grown to the size feel like criminals because of our
(Editor's note: A "Save 18
~ .-: o~ tre~s. despoiling :the brick side- efforts.fo improve the slum-like
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walk and foundat10n. The bare, conditions created and endorsed by Crombie St. block party," featuring
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�wellbeing of the neighborhood.
On that Saturday morning, to my
surprise; I found a team of YMCA
volunteers removing bags of de·
bris, vegetation, broken bottles, etc.
They worked very hard, and when
I asked them who had instructed
them to clean up this area, they responded that they were doing so at
MJ~.· ·v~ovicz' regJJ~.st.
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When ,they were- done they had !.:Z-"-"·"'r,Crombie ,St., owned by the Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company.
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later picked up by city trucks. On
bPhlllf of the Crombie Street His·
When it was all done you could sat unused and allowed to deterioNeighborhood Association, I see the pride on everyone's face. It rate for 14 years across the street
....,,,..<1d like to offer them our thanks is true that a police officer had to from the city's homeless shelter.
.·.for performing a thankless job.
·warn us that we were technically
In the past they have stated,
· ... : ... The next day many of the resi· . trespassing, but he declined to in· through their attorney, that they
'" ·dents were thrilled to see what the tervene further as he could see we would "allow thel1ouse to fall into
mayor's wife and her team had ac- were doing a good thing.
disrepair until the city demanded
complished. But there was still so
Our dilemma is this: When a that it be torn down." But recent
much more to be done. It was too property owner systematically and inspections by the city engineer
big of a job for one small team on· · intentionally creates a safety and have found the structure to be
one day.
health hazard increasing the likeli- sound and it can be restored .
. . W.~eds, broken glass and com- hood offire and crime, decreasing
Lastly, I would like the citizens
pacted leaves were still every- property'.values and the quality of of Salem to visit 18 Crombie Street
where. It smelled. It was unsani· · life, and furthermore flaunts and and bear witness to the "vantary and it was becoming a neigh- disrespects calls by the city and his- dalism" caused by members of our
borhood fire hazard due to the toric interests to repair the prop- neighborhood. You will find a
owner's neglect.
erty; can.thoughtful persons decide, cleaned-up lot, a brick driveway
Not wanting to have the efforts• without any vandalism nor that we found buried under debris,
of the mayor's cleanup team go to breaking and entering, to take it and newly painted boarded-up
waste, our entire neighborhood re- upon themselves to improve the se- windows on a little brown house
sponded to finish the job. It be- curity and safety of the neighbor- that witnessed tl1e birth of our nacame a point of community pricle hood by cleaning up the exterior? tion, 211l years ago.
to be involved in this effort.
There are times when the effort to
You be the judge. Will Salem be
. For two hours the next day, all reduce crime and hazard in a neigh- better off with founnore rcn tal
of the residents and children of borhood come into conflict with a parking places or worse, perhaps a
Crombie Street, as well as others property owner's intransigence.
larger edifice; or should this his·
disgusted by the long-lasting dereEveryone was delighted that toric survivor be allowed to be reliction of this property, supplied this blight on our neighborhood built and reach its fourth century?
•.i . ;tools, paint and muscle power to
had been transformed. Everyone We have a plan by which this can
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finish the job.
that is, except for one.
happen and all of us, including the
I! · Twenty-five more bags of debris
Just as we finished, a representa- present owner, can come out
j were removed; including a dis- tive of the owner happened upon ahead. Tell the mayor and City
ij gusting collection of flammable un- the scene and threatened to have us Council how you feel. Let 18
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derbrush, garbage, leaves and dirt arrested for trespassing, describing Crombie Street become your point
saturated with bodily fluids as well the activities of the past two days of civic pride, as it is ours.
Robert B. Wall
Ii as potentially dangerous sumac as "vandalism." We were made to
Salem
~ weeds which had grown to the size feel like criminals because of our
a of trees despoiling the. brick side- efforts.to improve the slum-like
(Editor's note: A "Save 18
lb · w'alk 'and foundation. The bare, conditions created and endorsed by Crombie St. block party," featuring
f,
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rotted plywood boarding up the his company; Holyoke Insurance music, food, and hay rides, will be
held from 4 to 8 p.m. today, spon1 windows was touched up with Company, in our neighborhood.
' · ..,.. white·paint;a·new downspoutwas · It is ironic that the company sored by the Crombie Street Nainstalled to prevent dangerous 'ice that owns the property keeps it in tional Historic District Association.
darril>; and' a new "18" was put on a condition: that would never be in- Attendees are requested to bring a
the 'front door so the Fire Depart- · sured by one of its competitors.
pot luck contribution. More informent would know where to go if
To make matters worse, what mation can be obtained by calling
ever they were needed.
·was a perfectly good structure has 978-745-3806 or .978·744·2654.)
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�BOSTON
SUNDAY
GLOBE
JULY22, 2001
Noteworthy
LISA CAPONE
GL08£ STAFF PH·:i70S/ EVAN
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Neighbors (above) protest an insurance company's plan to raze the \Venclt house, 18 Crombie
St. in Salem. At left, a detail of the building, v.ith local sentiments e:\.lJressed on a banner.
had also ordered a larger recycling District. According to William J.
container for glass and paper that
Lundregan, Holyoke's lawyer, the
will be inst<>Jled at Mount Hood. ··. company bad originally planned
the city-owned golf course, w~cb . to renrrb~b
home. -which
includes a restaurant.
·. /:. residents Sa.yplayed host to Na-
the
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work·
Holyoke's offic-=.s, a gas station,
and a small strip mall. Residents
point out that the vacant house is
also across the street from a
homeless sheltff.
The Salem City Council president, Joan Lo»ely, whose district
includes Crom'bie Street, said that
Building Commissioner Peter
Strout told her recently that he
didn't believe tile city would have .
reason to condemn the house for ..
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small gambrel-roofed house was
built around 1780 and was moYed
to its cunent location about 150
years ago. Past ov.ners have included William Pike, a friend of
both Ha\\thorne and President
Franklin Pierce, and fonner
slaves who may have u.5ed it as a
stop on the Underground Railroad, they said. Historic Salem,
Inc. placed the house on its "most
. ei;idangered" historic properties
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rehabilitating it for iow-income
first-time home buyers, but Ryder· ..
wasn't interested in seeing the · ,,
home refurbished in its current lo-> ;
cation.
Lundregan said the public de- ~:.·~
bate over 18 Crombie St. often : :·,·~
overlooks ''hovi important a cog ~·; .•
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Wendt House future
is still in dispute
longstanding dispute
between a Salem insurance company and a group
of Salem residents is headed for a
new chapter. City officials are considering a range oflegislative, regulatory, and perhaps legal avenues
for compelling the company to
maintain an 18th-century home
that it \van ts to raze.
In 1988, Holyoke 1'.IutuaJ Insurance Co. boug.'1t the so-c<llled
Wendt HQuse at 18 Crombie St.,
m-;e of six buildings that comp1ise
the Crombie National Histo'ric
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residents say played host to Nathaniel Hawthorne - as work
space for visiting salesmen.
When the firm found renovation costs "economically unfeasible," Lundregan said, it moved to
demolish the house, but was
blocked by the Salem Redevelopment Authority. The company appealed, but lost in Essex Superior
Court.
Crombie Street residents fear
that the company is neglecting the
empty, boarded-up property until
the city is forced to condemn it
and to allow its demolition, paving the way for more commercial
development in a residential enclave alre.ady invaded by asphaJ t.
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didn't believe the city would have
reason to condemn th
·1se for
another dozen years. L ...emed
that the house shouldn't just rot in
the meantime, Lovely said the
council has asked City Solicitor
John Keenan to "look into" drafting an ordinance prohibiting owners from neglecting their property. She said proponents would
"start pushing the issue" at the
end of the summer.
"We're still looking at that and,
actually, we are also looking at
some other options regarding that
property on Crombie Street, including Board of Health enforcement and other issues through the
buildinginspec~'Jr," said Keenan,
adding that the city might again
"end up in litiga~ion" v.ith Holyo'...;e Mutual. "Ifs a priority of the
city. We are WU:-ig a look at it and
hopefully within the next couple
of months we'il be able to ta..1.;e
some action on i:."
That could b:-ing relief to the
newly formed Crombie Street Nation2J Histoiic District Neighborhood Associatio2, which manned
a cleanup of the property in May
that netted 40 b?.gs of weeds and
trash. Lundrega;1 subsequently
slapped the residents \\ith a notrespass order that threatened legal action if they entered tbe property again. Association members
also held a June '·block part)"' to
clra·,v attention tc> the issue, and
have gc.thered on Sunday evenings for sever?J weeks for "silent
vigil protests."
According to ~~veral Crombie
Street residents, including Ruth
and Robert Wall and David Pelletier, and John Goff and Tim Jenkins of Historic Salem, Inc., the
uiey saia. Historic Salem,
Inc. placed the house on its "most
endangered" historic properties
list last year, said Goff, the group's
executive director, and the Salem
HistoriCal Commission petitioned
Hi.St.Orie Massachusetts, Inc. in
May to place the home on its most
endangered historic resources list,
aswe1l.
Holyoke Mutual disputes the
home's historical significance,
Lundregan said, but has nonetheless offered to move it for free for a
nonprofit group willing to put it
elsewhere. That "perfect compromise," he said, would preserve the
house and allow Holyoke to retain
the lot- part of\vhich already is
paved for parking.
"Holyoke has no plans" to expand, ''but if they did it would be
nice to have a square lot," he sPJd,
noting that Holyoke mms an adjacent lot.
Residents say that moving the
house, like tearing it clov.i1, \vould
sap the integrity oftlie neighborhood.
"It's the den•Juing and the igi10ring of history for something
that's commercial. Expansion
could put a building in that spot
that's the same size as the one
across the street," Viall said. "I
don't see moving the house in order to square the lot to put in a sLxor seven-story building to be a
compromise."
Lundrcgan al.so suggested that
neighborhood residents "couJd
get together and make an offer·' to
buy the house. Salem Harbor's
Community Development Corp.
executive director, Jim Haskell,
said he had spoken \vith the company president, Douglas Ryder,
about acquiring the property and
i101yo.Ke is in the life of the com~ . _;. :.
munity."Thecompanfs 15<' -··.:.ar_·-:~,;.
history in Salem haS 'been n
.!d :~ .
by contributions to severii.l com- c ;',:~ ·.
munity organizations, including · ··- ·
Salem Hospital and the YM:CA. he .r':
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grant that \VOuld c;:;·;er about 40 ·
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$6.88 mi1lion p::ojfc'.·': at a specia1
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Ccirter. The stz,~e's :;'.-,2.re, approved June 7 by fr.=:. j\fassachusetts Board ofLi':irc._-:,· Commissioners, is clepe;:d~~-: on the
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a ti on of MiddletrJn'::- ::'\mds, Carter
said. She said p::i\·2.:': fund-raising
v;ouJd offset tll-2 2.1:,~.·.:;it funded
by Joc;:iJ ta,:pay<::::s.
