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23 Briggs Street
Built for
John Goodhue
Fisherman
and his wife
Anna Preston
c. 1740
Researched & written by
Robert Booth
October 2019
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
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23 Jackson Street
Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Built for Thomas F. Little, c. 1927-1929
Researched and written by David Moffat – August 2017
�I.
The Neighborhood
Diagonally oriented to the corner of Broad and Jackson Streets, 23 Jackson Street is near
the south-western extremity of downtown Salem. In 1676, when the people of Salem feared an
attack by French and Indian forces, a large palisade was constructed along Salem’s western edge.
The location of 23 Jackson Street today fell just outside of that defensive barrier.1 In 1700, the
area was the most southwesterly tract of privately owned land in Salem, belonging to Col. John
Hathorne (1641-1717), magistrate during the Salem Witchcraft Trials and great-great grandfather
of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864).2 The farm was established within the first decade of
Salem’s settlement by Maj. William Hathorne (c. 1606-1681), the earliest of the Hawthornes in
America and a merchant in Salem. Hathorne had a house on the site in 1646 and 1661, though it
was gone by the time of his death in 1681.3 This was the earliest house in this section of town
and no trace of it remains today.
The closest house in 1700, according to deed research by Salem historian Sidney Perley
(1858-1958) in 1901, was that of Benjamin and William Pickering.4 The Adams-Pickering
House, built by mason Richard Adams before 1679, when it was purchased by Lt. John Pickering
1
Phillips, James Duncan, Sidney Perley, and William W.K. Freeman. “Part of Salem in 1700.” Map. In Salem in the
Seventeenth Century. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1933.
2
Ibid.
3
Perley, Sidney. “Part of Salem in 1700. No. 6.” The Essex Antiquarian. Vol. V, No. 3 (March 1901), Salem, MA. p.
34
4
Ibid.
�(1637-1694), who in 1664 had built the Pickering House which still stands on Broad Street.5 In
1694, the Adams-Pickering House passed to Pickering’s sons, Benjamin (1665-1718) and
William (1670-1702). The house survived until 1865, when it was lost in a fire. It was sketched
from memory in 1866 by antiquarian and botanist John Robinson (1846-1925) and appears to be
a two-and-a-half story central chimney house with a prominent overhang.6 The present day
course of Jackson Street runs parallel to the southern boundary of the Pickering’s land.
In the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries, if one were to stand where 23 Jackson Street is
today located, the vast common pasture would be provide a vista stretching across the west,
while to the north across the common land could be seen the rocky outcrops of Proctor’s Ledge.
Gallow’s Hill would be seen across the marshes at the southern extent of the North River. To the
south, past the common pasture could be seen the marshy banks of Mill Pond and the South
Fields and Castle Island Neck. Due east, one would see the busy shipbuilding area of Knocker’s
Hole across the Broad Field. Looking to the northeast, one would see streets which are today
Broad Street and Flint Street, Hathorne’s farmhouse, as well as the aforementioned houses of the
Pickerings and a house belonging to Thomas Flint, along with a patchwork of fields across which
would be visible the more dense settlement along the North River. 7
It would take 200 years for sizeable development to occur in the area. A town map drawn
in 1794 or 1795 shows the town’s settlement ending abruptly near the corner of Broad Street and
5
Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory Unpublished Report 2007/27. “SALEM, Essex Co; The Pickering House,
18 Broad Street.” http://www.dendrochronology.net/ma.asp
6
Perley, 1901. pp. 35-36.
7
Phillips, Perley, and Freeman, 1933.
�Flint Street. 8 Broad Street and Flint Street had begun in the seventeenth century and both
achieved their present names in 1801. Warren Street was laid out and so named in 1804.9
Around a decade later, when Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838) mapped Salem in 1806,
the southwestern terminus of the settled town was still located at the intersection of Broad Street
and Flint Street. In Bowditch’s map, it appears that Essex Street continues on in the direction
Swampscott, and that Broad Street may continue farther southwest as well. 10 This intersection is
about one tenth of a mile to the northeast of where 23 Jackson Street sits today.11
Change came to the neighborhood slowly in the nineteenth century. An 1820 map, drawn
by Jonathan Peele Saunders (1785-1844), shows Highland Avenue (called the Salem Turnpike)
extending to the southwest towards Swampscott. Broad Street extends southward and ends
abruptly, as it did in Bowditch’s map. Two new streets have been added to the neighborhood as
well, Phelps’ Lane and Circus Street (today Hathorne Street), both extending southwest from
Broad Street towards Mill Pond.12 To the south of the house, in the Great Pasture, can be seen a
powder magazine, the namesake of today’s Powder House Lane. An 1832 map, also by Saunders,
shows no appreciable change in the neighborhood.
8
Map of Salem, c. 1795. Essex County Registry of Deeds, Salem, MA.
http://salemdeeds.com/salemdeeds/atlases_pages.aspx?
atlastype=Atlases&atlastown=ESSEX+COUNTY&atlas=ESSEX+COUNTY+1795&atlas_desc=ESSEX+COUNTY
+1795&pageprefix=&direct=T&From=
9
Perley, 1901. p. 33.
10
Bowditch, Nathaniel. “Chart of the harbours of Salem, Marblehead, Manchester, and Beverly: From a survey
taken in years 1804, 5, & 6.” Map. 1806. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. http://
www.leventhalmap.org/id/10920
11
12
Google Maps, retrieved 3/28/2017.
Saunders, Jonathan Peele. “Plan of the Town of Salem in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts From actual
Surveys made in the years 1796 & 1804: with the improvements and alterations since that period as Surveyed by
Jonathan P. Saunders.” Map, 1820. Engraved by Annan & Smith, Boston. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston
Public Library. http://www.leventhalmap.org/id/12094
�Henry McIntyre’s 1851 map is the first to show individual residences. The map shows
that the western sides of Hathorne Street and Phelps Street were built-up with houses, as were
both sides of Broad Street past the intersection with Flint Street. No houses stood near where 23
Jackson Street is located today. A new street, Prospect Street, stretches from Broad Street to the
Mill Pond. Its name suggests a hopefulness and forward motion of Salem’s expansion, though it
could be a reference to the scenic view over the Great Pasture.13
Those whose houses are marked on McIntyre’s map include Benjamin B. Swasey, a
captain, and his son, Benjamin B. Swasey, Jr., a mariner, who lived at 51 Broad Street as well as
currier Jeremiah Mahoney and Mrs. Joseph Phipps, who lived in separate houses at 56 Broad
Street. Henry Brown, a shoemaker, and George Turner, a shipbuilder, lived near the intersection
of Broad Street and Phelps Lane. Farther down the street were Rodman J. Davis, a dancing
master, George H. Thomas, a shoemaker, Sarah Thomas, Richard Thomas, a fish dealer, and
Rebecca Green, a widow. Listed in the Salem directory are further residents: Patrick Davis, a
gardener, Sarah Towne, a dressmaker, John Breen, a currier, Hugh Boyce and Richard Palmer,
laborers.14 The hilly area to the south of Prospect Street was the estate of “Stearns,” 15 perhaps
William or Caroline, who are mentioned in the 1851 Directory, or Sarah Stearns, who appears
later.
13
McIntyre, Henry. “Map of the City of Salem, Mass. From an actual survey By H. Mc. Intyre. Cl. Engr.” Map,
1851. Henry McIntyre, Salem, MA. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. http://
www.leventhalmap.org/id/15108
14 Adams,
George. Salem Directory…also including a directory of the towns of Beverly, Peabody, Danvers, and
Marblehead. H. Whipple, Salem, MA. 1851.
15
McIntyre, 1851
�An 1872 map from an atlas of Essex County shows continued residential development in
the neighborhood, with two new streets (Vale Street and Green Place, today Stearns Place)
stretching between Phelps Street and Prospect Street. 18 new houses were constructed on these
streets between 1851 and 1872, including one for James McNiff, a mason, and Bernard McNiff,
a tanner, at 10 Vale Street. To the south of Warren Street, Warren Street Court and the beginning
of the Dalton Parkway appear for the first time as well.16 The southwestward expansion of Salem
was picking up.
By 1874, when an atlas of Salem was prepared by G.M. Hopkins & Co. of Philadelphia,
the Salem Great Pastures stretched across a vast section of the western end of town and there was
not much new residential construction in the neighborhood over the course of two years.17 Two
houses, one for Joseph Andrews, a currier, and another for John W Fabens, a shoemaker, were
located where Prospect Street once ran and the only trace of that former street is a straight line of
property boundaries at the southern end of Vale Street and Green Place.18
Being at the far extent of settlement in town, it was an attractive area for land speculation.
