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2 Pierce Avenue
Built for
Leo F. Shapley,
grocer and co-owner of Shapley & Sinclair,
and his wife, Christie Reid
c. 1895
Researched and written by
Carlos Cueva Caro
September 2023
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
978.745.0799 | HistoricSalem.org
© 2023
�Historical Pierce Avenue Streetscape
Two Pierce Avenue is in the Bridge Street Neck Neighborhood. Since the 17th century, Bridge Street has
been the main thoroughfare connecting Salem with the cities of Beverly and Danvers, which led to Bridge
Street soon becoming the host of several retail businesses. Though Pierce Avenue isn't in the official Bridge
Street Neck Historic District, its history is linked with the rest of the neighborhood. In the 1820’s the land at
the end of the neck belonged to Jerathmeel Pierce, a wealthy merchant, and his business partner, Aaron
Waite. And, in the late 19th century, this land belonged to the Salem Gas Co., with the lots closer to Bridge
Street then being acquired by developers with an eye for investing in retail and residential lots.
Perry Collier, from Beverly, sold part of two lots, numbered 10 and 11, located on the corner of Bridge St.
and the new Pierce Ave. thereafter being merged as 2 Pierce Ave. to Leo F. Shapley, co-owner of Shapley &
Sinclair, grocers (at 69 Bridge St.), in 1893. The house on 2 Pierce Ave. seems to have been built between
1893 when Mr. Shapley bought the parcel from Mr. Collier, and 1897, when it appears in Salem’s Atlas of
1897.
�Chain of Title, 2 Pierce Avenue, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Date
Conveyed
by
Conveyed to
Property
16 May
1893
Perry Collier Leo F. Shapley “a certain
parcel of
land with all
the
buildings
thereon
situated in
said Salem”
14 Jun
1911
Leo F.
Shapley
Charles H.
Carlman
23 Sep
1916
Charles H.
Carlman
Charles V.
Stromberg
26 May
1966
12 Apr
1976
Book
Page
“Consideration Deed
of one dollar
and other
valuable
considerations
paid”
1378
284
“a certain
parcel of
land with all
the
buildings
thereon
situated in
said Salem”
“Consideration Deed
of one dollar
and other
valuable
considerations
paid”
2091
479
“The land in
Salem with
the
buildings
thereon”
Consideration
Paid
Deed
2344
146
Charles V.
Stromberg
Charles V. and “The land in
Catherine M. Salem with
Stromberg
the
buildings
thereon”
Consideration
Paid
Deed
05364 742
William J.
Lundregan
III, executor
of the will
of
Catherine
M.
Stromberg
Andrew Jr.
and Nancy
McFarland
$25,000.00
Deed
06231 561
“The land in
Salem with
the
buildings
thereon”
Amount
Doc
2
�18 Sep
1984
Andrew Jr.
and Nancy
McFarland
Bruce A.
Richards and
Judith A.
Spinale
Richards
“The land in
Salem with
the
buildings
thereon”
$64,900.00
Deed
07524 184
1 May
1992
Bruce A.
Richards
and Judith
A. Spinale
Richards
Frederic D.
Fullerton III
“The land in
Salem with
the
buildings
thereon”
$105,000.00
Deed
11272 304
4 Apr
1997
Frederic D.
Fullerton III
Frederick D.
III and Kara J.
Fullerton
“The land in
Salem with
the
buildings
thereon”
“Consideration Deed
of nominal
(less than
$100)”
14044 047
30 Nov
1999
Frederick D.
III and Kara
J. Fullerton
Tina M.
Burbine
“The land in
Salem with
the
buildings
thereon”
$137,000.00
Deed
16073 428
25 Mar
2022
Tina M.
Burbine
Kara N. and
Steven A.
Solito
“The land in
Salem with
the
buildings
thereon”
$470,000.00
Deed
40817 005
3
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Unofficial Property Record Card
Unofficial Property Record Card - Salem, MA
General Property Data
Parcel ID 37-0073-0
Prior Parcel ID 21 -Property Owner SOLITO KARA N
SOLITO STEVEN A
Mailing Address 2 PIERCE AVENUE
Account Number 0
Property Location 2 PIERCE AVENUE
Property Use One Family
Most Recent Sale Date 3/25/2022
Legal Reference 40817-5
Grantor BURBINE TINA M,
City SALEM
Mailing State MA
Zip 01970
Sale Price 470,000
ParcelZoning B2
Land Area 0.055 acres
Current Property Assessment
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0
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Building Value 285,400
Land Value 140,300
Total Value 425,700
Building Description
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# of Living Units 1
Year Built 1895
Building Grade Average
Building Condition Good
Finished Area (SF) 1086
Number Rooms 6
# 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 3
# of 1/2 Baths 0
Flooring Type Hardwood
Basement Floor Concrete
Heating Type Forced H/W
Heating Fuel Gas
Air Conditioning 0%
# of Bsmt Garages 0
# of Full Baths 2
# of Other Fixtures 0
Legal Description
Narrative Description of Property
This property contains 0.055 acres of land mainly classified as One Family with a(n) Old Style style building, built about 1895 , having Vinyl exterior and
Asphalt Shgl roof cover, with 1 unit(s), 6 room(s), 3 bedroom(s), 2 bath(s), 0 half bath(s).
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c. 1895
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18 Felt Street
Built for
Reuben W. Ropes
and wife
Grace Tuttle
1895
Researched by Sally McMurry, February 2024
Historic Salem Inc.
The Bowditch House
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
(978) 745-0799 | historicsalem.org
© 2024
�Undated photo, 18 Felt Street, Red�in
Note: this house was once part of a Ropes family “compound” that once consisted of three large
houses plus land in North Salem: the Charles A. Ropes house (1856, later the North Shore Babies
Hospital, no longer extant), the Reuben W. Ropes house (1895, now 18 Felt Street), and the Charles
F. Ropes house, (c. 1900, now 67-69 Dearborn Street). Reuben W. Ropes and Charles F. Ropes were
brothers, sons of Charles A. Ropes and his wife Lucinda Whipple Ropes. For additional information
please refer to the house history for 67-69 Dearborn Street.
Footnotes appear only for items that are not in the Property Ownership History or in Ancestry
sources.
1
�Over time this house has had two numbers: Between the 1900 (US Census) and 1914 (World War I
tax assessments), Reuben W. Ropes’s address was listed at # 6 Felt Street. By 1920 it was # 18 Felt
Street.
The house at # 18 Felt Street was built in 1895 for Reuben W. Ropes and his bride Grace
Austin Ropes. The house remained in the Ropes family until 2012 when their grandson Austin T.
Ropes Jr. passed away.
Reuben Wilkins Ropes was born into a well-off North Salem family in 1861. His grandfather
Benjamin Ropes (1772-1845) had been a cooper and shipping merchant. Reuben’s parents were
Charles Augustus Ropes, a merchant, and Lucinda Whipple Ropes. Reuben was named for his uncle
Reuben Wilkins Ropes, who had relocated from Salem to New York and become quite wealthy there.
In 1860 the manuscript census recorded that Charles A. Ropes’s household included �ive Ropes
children, two of whom were Lucinda’s stepchildren born to Charles’s �irst wife, Mary Ann Barker
Ropes. 1 Lucinda’s widowed mother Mary Whipple had joined her daughter’s household. A live-in
servant named Ann Bryan worked for the family. Charles A. and Lucinda Ropes held substantial
property; Charles claimed $12,000 in real estate and $75,000 in personal property, and Lucinda had
$4,000 worth in her own personal property. In 1865 Charles A. Ropes was reported to possess the
fourth largest income among Salem residents. 2 His obituary noted that he “came from a sterling
family, the members of which all achieved success in mercantile life.” It explained that he had
“established a regular line of coasting vessels between Salem and New York, which for some years
did a large freighting business.” Charles’s company evidently worked with other family connections
to bring hides from South America as well as corn and grain from the Midwest. As well, he worked
in partnership with a wax leather manufacturer for a time. He and two brothers were partners in
Ropes Brothers, a �lour and grain business in central Salem. 3
A year after his marriage to Lucinda Whipple, Charles A. Ropes purchased property at what
was called the foot of Dearborn Street (from a James Ropes, an uncle) for $4100. 4 In 1856 he
contracted with Harris & Hutchins, Carpenters, to “build a Dwelling house and outbuildings in
conformity with the plans prepared by Emmerton & Foster, Architects” for a total price of $8995.00.