The constrncti•)r. ·.rn\;)d b·2 the
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the ouilcling's bzcser::·::1t into a
community/clli!drc~:s room. ·n1e
building, which still c-:cupies the
same 5,000 squ<:.~e L-:·t footprint
a.s when it was b·.1Ut i:-, 1891,
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dog.
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The lawsuit, which alleges negli·
SLx days later, on June 11, the
gence and assault by Gonyea, said suit alleges, Gonyea went to
the dog was allowed to ·roam Vasquez's home with Floyd and
"freely:and unleashed" when it at· "verbally threatened to unleash
t?-4\~:Y§lSqlJ.e~ ~Jl June 5, leaving his dog on the plaintiff as the dog
hih1 witnperrnariently disfiguring barked, growled and pulled on its
inj udes~ Vasquez was visiting leash in the direction of the plain·
GDnyea at the time. .
tiff," putting Vasquez (and two
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pre}lo.te ·a-1awsu1t
'l'he cruise.r vias moving
"very low" rate of speed, possibly 2
to 3 mph, when the elderly man
"came in contact" with the cruiser,
Carney said.
Many officers routinely park
their cruisers and visit businesses
located in the plaza in the course
of patrolling their beat, police said.
There are numerous shops in the
plaza, including Dunkin' Donuts,
against him, according to the com·
plaint and Vasquez's attorney.
Joyce said Vasquez will require
ongoing medical care, including
more surgery to try to repair the
damage to his lip.
The lawsuit seeks compensation
for Vasquez's medical costs as well as
damages for the emotional distress.
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cially trained state troopers to
help investiga:::. Keating said the
call was made l::.rgely because the
accident invc,:·_-ed.a local police
cruiser and s~~ious injuries to a
pedestrian.
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keep his pledge to reconsider his
redistricting plan, allowing both
Democratic incumbents to keen
the cores of their districts.
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'Tm hoping that (Meehan's deci·
sion) provides an opportunity to
revisit the issue and craft a dis·
trict for each of the in cum bent
congressmen and, more impor·
tantly, recognize the commo:1 in·
terests that exist in the 6th (Con·
51essional District) now and have
~xis.ted for 200 years," Tierney, of
Salem, said in an interview yes·
:erday.
"I think we should take (Fin·
:-:::ran) at his word."
Finneran's redistricting plan
.c-ked many on the North Shore by
:?.king Lynn from Tierney in the
~:hand replacing the city with
·Jur Merrimack Valley communi·
ies from Meehan's 5th, including
.reehan's hometown of Lowell.
Critics say the plan, which
irmeran released July 11, would
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By DAVE GERSHMAN
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SALE!vI - Saying they're sick
of watching an abandoned, 18thcentury home rot away, city coun·
cilors are turning up the heat dra·
m2,tically on its po Nerful owner.
City Council President Joan
Lo\·ely has asked he.r colleagues
to formally request the Salem Re·
de\'elopment Authority to take
the property by eminent domain.
Holyoke lvlutual Insurance Co.
bought the home at 18 Crombie
St. about 12 years ago. It has been
empty ever since.
"They're just going to let it rot
into the ground," Lovely said.
"And we're not going to let them
do it."
The home's historical signifi·
cance is in dispute. But neighbors
want it saved, brought back to life
and sold to someone who v,:m
maintain it.
They want the company to
abandon its previous plan to
knock do\rn the house and put in
a parking lot. The city has suc·
cessfully blocked that plan in
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court, but the :::sult has bee;: a
stalemate.
Critics say,::-_:: company has
switched to rr.::·e a long-term
strategy of den:: :it ion by neglect
- letting the L·J.se deteriorate
until the citv h:::; no choice but lD
allow it to be ds:-:·.::ilishecl
Lovely wants : J send the com·
pany a message: ::·s tim2 to listen
to the neighbor~
"It's a Yen· ur.::ue little nei£:h·
borhood, it's. a v=:·y strong neigh·
borhood," Lovel:: said. ''They cl02serve the s::me r'.;::1ts as the other
historic neighb:~:hoods, or any
neighborhood, fo~ :hat matter."
Lowly's requ~s: was welcomed
by neighbors, w~.o have staged
peaceful demons::ations outside
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surrounding homes.
"We're thrilled," said Ruth Wall,
who lives next door. "But I kno°I:.·
it's just the beginning of a long
fight."
Lovely's request came in the
form of an order sh:: sponsored c. t
Thursday's City Co'. mcU meeting,
and it received some support from
her colleagues.
The order was sent to the Com·
inittee on Community and Economic Development. Privately,
some acknowledge that taking 2.
building. by eminent domain
would be a drastic st::n and should
be used in the event that all other
remedies have failed.
Citv Solicitor Johi: Keenan is review-ing some of those options.
Some cities have passed laws prohibiting owners from neglecting
maintenance of their buildings, for
examule.
'·There's actually a lot of options
out there that we're trying to take
a look at," Keenan sa'.d.
Keenan expects to share infor·
in?..tion \\'ith city cou:~.::Uors by the
time they take up discussion of
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tionist and member of Historic
Salem Inc., has researcned the ·
"There's actually
issue and believes the SRA does
a lot of options oui there have the power to \\Test control of
the Crombie Street property away
that we're trying to take from Holyoke Insurance. The
SRA's mission is to preserve and
a look at."
enhance the viability of the city's
-City Solicitor John Keenan
downtown, Jenkins notes, and it
can step in when a property is not
being kept up.
Lovely's request this September,
"it had the power," Jenkins said.
after their summer recess is over.
"It's actuallv exercised that nower
"Certainly, I \Vould expect that as well in the past. And it's ail cod·
in the early fall we'd be ta'king ified in the enabling legislation. If
some addition2J action," Keenan the city chooses to do t'.lat, it has
said.
the ontion."
Lovely's request hinges on the
What the city eventus.lly ·does
inclusion of Crombie Street in one may depend on Holyoke. So far,
of two city zones that fall under the company has not responded to
the jurisdiction of the Rede\'elop- requ~sts by neighbors and city of.
ment Authority. ,':('_hough the ficials to discuss the status of the
agency lacks the J'.iudgef and proixrty.
muscle it had in the 1970s,'it has
This week, the silence conbeen growil1g in importance in re-~ tinued. Douglas Ryder; .the comcent years.
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Mayor Stanley Usovicz, for in-·· irientt6 the company's attorney,
stance, sought to revive the SRA to William Llindregan, who did not
recle\·e]op the long-dom1ant former return phone call.
nolice station. The SRA is now
:,vorking with a iocal de\'eloper on
plans for a hotel at the site.
Tim Jenkins, a local preserva-
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boat. According to his report, he
could not determine which, if any
of those two large vessels, had illegally discharged the raw waste in
the harbor.
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attorneys.
And Grundy's late start tests
two pieces of conventional wisclom: that he got in too late, allCl
that he will get a boost from the
notorietyofthcGrcincdcrca.sc.
The Essex County clerk of
courts, Thomas H. Driscoll Jr.,
said it would be a challeni;e for
Grundy to catch up to Ulodgett,
who has been campaigning since
pmt of Suffolk County Distrir:t Altorncy Ralph L. Martin Jr.
Grundy is only now putting his
team in place ancl making a serious quest for fonds and support.
"There is still time" for Grundy
to become competitive, Driscoll
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til September, the Salem City move to square a lot for possible
Council la.st month re- future development.
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tee on Community
meet ag<1in until Sept. 13. L1.Point
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said. According to City Solicitor
order requesting the S;tlem RedeJohn Keenan, his office is considvelopment Authority take by emiering a range of options regarding
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hibiting owners from neglecting
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their properties. Crombie Street
by its owner," was offered by City
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said Assistant City Clerk Cheryl
forced to condemn it and allow its
La.Point. Lovely's ward includes 18
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" ····It would be an unfortunate turn or events incleecl if Salem offi'cials Imel to resort to eminent domain proceedings in orcler to prevent demolition of the house at 18 C:·ombie Street.
While historians can argue about the true signific:mce or the
18th century structure itself, there's no questioning the fact that it
is an important part of what is the last residential neighborhood
within the city's central business district.
Certainly there's been a revival of residenti~1l uses downtown in
recent years which has brought new energy to the area. But these
dwelling units are located primarily in renovated or newly constructed edifices. or traditional streetscapes with a church and
., .·homes intended for a family or two, there's but one left within the
,, :area roughly bounded by Ht. 114, New Derby Street, Hawthorne
:. . :.·Boulevard and Bridge Street - Crombie Street.
... ~· .. It's an anachronism to be sure, with a White Hen Pantry at one
:.; 'end a parking lot at the other. But that part of it's ch;:mn, and the
<''minute or so it takes to wall\ it's length is a journey back into an_,, other era.
.,. Yet the Holyoke Insurance Co., which is seemingly oblivious to
the black eye this dispute has given it. seems determined to allow
the vacant 18 Crombie St. house: to drtcrioratc to thc point it nrnsf
be lali.en down. 1\11d Ii.Jr what purpose':' ~o it can inslatl a parking
.., lot capable of accommodating a !Cw more cars across from Its
., ::.'headquarters in Holyoke Square.
. ·: Hesidents of Crombie Street have been ordered o!Hhe property
: when they have tried to remove some of the debris or otherwise
.. improve the exterior of the place. But 1hev have been ~;ratified by
.:·:;oj_c:support they've received in other qua;·tcrs or lhe city rn lheir
"".e[ort to force Holyoke to do something other than tear the place
·.:"down.
' .. '·Now the City Council has a chance to take this fight to another
:..:)cvcl as a rcsu.lt or Ward :1 Councilor ,Joan Lovely's .proposal last
· · week that it request the Salem Redevelopment Authoritv to take
the property by eminent clomain.
~·'"" Grantee!, this is a rather extreme 111e0sure which will be subject
•·to· further review by the council's Committee of Community and
Economic Development before coming to the floor for a vote. But
in our mind, the preservation of a unique neighborhood such a~;
this is worthy of this radical move.
Holyoke. despite the i11fr;111si1~c11cc and i11clill{:n~11n· if h;1s dis·
played to this point, can still emerge a hero by doing the right
thing. Tf company officials choose not to. the council and Sl~i\
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I have heard and read numerous
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united with other North Shme
communities within the Gth Congressional District.