Charles Weston, the owner of Charles Weston & Sons, a tannery, owned a large piece of land on
the opposite side of Broad Street (later home to 21 Jackson Street) with a tall house in the
center.19 In 1899, Weston’s property was divided into 13 lots, each roughly 4,000 square feet.20
16
Beers, D.G., J.H. Goodhue, and H.B. Parsell. “Map of the City of Salem, Mass.” Map, 1872. In Atlas of Essex
County, Massachusetts From actual Survey’s and Official Records. D.G. Beers & Co, Philadelphia, 1872.
17
Busch, Edward. Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts. From actual Survey & Official records. G.M. Hopkins
& Co. Philadelphia, 1874.
18
Ibid.
19
D. Mason & Co. “Salem, Mass. 1883.” Map. Syracuse, New York, 1883.
20
Metcalf & Ashton. “Weston Estate Salem.” Map. Essex County Registry of Deeds, Book 1603, Page 1. http://
salemdeeds.com/salemdeeds/PlanDisplay.aspx?
type=PID&src=plbp&book=1603&Page=1&booktype=Record&PID=122705
�In 1874, the future site of the house was an oddly-shaped chunk of vacant land owned by
the heirs of Sarah M. Stearns. A Sarah E. Stearns boarded at 384 Essex Street in 1861 with
William A. Stearns, who later owned the property.21 In 1870, those pieces of land were given to
William Stearns by Sarah W. Stearns, his aunt. In 1884, a parcel of land containing 384 Essex
Street was sold to William Stearns for 1 dollar from her estate, through her administrator Nathan
Morse.22 By that time, Sarah Stearns had died in Somerville.
The closest houses were to the north, that of Elizabeth Burt and John Huse, a currier, on
Broad Street, and John McCarthy and Patrick Troy, a mason, off Vale Street. Green Place, to the
northeast, was a working class neighborhood, home to Cornelius Norris, a teamster, Terrence J.
O’Donnell, a grain cutter, Michael McCarty, a laborer, and Patrick F. Slevin, a blacksmith23.
Jackson Street was laid out in 1877.24 Jackson Street, according to Census data compiled
by FiveThirtyEight, a website focused on statistical analysis, is the 33rd most common street
name in the United States, with 3,725 instances. 25 Jackson Street was likely named for the
seventh American president, Andrew Jackson. Initially the street ran only from Highland Avenue
to Broad Street.
An 1883 perspective map of Salem shows Broad Street ending abruptly at a range of hills
which stretch to a ridge of trees in the distance. The hilly terrain of the great pastures is likely
what halted westward expansion of Salem for centuries. Highland Avenue can be seen stretching
21
“The Salem Directory.” Salem, Massachusetts: Henry M. Meek Publishing Company, 1861.
22
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Salem Massachusetts, Deed 1124:231
23
Busch, 1874.
24
Perley, 1901. p. 33
25
Chalabi, Mona. “What’s the Most Common Street Name in America?” FiveThirtyEight (blog), December 19,
2014, https://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/whats-the-most-common-street-name-in-america/
�towards the horizon, with several factories clustered around it near the edge of Salem’s dense
settlement and scattered buildings along its length.26
The Boston and Maine Railroad Company, established in 1835, had tracks running
parallel to the Jackson Street, running south of the property and crossing Jefferson Street in order
to service the leather tanneries near Gallows Hill. An 1891 map of Salem shows the old Mill
Pond bisected by a railroad track, with the eastern end of the pond filled in.27
William Saint Agnan Stearns inherited the property in 1887. A survey of the land at the
time by Charles A. Putnum shows the ghostly outline of Jackson Street, then parallel to Prospect
Street. Prospect Street has all but ceased to exist, cut off where the Boston & Maine Railroad
tracks were laid. Stearns owned three parcels of land divided from the land owned by the heirs of
Sarah Stearns in 1874. The parcels totaled 125,200 square feet and the lot which would become
Jackson Street was 12,000 square feet.28
William Saint Agnan Stearns (1822-1905) was a Harvard-trained lawyer who practiced in
Princeton, Illinois and Ipswich, South Reading, Malden, Charlestown, and Boston,
Massachusetts.29 Stearns’ house at 384 Essex Street (otherwise known as the Capt. Joseph Dean
House, the Sprague-Stearns House, or the East India House) was an impressive First Period
house built around 1706 and later modified by Samuel McIntire. It still stands at the corner of
Essex Street and Flint Street. After his retirement in 1892, he devoted himself to “his private
26
D. Mason & Company, 1883.
27
Walker, O.W. “City of Salem.” Map. From Atlas of Massachusetts. Geo. H. Walker & Co., Boston, 1891.
28
Putnam, Charles A. “Plan of Land of the Stearns’ Heirs, Conveyed to William S. Stearns, Oct. 31, 1887.” Map.
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Book 1210, Page 489, 1887. http://salemdeeds.com/salemdeeds/PlanDisplay.aspx?
type=PID&src=plbp&book=1210&Page=489&booktype=Record&PID=124508
29
Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional
Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Ed. Edwin M. Bacon. New England Magazine, Boston, 1896. pp.
1007-1008.
�affairs and his real estate in Malden, Charlestown, Everett, Somerville, Salem, and
Marblehead.” 30 On these real estate dealings it was written in 1896: “the development of [his real
estate] he began some years ago, and which has enhanced in value under his prudent
management.” 31
The houses of Patrick Troy, J. McCarthy, and John Huse, a currier, remain in the 1897
atlas of Salem, the last in the hands of his estate. The house of Elizabeth Burt on Broad Street has
been purchased by James J. Mooney, a morocco dresser. A house which is unassigned on the
1874 map is now owned by Margaret S. Powers, the widow of John H. Powers, a painter, who
owned a large tract of land stretching from 55 Warren Street to Broad Street with nine buildings
on it.32
A large industrial building, the Bernard J. Mulligan Molded Counter Manufacturer’s
Supplies has been erected to the west on land carved out of Stearns’. According to the 1895-6
Salem directory, Mulligan lived in a brick Federal house nearby at 37 Warren Street. By 1903-4,
William F. Carney & Co. Shoe Findings operated on the site, co-owned by Bernard J. Mulligan.33
When Stearns died in 1905, there was legal dispute about his estate between his two sons,
William Harris Stearns and Richard Sprague Stearns.34 William H. Stearns served in the Coast
Guard and as a state representative and accused his brother, Richard, of unduly influencing his
30
Men of Progress, p. 1008.
31
Ibid.
32
Map of the City of Salem and Towns of Marblehead, Peabody, and Danvers. L.J. Richards & Co., Philadelphia,
1897.
33
The Naumkeag Directory for Salem, Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Essex, Ipswich, containing a List of
Inhabitants and Business Firms of the District and other Matters of General and Local Interest. No. XI. Salem,
Massachusetts: Henry M. Meek Publishing Company, 1903. p. 200.
34
Boston Daily Globe. July 14, 1905, p. 12.
�father’s will, though they settled out of court. His estate sold the land around Jackson Street and
Broad Street in three parcels in 1905 and 1906, to Charles A. Ketchum and Catherine Troy. The
portion which was to become 23 Jackson Street was purchased by Ketchum on December 4,
1905.35
Charles Almyr Ketchum (1858-1918) was a seller of flour, grain, and produce from
Barre, Vermont. In 1895, he formed C.A. Ketchum & Company and in the early 1900s developed
a commercial block on Jackson Street. 36 Ketchum built a Queen Anne-style home at 10 Loring
Avenue in 1893 and lived there until his death in 1918.37
In October 1906, Ketchum sold the eastern end of Stearns’ lot to Leland H. Cole, coowner of Leavitt & Cole insurance company on Washington Street.38
The 1911 atlas shows the development of Weston’s lots on the other side of Broad Street,
with the properties owned largely by women. Katie B. Coffin, Jane M. Donahoe, Catherine
Atwater, Thressa Garboni, Hattie B. Coffin, and Annie M. Turner among the owners39 No owner
is listed for the future site of 23 Jackson Street, now shorn into a right triangle with the tip cut off
by Green Place.
35
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Salem, Massachusetts. Deeds 1802:184, 1815:259, 1822:417,
36
Cutter, Richard William. American Biography: A New Cyclopedia. Vol. 6. American Historical Society, Inc., New
York, 1919. pp. 195-197.
37
Northfields Preservation Associates. “SAL.1903: Charles B. Ketchum House,” 1989. Massachusetts Historical
Commission. MACRIS. http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=SAL.1903
38
39
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Salem, Massachusetts. Deed 1487:55, 19 October 1996.
Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts Based on Plans in the Office of the City Engineer. Walker Lithograph &
Publishing Company, Boston, 1911.