The designers and carpenters were both located in Salem. 5 This house is no longer extant, but it is
discussed in this history for two reasons. First, it gives an idea about the Ropes brothers’ early lives
1Mary
Ann Barker Ropes died in 1853. In addition two other boys named Enrique and Alberto Ropes lived with
Lucinda and Charles in 1860; they were born in Brazil. They were nephews of Charles A. Ropes, sons of his brother
Henry Ropes.
2 1860 US Census; 1865 Massachusetts state census; New York Evening Post, August 22, 1865
3 Quotes are from two Charles A. Ropes obituaries: Boston Daily Journal, March 20, 1890, and New York Tribune, March
21, 1890; Ropes Brothers ad, Salem Directory, 1857, p. 154
4 Essex County Deed Book 512, page 7, April 26, 1855 (James Ropes to Charles A. Ropes); 1851 McIntyre Map of Salem
showing a J (?) Ropes beyond the end of Dearborn Street
5 “Speci�ications of a Dwelling House for Chas. A. Ropes.” Ropes Family Papers, 1826-1899, Box 1, Phillips Library
collection. The 1855 Salem business directory, shows Emmerton and Foster, Architects, with an of�ice at 6 Central
Street in Salem, very near the Ropes grain business. (p. 161) In the regular directory, William H. Emmerton is listed as
a partner in Emmerton and Foster with a house at 13 Summer Street. (p. 68). Joseph C. Foster is listed as an engineer
with Emmerton & Foster, with a house at 357 Essex Street. (p.73) On page 163 of the business directory there is a
carpenter, D. M. Harris, at 36 North Street, but no Hutchins. Harris is listed in the regular directory as Daniel M. Harris,
36 North Street, with a house at 12 Upham. (p. 83). Augustus Hutchings, carpenter, has a house at 66 North Street (p.
90).
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�and surroundings. Second, the Charles A. Ropes Estate later became the North Shore Babies’
Hospital, which for a time owned the Charles Fischer Ropes house at 67-69 Dearborn Street and
operated it as a nurses’ residence.
Reuben grew up with his numerous siblings (including Charles Fischer Ropes) and
stepsiblings here. Other relatives came and went, as did “domestics” – usually young immigrant
women -- who would have cooked, cleaned, and provided child care. The house speci�ications and
later images make clear that this was a grand mansion, consisting of a main block and large ell, a
piazza, a cellar, up to date plumbing (bath room and water closet), central heating, fully equipped
kitchen, and expensive materials like black Italian marble in the parlor. Ground �loor rooms included
“Drawing Room, Library, Hall, Parlor, and Dining Room,” the ceilings of which were to have a “marble
�inish.” The servant Ann Bryan and her successors likely used a system of bells: a bell in the kitchen
connected to the front door, and there were bells “from each of the Southern chambers with the
kitchen, all to be hung in the best manner.” 6
Charles A. Ropes house, later North Shore Babies Hospital, c. 1856, no longer extant. 1927 image, Salem State University
Archives. The long ell at right was a c. 1926 addition; the �lanking shed roof wings on either side of the main house were
added c. 1909, as “fresh-air wards” for the young patients.
6“Speci�ications
collection.
of a Dwelling House for Chas. A. Ropes.” Ropes Family Papers, 1826-1899, Box 1, Phillips Library
3
�At this time North Salem was still quite rural, and in fact the property was farmed. Much
later it still had nine acres planted with shade trees and fruit trees. 7 Indeed, Charles A. Ropes joined
in the North Salem horticultural activity by exhibiting more than twenty varieties of apples and
pears at the Essex Institute Horticulture Exhibition in 1876. 8 Barns and other agricultural
outbuildings were added over the years. In 1870 the agricultural census reported that the 10-acre
farm produced potatoes and tree fruit, probably to supply the household. Three cows produced
milk. This operation was run by wage workers who performed the actual labor. Here the children
would have been surrounded by “horses, cows, livestock, carriages, tools, and machines.” 9 In this
environment Reuben Ropes and his brothers must have acquired a good preparation for the grain
business.
1875 US Geodetic and Coast Survey Map, Salem Harbor, detail. The Charles A. Ropes Estate shows cultivated �ields and
probably gardens closer to the house.
By the early 1880s Charles A. Ropes headed the family business, now called Charles A. Ropes
and Son. Reuben and his brother Charles F. were employed there as clerks while their older brother
Willis occupied a more senior role of “Son.” The �irm carried on a wholesale and retail trade in grain,
hay, and animal feed, as well as household staples like �lour, lard, dried apples, and beans. 10 This
enterprise was a prosaic relative to the Far Eastern trade that had enriched Salem in the eighteenth
century. The �irm’s ads suggest that Charles A. Ropes and Son’s major market must have been farm
households and agricultural retailers in the rural hinterland. 11 The New England farming economy
relied increasingly on dairying and poultry, and farmland was mostly put into pasture and hay rather
than grains. Farming households purchased their grain and �lour from local distributors like the
North Shore Babies Hospital Society Annual Report, 1911. Phillips Library.
Salem Register Sept 14, 1876
9 1870 US Agricultural census; Charles A. Ropes will, 1889, Essex Probate Records 1889-90, p 401-402.
10 Ad for Charles A. Ropes and Son, 1888 Salem Directory, page 898; 1880 US Census for the Charles A. Ropes
household; 1882 Salem directory; 1888 Salem Directory, entries for Reuben W. and Charles F. Ropes
11 Ad for Ropes Brothers, Salem Directory, 1905, no page number
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�Ropes family, who in turn likely obtained most of their goods from sources in the Midwest or South.
For example, later on among the ingredients in Reuben Ropes’s advertised “poultry hash” were
wheat meal, cottonseed, and alfalfa meal. 12 Another market would have been urban. As long as
horses supplied motive power for transport and industry, horse owners would buy feed and hay.
Salem and other nearby towns had livery stables as well as plenty of family equines. The �irm’s
goods were transported by water and rail. Charles A. Ropes used wharves for his substantial �leet,
including one just off Derby Street. His sons continued to use it into the 1890s. 13
Salem Atlas of 1897, Plate 3. Reuben W. Ropes wharf in the South River off Derby street, center of image. To the west,
on Central Street, see Ropes Brothers Feed and Grain. The 1890 Salem Sanborn map, Sheet 8, also shows a Ropes’ Wharf
off 125 Derby Street.
Although young Reuben worked in the family business he also followed his own interests.
Salem directories in the late 19th century list him as a “poulterer,” “Dealer in Fancy Fowls and Eggs,”
or “Fowl Fancier.” 14 In 1888 he earned a mention in the Salem Register for winning prizes for several
birds he had raised at his “poultry yard at Orne Point.” 15 This yard must have been on his parents’
place since at the time he still lived there; he probably used the barns and outbuildings.
12 Philip H. Smith, “Inspection of Commercial Feedstuffs,” Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station Control
Series Bulletin No. 55, December 1930, p. 36.