Tl is easy to sec why people arc
so proud to live ancl work in this
area and wily we :di recognize the
strong communily bonds that cut
.across all of the North Shore's
cities and towns. The several hunclrt:d pt:oph: wllo allemfed Lhe rally,
representing so many different
neighborhoods and organizations,
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Members of the Parrothead Club of Eastern Massachusetts, Mark
Domelly, left, and Jonathan Reardon are helplng to raise money for
the Sf>eclal Olympics by auctioning off tickets to see Jimmy Buffett
A dozen people marched in the
Heritage Days Parade on Sunday,
holding banners and accompanying a float, to call attention to
the abandoned house at 18
Crombie St. And they hit on a
novel idea to raise support among
the spectators. They gave out
"Save No. ta•; fans.
"Everybody wanted a fan because it was so hot," said Miranda
Wall, 17, who marched. "You
turned back and you could see all
these fans."
Many of the participants are
members of the newly formed
Crombie Street Historic Neighborhood Association. Others live elsewhere but are supporters of the
cause.
The float fit in well with the
theme of the parade, which was
"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." It featured a replica of
the small 18th century house, surrounded by flowers.
Multi-colored flags hung on either side. Three children, Amore
Dotiglas; 3, Alexander Pelletier, 7,
and::Da:iliel Wall, 15, marched in
frol}t of the float holding a banner.
The house was bought by Holyoke
MutQal Insurance Co., more than a
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dozen years ago. Initially, the company wanted to restore it for use as
a conference center but switched
gears and sought to knock it down
for parking: The city successfully
blocked those plans, leading to a
stand-oft
The neighbors fear the house
will deteriorate to such an extent
that the city will have no choice
but to allow it to be demolished.
Salem Common
The Salem Common Neighborhood Association wants to hear
from members and non-members
about issues or concerns that are
important to the neighborhood.
Contact the group by 8ept. 15 by
writing to SCNA at P.O. Box 8608,
Salem, Mass. 01970, or e-mailing
the group at SCNA@nl.ailcom.
Today marks the beginning of a'.).
new city effort, dubbed "Clean if.
or lien it."
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A group of inmates from the'.;;~
Essex County Sheritf s Depart4J~
ment, supervised by city staff, will!;.~
remove litter, debris and ovei;-~~
grown v~tion froi;n severu. va;~
cant properties on Bridge Street. .; ~~
Last week, Mayor Stanley Usci-f~;
vicz announced the n:ew effort;·~·
which is designed to improve tb.e~J~~
appearanee of vacant lots. The to-~ f.
operation of the Essex County:
Sheriffs Department mak~ it eCo-';1~
nomical, he said.
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Right now, private landowne#~
are receiVing letters making then1'~1f
aware they are ~nsible for tli~ ~t'.>
appearance oftheir lots. They haWl"'.'.<'
30 days to clean up their proper-"~:i,;
ties, or the city will have the in- . ·
mates do it for them anCl attach~:'f,
any costs as a lien on th~ deedS 'tot;<
the properties.
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Today's work focuses on pub-;/;,
licly-0wned properties because the~:··
city obtained permissiqn to do the,, •
work rnore quickly. The MBTA~~-'.
and state owns severatpa:rcels :?,:
along Bridge Street
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The mayor's top aide, Tbril:
Philbin, said about 30 inmates Will .·.:
be working today with two. la'wn .:;,;
mowers, 4 weed whackers; 16'j}
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Crombie Street Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983, this small district
includes the following properties: 7 - 15 Crombie Street, 16-18 Crombie Street,
and 13 Barton Street. It is on the nation's official list of cultural resources
worthy of preservation.
The Street was laid out by Benjamin Crombie in 1805 and this district is what
remains of the extensive residential areas that surrounded downtown, after the urban
renewal programs of the 1960's and '70's. This residential district sits between
Essex Street and Norman Street, in the heart of downtown Salem, and it is
home to a church and a number of families.
The Wendt House, 18 Crombie Street, c. 1783, is currently vacant and threatened with
demolition by neglect. Once the home of a friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne, this little brown
house has been called "home" by many different people for two centuries. This house has a
very interesting history. Last year, the house was nominated to Historic Salem, Inc.'s Most
Endangered Historic Resources List.
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The residents and neighbors of the district are working hard to save the little brown
house. It has been the topic of discussion on the SalemWeb Message Board in the
Community Issues/Holyoke Mutual section. Here's what you can do to help!
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�for HISTORIC PRESERVATION,"
May 16, 2003
John Goff
Historic Salem, Inc.
P.O. Box 865
Salem, MA 01970
Dear John Goff:
On :\12y 29, t!::e Nati· mal Trust for Hi s~ori c Pr~serv<Jtiori ·~'ill r~J e;i se its 2003 fa;t of
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America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. As always, the selection is very difficult
because every site is well deserving and in need of attention. I am sorry to inform you that we
were unable to put Wendt House on the list this year.
We appreciate your efforts in submitting an entry and keeping us abreast of developments
throughout the selection process. We encourage you to explore other avenues to resolve the threat
or bring some assistance to your site. Please refer to the National Trust's Web site at
www.nationaltrust.org/help for information regarding the National Trust's grant and loan
programs, which have assisted thousands of innovative preservation projects that protect the
continuity, diversity, and beauty of our communities.
We also encourage you to contact our regional offices, also listed on the National
Trust Web site, to keep them apprised of your situation. They can put you in contact with the
appropriate statewide organization if you haven't done so already. You may also want to visit
the Web site of the National Council of State Historical Preservation Organizations (SHPO) at
www.sso.org/ncshpo. A complete and up-to-date list of SHPOs is readily available from that
site.
While we hope that each and every site is saved, we also know the reality of preservation
efforts. If your site is still endangered next year, we encourage you to re-nominate it. Nomination
fonns for 2004 will be available this fall and the deadline will be in early January 2004.
Thank you for your interest and support. Please feel free to contact our Communications
Office at 202-588-6141 if you have any questions.
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Sincerely,
Beth Newburger
Director of Communications
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�street in America. Mcintire designed two buildings here, Hamilton Hall (9 Chestnut Street,
1805-1807) and the Hodges House (12 Chestnut St., 1805), but the fine detailing
and consistency of excellent design in the remaining Federal houses on the street leaves little
doubt that they are the work of master builders, as well. The district also contains significant
structures of the later 19th century, for instance the First Unitarian Church (316 Essex Street,
1833-36), the Salem Public Library (370 Essex St., 1850), and Greymoor (329 Essex St., 1871/72),
Salem's most elaborate example and high Victorian Italianate domestic architecture.
Crombie Street Historic District
The Crombie Street District is composed of the eight remaining buildings of this downtown
residential enclave. The district includes a cross-section of residential buildings from various
periods of development, along with a church building originally built as a theater. The
boundaries include the six buildings that face Crombie Street and the two buildings at the west
end of Barton Square, adjacent to Crombie Street on the west.
Crombie Street was laid out in 1805 by Benjamin Crombie, proprietor of a tavern called the
Sign of the Ship, that stood on Essex Street east of his new street. Between 1805 and 1815,
Crombie sold four house lots behind his tavern, as weU as narrow strips of frontage on the
street to three other landholders to the west. Only two of the houses standing today were built
before Crombie sold the remaining property in 1319, but the district is shown intact on the 1851
map of the city.
As the only surviving downtown residential group f.rom the early 19th century, the houses on
Crombie Street provide important information about the character of the city at that time. All
the buildings directly abut the sidewall<, suggesting high density, but placement on the lots is
irregular, creating a rural atmosphere. Wood is the dominant material, although the Crombie
Street Church and the Bowker House (9 Crombie Street) are brick, as is the Prince house (26727.3 Essex St., not in the district), which predates Crombie's acitivity.
While architectural quality within the district is variable, three buildings clustered at its north
end are all individually noteworthy. The Crombie Street Church built as a theater in 1828, is
: the architectural highlight of the district. The monumental relieving arches of the facade
define its composition and suggest the Federal style, but the panelled detailing of the broad
piers separating these arches, introduce a newer Greek Revival influence.
Neighboring the church stands the substantial Bowker House, built in the Federal style around
1810, and modernized by overlaid brownstone trimmings in 1860. The hybrid design is very
successful, reinforcing the central importance of this house to the district. The Pierson House
(13 Barton Square) is an unusuaHy graceful vernacular Italianate residence, typical of the houses
that lined Barton Square in the mid-19th century.
Derby Waterfront Historic District
The Derby Waterfront Historic District is located in Salem's Waterfront area and includes both
sides of Derby Street between Herbert Street to Block House Square,and the streets to the
south of Derby Street from the Salem Maritime National Historic Site to Blaney Street.
Buildings of the Federal period predominate in this densely settled area; although a number of
structures are of the eighteenth, late nineteenth and eariy twentieth centuries, and three
properties date as far back as the seventeenth century. Whereas most of the buildings are
clapboard, there are also some outstadning examples of brick construction.
The development of the area is closely tied to the history of the nearby wharves which began in
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Historic Salem, Incorporated
From:
To:
Cc:
Sent:
rory goff <rorygoff@hotmail.com>
<nbenton@ecnnews.com>
<hsi@nii.net>; <rorygoff@hotmail.com>
Monday, January 22, 2001 4:45 AM
January 22, 2001
Editor
Salem Evening News
155 Washington Street
Salem, MA 01970
CROMBIE STREET HOUSE HAS REMARKABLE HISTORY
To the Editor:
I was pleased to read that "Neighbors Hope to Save Neglected Historic Home"
[Salem Evening News, January 19, 2001, page 1] and that you concluded "The
house at 18 Crombie Street is an impo11ant pai1 of this street scape which
ought to be preserved." [Editorial, December 19, 2000]. When the local
building inspector says he sees no reason to destroy a perfectly good
antique house -- and common sense also suggests it can be repaired and
restored -- one wonders why Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company of Salem
believes this "Most Endangered Historic Resource" must be demolished.
I believe there is a simple explanation for Holyoke's stance. They were
seriously misled by a local "consultant" who proposed that "There is no
redeeming historic value associated with the tenancy or the residence per
se" in an Overview Study prepared in 1990. This "consultant" farther
proposed that "During the entire 160 year history of 18 Crombie Street's
existence, there has not been a major historically significant tenancy."
Through a simple matter of bad scholarship, Holyoke Insurance was led over
10 years ago to categorically dismiss a number of historical associations
which potentially make this property Individually Eligible for Listing on
the National Register of Historic Places.