�Ketchum eventually sold the lots on Jackson Street. One was purchased by the National
Biscuit Company, or Nabisco, and another by E.F. King & Co.40 Ketchum sold further land to
E.F. King in May of 1915.41 In 1927, Ketchum’s widow, Carrie A. Ketchum, sold a piece of land
to William J. Fay,42 who in 1914 had been a chauffeur living at Andover Street in Peabody.
The parcel which now contains 23 Jackson Street was that which was purchased by E.F.
King & Co. King was a manufacturer of paint, varnish, and other industrial products based on
India Street in Boston. 43 A billhead from 1865 advertises such products as window glass, dye
stuffs, imperial carbon spirits, union white lead, and French zinc.44
E.F. King and Company owned the land on June 16, 1914 according to a certificate of
title. The lot was then an uneven quadrilateral with just 20 feet on the property line with Mary J.
Mulligan to the southwest, roughly 276 feet along an unnamed road belonging still to Charles
Ketchum, and roughly 129 and 237 feet on Broad Street and the railroad, respectively.45
On June 25th, 1914, the Great Salem Fire began less than a half mile to the northwest of
23 Jackson Street, at the Korn Leather Factory at the corners of Boston Street and Pope Street.46
40
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Salem, Massachusetts. 2209:226, 3 June 1914, 2281:87, 23 Nov 1914.
41
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Salem, Massachusetts. Deed 2295.94, 11 May 1915.
42Essex
County Registry of Deeds, Salem, Massachusetts. Deed 2723.128, 25 May 1927.
43
Billhead, 1865. For sale on ebay.com: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Vintage-billhead-1865-E-F-KING-COPAINTS-DRUGS-DYE-ETC-BOSTON-/272702443207?hash=item3f7e550ec7:g:clQAAOSwPhdU9Qdg Accessed
11 June 2017.
44
Ibid.
45
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Salem, Massachusetts. Certificate of Title No. 1534, 16 June 1914.
46
Jones, Arthur B. The Salem Fire. Boston: The Gorham Press, 1914. p. 35
�The fire spread rapidly and eventually destroyed over 250 acres of the city and approximately
1,300 buildings.47
The entire neighborhood surrounding 23 Jackson Street was completely destroyed during
the Salem Fire. The beginnings of Jackson Street, the southern end of Broad Street, Phelps
Street, Vale Street, and Green Place lost every house. As a result, all the residential construction
in the neighborhood dates from 1914 or later. On May 20, 1915, the city of Salem bought the
land to as part of a rebuilding effort.48
II.
The House
The house at 23 Jackson Street was built between 1926 and 1929. The land had a
succession of owners dating back to 1635, when Maj. William Hathorne purchased the property
to the Stearns family for most of the nineteenth century. However, the Great Fire of 1914
destroyed the entire neighborhood and it was in the push to redevelop it in the following decade
that the home was constructed.
The lot was purchased from the city by Thomas F. Little on May 20, 1915. Little was an
undertaker, born around 1856 in Massachusetts, the son of Irish immigrants. In 1900, Little was
living with young wife, Katherine, two two-year-old daughters, and his 80-year old mother,
47
Kampas, Barbara Pero. “New Digital Collection Honors Centennial of Great Salem Fire, June 25 1914.” Blog,
The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum. 14 June 2014. http://www.pem.org/library/blog/?
p=1958#more-1958
48
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Salem, Massachusetts. Transfer Certificate of Title, 8:1782, Document #3561.
20 May 1915.
�Katherine D. Little.49 By 1910, he was widowed and raising four daughters under the age of 12
with the help of his sister, Catherine M. Little.50
In 1911, Little purchased up several shops on Walnut Street (now Hawthorne Boulevard)
from Hannah Stone. 51 One, a c. 1900 colonial revival shop building at 109 Essex was rented to
other tenants.52 Today this building is home to Essex Laundry and Naumkeag Antiques. The
other two buildings Little had constructed himself in 1911: a triple-decker apartment building at
5 Hawthorne Boulevard and a funeral parlor at 3 Hawthorne Boulevard.53 The funeral parlor was
known as the Thomas F. Little Funeral Service from 1911 until the 1950s, after which it was
residential until its acquisition in 1997 by herb retailer Artemisia Botanicals.54
In 1929, there were 11 undertakers in Salem, Little included.55 In that year, 268 deaths in
Salem were listed, meaning that if the job of undertaking were evenly distributed, each would
undertaker would have roughly 25 bodies a year to embalm and prepare.56 One such deceased
49
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:M9RD-3T6 : accessed 11 June 2017), Thomas F Little, Salem city Ward 3, Essex, Massachusetts, United
States; citing enumeration district (ED) 449, sheet 3A, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington,
D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,647.
50
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:M2JJ-FC2 : accessed 11 June 2017), Thomas F Little, Salem Ward 3, Essex, Massachusetts, United
States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 463, sheet 6A, family 105, NARA microfilm publication T624
(Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 587; FHL microfilm 1,374,600.
51
Salem Atlas 1897 (Richards & Company), Salem Atlas 1911 (Walker Lithograph)
52
Hilbert, Debra. “SAL.2519,” 1986. Massachusetts Historical Commission. MACRIS. http://mhc-macris.net/
Details.aspx?MhcId=SAL.2519
53
Welch, E.C. “SAL.2521: Thomas F. Little-James R. Hart Three Decker,” 1973. Massachusetts Historical
Commission. MACRIS. http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=SAL.2521
54
Welch, E.C. “SAL.2520: Thomas F. Little Funeral Service Building,” 1975. Massachusetts Historical
Commission. MACRIS. http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=SAL.2520
55
Directory for Salem and Beverly, Containing an Alphabetical List of the Inhabitants and the Business Firms of the
District, Street and Householders Directories, and Other Miscellaneous Matters for each City. Naumkeag SeriesNo. 37. Salem, Massachusetts: Henry M. Meek Publishing Co., 1929. p. 511.
56
Ibid., pp. 474-476.
�was Carrie A. Ketchum, who passed away in January of 1929. Of the other undertakers, two
were French Canadians active in the neighborhood of “La Pointe”: Ovide Boucher, at 10 Porter
Street, and Napoleon Levesque, at 15 Harbor Street. The Pocharski Brothers, at 204 Derby
Street, likely served the Polish immigrant community. Downtown, there were Henry J.
O’Donnell at 221 Washington Street, George W. Full at 19 Church Street, and Everett C. Smith
at 131 Bridge Street. The neighborhood in which Little’s funeral parlor was on Hawthorne
Boulevard had the highest concentration: there were two additional undertakers nearby at 22
Hawthorne Boulevard (George L. Millett and P.W. Murphy & Son) and others nearby at 39
Charter Street (Frank E. Smith) and 129a Essex Street (Walter T. McDonald & Son.) 57 Three
years earlier, in 1926, ten of the same 11 undertakers had been in business, save for Henry
O’Donnell. An undertaker named Stanislas Fugere worked at 250 Washington Street instead.58
Little’s primary residence was at the corner of Phelps and Broad Streets, not far from the
property. He also owned a summer house at 23 Central Avenue (now 88 Bay View Avenue), a
Victorian eclectic from the 1880s. The house which little had constructed at 23 Jackson Street
shares the unembellished Colonial Revival style of his funeral parlor at 3 Walnut Street. The
architecture reflected a national zeitgeist for Colonial-style architecture sparked in part by the
work of Salem antiquarians George Francis Dow and Caroline Emmerton.
In 1929, Salem was no longer one of the largest cities in Massachusetts, with industrial
centers in Springfield and Lynn edging up in numbers, but it still shared an outsized cultural
impact. Interest in colonial America, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the Salem Witch Trials had made
57
58
Ibid.
Directory for Salem and Beverly, Containing an Alphabetical List of the Inhabitants and the Business Firms of the
District, Street and Householders Directories, and Other Miscellaneous Matters for each City. Naumkeag SeriesNo. 32. Salem, Massachusetts: Henry M. Meek Publishing Co., 1926. p. 604.
�Salem a popular tourist attraction. The House of the Seven Gables, the Essex Institute, and the
Peabody Academy all attracted visitors to town. Frank Benson, Philip Little, and Ida Upton Paine
were still painting.
There were plenty of amusements, including the Salem Willows, the North Street Arena,
the Hippodrome, two bowling alleys, five theaters, and nine pool halls. Technology was
changing and the automobile had made a large impact on the city’s layout. In the directory, there
are listings of businesses for automobile accessories, bodies, insurance, painters, repairs, covers,
springs, tired, washes and waxes, as well as new, used, and rented cars. 16 garages dotted the
city, including one at 225 Jefferson Avenue.59 In 1929, there was one telephone company (New
England Tel & Tel) and two telegraph companies (Western Union and Postal Telegraph).