13 Charles A. Ropes extended the wharf in 1874 (DB 901/222)
14 Salem Directory, 1886, 1888, 1893, entries for Reuben W. Ropes
15 Salem Register, December 10, 1888
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�Young Reuben’s apparent passion for poultry had strong regional precedents. Around 1850 a socalled “hen fever” had broken out in New England, and Boston was its epicenter. A mania took off
for breeds like the Cochin-China and Shanghai, which were hyped to the skies. Both the birds and
their eggs sold for absurdly high prices. One satirical writer wrote that the “Boston people have no
equals in the way of amusing themselves. We hope…that they will succeed beyond measure in
selling eggs at $3 per dozen and hens at $10 a pair – to each other.” 16 The poultry mania was
essentially a speculative bubble. People were seized with the hope of breeding a fowl that would
become a new standard in egg or meat production and make them a fortune. Of course, the notion
was just as illusory as most other agricultural crazes like Osage 17 orange fences; the “hen fever”
broke almost as quickly as it had risen. However, poultry fanciers did not disappear; they settled
into more conventional grooves. One branch developed as a recreational pastime with organized
clubs and societies. In the agricultural world poultry breeding and management became serious
scienti�ic endeavors, especially after the land-grant university research system was established.
Reuben Ropes’ abiding interest in poultry combined both the hobbyist and practical paths. As
Reuben became more involved in the business, poultry feed became a specialty. At some point the
�irm must have sold birds too, because there was a substantial hen house at the Danvers location. 18
George P. Burnham, The History of the Hen Fever, a Humorous Record. Boston, 1852, p 19
16 Arthur H. Cole, “Agricultural Crazes: A Neglected Chapter in American Economic History,” The American Economic
Review, December 1926, 636.
17 Paul Wallace Gates, The Farmer’s Age, 1815-1860 (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1960), 187, notes that the Osage orange
had limited success as fencing material in the pre-barbed wire era because winter kill left gaps, thorns hindered draft
animals, the hedges were big water consumers, and the “land for a distance of ten or twelve on each side of the hedge
was useless for crops.”
18 Sanborn Map of Danvers, Massachusetts, 1927, plate 2. Library of Congress
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�Salem Register, December 10, 1888
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�Ad, Salem Directory, 1888
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�Ad, 1905 Salem Directory, for Ropes Brothers
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�In 1890 Charles A. Ropes died. He left the house and land to Lucinda, plus $30,000 “in
money.” His sons Willis H., Charles F., and Reuben W. took over the �irm and renamed it Ropes
Brothers. In 1895 Reuben married Grace Austin Tuttle of Salem. Brother Charles F. served as best
man. Grace’s wedding album includes a handwritten account of the couple’s honeymoon; at the very
end, she described their return to Salem, and concluded by recording that “[we] began housekeeping
in our new home, Saturday, the twenty-ninth of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-�ive.” 19 In 1897
Lucinda Ropes formalized Reuben’s legal claim to the property by selling him the lot at present #18
Felt Street for $600.
The dwelling built for the newlyweds was executed in the “Queen Anne” style. As Bryant Tolles
writes in his Architecture in Salem, “Salem’s half dozen outstanding Queen Anne houses share in
common irregularity in plan and mass, and variety in building materials, wall textures, and color.
Windows and doors are of many forms, with either flat or round-arched headings. Often present
are tall, modeled brick chimneys, bays, corner towers, turrets, intersecting pitched roofs with
pronounced gables, large porches, and projecting upper stories.” 20 As the 1895 photo shows, the
new Ropes house displayed all these features nicely.
Reuben W. and Grace Tuttle Ropes house, 18 Felt Street, 1895 photograph. Reuben and Grace Ropes Wedding Album,
Benjamin Ropes Family Papers, 1804-1919, Box 1, Phillips Library
Charles A. Ropes will, 1889, Essex probate records 1889-90 p 401-2; Reuben and Grace Ropes Wedding Album,
Benjamin Ropes Family Papers, 1804-1919, Box 1, Phillips Library
20 Bryant Tolles, Architecture in Salem (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1983), xxi.
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�By choosing this style Reuben and Grace situated themselves solidly within the local middle
class among Salem’s lawyers, bankers, and businessmen. Several had recently erected Queen Anne
houses on Lafayette Street. There were also models closer by for the Ropeses to study; Reuben’s
own sister, Mary Cates, lived with her husband Frederick in a Queen Anne house at # 34 Dearborn,
built 1888. 21 Frederick and Mary lent money to family members and served as executors of their
estates, so they must have been close.
In the North Salem context these houses helped reshape the neighborhood’s character. They
made an emphatically high style and suburban presentation that contrasted to the surrounding
older estates which still possessed a rural ambience with a strong flavoring of country gentlemen’s
retreats. For example, Robert Manning was a widely known nurseryman who had an estate very
nearby at # 33. It had an 1824 “rural Federal” vernacular farmhouse as its headquarters. Pickering
Dodge, a member of a prominent Salem merchant family, chose Dearborn Street for a c. 1838 Greek
Revival summer residence and turned the grounds into a noted horticultural showcase and model
farm. The Reuben W. Ropes house stood out from these older homesteads because it was built on
a grander scale and adopted a popular late 19th century architectural style and form. However,
there is some evidence that the grounds at # 18 Felt made a gesture to North Salem’s genteel rural
ambience. According to a 2012 news article about the house, “the property was once a horticultural
showcase with vegetable and flower gardens, a beehive, chickens, and an old barn.” This is plausible
since by the 1930s maps show a barn, and a long narrow outbuilding on the lot which could have
been a hen house, as well as a small square structure on the lot edge. Reuben Ropes at one time had
served as judge for bees and honey, and of course he knew about chickens, so these buildings could
well have served rural pastimes. 22
The house’s �loor plan was drawn in 2012 for a building permit. It is not known whether or
how it has changed over time, but the current layout is similar to many �loor plans of the 19th century
and so we can speculate a bit about how it might re�lect evolving social dynamics in the late 19th
century. On the ground �loor three substantial rooms �low from one to another. The room closest
to the entrance (labeled parlor on 2012 plan) probably would have served as a semi formal space
where visitors would be received. Its mid 19th century predecessors would have been grander, more
heavily furnished and more spatially isolated. This parlor is integrated with the outdoors (via the
porch) and open to the neighboring living room. The space labeled “living room” is emphasized with
a large, rounded bow window and �ireplace evoking light and comfort. By this time many homes for
the well-off would have incorporated central heating, so the �ireplace was probably more about
coziness than practicality. A dining room provided specialized space for meals. A small front room
with window seat might have functioned as a place to read or play. All of these spaces re�lected a
rising trend in American domestic life toward greater informality and increasing focus on children.
By contrast the square and utilitarian kitchen was pointedly isolated via a separate, subordinate
21 The Manning house is documented as MHC site SAL.1829. Queen Anne houses on Lafayette Street mentioned by
Tolles include the Nichols House, 1889 (p. 243) and the Mary Devine house, 1892 (p. 241).
22 1888 Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society: p 46, Reuben W. Ropes is awarded premiums for White Leghorn
fowl; In 1889, p 43 he gets prizes for White Leghorn chicks and fowl, Pekin Duck ditto, and Plymouth Rock ditto; and
he served on the committee to judge bees, hives and honey, p 60.
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�entrance from outdoors, from the other ground �loor rooms by doors, and even from the main stair
by a separate stair to the second �loor. A single window lighted the interior. This layout segregated
work from leisure and display spaces. It also materially realized the class and ethnic gap between
the Ropeses and their Irish servant women. Upstairs �ive bedrooms and bath accommodated the
parents and children. The one with an adjoining room was probably for parents and an infant.
2012 Building Permit, 18 Felt Street, second �loor plan. City of Salem
2012 Building Permit, 18 Felt Street, �irst �loor plan. City of Salem
Available sources show some exterior changes to the footprint, mainly involving the porch.