I refer of course to the property's early ownership by the First Church of
Salem; its early ownership by Samuel Curwen, the famed Salem Loyalist who
built the Bowditch House; its early associations with Benjamin Crombie who
ran the Sign of the Ship tavern at the head of Crombie Street; as well as
its important early occupancies and associations with Prince Farmer, William
B. Pike, Dr. Shadrach M. Cate, and Leonard J. & Rufina M. Jefferson.
William Pike's portrait hangs in the Peabody-Essex Museum; he is best
remembered as a U.S. Customs Collector both for Boston and for Salem. He
was a personal friend of U.S. President Franklin Pierce and ofNathaniel
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Hawthorne -- Salem's most famous author. Dr. Cate was a distinguished
19th-century Salem physician, and a founder of the Swedenborgian Church in
Salem.
Prince Farmer and the Jeffersons are particularly important to remember
while we celebrate January as Black History Month here in America. Prince
Farmer was one of Salem's early Blacks who was recently recognized in the
Salem Afro-American Heritage Trail booklet published by the National Park
Service. A cook aboard the ship GEORGE, and an oyster retailer by Old Town
Hall, Mr. Farmer was on the building committee of Salem's first church
erected for Blacks, and was a close associate of many 19th-century
Abolitionists, including the famed Remonds of Salem. The Jeffersons were
also strong advocates for civil rights and Black equality in Salem's
formative years. They were probably "conductors" or associates on the
"shoreline" branch of the Underground Railroad which carried Southern slaves
to Freedom in the North.
For further documentation of all these facts, I refer you to the Essex
County Registry of Deeds, and to a 20-page report which I prepared on 18
Crombie Street in July 1990, which was reproduced as "Attachment A" in the
1990 Overview Study. This document has been public record since Holyoke
applied to the City for permission to raze the house. Additional supporting
material on Salem's Black History was compiled by the National Park Service,
and information on the Salem Underground Railroad was compiled by the late
Miss Eleanor Broadhead.
The facts speak very well for themselves. This lovely little building is a
unique and most-imp01iant Salem historic landmark, which should be repaired
and restored immediately upon its ancient site to improve its blighted
neighborhood and downtown Salem. Thank you for supporting us in these
recognitions.
Sincerely,
Rory Goff
Merrymeeting Archives
Saco, Maine
(1990 historic house researcher for Historic Salem, Inc.)
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�Underground Railroad Initiative
Meeting Notes
January 17, 2001
Attendance: Deb Benvie, Dr. Gloria Bowens, Barbara Brown,
Anne Check, Peter deGrandpre, Ellen DiGeronimo, Jennifer Gaudio,
Meridy Giles, Merrill Kohlhofer, Peter Laraba, Frank Luz,
Joe Makkers, Solange Marchand, Mr.& Mrs. Roger Parker,
Pam Peterson, Dori Phillips, Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Ruggles,
Bonnie Smith, Louise Sandberg, Glenn Steen-Johnson,
Nancy TenBroeck,
Rae Emerson, Tina Cross, Bruce Jones
The public response was incredible, as a record twenty- three people attended
the meeting! Rae welcomed the group, gave an overview of the project, and
turned the proceedings over to Bruce and Tina.
Bruce apologized for not having enough info folders for everyone and went over
the contents. He gave a short description of how the Underground Railroad
Initiative was organized within the National Park Service, and stated we didn't
yet know what our final product will be (a brochure, a map, bibliography,
presentation, etc.) and welcomed everyone's input.
Tina asked the gathering to offer any information they might have about the
Underground Railroad, or ask questions concerning the topic.
The attached listing covers much of what was discussed during the next hour.
Note that several research sources were identified and listed. Thanks to Pat
Durkee, Bruce and Tina will contact Salem resident Margaret Hill to arrange for
an interview concerning her families' 4 generations in Salem and her Grandfather
who was a slave.
Also attached for your information is a copy of an October 8, 1999, New York
Times article concerning Nova Scotia Blacks with historical connections to
the American Revolution and the Underground Railroad. This article was
provided courtesy of Bonnie Smith.
There was also enthusiastic support by group members to contribute towards an
exhibit on Essex National Heritage Area Underground Railroad/Abolitionist
activity in the Visitor Center for Black History Month.
�An open house will be announced once the exhibit is installed and all attendees
to the UGRR meetings, along with the public, will be invited.
Next meeting: March 14, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. in the Salem Regional Visitor Center.
�January 17, 2001 UGRR Meeting Notes
Locations identified by attendees to be researched for documentation of UGRR activity:
26 or 27 Beckford St., Salem - way station
House of the Seven Gables, Salem - hidden Staircase
Chestnut St., Salem - two houses, address unknown
Rockaway St., Marblehead - tunnel to harbor
Old North Church, Stacy St., Marblehead - attic hiding place
Training Field Ground, off of Washington St., Marblehead - grave sites of runaway
slaves
11 Hewitt St., Marblehead - hidden staircase
Hearth and Eagle house, Franklin St., Marblehead - way station
Asa Orne House, Orne St., Marblehead - hidden staircase
Research sources identified:
Margaret Hill, Salem - African American Octogenarian; 4 generations in Salem
William Bowditch records - abolitionist
"The Liberator"
Free Baptist Church records, Lawrence
Essex County Anti Slave Society minutes
WEB: Dred Scott
Marblehead Historic Society: "History of Where I Live school project Story describes hidden cupboard
Park Service of Canada: Nova Scotia
Levy Coffin diary
Ship hopping records
North side Stories: Book of interviews with freed slaves in Canada
Quilts
Local newspapers throughout ENHA
Haverhill Historic Society: Archives and Collections
FebruaryVisitor Center Exhibit Contributors:
· Lynn Museum: Abolitionists in Lynn
Dr. Bowens: Quilts
H?G: Excerpt of abolitionist/slave experience
Greater Lawrence UGRR Committee: Greater Lawrence UGRR Exhibit
Marblehead Historic Society: photographs of Dodge family
Pat Durkee, 2 Andover St., Salem: copy of family will showing slave ownership
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ship to verify passenger manifests,
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5 percent of Canada's population, un- Birchtown, Nova Scotia, was a families. Through re.search into 18~; i
Cromwell's house last year, they
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found a trove of 16,000 artifacts, inlSts has proved to. be.both upliftmg
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eluding Revolutionary era military
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buttons, a shoe buckle and a bayonet.
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actually2W:es~ Africw;is.w~oJ1ad b~ •
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across Canada, and, increasingly,
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with Teena Paynter, secretary.of the
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their,. freedom,'.' saJcJ;lr!~romw~ ; ~e~ the AJµ~ric:~ Revqlutlon.;..;.. ·
few days after he returned on tlie.:
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units in Euro.Pe in.:}\Tqrld War.II.· :,,.;,· y;hite.Tories, and black loyalists.
walking down a trail. She nearly c?J;:!
Di.t~~g the American revolution,·,
:: On arriving here, freed bla$ enlapsed."
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ters who 'would come'bve~,tO.fi~ht ·
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with the British Army. ::nie· o~fei;- :was
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ters. As a result, thousands of Afri~,.;;;
averaged twice the size of the blaCk· - after her ancestors settle;
can-Americans fled, slave?'Y, ~cf(~~~· :,t jplots, which were of~en on thin;· roCky . white Nov';i Scp~~;s~~p~ •
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or'food,' desperate blackworkers ·beHere in' Birchtown, EitzaOi
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In the chaos folloWiiti the British
came liiiientiired servants agreed
Cromwen;· E~erett Cri>$.iteu - .. -U.S., or (or New York edition outaide the Nortbeut:
to workfor·racl,Ically lower wages.In · was lcicked in neg'otiii#onS:oh"'~J'e~
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1-800-631-2580.
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subject io ·ti.. appllcohlo rate can:t. CYailohia from the
ldwrtloinc ~ Tbo Tima ....... lh• n,ht not
the Jµgq·seas, they f~~d that.their .. · .modern race riot; in Shelbtltil~~:Ben- 1 • "All ow: hi$tori)v~-~~ll~t :9!ff:~J!
to accept ... odwrtaer'1 order. Only publi...tion or ...
ships were heading ~outh to_ sugar
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adn~Dt ablll comtitute llDal ICCllptanco.
plantations in the Caribbean; ~tead ;"Great riot today. The disbanded sol~ · · ·call~ of growin~ruP.J>~~~~N!)va::!·
Tbo ~ PJMJ la ent!tled uduoiwly to t!Mi·~ for
of nortb to freeliollJ. ~Noya .~cotla. .. : diers have risen against~~:~r~e n~- :; Scotia;·!.'We just:w.~.~.~j>p,t<nir.'
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ROBERT
M.
RUMPF
&
STRUCTURAL REPORT
18 CROMBIE STREET
SALEK, XASSACUSETTS
Karch 18,1991
ASSOCIATES
CONSUL TING ENGINEERS
101 DERBY STREET
SALEM.MASS.01970
STRUCTURAL REVIEW OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
Submitted to:
Salem Planning Department
One Salem Green
Salem, Massachusetts 01970
INTRODUCTION
Thia report is confined to the present structural
condition of the above-referenced building1
gana~~l
daaoriptiona of repairs and construction are listed with
associated
approximate
costs.
Observations
and
recommendations are drawn from the following:
*
site visit and visual inspection
of the existing building interior.
*
review of
the OVERVIEW
STUDY
prepared by Demarco/Jarek Partnership,
Architects
and
Planners,
dated
September 1990.
*
prior experience
with
similar
building types and typical construction
procedures for
structural rehabilitation.
While we generally agree with the Demarco/Jarek report,
we have addressed only the structural aspects of the
building: foundation,
framing, and related components.
Remedies to structural problems are discussed later;
included in our repair estimate
is a line item which
covers the cost of cutting and patching required for the
structural improvements only.
Anticipated renovation
costs which
are not
warranted by the structural
condition of the referenced building are considered
and presented - by others.
EXISTING CONDITIONS
\.
We find that the condition of the superstructure of the
original building and the addition is acceptable to good
with the exception of the sills and various aspects of
the first
floor framing
<as
discussed in the
Architects~ report>.
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'745·6596
ROBERT
M.
RUMPF
&
STRUCTURAL REPORT
18 CROMBIE STREET
SALEM, XASSACUSETTS
:March 18,1991
ASSOCIATES
CONSUL TING ENGINEERS
101 DERBY STREET
SALEM.MASS.01970
The condition of the back porch is such that it should
be be torn down entirely.
The original building has a very severe lean to one side
which we partly attribute to the way it was built and
added to, but mostly to problems with the foundation.
The condition of the foundation is fair to poor and
likely to further deteriorate due to disintegration of
its brick
masonry components.