The first recorded inhabitant of 23 Jackson Street is Edward J. Riley, a plumbing supplies
salesman and his wife, Bessie L, a cashier for an insurance company.60 Bessie’s father was born
in Ireland, while Edward’s family was from Massachusetts. In 1920, Edward was living at home
with his mother, then 60-year-old Annie E. Riley, at 77 Proctor Street. Then in 1926, he removed
to Providence, Rhode Island. In the 1930 census, the house at 23 Jackson Street is valued at
$55.61
59
Naumkeag Directory, No. 37. pp. 477-479.
60
Ibid., pp. 95, 407.
61
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:XQG9-M62 : accessed 23 June 2017), Edward J Riley, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing
enumeration district (ED) ED 250, sheet 4A, line 22, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington
D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 902; FHL microfilm 2,340,637.
�In 1933, the home was inhabited by Timothy F. Flynn, a leather worker at Donovan
Leather Company, in Peabody, and his wife,62 Katherine G. Flynn. Timothy was the third of three
children of Patrick H. and Hannah Flynn. Both of his parents emigrated from Ireland in 1887. In
1900, Patrick was a morocco leather tanner, and by 1910 he was the foreman of a morocco
leather factory.63 Morocco is a soft leather made from goatskin, its name comes from the country
of Morocco, where it was first imported from.
In 1917 and 1918, Cornelius was a student and Elizabeth was a stenographer while living
at home with their parents at Fay Avenue in Peabody.6465 In 1920, Timothy’s older brother,
Cornelius, was a bookkeeper for a rubber company, and his older sister was a waitress at a
“bachelor club.” 66
At the time of the 1920 census, Timothy, then 18 years old, lived with his family at 2 Fay
Avenue in Peabody and was a sorter for a morocco leather factory, likely the one owned by his
62
Directory for Salem and Beverly, Containing an Alphabetical List of the Inhabitants and the Business Firms of
the District, Street and Householders Directories, and Other Miscellaneous Matters for each City. Naumkeag
Series- No. 41. Salem, Massachusetts: Henry M. Meek Publishing Co., 1933.
63
The Naumkeag Directory for Salem, Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Essex, Ipswich, containing a List of
Inhabitants and Business Firms of the District and other Matters of General and Local Interest. No. 18. Salem,
Massachusetts: Henry M. Meek Publishing Company, 1910. p. 1139.
64
The Naumkeag Directory for Salem, Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, and Peabody, Containing an Alphabetical
List of the Inhabitants and the Business Firms of the District, Street and Householders Directories, and Other
Miscellaneous Matters for each City. Naumkeag Series- No. 25.. Salem, Massachusetts: Henry M. Meek Publishing
Co., 1917. p. 1342.
65
The Naumkeag Directory for Salem, Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, and Peabody, Containing an Alphabetical
List of the Inhabitants and the Business Firms of the District, Street and Householders Directories, and Other
Miscellaneous Matters for each City. Naumkeag Series- No. 26. Salem, Massachusetts: Henry M. Meek Publishing
Co., 1918. p. 1302.
66
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:MXY5-1LW : accessed 5 July 2017), Cornelius J Flynn in household of Patrick H Flynn, Peabody Ward
6, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 248, sheet 6B, line 77, family 135, NARA microfilm publication
T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 696; FHL microfilm 1,820,696.
�father.67 There were 15 leather manufactories listed specifically as “Morocco Mnfrs” in Salem
and Peabody in the 1917 and 1918 directories. 68
Prior to moving to 23 Jackson Street, Katherine lived at 25 Barr Street, in a Victorian
house built around the turn of the century. 69 In 1914 and 1915, the house at 25 was lived in by
Frank B. Ellery, a clerk.70 In 1930, the house belonged to William H. Flynn, an Irish immigrant
and city laborer, and was lived in by his wife Catherine, and two children: William H. Flynn, Jr.,
and Catherine M. Flynn. 71 From 1934 until 1937, Timothy was a “foreman,” while Katherine
was a housekeeper, and they continued to live at 23 Jackson Street.
Little died intestate in August 1936, and a decade later his land was split between three of
his daughters and Timothy and Thomas Flynn. Alice, Mary, and Teresa each received an
undivided fourth, while the Flynns split the remaining fourth. 72
According to poll records, the Regan family moved from 6 Claremont Road in North
Salem. The house on Claremont Street was lived in by Mary J. Buckley, a housekeeper, in 1934,
and in 1936 and 1937 by the three Regans. Mary E. Regan, aged 47, was a housekeeper, while
67
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:MXY5-1L4 : accessed 23 June 2017), Timothy F Flynn in household of Patrick H Flynn, Peabody Ward
6, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 248, sheet 6B, line 78, family 135, NARA microfilm publication
T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 696; FHL microfilm 1,820,696.
68
Naumkeag Directory, No. 25, p. 296. Naumkeag Directory, No. 26, p. 1510.
69
MACRIS, SAL.1348.
70
The Naumkeag Directory for Salem, Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, and Peabody, Containing an Alphabetical
List of the Inhabitants and the Business Firms of the District, Street and Householders Directories, and Other
Miscellaneous Matters for each City. Naumkeag Series- No. 22. Salem, Massachusetts: Henry M. Meek Publishing
Co., 1914, p. 266.
71
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/
61903/1:1:XQGM-2K6 : accessed 9 August 2017), William H Flynn, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States;
citing enumeration district (ED) ED 266, sheet 11B, line 64, family 251, NARA microfilm publication T626
(Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 903; FHL microfilm 2,340,638.
72
Probate Case 4800-S, 15 March 1946.
�Marie D. Regan, 22, was a secretary, and Philip J. Regan, 21, was a machinist. The Regans
moved into 23 Jackson Street in 1937 and stayed there through the years of World War II. In
1942 and 1943, just Mary and Philip are listed in the polls. In 1944, Marie, now a housekeeper
and with the last name Brady, appears back in the records.
In 1948, Mary A. Nolan, a 60-year-old shoe worker, Elizabeth K., a 50-year-old
housekeeper, and Margaret W. Nolan, a 37 year-old-clerk, appear as the inhabitants. They
continued to live at 23 Jackson Street until 1953.
In 1954, Thomas Flynn, a 24-year-student, moved in with his new wife, Jane, a 23-yearold secretary. The year previous, Jane had lived at 180 Loring Avenue in South Salem, a house
built in 1936 by Willbroad T. Moreau, a superintendent.73
Thomas moved from 176 Federal Street, a small Georgian house, where the year previous
he had lived with Mary and Theresa Little. In 1953, though listed at 176 Federal, Flynn was in
the military serving during the Korean War. By 1956, Jane Flynn was listed as a housewife, and
the couple remained on the property until 1958 or 1959.
The Brennan family are listed as the owners of the property for two years, from 1959 to
1961. Edward C. Brennan was a police officer, and his wife Margaret was a housewife. They
lived previously nearby at 160 Boston Street before moving to Jackson Street. The house at 160
Boston Street is an Italianate mansion built in 1869 by John C. Burbeck, a soap manufacturer
from Peabody.74
73
MACRIS, SAL.1877.
74
MACRIS, SAL.337.
�In the mid-1960s, the home was inhabited by Robert D. Hill, a leather worker, and his
wife, Olive L. Hill, a homemaker. In 1967, the property was listed as vacant in the poll recors. 75
Edward W. Mackey, Jr. and Kathleen Mackey acquired the property in 1967. In that year,
the pair were caterers. By 1971, Edward was a factory worker and Kathleen was a waitress. For
the next decade, the two Mackeys worked as cooks. Alice L. Blakely, listed as “at home,” moved
in in 1972. Edward was born in 1913, Kathleen in 1911, and Alice in 1907. Alice continued to
live at 23 Jackson Street until 1984, when she disappears from the poll listings. The Mackeys
continued to live at the property until 1989.
The poll records from 1989 to 1991 show the property as vacant. A 1992 plan shows the
parcel as the property of Mary Ann Preece of Danville, California, near San Francisco.76
The Beauregards lived at 23 Jackson Street from 1993 until 1998. Jessica was a student
and her husband, Steven, was a phone company worker.
The Malionek family owned the property from 1998 until 2014. Wayne P. Malionek was
a mechanic and his wife, Maria, was a school worker and later a hair dresser.
23 Jackson Street is located in a part of Salem which was once the very edge of town but
with the industrial development of the city became a center for manufacturing. Throughout most
of its twentieth-century history, it was a middle class house home to secretaries, leather foremen,
and housekeepers. Its colonial revival design hearkens to a bygone era that the builder reflected
on with nostalgia in the 1920s, while its history and the history of its neighborhood relate much
more strongly to the story of Salem in the modern era.
75
1967 Poll Book
76
Essex County Registry of Deeds. Plan 277:89. 15 July 1992.