In 1897 the porch extended only across the Felt Street façade; by 1911 it wrapped all the way around
12
�to include façade and southeast (con�irm) elevation, and a small rear ell appeared; later the porch
retreated a bit. 23
1897 Atlas of Salem, Sheet 12 (inset)
1897 Atlas of Salem, Sheet 12; 1907 Plan, Essex Plan Book 19, No. 2, entered 1909. (dated 1907); Sanborn Map of
Salem, “New Sheet 1932,” Sheet 70. Library of Congress.
23
13
�1911 Atlas of Salem, Sheet 9. Note the long narrow building at the rear of the R. W. Ropes lot. Given Reuben’s interest
in poultry it is possible that this could have been a hen house.
Sanborn Map of Salem, 1906-1950 (Library of Congress), Sheet 70: “New Sheet, September 1932”, detail. Now there is
a garage (marked “A”), to its left a stable and behind the stable another building that could be a hen house. It is unclear
what purpose the rear building might have served. Tax records were inaccessible for this history, but they supposedly
are held at the City Hall in Salem. They could shed more light on the outbuildings.
14
�Reuben and Grace had �ive children, four of whom survived to adulthood. The household ran
with the help of Irish domestic servants. Both parents actively engaged in Salem’s civic life through
charity work, school board service, and church organizations. 24 As the years passed Reuben
continued with the grain business and the children grew up. All four children attended college, an
unusual achievement for the time. None chose to carry on the family business: son Lawrence
became a building superintendent; daughter Marian was a physician at Massachusetts General
Hospital; son Austin was a credit manager for a major local employer, Sylvania; and daughter Esther
worked in a law of�ice as a secretary. 25
Grace Ropes passed away in 1923. For most of the next two decades several of the adult
children continued to live with their father at # 18 Felt. It would be interesting to know how they
managed the cooking and housework when they all had full-time jobs. They no longer employed
live-in servants, but perhaps they hired domestic help to come in from nearby. The house itself
probably still served the family well.
Meanwhile Ropes Brothers seems to have dwindled down to just Reuben. Sometime in the
1920s Charles F. Ropes apparently left the �irm to become a nurseryman, and Willis H. Ropes, the
eldest, had retired by 1929. 26 In 1936 calamity struck. Reuben W. Ropes was declared a bankrupt
and his entire property was seized by a court-appointed of�icial. Charles and Willis got caught up in
the proceedings too; they defaulted on their mother’s loan for the Central Street business premises
and ironically Reuben, as trustee, had to enter the grounds to formally repossess the property. 27
Available research to date has not �irmly established how such a wealthy family ended up bankrupt,
but it is indisputable that local businesses like the Ropes Brothers faced an increasingly daunting
competitive climate in early 20th century. The shift from sail to steam power disadvantaged
businesses (like the Ropes’s) that had been founded on large sail �leets. Moreover, the grain and
�lour business was also undergoing dramatic changes related to agriculture and food retailing. A
deep agricultural depression had preceded the Wall Street crash by a decade. Global competition
intensi�ied with European recovery from war. In the US farming became more specialized,
mechanized, and capital intensive. As farm output rose, prices dropped steeply, plunging farmers
into an escalating “cost-price squeeze” (higher costs, lower prices for their products). The number
of farms steadily declined. In New England these forces were ampli�ied by urbanization and high
land costs. To add to the stress, urbanites were trading horses for automobiles, and farmers were
swapping out draft horses for tractors; dairymen found that growing their own silage for winter
feed was a better strategy than purchasing grain. In sum, both rural and town markets for grain and
hay were contracting. Competition from newer, large nationwide companies like Ralston-Purina
also disadvantaged local distributors. Meanwhile the food retail sector was undergoing a major shift
to chain stores; consumers who formerly might have patronized Ropes Brothers for household
staples could now buy them at a chain store, probably more cheaply. Thus, the household market
for Ropes Brothers goods was probably dwindling too. These circumstances help to explain how a
formerly pro�itable grain business like Ropes Brothers could be forced out of business.
Reuben W. Ropes obituary, Salem Evening News, February 25, 1942, p. 2
US Census for 1940, Reuben W. Ropes and family; 1934 Salem directory for Lawrence Ropes; 1937, 1942 directories
26 Salem directories for 1929 (Willis Ropes); 1930 US Census and Salem directories for 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937,
1939 (Charles F. Ropes)
27 These legal processes are captured in the Property Ownership History. The record showing Reuben Ropes
foreclosing on his brothers is in DB 3078 page 248, July 9, 1936.
24
25
15
�Reuben’s children were able to purchase the home property and thereby save it for a family
residence. Marian, Esther, and Austin T. Ropes continued to live at # 18 Felt with their father. 28
In 1942 Reuben W. Ropes died, and that same year his son Austin married. The reconstituted
household at # 18 Felt consisted of Austin and his wife Margaret, Esther, and Marian. Marian
remained there until she married in 1948. That same year Austin and Margaret had a son, Austin T.
Ropes Jr. The three of them lived at 18 Felt along with Esther Ropes. 29 After his parents’ generation
passed away the house belonged to Austin T. Ropes, Jr., who became an attorney. An only child, he
never married and continued to live at # 18 until his own death in 2012. 30 The Ropes tenure at # 18
Felt Street now came to an end.
A period of uncertainty followed. According to the Salem News, “an aging family member”
(Austin Tuttle Jr.) had been unable to keep up the house interior or exterior and the house was
decaying quickly. A developer bought the property in 2011 with plans to demolish the house and
eliminate the century old trees. The Salem Historical Commission and other parties worked with
the developer to promote preservation. The current owners purchased the house and restored it to
its present condition, making it a preservation success story in Salem. 31
28 John C. McCarthy, Trustee in Bankruptcy, to Austin T., Marian, and Esther Ropes, DB 3077 p. 143, March 1936; 1940
US Census, 1942 Salem directory (showing them all living together at 18 Felt)
29 Ancestry data for births and deaths; US census for 1950, Salem directory for 1964
30 Austin T. Ropes Jr. obituary, currentobituary.com, on or about February 24, 2012
31 Tom Dalton, “New Life for Old House,” Salem News Dec 14, 2012; Donna Seger, “Streets of Salem” blog, January 2012
16
�List of Sources
If not explicitly footnoted, primary source material comes from Salemdeeds.com or Ancestry.
Secondary work:
Massachusetts Historical Commission, site SAL.1865, available through MACRIS, the
Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System, https://mhcmacris.net/details?mhcid=SAL.1865
Baker, John Milnes. A Concise Guide to American House Styles (New York: Countryman Press,
2018)
McAlester, Virginia. A Field Guide to American Houses revised edition. (New York: Alfred A.
Knopf, 2023)
Tolles, Bryant. Architecture in Salem. Hanover: University Press of New England, 1983.
Maps of Salem: (I include a hotlink only when the site is tricky to navigate or �ind)
Henry McIntyre, Map of the City of Salem, Mass. 1851. Online at Leventhal Maps Library,
Boston Public Library.
G. M. Hopkins, Atlas of the City of Salem. 1874. Available online through the Massachusetts
State Library, https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/206060
1875 US Geodetic and Coast Survey Map, Salem Harbor
Atlas of the City of Salem. 1897. Online through the Massachusetts State Library,
https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/205576
Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts. 1911. Online at Leventhal Maps Library, Boston
Public Library.
Deeds:
Sanborn Insurance Maps of Salem, Massachusetts, 1906-1950. Sheet 70. Library of
Congress website, select Maps in search bar
The Southern Essex Registry of Deeds, Salemdeeds.com, has digitized all deeds executed in
the county. https://salemdeeds.com/salemdeeds/Default2.aspx
Newspapers:
17
�The author uses Penn State library access to search Salem newspapers. Not all the major
Salem papers are included in the databases and they only go up to about 1900.
Biographical details:
Other:
Ancestry.com compiles digitized census, vital statistics, city directories, and other sources.