In addition,
sevev~
settlement at two corners and at the chimney supports
has occurred while lateral movement of some of the walls
is evident (consistent with the description in the
Architect~~
report),
RECOMMENDATIONS
Pursuant to
the above
structural problems,
we
corrective measures:
*
description
recommend
Shore superstructure
sills entirely.
budget
and
observed
following
of
the
replace
$
building
6,280.00
*
Jack-up the superstructure where required to
level position to properly facilitate resting
sills on a new foundation. Some improvement in
the presently excessive leaning of the building
may result from this operation.
budget
$
4,860.00
*
Provide miscellaneous first floor framing
Repair
and supports.
reinforcing, connections,
chimney foundation.
budget
$
970.00
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745-6596
ROBERT
M.
RUMPF
&
ASSOCIATES
CONSUL TING ENGINEERS
STRUCTURAL REPORT
18 CROMBIE STREET
SALEM, XASSACUSETTS
Karch 18,1991
101 DERBY STREET
SALEM.MASS.01970
*
Remove porch completely ~nd repl~ce re~r
access with new stairs from exterior grade to
first floor.
budget
$
710.00
*
Remove existing concrete floor and replace
with a new reinforced slab on vapor barrier with
construction joints on suitable, compacted g-ravel
base. Install sump pit with pump to prevent
damage from possible future flooding condition~,
budget
$
3,230.00
*
Remove the existing foundation and excav~te
p1=ff·i:mi:ita1-· to al low installation of new castin-place concrete foundation walls and footings;
dampproof foundation
exterior.
Include coderequired vents or windows.
t~I'=!
$
budget
7,130.00
*
Provide
improved
interior
access
to
basement: install new stairs and rails. Provide
new exterior
bulkhead,
bulkhead stairs,
and
weatherproof doors for exterior access.
·,.";""
budget
$
1,670.00
*
Remove all unused piping, wiring, conduits,
miscellaneous obstructions,
etc.,
in basement.
Clean and treat areas exposed to moisture or
adjacent rot.
budget
$
480.00
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RoBERT
M.
RUMPF
&
STRUCTURAL REPORT
18 CROMBIE STREET
SALEK, XASSACUSETTS
](arch 18,1991
AssoclATES
CONSUL TING ENGINEERS
101 DERBY STREET
SALEM.MASS.01970
*
Cut and patch as necessary for disturbed
areas,
caused
by these specified structural
impi--ovi:uuente,
to
match original or adjacent
exposed construction: interior and exterior.
budget
Also, although
i~~oollllllc:ind
$
960.00
not absolutely required structurally, we
ttoit the addition be tarn down in its entirety
and properly rebuilt. In doing so, this structure would
contribute to the stability of the original building
while following an improved architectural design.
CONCLUSION
The above-listed observations and subsequently devised
recommendations are rendered to show the reasonable
minimum requirements to adequately rehabilitate the
structure and allow architectural and related utility
improvements to follow. While the superstructure needs
work as specified to be restored to level and near-plumb
condition, the general intent of the Engineer is to
require a new, structurally sound foundation and in
doing so,
achieve the additional benefit of a clean,
dry, and usable basement.
�7.45-6596
RosERT
M.
RUMPF
&
STRUCTURAL REPORT
18 CROMBIE STREET
SALEK, XASSACUSETTS
Xarch 18,1991
Assoc1ATES
CONSUL TING ENGINEERS
101 DERBY STREET
SALEM.MASS.01970
Mr. William Luster
Salem Planning Dep~~truent
One Salem Green
Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Dear Mr. Luster:
Enclosed herewith please find our report on the structural
condition of the above-referenced building per your request.
f:J~lne r-epor·t
outlines the remedial construction necessary to
prevent further deterioration of the structure and aseu~e
greater safety to its occupants.
If you require additional information relevant to this
matter - or our services in another project - please advise.
Respectfully submi~t~,
fl~r~ H-f?.,
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_,.,
Robert M. Rumpf, P. ·. 'B.
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The William Pike House. Built for Samuel Ferguson, painter, by 1831
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1990
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183 Rear Federal Street
Michael Pitman, tanner
Built by 1831
Researched and written by Leslie Fontaine
October 2022
Historic Salem Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
(978) 745-0799 | info@historicsalem.org
© 2022
�183R Federal Street, 1980
(MACRIS SAL.658)
183R Federal Street, 1995
(MACRIS SAL.658)
1
�Federal Street was laid out about 1769; called the new street in 1770, new street laid out near the North
River around 1779, a town way in 1782 and, finally, Federal street by 17941.
The house currently known as 183R Federal Street was originally 103 Federal Street, the houses and
buildings at this address were sometimes referred to as Lummus or Tuttle Court in various city
directories. According to Michael Pitman’s probate record of 1831/1832 he had two workshops on the
property2. By the time Andrew Lunt bought the property in 1832 it was being used as a wheelwright
shop3. At the time of the 1837 Salem City Directory it was still being used as a wheelwright shop by David
Ross. Between 1842 and at least 1853 it continued to mostly be used as a wheelwright shop while also
being occupied as a dwelling house.
By the 1855 Salem City Directory, 103 Federal had been renumbered to 183R Federal, which remains so
numbered to this day. Various members of the Tuttle family have lived in this house for around 105 years
between 1859 and 1964.
183R Federal Street, 1981
(MACRIS SAL.658)
1
Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 7, Pg. 67
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic
Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
3
Adams, G. The Salem directory ... Salem: H. Whipple.
2
2
�SOURCES
3
�1820 Map of Salem
1851 Map of Salem
4
�1874 Atlas of Salem, Plate I
1883 Birds Eye View of Salem
5
�1890 to 1903 Atlas, Plate 27
1897 Atlas, Plate 7
6
�1906 Atlas, Plate 53
1911 Atlas, Plate 14
7
�Michael Pitman Probate Record, 18314
4
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic
Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
8
�Michael Pitman Probate Record 18315
5
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic
Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
9
�Homeowner
Date
Purchased
Willis Tuttle Realty Trust
09/09/1986
Robert J. Metzger
05/31/1984
George J. Dubois & Stephanie M.
Dubois
11/13/1964
Tuttle Family
Elinor R. Tuttle
Edward G. Tuttle
Charles H. Tuttle
Frank A. & Marion R. Gardner
Francis R. Tuttle, Charles H. Tuttle,
Caroline F. Tuttle (single woman),
and Charlotte W. Moore
08/16/1949
05/29/1915
05/10/1915
12/31/1914 &
01/15/1915
11/19/1912
Years of
Number of
Ownership
Years
1984-1986
2
1964-1984
20
1859-1964
105
1949-1964
1915-1949
1915
1914-1915
1912-1914
Purchase Price
$137,000.00
Consideration
paid
Documents
Referenced
Description
8499:234
Master Deed
7423:417
Beginning at the Northeasterly corner thereof by other land of mine, thence running
Southeasterly by land now or formerly of Whittridge one hundred (100) feet; thence
running Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Grant sixty-two (62) feet, two (2)
inches; thence running Northwesterly by land now or formerly of Weston et all, one
hundred seventeen (117) feet, two (2) inches; thence running Northwesterly by
other land of mine sixty-two (62) feet, to the point of beginning.
5223:350
Beginning at the Northeasterly corner thereof by other land of mine, thence running
Southeasterly by land now or formerly of Whittridge one hundred (100) feet; thence
running Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Grant sixty-two (62) feet, two (2)
inches; thence running Northwesterly by land now or formerly of Weston et all, one
hundred seventeen (117) feet, two (2) inches; thence running Northwesterly by
other land of mine sixty-two (62) feet, to the point of beginning.
3736:580
Running from a point of land of Tuttle, Ninety-eight feet by land now or late of
Whittredge in a Southeasterly direction, thence Southwesterly, Sixty-Two feet, two
inches by land now or late of Grant; thence Northwesterly, one hundred fifteen feet
and two inches by land now or late of Weston et als, thence Northeasterly Sixty-six
feet by the parcel first described.
2299:59
Running from a point of land of Tuttle, Ninety-eight feet by land now or late of
Whittredge in a Southeasterly direction, thence Southwesterly, Sixty-Two feet, two
inches by land now or late of Grant; thence Northwesterly, one hundred fifteen feet
and two inches by land now or late of Weston et als, thence Northeasterly Sixty-six
feet by the parcel first described.
Running from a point of land of Tuttle ninety eight feet by land now or late of
Whittredge in a southeasterly direction, thence Southwesterly sixty two feet, two
inches by land now or late of Grant; thence Northwesterly one hundred fifteen feet
and two inches by land now or late of Weston et als., thence Northeasterly sixty six
feet by the parcel first described (183 Federal - front house)
15
Consideration
paid
34
$1 and other
valuable
consideration
paid
1
$1 and other
valuable
consideration
paid
2293:534
1
$1,339.99 &
$1,253.20
2284:432
(Execution) &
2282:595 (Deed)
2
$1 and other
valuable
consideration
paid
2189:167
Foreclosure - Property taken by sheriff
Being numbered 183 and rear of 183 Federal Street in Salem.
William Tuttle & Emma A. Tuttle
08/01/1859
1859-1912
53
$1,500.00
592:22
Ezra Lummus & Ann Lummus
11/30/1840
1840-1859
19
$1,300.00
321:231
All that real estate situated in the rear of one hundred eighty three Federal Street,
so numbered - consisting of a dwelling house and land with all other buildings
thereon, and bounded as follows - running from a point on land of said Tuttle ninety
eight feet by land now or late of Whittredge in a southeasterly direction, thence
southwesterly sixty-two and two twelths feet by land of Grant thence Northwesterly
one hundred fifteen feet and two twelths feet by land of Weston and others and
thence Northeasterly sixty six feet by land of said Tuttle to the point of starting being as the fences and bound now stand - said real estate being situated in the
rear of One hundred eight three Federal Street.
A certain parcel of land situate in said Salem on Federal Street and bounded as
follows viz. Beginning at the Northeasterly corner thereof and running
Southwesterly by Federal Street 70 feet more or less then running Southeasterly on
land of Tuttle, Pitman and Very 212 feet more or less, then running Northeasterly
by land of Stevens 64 feet to land of said Crowninshield, then running
Northwesterly by land of said Crowninshield to the first bound, with the privileges
and appurtenances to the same belonging and the buildings thereon standing,
being the same land which was conveyed to me by Wm E. Hacker, administrator of
the estate of the late Michael Pitman, of said Salem, by his deed dated the 26th
day of May 1832 and recorded Book 265, Leaf 174.