�III.
Appendices
A. Timeline of Inhabitants:
Years
Family Name
Length of Residency (Years)
1929-1932
The Rileys
3
1933-1937
The Flynns
4
1937-1946
The Regans
9
1947-1957
The Flynns
10
1959-1961
The Brennans
3
1962-1965
The Hills
3
1966
Vacant
1
1967-1988
The Mackeys
21
1989-1991
Vacant
3
1993-1999
The Beauregards
6
1998-2014
The Malioneks
16
B. Figures
Fig. 1 – Map of Salem c. 1700 by Sidney Perley (Detail)
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Fig. 2 – 1874 Atlas of Salem (Detail)
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Fig. 3 – 1883 Perspective Map of Salem (Detail)
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Fig. 4 – Stearns Estate 1877
�Fig. 5 – 1897 Atlas of Salem (Detail)
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Fig. 6 – Weston Estate, 1899
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Fig. 7 – 1903 Atlas of Salem (Detail)
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Fig. 8 – 1911 Atlas of Salem (Detail)
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Fig. 9 – Map of the Great Fire 1914 (Detail)
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Fig. 10 – 1938 Atlas of Salem (Detail)
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Fig. 11 – Survey of the Property 1992
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Fig. 12 – Survey of the Property 1992 (Detail)
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Southwick Street
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23 Southwick Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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Larry Davis
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23
23 Southwick
Edward
Edward Thomas
Greek Revival
Laborer
Southwick
Thomas
wood
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23 Summer Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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1756
1760
23
23 Summer
Benjamin
Benjamin Deland
Deland
Federal
Summer
truckman
wood
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23 Winter Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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1990
23
History
House
Massachusetts
Roberts
Salem
Samuel
Street
Winter
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scy:istoric
OFFICE AT HAMILTON HALL
i\!~~orporated
POST OFFICE BOX 865
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 I PHONE (617) 745-0799
23 - 25 1/2 BROAD STREET
Built for
NATHANIEL ROPES, gentleman
in 1885
Research by,
Joyce King
H~1hl-~ ~'~'~Bn~,~11~'~11HI
"to prcoc·rvt·
ohitTto,
and to work fut the educ;uion of the con1n1unity
in tht' true v~1luc of the sarnc."
�23 - 25 1/2 BROAD STREET
BOOK 6275 PAGE 195
June 11, 1976
DA'l'E GRANTOR
(seller) -
GRAN'I'EE (buyer)
DESCRIP'rION
Ralph H. Doering Jr.
Trustee of Doering Trust
Raymond W. Thibault
4 Parcels of real estate
One parcel being 23 - 25 1/2 Bro2d
As shown on Plan
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
For title see deed as recorded i-:
book 6109 page 203.
BOOK 6109 PAGE 203
October 31, 1974
DATE -
GRANTOR
(seller) -
Ralph H. Doering Jr. release to
Doering trust
BOOK 5622 PAGE 449
DATE -
July 14, 1969
CONSIDERATION
None listed
GRANTOR (seller) -
Fred E. and Adeline E. Winter
GRANTEE (buyer)
Ralph H. Doering Jr.
DESCRIP'l'ION
Land and buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
Being the same premises conveyed to
us by deed of Kenneth E. Winter as
recorded in book 5331 page 762.
�BOOK 5331 PAGE 762
DATE -
January 6, 1966
CONSIDERATION
None list
GRANTOR (seller} -
Kenneth E. Barbara Winter
GRANTEE
r )
Fred E. and Adeline E. Winter
DESCRIPTION
Land and buildings
ing the
third parcel conveyed
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
The same conveyed as recorded in
book 5000 page 348.
BOOK 5000 PAGE 348
DATE -
October 19, 1962
CONSIDERATION
None listed
GRANTOR (seller) -
Fred E. Winter also known as
Wilfred E. Winter and Adeline
GRANTEE (buyer)
Kenneth E. and Barbara E. Winter
DESCRIPTION
Two parcels of land and buildings
(The second being 23-25 1/2 Broad)
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
The same conveyed by Joseph ~. Loo
as recorded in book 4613 page 315.
�HOOK
13 PAGE 315
DATE -
October 26, 1959
CONS DERATION
None listed
GRANTOR (s ller) -
Josephine E. Looney
Fred E. and Adeline Winter
Land and buildings
DESCRIPTI
REV
REFERENCE -
Being a portion of the premises
conveyed to the Trustees of
s
Memorial on Nov. 27, 1914 and
recorded in book 2282 page 386.
BOOK 2282 PAGE 386
DATE -
November 27, 1914
CONSIDERATION
"For consideration paid"
GRANTOR
(seller) -
Trustees of the Ropes Memorial
GRANTEE (buyer)
Josephine E. Looney
DESCRIPTION
Land and buildings
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
The granted premises are shown
upon a plan entitled, "Plan of
land in Salem, Mass., belonging to
the Trustees of the Ropes Memorial"
�386,
/
Whalen
I, lLary A. Whalen, of llewburyport, Essex county, Y.assachusetta, bein,g urunar-
to
r1e0., rof consideration paid, grant to Hewburyport co-operative Ba:hk, Situ,/,
:Jewburyport
Co-op.Bk.
1
\
ated in Ne~buryport, .Ea sex County, llassachu.set ta, w1 tb mortgag~/covenants,
\
/
to secure the payment or seven hundred dollars a.ru1 interest .and fines as pro/
vided in a note or even date, the land 1n NEWllURYPORT atot~sa1d with the
,/'
buildings thereon, bourul.ed
aru1
described as follows; vxz:
Commencing at the
/
east~rl.y
corner thereof on Charles street by land or the Peabody llanutactu.r-
~~~~
ct-~~o 0 ~ 4 ~y. ing company, thence
rods, ten links to
~ng
ia.rlil
about south 350 wast ,llY said street about two
or Kiley (formerly City or •ewburyport); thence a-
bout North 40° West by said larul or Kiley tour rods, one quarter link, and
about North 530 west by land of or formerly or Nathan Poor two rod.a, eighteen links to land or Isaac ?oor; thenc.e about North 321'<> Ea.St by said land
of Isaac Poor two rods, ten links to /iand of the Peabody lla.nutacturing Compan,v; aml thence aoout South 490
)!:~t
by land or said company six rods, nine-
/
teen links, more or less, to th,/point of
~eg1nn1ng.
Being the same prem1s-.
es conveyed to me by the Newoyryport\Co-operat1ve Bank aforesaid by deed dated November 2, 1914, to be,iecorded harew1th.
I
I
I hereby tra.n.eter and pledge
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to the said mortgagee fo\l.l' aha.res in the f>4th series or its capital stock
I
as collateral security ;1or the performance of the conditions of this mortgage, and rey said no;/ upon which shares said sum of seven hund.roo dollars
-·
been advanced
tp
me by the mortgagee. The monthly pa.ynients uru1er th18
I
.
mortgage are sevj1i a.rul 70/100 dollars. In the event of an assigrunant or
ha.a
this mortgage, interest on the unpaid balance of the principal shall be at
tne rate of
/
1}1X
per cent. per annum.
TW. s mortgage is upon the Statutory
\
Co-opera ti ~l Bank Yortgage C ond1t1 on, for any breach of which the mortgagee
shall !laV}l the Statutory Co-operative Bank Power of Sale.
and
sea~
WITNESS
Iey
hand
this eighteenth day or November 1914.
COMllO!f\VEALTH OF JLABBACHUSETTS
Easel, ss.
Nov. 23, 1914.
(seal)
Yary A. Whalen
Then personally appeared the above named lL8rY At
Whalen and acknowledge<1 the foregoing instrument to be her free act and dt-4
before me
Nathanlel N. Jones
Justice of the Peace
Essex es. Received Nov. 27, 1914. 25 m. past 3 P.~. Recorded and EXam.1~ad.
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The Trustees of the Ropes Memorial, a corporation established by law s.n4 lO-
Trs. of The
\
Ropes Memorial
to
cated at Salem, Essex county, lla.Saachusetts, for consideration paid, gr&nt• !