Hathi Trust gives access to historical publications, for example agricultural society activity
by Reuben Ropes.
Phillips Library Collections: Benjamin Ropes Family Papers, 1804-1919, Box 1. Reuben and
Grace Ropes wedding album
Salem State University Archives, digitized photos and post cards collection.
City of Salem Public Records (digital collection available via the city website)
Tom Dalton, “New Life for Old House.” Salem News December 14, 2012
Donna Seger, “The Other Ropes Mansion.” “Streets of Salem” blog, January 2012
Austin T. Ropes Jr. obituary, currentobituary.com, on or about February 24, 2012
Burnham, George P. The History of the Hen Fever, a Humorous Record. Boston, 1852.
Cole, Arthur H. “Agricultural Crazes: A Neglected Chapter in American Economic History.
The American Economic Review, December 1926.
18
�18 Felt Street, Salem, MA, Property Ownership History (in reverse chronological order)
DATE
GRANTOR
GRANTEE
DB/PAGE #
REMARKS (price, wording,
etc)
September 14,
Kinee for
Michael John
34369/561-2
Parcel A, a portion of the
2015
Treadwell
and Linda M.
Parcel A on the 2012 map. A
Blier
new map accompanies this
transaction. The lot
dimensions are now 137.3
feet by 172 feet.
October 17,
ICECAT, LLC
Michael John
31825/353
Lot 3 (16,608 SF) and Parcel B
2012
East Boston,
and Linda M.
(2311 SF) on a plan dated
MA
Blier, husband
June 18, 2012 and shown in
and wife of 18
Plan Book 434 Plan 17, being
Felt Street
a portion of the premises
deeded from Austin T. Ropes
Jr. to ICECAT in November
2011. This document creates
a new lot from Austin T.
Ropes’s property as described
in the 2011 deed. The new lot
is a rectangle 110 feet on the
Felt Street side and 172 feet
on the longer side.
November 18,
Austin T. Ropes, ICECAT, LLC
30847/465
$420K. Property described as
2011
Jr., unmarried,
bounded by Felt Street, 185
surviving
feet; on NW by land of
tenant in
Treadwell, 292 feet and North
common
Shore Babies Hospital, 138.8
feet; SE by land formerly of
Plante, 120 feet; NE by land
of Plante, 46.2 feet; SE by
Meegan and Morneau, 172
feet. Refers back to Lucinda
W. Ropes’s will. The present
lot at # 18 lies within these
bounds.
19
�18 Felt Street, Salem, MA, Property Ownership History (in reverse chronological order)
DATE
GRANTOR
GRANTEE
DB/PAGE #
REMARKS (price, wording,
etc)
1936-1948
John McCarthy, various
various
Reuben W. Ropes’s estate is
Trustee
sold off to various parties but
he and/or his children
continue to live at # 18
March 1936
John McCarthy, Austin T.,
3077/143
$50.00. The parcel in
trustee in
Marian, and
question is the 150 by 160
Bankruptcy
Esther Ropes
foot “original” 1897 lot with
(Reuben W.
the house at # 18 Felt Street.
Ropes’s
children)
November 18,
Ropes siblings
North Shore
1994/287 and
$1.00 transaction. See plan
1909
(Willis H., Mary Babies Hospital Plan Book 19
for the area conveyed to the
and Frederick
Plan # 2
hospital.
Cate, Lucinda
W. Ropes,
Reuben W.
Ropes, Charles
F. Ropes, and
trustees for
Edwin C. Ropes
March 20, 1906 Lucinda W.
Her will goes into effect
Ropes death
1903, 1905
Lucinda W.
Lucinda Ropes sets aside
Ropes will
certain funds, and all the
remainder of her property
(including land) she leaves to
her seven children to be
divided equally, with the
provision that Edwin C’s
portion is to be held in trust
for him.
February 4,
Lucinda W.
Reuben W.
1503/237
$600. Lucinda parcels off the
1897
Ropes
Ropes
present lot of present # 18
Felt Street to her son Reuben
W. Ropes. It is a rectangle 150
by 160 feet, bounded on the
southwest by Felt Street.
March 19, 1890 Death of
His widow,
Charles A.
Lucinda W.
Ropes
Ropes, and
children inherit
his property
20
�18 Felt Street, Salem, MA, Property Ownership History (in reverse chronological order)
DATE
GRANTOR
GRANTEE
DB/PAGE #
REMARKS (price, wording,
etc)
November 1,
Alfred Peabody Lucinda W.
596/236
$2800. This is the land from
1859
Ropes
the previous transaction of
1854.
May 15, 1854
James Upton
Alfred Peabody 495/216
$2700. This is the land from
the previous three
transactions, with a small
right of way added.
December 16,
John Bertram
James Upton
493/263
$800. This is the same
1853
property as in the previous
two transactions.
December 14,
John C. Lee
John Bertram
493/262
$2800. The same as DB
1853
344/33.
April 3, 1844
Abraham
John C. Lee
344/33
$1600. The property as
Kimball
described extended from the
intersection of Dearborn and
Felt Streets, to the present
Larch Avenue, and included
present # 40 Felt and 0 Felt
Street Way.
18 Felt Street, Salem, MA Property Ownership History Summary in chronological order
?-1844: Abraham Kimball
1844-1853: John C. Lee
Two days in 1853: John Bertram
December 1853-May 1854: James Upton
1854-1859: Alfred Peabody
1859-1890: Lucinda W. Ropes and her husband Charles A. Ropes (assumed)
1890-1897: Heirs of Charles A. Ropes (his widow Lucinda and their seven children one of whom
was Reuben W. Ropes)
1897-1936: Reuben W. Ropes
1936-1977: Austin T., Marian, and Esther Ropes (Reuben W. Ropes’s children) via bankruptcy
proceedings
1977: Austin T. Ropes death.
1979: Marian Ropes [married name unknown] death
1983: Esther Ropes death
1983-2011: Austin T. Ropes Jr. (son of Austin T. Ropes) is sole surviving tenant. In the early 2000s
there was threatened action by the city for nonpayment of taxes, but the city’s petition was
eventually withdrawn.
21
�2011-2012: ICECAT
2012-present: Michael and Linda Blier
Note: the house lot was # 6 Felt Street until around 1920 when it became # 18.
The house lot that currently makes up # 18 Felt Street is part of Ropes family lands that have been
recon�igured several times. Charles A. Ropes, merchant, and his wife Lucinda W. Ropes acquired
adjoining parcels in North Salem in 1854 and 1859 respectively. The 1874 landownership map
shows the two in a single unit under ownership of Charles A. Ropes. In 1890 Charles Ropes died,
willing his property to his widow and children. In 1897 Lucinda Ropes sold a parcel to her son
Reuben W. Ropes. It was a rectangle with the short side along Felt Street (150 feet) and long sides
of 160 feet. This must be the parcel that is shown on the 1897 Atlas of Salem, with the present
house on it. Directories show that Reuben W. Ropes “boarded” at the foot of Dearborn Street with
his mother at least until 1895, when he married. The house footprint appears in 1897 so we can
be fairly con�ident that it was built between 1895 and 1897.
In subsequent years the lot con�iguration changed until it assumed its present boundaries in 2012.
The recon�igurations followed upon two key events. The �irst was Lucinda Ropes’s death in 1906,
following which her seven children divided the estate, swapping parcels among themselves and
selling off lots to nonfamily parties, most notably a large plot to the North Shore Babies Hospital.