265:174
Situated on Federal Street in said Salem and bounded as follows biz; beginning at
the Northeasterly corner thereof on Federal Street by land of B.W. Crowninshield
and running Southwesterly by Federal Street 70 feet more or less, then running
Southeasterly on land of Tuttle, Johnson, and Proctor 212 feet, more or less, by
land of the heirs of Proctor, then running Northeasterly by land of said heirs of
Proctor 64 feet then running Northwesterly by land of said Crowninshield to the first
bound. Being the same land conveyed to Michael Pitman Book 240, Page 103
Mortgaged on October 17, 1844: 348:237 and discharged: 426:80
240:103
Beginning at the Northeasterly corner thereof on Federal Street by land late of
William S. Gray and running Southwesterly by Federal Street 70 feet, then running
Southeasterly on land of Proctor, Johnson, and others 212 feet to land of heirs of
the late Ebenezer Proctor, then running Northeasterly by land of said heirs of the
late Proctor 64 feet to land late of William S. Gray, thence Northwesterly by land
late of said Gray to the first bound.
Andrew Lunt (through
administration of Pitman estate by
William Hacker)
Michael Pitman and Mary
(Bowditch) Pitman
05/26/1832
2/25/1826
1832-1840
1826-1832
8
6
$1,025.00
$500.00
Notes
Front of
property was
sold 10/3/1854
to Tuttle with a
mortgage - 501:
251.
�������������������������������Inventory No:
SAL.658
Historic Name:
Common Name:
Lund, Andrew Wheelwright Shop
Address:
183R Federal St
City/Town:
Salem
Village/Neighborhood:
Central Salem;
Local No:
25-123;
Year Constructed:
C 1830
Architectural Style(s):
Federal;
Use(s):
Multiple Family Dwelling House; Shop Other;
Significance:
Architecture; Industry;
Area(s):
SAL.HD
Designation(s):
Local Historic District (03/03/1981);
Building Materials:
Roof: Asphalt Shingle;
Wall: Wood; Wood Shingle;
Demolished
No
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FORM B - B U I L D I N G
USGS Quad
Area(s)
Salem
HU
Town
658
Salem
Place
(neighborhood or v i l l a g e ) -
Central
Address
Uses:
Salem
183R F e d e r a l
Historic
Street
Name
Present
Residential
Original
Date
Form Number
Possibly
of Construction
Industrial
c. 1830
Source
See B i b l i o g r a p h y *
Style/Form
Federal
Architect/Builder
Exterior
Material:
Foundation
Not V i s i b l e
Wall/Trim
Wooden
Roof
Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary
Shingles/Wood
Shingles
Structures
M a j o r A l t e r a t i o n s (with dates) W i n g o n S
e l e v a t i o n b u i l t (1851-1874); wing on N
e l e v a t i o n added ( l a t e 1 9 t h - e a r l y 20th C ) ;
m o s t t r i m r e p l a c e d , new d o o r f r a m e , wooden
shingle siding applied (mid-late 20th C ? )
Condition
00
/"\
/
Recorded
1
i
/\\
by: Susan
Ceccacci,
Moved
Acreage
Lisa
and Dianne L. S i e r g i e j
Commonweal C o l l a b o r a t i v e
Date:
J u l y 1995
I
no
yes
Date
6,745 S F
Hartmann
Organization:
I
X
Good
|— (
J — |\/[Zr
l — W I w i V LZ U
Setting
S e t behind o t h e r houses on a
narrow row o f f F e d e r a l S t r e e t , i n a
densely-settled, neighborhood of mostly
19th-century residences.
SEP 2 9 1995,
SS. H I S T . C O M M .
�(
BUILDING
183R
FORM
ARCHITECTURAL
See c o n t i n u a t i o n s h e e t .
DESCRIPTION
Describe a r c h i t e c t u r a l features.
Street
E v a l u a t e t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of t h i s b u i l d i n g i n terms of o t h e r b u i l d i n g s
w i t h i n t h e community.
This
2
1/2-story,
chimneys
north
and
a
end.
story
frames
are
form,
paired
chimneys,
Federal
period
windows w e l l
Twentieth
evidence
century
which
HISTORICAL
center-entry,
gable-roofed
Window
center-entry
possible
5-bay,
2-story,
date
molded
of
below the
help
and
eaves
date
NARRATIVE
and
on
the
close
suggests
the
the
house
has
a
south
end
and
window sash
eaves
construction,
alterations to
would
gable-end
wing
trim
but
a
are
the
later
and
are
door
pair
of
interior
another
6/6.
The
on
i n d i c a t i o n s of
placement
rather
frame
of
than
have
the
5-bay,
a
the
second
earlier
date.
eliminated
other
building.
See c o n t i n u a t i o n s h e e t .
D i s c u s s t h e h i s t o r y of t h e b u i l d i n g .
E x p l a i n i t s a s s o c i a t i o n s with local (or s t a t e h i s t o r y .
I n c l u d e uses
of t h e b u i l d i n g and t h e r o l e ( s ) t h e owners/occupants p l a y e d w i t h i n t h e community.
The
house
which
at
183R
developed
nineteenth
nearby
c.
dwelling
1830
associated
the
house
Tax
records
(probably
Street
in
residents
Boston
Street.
During
industry
expanded
at
and
leather
the
the
Federal
Federal)
appears
a wheelwright
property.
Federal
In
Street
Street
an
were
1840,
to
the
to
the
in
sold
house
located
the
on
of
site
buildings
from
that
time;
a
when
and
a
land
constructed
Federal)
and
the
period.
L u m m u s , who
Federal)
at
dominate
1830's
183R
the
nineteenth
converted
the
the
Ezra
(183
mid-
curriers in
industrial
have been
front
unfinished
and
early
shop d u r i n g
Lund
Street
and
rapidly to
late
blacksmith,
(directly
early
were tanners
economy by
Street
housed
indicate that
183R
local
Federal
183
183
on
Federal
i n the
in
1841.
shop
e a c h was
valued
$2,000.
William
the
owned
with
upper
the
of
183R
on
Many o f
building that
Andrew Lund
at
at
i s located
neighborhood
shoe
sector
Street
residential
district
Salem's
manufacturing
The
a
century.
leather
century,
Federal
as
Tuttle
first
Tuttles
the
purchased
appeared
rented
family
BIBLIOGRAPHY
at
the
the
at
least until
and/or
Salem.
*King,
Inc.,
city
house
Salem,
Salem
Beers,
the
in
1854.
The
d i r e c t o r y as
183R
Federal
middle
of
a
as
the
property
dwelling
a
duplex.
twentieth
at
183R
i n 1872.
The
Federal
I t
seems
dwelling
stayed
century.
See c o n t i n u a t i o n s h e e t .
X
REFERENCES
Massachusetts
for
property
i n the
Historical
Commission Reconnaissance
Survey
Report
1985.
Joyce,
Research
Massachusetts,
Directories,
D.
G.
&
Report:
183
February
Federal
Street,
Historic
Salem
1987.
1837-1946.
Company,
Atlas
of
Essex
County,
Massachusetts,
1872.
Hopkins,
G.
M.
Mclntyre,—Hsory
Recommended
for
&
Co.,
C.
listing
Atlas
E.,
i n the
Map
of
of
Salem, M a s s a c h u s e t t s ,
the
National
City
of
Register
Salem,
of
Mass,
Historic
1874.
1851.
Places;
�I f c h e c k e d , s e e a t t a c h e d N a t i o n a l R e g i s t e r C r i t e r i a Statement form.
INVENTORY
FORM C O N T I N U A T I O N
SHEET
Salem
183R
Area
BIBLIOGRAPHY
and/or
REFERENCES
Richards,
L. J . ,
HU
Street
F o r m No.
658
(continued)
Atlas
of the City
o f Salem, M a s s a c h u s e t t s . . . . ,
1897.
S a n b o r n Map Company, S a n b o r n F i r e I n s u r a n c e M a p s o f S a l e m ,
M a s s a c h u s e t t s 1 8 9 0 New Y o r k , S a n b o r n M a p C o . , 1 8 9 0 .
S a n b o r n Map Company, S a n b o r n F i r e I n s u r a n c e Map o f S a l e m , M a s s . ,
1 9 0 6 , New Y o r k , S a n b o r n M a p C o . , 1 9 0 6 .
1906
S a n b o r n Map Company, S a n b o r n F i r e I n s u r a n c e Map
t o F e b . , 1 9 5 0 , New Y o r k , S a n b o r n M a p C o . , 1 9 5 0 .
Salem,
Walker L i t h o g r a p h and P u b l i s h i n g
M a s s a c h u s e t t s , 1911.
Company,
Atlas
o f Salem,
Mass.,
of the City
of
�6 5 8
F O R M
B
-
B U I L D I N G
F o r m no.
'UCft-
In A r e a n o .
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O f f i c e of t h e S e c r e t a r y , S t a t e H o u s e , B o s t o n
\ 1 3
&s
at u s e
jit o w n e r
ption:
irce
i n r e l a t i o n to n e a r e s t c r o s s s t r e e t s a n d
other b u i l d i n g s . Indicate north.
Exterior wall fabric \ K X A ,
Outbuildings (describe)
c^WSl vAftTTV
Other features
X
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S&X$£fS
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Date
Moved
Date
5. L o t size-.
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A p p r o x i m a t e frontage
QPAO^
A p p r o x i m a t e d i s t a n c e of b u i l d i n g f r o m
street
6. R e c o r d e d b y £ " ^ > A & V ^ C & Q C N
v
Organization ^ g f ^ y s x ^ ^ \ g ^ \ Q G & C b f O
Date
(over)
ym-i-n
^\<\t(\
�7. O r i g i n a l o w n e r ( i f
known)
O r i g i n a l use
S u b s e q u e n t u s e s ( i f any) a n d d a t e s
8. T h e m e s ( c h e c k a s m a n y a s
Aboriginal
Agricultural
Architectural
The A r t s
Commerce
C ommunication
Community development
9. H i s t o r i c a l s i g n i f i c a n c e
applicable)
Conservation
Education
Exploration/
settlement
Industry
Military
Political
Recreation
Religion
Science/
invention
Social/
humanitarian
Transportation
( i n c l u d e e x p l a n a t i o n of t h e m e s c h e c k e d a b o v e )
1
10. B i b l i o g r a p h y and/or r e f e r e n c e s (such as l o c a l h i s t o r i e s , deeds,
early maps,
etc.)
assessor's
records,
�Inventory No:
SAL.657
Historic Name:
Pitman, Michael - Lummus, Ezra
House
Common Name:
Tuttle, William House
Address:
183 Federal St
City/Town:
Salem
Village/Neighborhood:
Central Salem;
Local No:
25-122;
Year Constructed:
1841
Architectural Style(s):
Federal; Greek Revival;
Use(s):
Single Family Dwelling House;
Significance:
Architecture;
Area(s):
SAL.HD
Designation(s):
Local Historic District (03/03/1981);
Building Materials:
Roof: Asphalt Shingle;
Wall: Wood; Wood Clapboard;
Foundation: Granite; Stone, Cut;
Demolished
No
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FORM B - B U I L D I N G
USGS Quad
Assessor's
Area(s)
Form Number
Number
Salem
25-122
HU
657
Massachusetts H i s t o r i c a l Commission
Massachusetts Archives B u i l d i n g
220 M o r r i s s e y B o u l e v a r d
Boston, Massachusetts
02125
Town
Place
Salem
(neighborhood
or v i l l a g e )
Central
183
Salem
Federal
Street
Michael
Pitman/
E z r a Lumus House
Residential
c.