Looney
&
vote
____&_P_l_a.n_
s~ <?-"- -" ~ ""'-
at ~ u~.
to Josephine E. Looney wl th qu1 tclaim covenants the land and bu1ld1DgS cm
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the southerly side or Broad a;reet in said SALEM bounded as follows:
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n1ng on.Broad street at the llortheasterly corner or the granted premUd
or 1'ortlet t thane• runn1 ng n s ter lY by Broad • tre et one ""'""... ~
two and thirty three ln.l.ndradtllB teet ( 172.33 1 ) to land or .Han11t'i.i4J
J.aru1
tY
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_.._
~...st.-'"
�387
thence running southerly by land or Mansfield seventy aru1 seventy tive hun•
dre<1thB reet (70. 75•); thence turning and running easterly by other land or'
grantor seventy eight and .tive hundredths reet
called Orne
square~
(7~.o&)
to a street or way
thence continuing in a straight line across said Orne
square atout twenty four and thirty seven hundredths feet (24.37') and
0-
thence st.111 continuing in a straight line forty five
(45.2');
thence turning and running southerly five
aru1
aru1
two tenthS feet
one tenth feet (5.1);;
B
thence easterly sixteen and eighty five hurulredths feet (16.85 1
)
to land of
Bartlett; thence turning and running northerly by larul of Bartlett seventy
seven feet (77•) to the point oegun at.
Together with rights of foot pas-
sage t1 ve reet ( 5 • ) wide over land of the grantar running rorty t1 ve aru:l two
tenths reet (45.2') to the east rrom Orne Square and fifty eight and tour
tenths reet (58.4•) to the west from Orne Square, as shown upon the plan
hereinafter referred to, and leading to the re'ar or the dwelling houses upon the granted premises to be used in oornrnon with the grantor and its assigns;
reserving to the granter and its successors and assigns a right or way tor
all purposes and in both directions between the grantorts remaining land on
3.-
ge
Broad street over that part or said Orne square which is included in the
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gra..'1.ted premises, and reserving also unto the granter ar:d its successors and
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assigns a right to lay, maintain, repair and to relay
to relocate in
said granted portion or the way known as Orne Square pipes and conduits tor
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water, sewage, gas ana wires tor the transmission or electric power; heat,
light ana telephonic or other torm ot electrical or magnetic communication
and a right at all times to enter into
aru1
upon the said way and to excavate
the same for any or all or the foregoing purposes.
:9
aru1
The granted premises are
sJ1own upon a plan entitled, •p1a.n or land in Salem, :ILass., belonging to the
:ru.stees of the Ropes Yemoria1• by Charles A. Yetcalt, surveyor, elated August, 1914, to be recorded herewith.
~ias
IN
WIT.NESS 11ll!:REOl' the said corporation
caused this instrument to be executed by Wlll1am R. Colby, its vice pres-
li!ant, hereunto duly authorized, on th1s twenty seventh day or November A.D.
1914.
Trustees of the Ropes Yemorial
C' l.Ol!ONVEAI.Tll OF YASS.ACRUSETTS.
1
Essex, ss.
Nov. 28 A. D. 1914.
~)
(seal)
by William R. Colby
its vice President.
Personally appeared the above named William R. Colby, Vice Presiaent aa aroresaid, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be the tree act and
de9<l or the Trustees o! the Ropes Yemorial
Robert Y. Ma.homey
Cert1t1cata ot Vote.
be!' ore me,
JUatice or the Peace.
At a meeting ot the Tru,stees o! Kopas Yemorial held
at Salem on November twenty A. D. 1914, a quorum. being present, the rorego1:it: lna tnunen t was read and 1 t was duly voted that the ea.me be adopted as
Vote
��The Ropes Memorial was established under.the wills of Mary
Pickman Ropes and Eliza Orne
s,
i s conducted by a
of trustees incorporated in 1912.
r
was
rd
thed to the Ropes sisters by their
athaniel
t
niel
s a
ired the
operty from his aunt, Sarah Fisk
Orne,
in
rch of l 6. Mr. Ropes built many houses
i
Salem, with the pur
e of providing modern, single family
housing at a
rate rent for the working class. He died on
Feb uar
, 1893 at 60
rs of age.
Reference to book and
e are deed books at the
istry of
Deeds,
Probate n
rs are cases at Probate Court.
All maps
in thi report are for illustrative purposes
are not meant
to
xact,
�N01'ES:
The land on which this house stands was once part of the
land" which was laid out in the first settlement
the
so call
as early as 1799, It was one of
; and
id out very wi , the southern
with the southern side of the burying
to the adjoining owners a strip
of the
r ng gr
at that e
and running
int, so that the houses at the corner
Broad streets stand in what was formerly Broad
(Esse
, Vol. 4 pg. 98)
the construction of 21-25 Broad Street, t
the shoe shop
a
the heirs of Jos
1
F. Orne,
s
th.
rmit
s issued to Na
iel
to
house for four f
lies, 77 1 X 32 1/2 1 f
l
i
owned
F.
ild
2
st.
h at 25 Br
ts
ry age 3
e
age
shoe salesman, born Mas
born Maine
ke
r in a
nk,
rn Mass.
rodery de ler, born
ss.
leswoman,
rn
ss.
s rvant,
rn Ire.
cler furnitur
tore, born Mas
born Mass.
tel
r
born
�-..
-·:
\-
r~~ ~A_[~n1'1l
NEvVS
Amassed a Fortune in j
Eastern R. R. Stock.
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TUE.e>DAY FELlRliAltY 7, 18()3,
f
1~::::".~~~B~O~R~N~.~~::::".~
Peculiar Cba1·acteristics Which
l'Iarked His Later Years.
lsE~£0NR.-In
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Salem, Feb. 7, to Edmund
and Beruace Semons, a daughter.
,
1
1
'49'ers
Twq.
\
OBITC •
.\R\'",
Join the JSilent llla.jority.
I
most prominent mercharlts, died on
Monday, aged 68. He had/ been in the
produce business in Lynn, since 1850,
and· was the last of the' well-known
firm of Lampel' Bl'others./
; Capt. John Biatchford, ~former well: known master mariner aiid a California
. pioneer ot '491 died in GJoucester, Sun·
day, 11t the age of 63 years, He went to
· California In the eprlngJit 1849 with a
party1 In the schooner Pf1?1\fi'OU 1 rernalnmg tnere two years, and after bis r<!•
turn commanded seved1l of the crack
vessels of the Gloucester fishing tleet •.
Inlelligence bas be'an received at
Bodor.ct,. announcmg the · deu.th qt
Hiram Towne. a nativje of that v11lage 1
in Lawrence, Kansas., Mr. Towne \yas
one oi the original f<jirty-niners, goml?
to California at the pime of the golu
lever. He made llis 'fpile" and made a.
short visit to his native place, t.hen
going· to Kans s, \~here Ile has smce
resided.
· I
· -"
Hon. Joseph Hobs.on, for many years
a leading dealer and· manufacturer ?f
lumber died Sundnb·· He was born Ill
Buxton', Me., March 20, 1816. On Sa~
becoming a city jhe ~·as, elec.ted its
mayor in 1867. In Marne s legislature
he bad represented Saco for several
terms.
I.
Death of :\lrsl A.
Beckwith.
Mrs. Ann Wass ~eck\Vith die? at the
residence of her dflughter, Mrs. rhoma~
E Wilson Lowell street, about o
o'~lock ye~terday afternoon at the
advanced a"e /of 91
years
9
months and "3 days. The deceased was
a very estimable:woman and was held
i in the highest ·esteem by all ~vho·
1 knew her even iµ her old age her bright
! and chee~ful manner nud her wat?h.fulof
others
and
willmg·
\ ness
ness to help · them being not the.
, least of the kindly traits of charac~er
'which endeared her to so many. She
\ possessed her faculties t!ll the ! last;_
: and
carried,
sunshine
~vher.e·
: ever she went it being her practice till
; within a short time to take long walks
and make frequent calls on her. nume·}i
ous acquaintances. Her funeral wi :
take place T~<!!1Lait!l.r!!o9n.
---~.
,V.
i'H(Ji,JE NAfHANlEl R,OPES~\
•'.. .
.
.
Nathaniel Rope's who died at his
Essex street shortly
' before 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, as
stat.id in the late edition of THE NEWS, '
was the son of Natbaniel R-0pes and
was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. z:r,
1833.
Mr. Ropes, Sr. bad gone to that
city when it was in its infancy, and had
amassed considerable property.
'
Deceased attended Harvard college,
and was graduated in the class of 1855. I
1 Amon<>'
his classmate" were the late ·
•Phillips Brooks 1pr. James f\· E1;i:imerton and H.F. \vaters, Dunn~ his stay
in t'be east, at that time, he resided with
his
aunt,
Mrs.
S.
F. 1
· Orne · in the old
Hopes ·man- I
sion ~n Elssex street, which bouse he I
subsequently occupied, and in which
bis death occurred.
Returning to Cmcinnati, he .engage_d
in business with his father, which business was the management of a large
candle and oil manufactory. Not fan·
cy!ng that business, or for some other
good reason, he
·
·
I home number 318
I William A. Lamper, on~ ot Lynn's
:.·•':·.'1: •,·, ', '
I
Returned to Salem About 1862,
and devoted himself to the manage.
: ment of what· property he possess~d.