The 1932 Sanborn map showed a rectangular lot at # 18 Felt that included the house and several
outbuildings. This lot ran 185 feet along Felt Street. The second key event was that in 1936
Reuben W. Ropes was declared a bankrupt. This set off a complicated round of selloffs and intrafamily trades. In 1936 three of Ropes’s children (Austin T., Marian, and Esther Ropes) purchased
the “original” 1897 lot for $50.00. They and their father lived at # 18 at that point, so they were
purchasing their family home. Maps and deeds from intervening years show that the lot for # 18
changed shape and was swapped back and forth again. 32 This happened because original lands
had been subdivided among the Ropes siblings but also sold off to other buyers. The 2011
transaction between Austin T. Ropes Jr. and ICECAT concerned a larger parcel from which the 2012
lot was created.
See: 1948 Ropes to Brotherton and back, DB 3607 pp 516-518; 1972 Lewandowski to Ropes siblings DB 5838 p
587; 1972 Ropes siblings to Lewandowski DB 5838 p 586; 1974 Ropes siblings to themselves DB 6652 p 683.
32
22
�DB 344, p 33, Kimball to Lee, 1844
23
�24
�Lee to John Bertram, Bertram to Upton, 1853
DB 493, pp 262-264, J. C.
25
�DB 495 p 216, Upton to Peabody, 1854
26
�to Lucinda Ropes, 1859
DB 596 p 236, Peabody
27
�28
�DB 1503, p 238-9, Lucinda Ropes to Reuben W. Ropes, 1897
29
�DB 3077 p 143, McCarthy to Ropes siblings, 1936
30
�31
�DB 30847 p 465, Austin T. Ropes to ICECAT, 2011
32
�33
�DB 31825 p 353-4, ICECAT to Blier, 2012
34
�35
�DB 34369 p 562-3, Kinee to Blier, 2015
36
�2012 Plan of 18 Felt Street, Plan Book 434 Plan 17.
37
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1895
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Salem
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5 Gardner St.
Frank Charbonneau
Overseer of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co.
Built c. 1917
Originally built for Charles H. Jelly c. 1895
Destroyed in the Great Salem Fire of 1914
Researched and written by Noelle Jones
November 2021
Historic Salem, Inc
The Bowditch House
9 North Street, Salem, MA, 01970
(978) 745-0799| HistoricSalem.org
© 2021
�Homeowner
Date
Purchased
Years of
Ownership
Number
of Years
Purchase Price Documents
Referenced
Notes
Charles H. Jelly
August 9,
1892
1892-1898
6 years
Consideration
paid $1
1351-56
“A certain
parcel of
land”
According
to the 1890
Salem City
Atlas, there
is no
building
present.
From 1895
on,
residents
are listed
as living at
5 Gardner
St in the
Salem City
Directory
so this is
the year
that the
original
pre-1914
fire house
must have
been built.
William F. M.
Collins
January 19,
1898
1898
> 1 year
Consideration
paid $1
1538-379
“A certain
parcel of
land”
Catherine Jelly
January 19,
1898
1898-1915
7 years
Consideration
paid $1
1538-380
“A certain
piece or
parcel of
land”
According
to the 1914
Salem Fire
Data,
Catherine
is listed as
losing 5
�Gardner St
to the fire
Paul N. Chaput
July 20,
1915
1915
> 1 year
Consideration
paid $1
2302-163
“a certain
parcel of
land”
Frank
Charbonneau
July 20,
1915
1915-1920
5 years
Consideration
paid $1
2303-84
According
to the 1917
Salem City
Directory,
residents
are listed
as living at
5 Gardner
St, so
around this
time the
post-fire
structure
must have
been
rebuilt.
May 6,
1919 parcel
of land
added,
purchased
from
Joseph
Poussard
2412-479
Elizabeth A.
Hickey
June 2,
1920
1920
>1 year
Mortgage of
2452-341
$3,500 held by
Frank
Charbonneau
Frank
Charbonneau
and Mary J
Charbonneau
June 2,
1920
1920-1925
5 years
Mortgage of
2452-341
$3,500 held by
Frank
Charbonneau
Elizabeth A.
Hickey
April 28,
1925
1925
> 1 year
Mortgage of
2637-370
$3,500 held by
Frank
Charbonneau
�Frank
Charbonneau
Mary Jeanne
Charbonneau
April 28,
1925
1925-1959
34 years
Mortgage of
2637-371
$3,500 held by
Frank
Charbonneau
Harry A. Simon
May 12,
1959
1959
>1 year
Consideration
paid
4614-190
Mary Jeanne
Charbonneau
Willy Roy
May 12,
1959
1959-1969
10 years
Consideration
paid
4614-191
Willy Roy and
Alma Roy
October 20, 1969-1978
1969
9 years
Consideration
paid
5644-714
Willy Roy and
Dora C. Roy
January 16,
1978
2 years
Consideration
paid
6437-219
Ronald L.
Wright
September, 1980
26, 1980
> 1 year
$75,000
6742-301
1978-1980
Ronald L.
September
Wright, Trustee 29, 1980
of B&R
Associates
Realty Trust
1980
>1 year
Consideration
paid $1
6747-432
Kathleen
Hagan
September
29, 1980
1980-1983
3 years
$80,000
7040-509
Kathleen J.
Broyer
(Spofford
Worth)
William J.
Broyer
November
7, 1983
1983-1989
6 years
$80,000
7263-262
Kathleen J.
Broyer
(Spofford
Worth)
August 9,
1989
1989-1991
2 years
Consideration
paid
10412-521
1991
>1 year
Consideration
paid
10822-566
Kathleen
June 7,
Spofford Worth 1991
and John E
Worth
Wright
transfers
the deed to
himself as
a trustee
William
grants
Kathleen
ownership
in their
divorce
�John W. Worth
June 7,
1991
1991-2002
11 years
$202,000
10822-567
John W. Worth
November
19, 2002
2002present
19+
years
n/a
19646-19
Master
Deed Creation of
Condomini
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James Maynard November
and James
22, 2002
Singletary
2002-2021
19 years
$215,900
19668-130
Purchase of
5 Gardner
St Unit 2
Kathleen
December
Spofford Worth 11, 2002
2002-2010
8 years
Consideration
paid $1
19786-456
Purchase of
5 Gardner
St Unit 1
Tracee M.
Sprong
February
14, 2003
2003-2016
13 years
$146,000
20175-107
Purchase of
5 Gardner
St Unit 3
Bonnie Jean
LeBlanc
November
26, 2010
2010-2015
5 years
Consideration
paid $1
30005-30
Purchase of
5 Gardner
St Unit 1
Kathleen
February
Spofford Worth 18, 2015
2015present
6+ years
Consideration
paid $1
33858-23
Purchase of
5 Gardner
St Unit 1
Thomas Shane
March 28,
2016
2016present
5+ years
$156,000
34802-057
Purchase of
5 Gardner
St Unit 3
Jennifer
Polansky
May 28,
2021
2021present
>1 year
$376,000
399228-377
Purchase of
5 Gardner
Unit 2
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1890. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn03836_001/.
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Frank Charbonneau
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1914
1917
5 Gardner Street
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Great Salem Fire
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Salem
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7 Chandler Street
Built for
Christopher McGrane
Grocer
1895
Researched and written by Connie Barlow
June 2022
Historic Salem, Inc
The Bowditch House
9 North Street, Salem, MA, 01970
(978) 745-0799| HistoricSalem.org
© 2022
1
�Courtesy of City of Salem Assessor’s Office
In the decades following the Civil War Salem’s population was growing as new leather, shoe and
textile factories opened, including a third factory building for the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company
built in 1865. As Salem became more densely built-up, new residential housing was being built further
north of town, in what was designated as Ward 6, to the east and west of North Street where previously
small farms and homes with large lots had lined the road towards Danvers. Savvy businessmen,
investors and developers began to buy up tracts of land with the intent of dividing them into building
lots for new homes. Today the names of some of those early investors can be gleaned from street
2
�names in the area. To the west of North Street in the vicinity of School Street were found Symonds,
Balcomb and Chandler Streets. One might surmise that Northend Street derived its name from its
location in this north end of town; however, Northend was named for another investor in this area,
William D. Northend, a prominent attorney in Salem who lived for a while on School Street with his wife
and family.1 In 1874 Northend and his wife, Susan, sold a parcel of land without a building, to Otis P.