See
|Form
1826-1831
Bibliography*
Federal/Greek
Revival
ect/Builder
or
Material:
Granite
Wall/Trim
Clapboard/Wood
Roof
Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary
Major
Alterations
Condition
Moved
Acreage
Recorded
by:
Organization:
Susan Ceccacci and
Dianne L. S i e r g i e j
Commonweal C o l l a b o r a t i v e
Date:
July
1995
O
r ~ fs
f l t
U
SEP
f
t
VE
2 9
\m
X
Shingles
Structures
(with dates)
Good
no
yes
Date
6,030 S F
Setting
Set close t o t h e sidewalk behind
a narrow s t r i p o f land enclosed by
granite post and i r o n fence, i n a denselys e t t l e d , neighborhood
o f mostly 1 8 t h&
19th century r e s i d e n c e s .
�B U I L D I N G FORM
183
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe a r c h i t e c t u r a l features.
Federal
Street
See c o n t i n u a t i o n s h e e t .
E v a l u a t e t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of t h i s b u i l d i n g i n terms of o t h e r b u i l d i n g s
w i t h i n t h e community.
This 2
both a
situate
likely
molded
1/2-story,
5-bay, c e n t e r - e n t r y , g a b l e - e n d house i s 3 bays
2 - s t o r y and a 1 - s t o r y , r e a r e l l .
A p a i r of i n t e r i o r , end
d on t h e f r o n t s l o p e o f t h e r o o f .
Because of t h e i r p o s i t i
t h a t a n o t h e r p a i r o n c e e x i s t e d on t h e r e a r s l o p e .
Window
and window sash a r e
6/6.
deep w i t h
chimneys are
o n , i t seems
frames are
Elements consonant w i t h a Federal period date of c o n s t r u c t i o n are the
t r a d i t i o n a l , f i v e - b a y , c e n t e r - e n t r y form, p a i r e d chimneys, c l o s e eaves, s l i m
c o r n i c e and s e c o n d s t o r y windows s e t d i r e c t l y under t h e e a v e s .
The
handsome
p i l a s t e r / a r c h i t r a v e / c o r n i c e door frame of the main entrance
suggests
t r a n s i t i o n a l Federal/Greek
Revival period date (1830's-1840's).
I t h a s some
of the w e i g h t i n e s s of the Greek R e v i v a l s t y l e , e s p e c i a l l y i n the c o r n i c e , but
r e t a i n s t h e s h o r t s i d e l i g h t s and o v e r a l l s l i m m e r p r o p o r t i o n s c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f
the Federal
style.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
X
D i s c u s s t h e h i s t o r y of t h e b u i l d i n g .
o f t h e b u i l d i n g and
See c o n t i n u a t i o n s h e e t .
E x p l a i n i t s a s s o c i a t i o n s with l o c a l (or s t a t e h i s t o r y .
Include
uses
t h e r o l e ( s ) t h e owners/occupants p l a y e d w i t h i n t h e community.
T h i s h o u s e s t a n d s d i r e c t l y i n f r o n t t h e d w e l l i n g a t 183R
Federal Street
(see
F o r m No.
658).
T h e l o t s o n w h i c h b o t h 183 a n d 183R
a r e l o c a t e d seem t o have
b e e n p a r t o f a s i n g l e p a r c e l t h a t was s u b d i v i d e d f r o m t h e W i l l i a m S h e p a r d G r a y
p r o p e r t y ( s e e 1 7 7 - 1 7 9 F e d e r a l S t r e e t , F o r m No. 655)
i n 1818.
The f i r s t h o u s e
o n t h a t l o t may
h a v e b e e n t h a t a t 183 F e d e r a l S t r e e t , p r o b a b l y b u i l t b e t w e e n
1826
and 1832
d u r i n g the ownership of Michael Pitman, tanner.
Pitman also
o w n e d t h e h o u s e a c r o s s t h e s t r e e t a t 180 F e d e r a l S t r e e t a n d t h e a d j o i n i n g
tannery
( S e e F o r m No.
611).
P i t m a n b o u g h t a v a c a n t l o t f o r $500 i n 1826
and
s o l d t h e p r o p e r t y t o Andrew Lunt, wheelwright,
i n 1832
f o r $1025, more t h a n
twice his purchase price.
E x i s t i n g data leaves u n c l e a r what b u i l d i n g s e x i s t e d
o n t h e l o t w h e n i t was s o l d i n 1832.
R e s e a r c h o f t h e 1832
d e e d may
provide
additional information.
A c o m p a r i s o n o f d e t a i l i n g on t h e
1 8 3 F e d e r a l S t r e e t may
have been
The w e l l - p r e s e r v e d , F e d e r a l d e t a i
d o o r f r a m e a t 183 F e d e r a l S t r e e t
two d w e l l i n g s s u g g e s t s t h e h o u s e a t
b u i l t e a r l i e r t h a n t h e one a t
183R.
l i n g and t r a n s i t i o n a l F e d e r a l / G r e e k
Revival
s u g g e s t a c. 1830 d a t e o f c o n s t r u c t i o n .
The l e s s w e l l - p r e s e r v e d h o u s e a t 183R ^ F e d e r a l S t r e e t i s m o r e d i f f i c u l t t o
because of the s c a r c i t y of o r i g i n a l t r i m .
Placement of i t s second f l o o r
window frames a good d i s t a n c e from the eaves i n d i c a t e s a l a t e r date
of c o n s t r u c t i o n .
V i s u a l a s s e s s m e n t o f t h e a r c h i t e c t u r e and deed r e s e a r c h
i m p l i e s 1 8 3 R may
h a v e b e e n b u i l t b e t w e e n 1840 and
1858.
date
The
original,
when
183
Federal
BIBLIOGRAPHY
l a r g e r l o t was
Street
was
and/or
Recommended
subdivided
s o l d by
REFERENCES
for
listing
Ezra
X
i n the
into
two
separate
Lummus, a b l a c k s m i t h ,
parcels
to
i n 1858
William
Tuttle
See c o n t i n u a t i o n s h e e t .
National
Register
of
I f c h e c k e d , see a t t a c h e d N a t i o n a l R e g i s t e r C r i t e r i a Statement form.
Historic
Places;
�INVENTORY
FORM C O N T I N U A T I O N
SHEET
Salem
183
Area
HISTORICAL
NARRATIVE
HU
Federal
Street
F o r m No.
657
(continued)
of Salem.
T h i s d i v i s i o n suggests t h a t both houses were s t a n d i n g by t h a t date.
The d w e l l i n g a t 183 F e d e r a l S t r e e t r e m a i n e d i n t h e T u t t l e f a m i l y u n t i l i t was
s o l d t o R o b e r t E. W a r n e r i n 1 9 6 8 . More r e c e n t o w n e r s a r e l i s t e d i n t h e
r e s e a r c h r e p o r t by Joyce K i n g f o r H i s t o r i c Salem, I n c .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Salem
and/or
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*King, Joyce,
I n c . , Salem,
Research Report:
Massachusetts.
183 F e d e r a l S t r e e t ,
1987,
Historic
* B a i l e y , P. a n d W a l s h , K.,
Massachusetts H i s t o r i c a l
Commission
S u r v e y F o r m B, N o . 6 1 3 , 1 8 3 F e d e r a l S t r e e t , S a l e m , M a r c h 3 0 , 1 9 7 8 .
Beers,
D.
G.
& Company,
Atlas
of Essex
County,
Massachusetts,
1872.
H o p k i n s , G. M. & C o . ,
A t l a s o f Salem, M a s s a c h u s e t t s , 1874.
M c l n t y r e , H e n r y C. E . ,
Map o f t h e C i t y o f S a l e m , M a s s , 1 8 5 1 .
R i c h a r d s , L. J . , A t l a s o f t h e C i t y o f Salem, M a s s a c h u s e t t s . . . . ,
1897.
Salem,
Walker L i t h o g r a p h and P u b l i s h i n g
Massachusetts, 1911.
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of the City
of
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The l o t of land that t h i s house now stands on was owned
by W i l l i a m Sheppard Gray u n t i l 1818 when he f l e d Salem
(see H i s t o r i c a l s i g n i f i c a n c e on #177-179 Federal St.)
The Amesbury N a i l Factory Co. then owned t h i s l o t u n t i l i t
was s o l d to Michael Pitman, tanner i n 1826 f o r $500 (240:103).
Pitman b u i l t the e x i s t i n g house i n about 1830 and then sold the
property f o r $1025 to Andrew Lunt, wheelwright, i n 1832 (265:174)
Lunt b u i l t a shop on the land i n 1834 worth $400, and i n 1840
the land, house, and shop were sold to Ezra Lummus f o r $1300
(321:231).
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Lummus, and he owned i t u n t i l at l e a s t 1897.
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OFFICES AT 15 SUMMER STREET
POST OFFICE BOX .865
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 / PHONE (617) 745-0799
4 .E.'nglish Street
Owned by SUSAN INGERSOLL
moved to this site
by 1831
Research by,
Joyce,King
August" 1979
"to preserve Historic Sites, Buildings and objects,
and to work for the education of tlze community
in tlze true value of t11e same."
�1846
Susan Ingersoll owner - occupants: Joseph Gilman, Joseph Gilman Jr.
Daniel Gilman
In 1850 a federal census was taken, the listing for thiB house is:
Elizabeth Pepper
age 46
born Mass.
II
II
Sarah.
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" 19
11
II
11
Walter A.
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17 wo:r:ks in, ropewalk
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11
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·Elizabeth
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15
William Swaney
age 30 ropemaker
born Mass.
II
II
II
II
·Mary A.
27
II
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William H. "
6
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II
II
Rebecca
21
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Mary c.
14
1854
William Swaney
.house owned by Susan Ingersoll
1856 tax record:
-su'san Ingersoll . house and land 32 Turner St.
~ wharf and store
house 6 Allen St.
house 2 Becket St.
house and land English St.
house and land #1 English St.
#2 and #3 English St.
Essex and Webb St.
1857
William Swaney
owned by Susan Ingersoll
Susan Ingersoll died in July 1858. In her will written in 1835,
Miss Ingersoll leaves all h~r property to Horace L. Conolly,
rector of St. Matthews Church in Boston. (Probate #43338)
Mr. Conolly is described in the book "Rebellious Puritan" by Lloyd
Morris, about the life of Hawthorne: . ·.