He resided witli his aunt, and contm' ued to occupy the house after her
death, which occurred some 12 or 15,
years ago.
·
. He became a large holder and buyer
.of Eastern railroad stock when that
corporation· \Vas anything but a paying
: institution .. Despite th_e adyice of
'friends he continued buy mg this stock,
: beginning by paying ~100, and never
ceasing to invest until the bottom
· notch
of
$2
was
reached
and the, upward ·slide had ~one on
i for:some' time. It was on this stock
that most of bis wealth was made. He
· was not a speculator, as commonly so
' called, paying bis certificates out
right for cash, and locking them up in
· his stronfl' box.
: He also was an . extensive dealer in
' real est.ate, and had built and owned 29
tenements on Orne square, besides sev·
: eral other houses in various parts of the
'city. He also had a large interest in
property left by
his father in
Cincinnati, and Mrs. Orne had left him.
considerable property.
! ·Mr. Ropes had never been West but
·twice during his latter, li.fet-0 attend the
•funerals of his parents: He never mar:riedt ,, and · the- , three
sisters
'resluing
in
Cincinnati'.
are
;
Htli. Only Surviving Relatives.
The old~o : of these sist_ers Miss
J !,Samb. aoy:1.has been wi.th him nearly ...
•";:~~ri1r Lire;~ in.· Cincin~a~iJ
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belteved that· he is director only or the
Boston Water Power company, of which
he is, the largest owner. He was a
. member of the Essex Institute. He
i was not a church-going man, but had
; contributed more or less towRrds the
support of the New Jerusalem church,
out or respect to the belief ol his
, mother, who was a Swedenburghen.
His father had been an attendant at the
First Unitarian chmch.
, Simple funeral services will be con·
' ducted by'Rev. John A. Hayes ol the
church of the .New Jerusalem, at bis
late residence, Thursday afternoon? at
5 o'clock:. The remains will be taRen
to Cincinnati for interment, un·
der the charge of his sister. ·
A l\larked Personality.
With the death of Nathaniel Ropes
one of the most prominent characters ol
Salem passes into history.
.His was a. personality so mark.ed, an
individuality so peculiar, that his pro·
totype may safely be said not to exist,
nor will it, in the social atn;ioRphere of
today and the future, be likely to be
duplicated.
As a youth and college man, he was a
well-known character, hil;l'h in the social world, one of a coterrn of as lively
youths as ever furnished the life of his
particular set.
As a man, he became altogether diff, erent. He became more and more re·
tired in his habits, continui·ng how.ever, In his friendly and cordial relations with his former associates, enteri taining them with rare ho~pitality at
i his own house, but rarely, 1f ever, re·
r turning their friendly visits.
~
Perhaps nu::t to his unobstrusive
philanthrophy, peculiarity and eccen·
tricity, were his most marked characteristics,' As a philanthropist he let
not bis rlght band know what his left
did. Charitable objects were certain of
his support, but not a cent would he
.give except under the solemn promise
tl:iat his name would never appear in
connection· therewith.
Among other evidences of his geuer·
osity, tin11:ed a bit perhaps with his ec·
centricity, and the reverence he always
'bel<l for the memory and wishes of his
(leparted· aunt, Mrs. S. F. Orne, was the
fact that he kept upou ·his bounty roll
all tlle old servants and retainers of that
lady/and to .their second and third gen·
eration. . .
\ f' ·~~.n•,. Ropes was one of the original
. mejribers of the Observatory club wheu
i a·yoi.tng man, which had headquarters
lover. .·Wallace &
Young's
music
1 store;
· and
after
that
.or:
1 ganization
disbanded
be
kept
the_ apartments as a private clubroom
or· office for several years. 'fbere he
.met with his kindred spirits and did
_hjs talking and smoking.
'r.Re,used to be a
'' · ' h~lllar :figure on the Street
· ithin two years or so.
At that
.
~'-.he .
had an
attack of
.·grip,
from
which
ha
.!lr,· fully reco\'ered. His man·
npon the street were often, as
ways in companyJ misinter.
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df1emed offemi "I ·y;senrntive persons;
was but the outward. evidence of deep
thought and business cogitatfon.
His gifts in charity were innumera.
ble, and many a family in the city will
deeply feel the loss of a friend, who
was indeed a friend in need, and who
was so circumspect in his giving tbat
almost none suspected it. Instead of
seeking c;ompan10nship with people of
liis station, he went about doing goodi
and for the good he did hundreds wil
revere him.
His end came peacefully. Up to 11
o'clock yesterday forenoon he was perfectly comfortable and talked rationally
with several friends, all of whom he
recognized wHh a cheerful salutation.
, There was no suffering-; but as ·the geu; eral breaking uo ol tlie whole system
I approached, be sank into unconscious·
' ness, and, as a weary child, peacefully
I fell asleep.
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Jtr1,;bJU f!ntUIJtfi~t
TUEBDA.Y, FEBRUARY 7, 1893,
MARRIAGES;
i: PIERCE-MOSELY-In .this .city, .6th inst.,
ibY RGY. Dr. Halo\ Mr. Franclv A. P10rce and
Caroline E. Mose y.
RUSS-SOGLE-In this city, ·!th inst.. by Ro.-.
Eber Butler, Charles E. Russ and Edla M. Soule,
both of Bo.<ton.
SAMUELS-LYNCK-In this citvt 5th inst.,
by Rev. Caleb D. Bmdlee, D. D.~ ~ r. John S.
Samuels of New York city and ,,11ss Mary 1£.
Lynch of Boston.
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' PRESSEY-NYE-At New London, N. H.,5th
imt .. by Rev. Geor;i:e W. Giudner. D. D., Mr.
Frnnk W. Pres~ey and hlfas Maude E. Nye, both
,of New London.
,DEATHS.
i
CHAMPNEY-At Bri!{hton. 5th insh., CharlP~
:If. Champney, 58 yrs. 5 mos. 19 dys.
SA WIN-John B. Sawin of Lincoln, Mass., e6
:yrs. 9 mos..
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: WARE-In this city, 6th Inst .. 1£rs. ~usan W.
··ware formerly of 'Worcester, 87 vrs. o mos.
' r;T Funeral front residence of her dau11hter.
.Mrs. Hattie N. Whlto, Wildwood street. Dor' chester at 1 o'clock, W odnesday:, 8th mst.
1
Fnrest-~venue station, N. Y. & N . .!'>. Railroad.
: BARNES-At Lincoln, 5th inst., of. apoplexy,
1 Annis E. wife of Eda B. Barnes, 70 yrs. 3 mos.
, CHILD-At West Newton,. Olive Turner
1 Th~y..r, widow of the late David W. Child.
, i1:r Notice of funeral later.
: CHURCH-At Fa.lrhav~n. M'.ass., 5th ins~..
suddenly. Sarah ,Johnson. widow of Captam
'John Church, 77 yrs.
,
! FOSTER-:--At College Hill, 5th inst.. Charles
'A. Foster, 72 yrs.
·
: KINSLEY-At t.:anton, 4th lnat., Mrs. SarA.h
, Anu Kinsley, wtd9w of Alfred Kinsley, 86 yrs.
, 6 mos. 9 dys. . ·
' LAl\1PER-=-At Lynn, Sth inst., William A
i Lamper, 68 yrs ..10 mos. 27 dys,
i PARKES-At Reading, 4th inat., Mrs. Lucy B.
: Pfltkes, DO yrs, 10 mos,
!
PHINNEY-At llfoaument Heach, i\h~< .. 4th
inst .. Lucy E .. diiughtet· or Ro8woll ll. and ~lin·.
'uie L. Phinnoy, 5 mos .
! VINTON-At l\Ielrosr>, fith inst.. Florence l!l.
Vinton; youngest dan;:-hter of Aaron aud Abbie
:S. Vinton, 15 yrs •. 9 mos.
E
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,\,ii.Jin ··ha · [Alt \vns dislluuurahle anir untrust-J
wc1th .v. Hi~ ~en;e ul hnuor . was very high;
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a11d thiN wad hb raith, oue 111ight nliuos t sa.v
his 1·.,Jigion. Living 111 the wav lw <li<I, retiri11g
trum tha ~oci~tv whir.h 11~ f'nj.1yP.d a.-' a. yonn~
I
Mr. Erl
tary of tl
:dea.th at
W!\9 for
·Hawalia1
in 1 8 34
jiu COlln
tho Uni!:
/took the
I I"lantls t
tin some
Honolul •
characte
tv, and,
•the hri
11(~ bad Jiltle tu tlu "il11 rliP- a :..; tivrl world
l1ln1u11d him, a thin~ tub~ r .....,uett ~ d. 1J qth fur
\ h i:; own lo:;s aud fo t what .l 111 ,,11 ,,f :10 :--tt·ong a ·
· 1 ma11,
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Nu.I Jirtnlc J Ropes.