Lord of Salem for $800.2 The land is described in the deed as follows:
“. . . commencing at School Street East by School Street 150 feet 9 inches to Symonds Street, turning
and running North by Symonds 372 feet to a stake, turning and running South 290 feet to School Street
at the beginning.”
The street that was to become Chandler Street was not yet named, if indeed such an actual street
existed at that time.
Otis Lord was someone even more prominent than William Northend: he served as a judge in
the Massachusetts Superior Court, had an office on Washington Street and resided at 16 North Street.3
Judge Lord held the parcel of land in Ward 6 for 10 years and had not developed it at the time of
his death in March of 1884.4 Three years later, in 1887, Christopher McGrane bought the land from
Lord’s estate, Benjamin Kimbell acting as executor, for $1,600.5
1
1860; Census Place: Salem Ward 6, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_497; Page: 211; Family History
Library Film: 80349
2
Salem Registry of Deeds, 901-168
3
Salem City Directory, 1874.
4
Salem City Directory, 1884
5
Salem Registry of Deeds, 1194-136
3
�Christopher McGrane was a very successful grocer in Salem who had a store on Harbor Street
which he lived above in 1882.6 It was not until the 1890-91 Salem Directory that a Chandler Street is first
listed in the City Directory “from School to Symond.” The first two houses built on the street were #8
and #10.7 (However, there is a gap in the City Directories from 1887 to 1889 so the exact date of the
construction of those houses cannot be ascertained from that information.) By 1894 there were two
more houses listed on Chandler at # 9 and #11.8 That same Directory indicated that McGrane himself
had moved into a residence at 14 Dearborn Street in Ward 6, Salem, on the east side of North Street. His
purchase of the house on Dearborn might be seen as an indication that McGrane’s wealth was
increasing because in the next Salem City Directory, 1895-96, it Is learned that he had built a house on
the land at #7 Chandler Street, most likely intending for It to be an income generating property. The
house was a simple 1-1/2 story Cape style which later would have a double dormer added to the second
floor.
The first tenant was Frederick W, Mozart, a retired carpenter.9 Mr. Mozart passed away at the age of
71 on April 12, 1896,10 which suggests that he lived in the house for less than a year in 1895. That would
mean that Christopher McGrane built #7 Chandler in 1895.
The Salem Atlas, 1897 (Plates 8) showed the house at #7 Chandler as belonging to C. McGrane.
Around the corner facing on School Street is another large, two-family house, #63 and #65, labeled as
6
Salem City Directory, 1882
7
Salem City Directory, 1890-91
8
Salem City Directory, 1893-1894
9
Salem City Directory, 1895-1896.
10
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840-
1911
4
�belonging to C. McGrane.11 Mr. McGrane apparently decided that land and rental units were a good
investment and a source of steady income.
The next tenant at 7 Chandler was a widow, Eliza A Cann, who shared the house with her
daughter, Florence, a teacher at Pickering School, and a son, Frederick, a student.12 The Cann family
lived there until Fred completed school in 1902, at which time they relocated to Chicago where Fred was
employed as a salesman of school supplies.13
John P. Tolan, a gardener, and his wife Winifred, were the next to rent #7 Chandler Street for
four years.14 They moved out when they were able to buy their own home in Ward 6, Salem.15
11
Salem Atlas 1897, Plate 8
12
Salem City Directory 1897-98
13
1910 Federal Census Place: Chicago Ward 6, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_246; Page: 8A; Enumeration
District: 0373; FHL microfilm: 1374259
14
Salem City Directory, 1903-1904,1905, 1906, 1907
15
1910 Federal Census Place: Salem Ward 6, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_587; Page: 15B; Enumeration
District: 0478; FHL microfilm: 1374600
16
Salem City Directory, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921
5
�Alfred C Chase, a machinist at Morocco Machine, and his wife Grace succeeded the Tolans, first
renting the house on Chandler in 1908 and continuing to reside there until 1921.16 During their time in
the house, they were joined for a year (1916-1917) by daughter Ethel, and, in 1918, by John R, Chase
and his wife Margaret. Laura Chase, another daughter, identified as a “shoeworker,” was listed at the
address in 1921.
In July 1921 Christopher McGrane sold the property on Chandler Street to Charles S. Johnson.17
Perhaps McGrane was already in poor health and desired to liquidate some assets prior to his death; he
expired in 1922.18 However, in less than a month, August 1921, Johnson sold #7 Chandler to Speros and
17
Salem Registry of Deeds, 2487-475
18
Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current [database on-line].
Lehi, UT, USA
6
�Mary Scourtas.19 Not quite a year later the Scourtas’ sold the house and land to Weston A. Hamilton in
June 1922.20
Weston Alexander Hamilton was 32 years old when in bought #7 Chandler Street. He was single,
living and working as an instructor and in charge of the poultry and swine at the Wrentham State School,
a residential facility run by the state of Massachusetts for “the feeble-minded.”21The house he had
purchased was lived in by his mother, Jennie B. Hamilton, along with Weston’s sister Gertrude and her
husband, Martin Kelley.22 It was also Weston’s home when he had time off from his employment at the
Wrentham School. Kelley was employed as a machinist at the leather factory of A.C. Lawrence Company.
The couple had two daughters, Olive and Marion, who were ages 6 and 5, respectively, at the time the
family moved into #7.23 In the 1930 Census, Gertrude Hamilton Kelley was listed as working in a laundry
as a “clother slube.”24
Jennie Hamilton continued to reside with her daughter and son-in-law until around 1940. After
that she was no longer listed as a resident at 7 Chandler in the Salem City Directory. In 1941 Martin and
Gertrude Kelley and their daughters were listed in the Directory. Marion was employed as a clerk at Met
19
Salem Registry of Deeds, 2490-376
20
Salem Registry of Deeds, 2521-518
21
1930 U.S. Federal Census Place: Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Page: 17B; Enumeration
District: 0147; FHL microfilm: 2340672
22
Salem City Directory, 1924
23
1940 U.S. Federal Census Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: m-t0627-01589; Page: 2A;
Enumeration District: 5-369
24
1930; Census Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0266; FHL
microfilm: 2340638
7
�Life Insurance. Jennie was not listed. Then in 1942 Martin Kelley and daughter Olive, a teacher at
Pickering School, were the only two residing at #7: neither Gertrude nor Marion was listed.25 Marion
was boarding at 86 Broadway and worked as a waitress. No date was found for Gertrude’s death nor the
exact date of the death of her mother, Jennie.