"With her (Susan Ingersoll) lived a young man named Horace Conolly
who was understood to be her nephew, and who ultimately became her
heir and aqopted her.name. Conolly's parentage was unknown to
Salem, and various rumors were in circulation concerning his
relationship to Miss Ingersoll. When Nathaniel first met him,
Conolly was rector of St. Matthew's in South Boston; later he
resigned from the ministry and turned to the practice of law, gave
up the law for medicine and discarded that in turn. He was eccentric,
ill-tempered and vain; but he was also intelligent and witty. He
was fond of card~ and of liquor; these tastes Nathaniel shared, and
he frequented the evening parties which Conolly held in the kitchen
of the old Turner Street house."
�4 English Street
English Street, which was originally called English's lane, was
laid out by Philip English over land belonging 'to him and others,
about 1697. The lot on which this house stands was part of the
land owned by John Swasey as early as 1658. Mr. Swasey's lot
seems to include the land from the corner of Essex St. down to
what is now #14 English St. Somewhere on this lot Mr. Swa.sey
built a dwelling house before 1681. He conveyed the house and
lot to his son John Swasey in 1689. This house was gone before
1763 when John's heirs sold the land to John Touzell, goldsmith.
During the early 1800's the Ingersolls were taxed for !and only,
on English. St.
The first mention of a house on Ingersoll's property is in the 1831
tax records when Susan Ingersoll, daughter of Samuel and Susanna
(Hathorne) Ingersoll is taxed for the following:
part of a wharf and part of a store ~400
house ~;l, 200
hous$ and land $1,600
.
3 houses and 4 acres $2,000
house ~600
house and land Sl,000
The tax records before this time list Miss Ingersoll as the owner
of land on Webb and English Streets, and a house, sto:t?e and land
on Turner St. (now the House of Seven Gables)
It was this same Miss Ingersoll, who provided Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Salem's literary genius, with much useful information about Salem
in the Puritan times. Hawthorne called her the Duchess and
frequently visited her at her home on Turner St.
In the list of owners and occupants in Salem 1837 is the following:
Sur:;an In~ersoll - house and land with 2 other houses on it
occupants: Joseph Gilman and William Harding
Daniel Rindge
- house on Susan Indersoll's land
Judah Dodge
- house on Susan Ingersoll's land
(these last two houses appear about the same time as the house #d
English)
I
1838.:.. West side of English St.:
Susan Ingersoll - house and land with two other houses on it
occupants: Samuel Carlin and Thomas Gilman
:F1 o::c many years this house was numbered as #1 English St.
For some
unknown reason this street was not numbered with the odd numbers on
one side arid even nwnbers on the other. Starting with this hou~e
the houses were numbered 1,2,3,4,5, etc. all on the same side. The
tenants, listed in the 1842 directory living at #1 are:
Hiram Young - no occupation given
John Robinson Jr. ~ carpenter
Joseph Gilman
_ no occupation given
�In 1860 another federal censu:3 wa8 taken:
William Swaney
age 39 ropemaker
II
II
.Mary A.
36
II
Anna Pepper
29 tailores8
II
Elizabeth Varney
24 milliner
II
Elizabeth Pepper
56 nurse
II
William Swaney
15 porter
Walter Swaney
" 8
born Mass
II
II
II
II
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II
II
II
II
II
In 1862 Horace Ingersoll (name changed from Conolly) owns:
32 Turner St.
#1 Engli~h St. valued at $400 and 4959 ft.land
. #3fi English St.
27~ Hardy St.
2 acres of land Engli8h St.
1865
1 English St. owned by H. Ingersoll, army land 57 x 87· house value
$600 land valued at $400
·
occupants: Samuel Barnard, William Barnard and James
Lynch
1868
1 English St. owned by H. Ingersoll 57 x 87
occupants: James Evans, Thomas Williamson, Ernest Farke:
On April 26, 1869 Horace Ingersoll, Dr. of medicine sold to
Alice Sullivan the house and land at the corner of Eseex and English
Streets, for $2,000. (book 770 page 122)
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�In 1870 the street was renumbered and this house became known as
#4 English St., as indicated in the taxes for that year:
2 English St.
lot of land, owner Mrs. Sullivan
4 English St.
house occupied by Parker and Sullivan
Total land 57 x 87
The federal census for 1870 gives a clearer picture of the Pa.rker
arid Sullivan families:
born Ire.
a.ge 45 keeps house
Alice Sullivan
11
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16 at home
Mass
Anna
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II
II
II
jute mill
14
John
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II
II
11
Margaret E.
9 a.t school
II
II
II
Alice
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7 at school
age 30 _ gas fitter
II
27
It
3
Ernest Parker
Priscilla 11
Charles
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1876
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born Mass.
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1880 census:
occupants~
James Mc earthy, John SulliN:e
Alice Sullivan
Anna ri1··. "
John J. "
Mary E. "
born Ire.
age 50 keeps house
II
26 works at jute mill
" Mass
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24 works at liquor store
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II
18 works jute mill
Eugen~ Mc Mann
II
Mary
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George
Ellen
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Lizzie
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John
II
Sarah
age 34 overseer jute mill
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born in Jan.
born Ire.
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On Aug. 15' 1893 Alice Sullivan sold to Michael J. Murray part of
the parcel conveyed to her by Horace Ingersoll in 1869
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�1899
Michael Murray - owner (new addition)
Simon Allen
Nathaniel Fadden
1901 tax records:
4 English St.
age 35 - owner, house value $800, land $400
Michael Murray
II
Simon Allen
44
Joseph Jon.dro
" . 27
William Fitzpatrick II 23 formerly of North Adams, Mass
1907 Salem directory shows
Charles Twaro~owski Helena
"
Frank Malinowski
Amelia
"
Vanda M. 11
living at 4English St.
shoe laster
court interpretor
carpenter
compositor
Frank Malinowski died Nov. 13, 1911. In his obituary the life
story of this man is.given:
Francis Malinowski a well known resident of this city of the
past 29 years, died at his home at 4 English St. yesterday after
an illness of about 9 years, during which period he h~d been a
great sufferer from rheumatism.
Mr. Malinowski had the distinction of being the second Polander
to come to Salem to.live. The first native of that country to
take up his residence in the City of Peace was Joseph Brown,
p~oprietor of the flying horse& carousel at the Willows.
Mr. Malinowski was born in Austria, Poland 66 years ago next
month. He served while a young man in the Austrian Army rising
to the rank of lieutenant and acting as drill master for several
years. He was a veteran of the Austrian - German War where he
rendered distinctive service.
About 31 years ago he came to this country with his newly
wedded wife and settled for a short time in Webster; Mass. At the
·instigation of his fellow countryman, Mr. Brown, he came to Salem
some 29 years ago settling at Juniper and engaging w~th Mr. Brown
in the making of these carousels he worked for various concerns at
his regular trade. He also conducted for many years flying horse
attractions at various summer resorts.
A few years ago he sold his house at Juniper and moved up into
the city, where he resided on English St. He was a member of the
Orientral lodge A.O.U.W. and was in fact, on of the oldest in point
of membership in that order. He was also a member of the parish
of the Imrnaculate Conception Church. He leaves a widow, Eleanqr
(Smreczynski) to whom he was married 8ome 33 years, and four daughters
Mrs. Helena V. Twarogowski (the court interpretor), Misses Vanda M,
Amelia A. and Frances N. Malinowski. Three of the daughters are
well known as teachers in the eveening schools of Salem and Peabody.
He was a most excellent citizen and a credit to his native country,
and he leaves a large circle of friends to regret his departure.
The funeral will be held Tues. at 9 am. at the Immaculate Conception.
At 8:30 there will be services at the house.
1
�On May 24, 192·4 Michael J. Murray sold to Bridget M. Murra.y the
same premises convyed to Michael in 1893 (book 2599 page 45)
On Oct. 11, 1924 Bridget Murray sold to Caroline Wronkowski and
John Wronkowski, husband and wife,. the same property according to
plan A, which Alice Sullivan conveyed to Michael Murray. (book 2613
page 403)
On Apr:hl 12, 1938 the Salem Savings Bank foreclosed on the·
Wronkowski mortgage. (book 3141 page 371)
March 7, 1942 the Salem Savings Bank sold to Lepold J. and Mary E.
Labreque the same premises conveyed to the granter by foreclosure
April 12~ 1938. (book 3287 page 466)
Oct. 22, 1952 Paul M. Lebiedz, of Boston sold to Viola E. Stefanski
the same premises subject to a mortgage of $1,800 to the Salem
Savings BBnk. (book 3934 page 469)
.
.
June 14, 196~ Caroline T. Isles, of Peabody sold to Dimetrios
Sarantis the land and buildin~ conveyed by the estate of Viola E.
Stefanski Probate #27 4539.
(book 5450 page 369)
·
June 9, 1975 Demetrios Sarantis sold to Richard and Sylvia Warman ·
the same property as in deed book 5450 page 369. (book 6162 page 29)
On Nov. 11, 1976 Richard C. and Sylvia Warman, of Middleton, sold
the premises to Demetrios E. and Patricia Sarantis. See book 6162page 29 (book 6296 page 29)
1979 Demetrios and Patricia Sarantis sold the land and building
at 4 English St. to Kathy Keenan and Gary Palardy.
�Note:
An air of mystery still hangs over this house. From inspections
made by Sally Dee and myself, we feel that the foundation indicates
that this house must have been moved to this site· and that the
construction is of an older dat.e. If indeed this is· the case
we also feel that it was moved from within ·the general area of
English St., stemming from the fact that the construction is
similar to other houses on that street.
It is possible that in the .future other documents may be found
_that shed mor~ light on thi~ property. Until ~u6h time I recommend
that the sign read: moved to this site by. 1831.
Respectfully,
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Title
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English Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
A resource made available by Historic Salem, Inc. detailing the history of Salem's houses.
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Title
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4 English Street, Salem, MA 01970
Subject
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House history
Description
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Rental property owned by Susan Ingersoll and passed down in 1858 to her heir, Horace (Conolly) Ingersoll. He sold it to Alice Sullivan, an Irish immigrant, in 1869. It was later lived in by Frank Malinowski, the second Polish immigrant to move to Salem.
Creator
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Historic Salem, Inc.
Source
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
Publisher
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Historic Salem, Inc.; Salem Historical Society
Date
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Moved to this site by 1831. Researched 1979.
Contributor
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Researched by Joyce King.
Language
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English
1831
4 English Street
Federal
Horace Conolly Ingersoll
Irish immigration
Polish immigration
Salem MA
Susannah Ingersoll
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