When the United Sates entered World War II, Weston Hamilton was 52 years old. His Draft
Registration card in 1942 stated that he was “Retired and Disabled.”26 It was not surprising then to find
that Weston was living in the house he owned at #7 Chandler Street full time with Martin and Olive
Kelley; the house became his primary residence.27
In 1946 Weston Hamilton had an opportunity to acquire a parcel of land abutting his property on
Chandler, a portion of the land behind the house on School Street that C. McGrane was shown owning
on the 1897 Atlas Map. The land was bought from Morris and Eudis Beim.28 The parcel had been sold off
from Christopher McGrane’s estate by his sister, Catherine J. Hannon, the executrix, in 1923.29 In that
same year, 1946, Weston’s father, Robert R. Hamilton, moved into #7 with him and Martin and Olive
25
Salem City Directory, 1942
26
The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth Registration)
For the State of Massachusetts; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group
Number: 147; Series Number: M209
27
Salem City Directory, 1944, 1945
28
Salem Registry of Deeds, 3469-321
29
Salem Registry of Deeds, 2551-03
8
�Kelley. The four continued to share the house until Robert Hamilton expired in 1952.30 Meanwhile,
Weston took a position as a clerk at Joseph B.F. Seeley & Co.31
After Robert Hamilton’s death, Weston and his brother-in-law Martin continued to share the house
but Olive Kelley moved out to reside at The Emmerton House Women’s Friend Society on Hawthorne
Boulevard.32 By 1954 Weston was living alone in the house. Martin Kelley had moved to Federal Street,
remarried and worked as a janitor at the Peabody Museum. Anna Kelley, his new wife, worked as credit
manager at Kay Jewelry.33 Martin Kelley expired six years later in 1961.34
30
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980
31
Salem City Directory, 1949
32
Salem City Directory, 1952
33
Salem City Directory, 1955
34
Salem City Directory, 1961
9
�Weston Hamilton continued to live alone on Chandler Street until Olive moved back in with her
uncle in 1966. By then Weston had retired from his clerking job; Olive was employed by the IRS. 35 Uncle
and niece shared Chandler Steet until Weston Alexander Hamilton’s death in 1983.36 Olive Kelley
continued to live in the house until 1991, just before she and her sister, Marion Kelley Rice, who had
inherited the property together from their uncle, sold the house to Charles S. Poirie for $80,000r.37 After
the sale of the house, Olive resided at Brookhouse Home for Aged Women on Derby Street.38
Charles Poirier never lived at #7 Chandler Street. He appeared to have purchased the house to
“flip” it at a profit. There was a building permit issued for the property to one Charles McInnes in July
1992 for renovation of the kitchen, bathroom, new windows, two storm doors and repair of plaster
walls and ceilings.39Once the renovations were completed, Poirier sold the house in August 1993 to
David M. Gilbert and his wife Rebecca Gilbert for $128,900.40The Gilberts resided in the house for 7
years. David was employed by Unite Parcel Service and Rebecca was listed as “at home” in the City of
Salem Annual Listing.41
35
Salem City Directory, 1966
36
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1970-2003 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2005.
37
Salem Registry of Deeds, 11264-452
38
Salem City Directory, 1993
39
City of Salem Building Permit, July 13, 1992, 307-92
40
Salem Registry of Deeds, 12061-118
41
City of Salem Annual Listing, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001
10
�The property changed hands again in 2002 when it was sold by David and Rebecca Gilbert to
James and Susan Flaherty 42James Flaherty worked as a fabrications manager and Susan Flaherty was an
Executive Assistant.43 After 6 years the house was once again sold, this time to Robert A. and Jennifer
Pavenski.44Bob Pavenski was a sales manager; Jennifer listed her occupation as a photographer.45
For a period of three years, 2012 t0 2015, no one was listed as living at #7 Chandler Street in the City
of Salem Annual Listings. Then in February of 2016, Michael W Fleming, a scientist, and Jacob Quiring, a
farmer,46 purchased the house and property from Robert Pavenski and Jennifer “Rotondo.”47They lived
there until the current owners, Kate Martin and John Daly, bought the house in 2021.48
42
Salem Registry of Deeds, 18389-510
43
City of Salem Annual Listing, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
44
Salem Registry of Deeds, 25470-15
45
City of Salem Annual Listing, 2010
46
City of Salem Annual Listing, 2917
47
Salem Registry of Deeds, 34744-053
48
Salem Registry of Deeds, 40428-071
11
�1874 Atlas Map, Plate Q
12
�1897 Atlas (Plate 8) detail showing two properties owned by C. McGrane.
13
�Salem City Directory, 1874
Salem City Directory, 1878
14
�Building Permit, 1992
Ownership Table
15
�Property
Owner
Otis Lord
Christopher
McGrane
Charles S.
Johnson
Date
Purchased
April 6,
1874
January
8,1887
July
6,1921
Years
Number
of
of Years
Ownership
187413
1887
years
188734
1921
years
1921
>1 year
Sporos
Scourtas, Mary
Scourtas, Peter
Pastas
Weston A,
Hamilton
August
12, 1921
19211922
June 24,
1922
19221992
John and Mary
Egan, Catherine
Tracy
Morris Beim,
Eudis Beim
Weston A,
Hamilton
April 17,
1923
19231927
Charles S,
Poirier
David M.
Gilbert
James E, and
Susan Flaherty
Robert
Pavenski and
Jennifer Rotondo
Jacob Quiring
and Michael W,
Fleming
Kate Martin.
and John Daly
April
29,1992
August
13, 1993
February
28, 2002
March 17,
2006
19932001
20022006
20062016
February
29, 2016
20162021
December
192720, 1927
1946
July 16,
19461946
1992
October
21, 2021
1992
2021+
Purchase
Price
Documents
Referenced
Notes
$800.00
901-168
$1,600.00
1194-136
$1 and
other
considerations
For
consideration
paid
2487-475
2490-376
Parcel #1 with
building
2521-518
Parcel #1 with
building
>1 year
$1 and
other
considerations
From Estate
of Christopher
McGrane
$1 and
consideration
$1 and
other
considerations
$80,000.00
8 years
$128,900.00
4 years
>1 year
70
years
4 years
19
years
46
years
10
years
5 years
Land parcel #1
Parcel #1 from
Estate of Otis Lord
Parcel #1 with
building
2551-03
Land parcel #2
2750-437
Parcel #2
3469-321
Parcel #2 land
11264-452
12061-118
Land with building,
Estate of W. Hamilton
Land with building
$245,000.00
18389-510
Land with building
$298,000.00
25470-15
Land with building
$312,500.00
34744-053
Land with building
$541,000.00
40428-071
Residents Table
16
�DIRECTORY YEAR
1895-1896
1897-1902
1897-1902
1897-1902
1903-1907
1908-1921
1908-1921
1916-1917
1918-1920
1918-1920
1920-1921
1922-1923
1922-1923
1924-1983
1924-1940
1924-1953
1924-1941
1924-1952; 1964-1991
1924-1942
1946-1952
1994-2001
1994-2001
2002-2006
2002-2005
2006-2011
2006-2011
2016-2021
2016-2021
2021-present
2021-present
RESIDENTS
Frederick Mozart
Eliza Cann
Florence E. Cann
Frederick V. Cann
John P. Tolan
Albert C, Chase
Grace E. Chase
Ethel Chase
John R, Chase
Margaret Chase
Laura Chase
Speros Scourtes
Mary Scourtes
Weston A. Hamilton
Jennie B. Hamilton
Martin Kelley
Gertrude Hamilton Kelley
Olive Kelley
Marion Kelley
Robert R. Hamilton
David Gilbert
Rebecca Gilbert
James Flaherty
Susan Flaherty
Bob Pavenski
Jennifer Pavenski
Michael W. Fleming
Jacob Quiring
Kate Martin
John Daly
OCCUPATION OR NOTES
Retired carpenter
Widow
Teacher, Pickering School
Student
Gardener for the city
Machinist
Homemaker
Lamp worker (glassworks)
Gardener
Homemaker
Shoeworker
Shoe cutter
Homemaker
Instructor, state school
Homemaker
Machinist
Laundry slube
Teacher
Clerk; waitress
Retired
Employed by UPS
Homemaker
Fabrication manager
Executive assistant
Sales manager
Photographer
Scientist
Farmer
17
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House History
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Built for
Christopher McGrane
Grocer
1895
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Built 1895
House history completed 2022
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Connie Barlow
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English
1895
2022
7 Chandler Street
grocer
Massachusetts
McGrane
Salem
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Broad Street
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28-28 1/2 Broad Street, Salem, MA, 01970
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House History
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An account of the resource
Built by
Albert E. Newton
Grocer
circa 1895
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Built c. 1895
House history completed 2015
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Kimberly Withworth
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English
1895
2015
28 1/2 Broad Street
28 Broad Street
grocer
Massachusetts
Newton
Salem