1
t;h;.na1·1 e r, u11 ce r'.t\'Plnpin ·2
i11 11.is direc tiou,
Mr, ~fath~uiel Rur;es who died at his resi·
1111i .. ht hav•.• <lt•ue iu a ub1ce Iii< - S tl ~ m .
1 J\Ir. 1~1. ·lms will bt- 1uL.;.s,~d, a.1111 ht:i Jo..;s will
Ce nce 011 E:-i::;e x: St. un i\Iour] ,1y of tlii~ w eek, 1
com c rn o:;t h eadly upou tll o!"'e who ca 11 h~a!'!t
was . bCJrn in Cincinnati, Jan . 7, lt;33.
His. "rlfonl lu '' ort. witb lnm . l:iis rl eath 1v.1" t•a1i.ed
h ,\ ge nci·nl c:h· in~ out uf hi~ :--y:-; te~u.
,y
exhnu ~ t..-d .
~ orutt •\\~ o yea~~ ;
a11 1 rrum \\.,. l11ch l.1ri 11 eVP I' n•_ ;1111°.J 111:3 ,
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lronuer :-;tren~th . He lea,·e~ thrf' A :-i 1:>tt-: r~. th e
1
: ~ld1"t o[ who111 wa" witli l:i111 Jt1rit•g 111" l11s t 1
!"hort illucs~. Fune ra l M,n•icPs at th~ hou 'e ;
I 1~c re c1n11l11ctctl 011 Tb11r, (] ..y h.v R PV. t\(r. j
/Has e• ,, f th_e New J;rn ; <1 le m Cuurch auu th e~
iutermcnt will ue :it C1ucl1luat1.
·
tattier bearing the same naine, reruu\·eL] fr<>m
SaJem, antl ltaviu!? settl ed tli ere about 1820,
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a se v·ere atta<.:k o f. la f! =
·ipµc,
:-< i11CP,
eoga~ed irr
l>u:1i11 e.:-is,
aud
Ur. Rope~, the sul•ject
of ou1· notice, waa edu cated at Cinciunati and
. he
'
ji,y
beca. 1ne
j ever a!ter _remaiu ed.
Iat
Harvard College, being a member o f the
class of 1855, as meu•.io111·tl in our notice oi
I Bishop Brook ~ , who was o f the sami! cla,s,
. t ogether with Dr. Jas. A. Eir.rnerton, and ~Ir. ' ~
H. F Waters of Salem. Mr. Ropes was mueh
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i in Salem dnrin¥; hi~ colloge lif9. •taying with
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~~:i::!bi~,t~:~:~\nll:~:ioo~a~:~ !~~rutcha:h~
Jceutury the home ol that brnnch of the R~pes
fll.mily. H.~re too, he cam~, ab1
>ut 181;3 . . to
ruake a short visit. Bnt, o.t the earnest so.
I1
citatiou of his aunt, who was at the time a ,
sufferer fro m a dioea:<e ur the eyes, which suon
·
It d ·
t I •·1· d
'1 o
, resu e m to a u "' aess, l• r. nope•, alw~y8
! her favorite nephew, was persuaded to remaiu
indefinitely, and ~ince Mrs. Orn e's death
'h
e has continued to 1i1·e in the sn me old-rash
) ioo~tl. quiet, but klu<liy way, which ha s di•.
tinguished so ull\ay Salem families of the olct
' school. Never engaged in active business
since leaving Cinciunatl, where be was connect' '
with his father iu the manufacture or oils
: aud -' candles, he has by per.-Jsteotly adherin2
; to oue undeviating method or in•estm e ntnever ·~peculation-amassed a handsome pro~
r~rt~,nnd by his \Ju1kling 'operations coutribuled
~ much to the ecnploymeut i;f first class mechnu. . ! iq~a nd to the comfort of many fami!iea desiring
- • i', c'Q1\ldern .' homes at a fair rental. The dweli;..;,•;; '(n~(I •on · Orne Sq Lia re were evolved rrom his
., ·~ . .A\vn b~11.lo, and were built-with the mech~ni
, , 1 1 ·1 lcnl.tiss1stance o[ Mr. Johu H. Bell-aud und er
f~T''> ; ~ti~lci~ru of ma1~y real estate owuer~,-for the
. . '.; ' ' p~rp9~e of showrng the possibility of furuishiu)l',
., .1 :j ~~a, modemt~ rent, siugle houses, for uue ten ,':- ~. _anq · ~ac_h 1 - pr~vided with ail n.oclern coure~ ·_;/If u)ence~ rncludmg ga~ . furnace, hot wat«r Rud
tr:'f,'1;.' s.~ nitary appliau ce~. Til e duccess of the scheme·
~- t if- .r!I uu.doubteJ, and a fair return on the inve,t; ec I 'pent hllS also been U8Snred. To those who ditl
· -:; i ~!>t'Jrnow him beneatll t hH • urrace, Mr. Rop<H
!
6r~ap.8 .nppe.ared " ltttlti ronizh, but this
:~ ,. i~~ co,• er. of I\ g"llfJ intent, and a lnrge,
)ii.d : l;i~art•. · as th" diil1lreu uf Orne Squnre,
~ were h.1" bt1>t frt~nd•, will testify. To I\
b_<?
W~11onJ. lo <J r•tr~ >• Mr. lfope.- r•ever Appeared oa
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en~ day, ~nd ruauy 1H1·111l•t-r1t of the fnmilif!s
· ,of. ~1s-auµl, • old emp1u.1· e1·• will be a:uo 11 g bi~
c.E!.r~~J mnnruer~ .
H., ha:l >trong attac b~0E',- an,~,1'i'•'" a trne fn ·••lll ' o those wbom ht>
t-0, hf! lp.~e to ht.m, lJ11t with •qually stroni:
J:lll;!(~e ,naver heM1t:i ted t • d_~uounc_e anyone
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1893,
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BOWMAN - BROWN -At Dorchester, 8th
j Corwin Watkins. Abner H.Church, byand Kath·
inst., at 8tanton-,w enue
Rev. T.
Bowman
arlno Ellen Brown, daughiorot J ob.n 1.-L Brown,
1all of Dorchester.
.
EDGi\R-BRAASTAD-In thls city, nth Inst.,
· by Re.-: Loren B. Mac donald. William Edgar
.
1 and Minna 13raagtad, both o! Boston.
. WING-CHRlSTIAN-At Dorchester, 25th
lilt.. Ill' Rev. Mr. Smith, Dr. John F. Wing a•d
; Marv .Jane Chri•tian.
,
I MURDOCK-WADE-At East Bridgewater,
19th imt.. 'by Rev. Jo~ W. O.ulnby, .Mr. Ge9rg&
IF . Murdo!\k of Stowe and Mtss Abbie · B. Wade ·
: of E:ut Brldgowater.
·
~
1nlti oe.
Mr. l
Lost P
popul'
N. J .,
days.
and w
8quar
Lycou
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to recog
. official
\ !{overnr
ha was
speot, b
. to retur
For y1
\ Ha wall
! former
; bts int
, tho lat
La11ren
' Boston
, at the 1
MARRIAGES.
i BOND-Iu this city, 10th inst.. l."ward P;.
' Bond or West Newlon, Mass .• 68 yrs.
I fT' l!'uneral at the Unita.riJLn Church. West
Newton, Monday afternoon, at 2.15. Bnrial,
private. ' .
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DELAJ\'D--At P..Oxbury, 9th \inst.. at hi8 lat"
residtmce, 12 GreenTille street•.Tltomaa W .. Deland. .
· -;.
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~Funeral :from bis late reSidence, at 2.30
·i
P . !If., Sanday; Burial private,_ r.
FULLERr-At.. CharlestoWD.'.·91;h iut., Esther
Hall Fuller, 3 yrs. 11.xp.os., - c!L
. ,
H :\.LL-In thia citi; lOth lnst,,Rich:i.rd Hiteli··
cock Hall, 4 m oa. 6 dys. t •
' t
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I J :\RVIS-lOth inst., Dt, .Tohti Furne1s Jarvis,'·
• W" Funeral servlceR at his late residence, 56·
' Chambers street, Monda.y, 13th inst., at 3 P. M•.
1 Friends reriuested to send no flowers. Burial .
i at Concord, N. H.
\ LOVELAND:._10th inst. , Isaiah T. Loveland,
I 58 yrs.
· l\10RV1LLE-·At Jamaica. Plain, 11th inllt:,
Eunn .. A. 111orville.
' IJT Fun e ~al service~ f.rom her late residence,
. 221 Clrn~tnut avenue, Tuesday, 14th Inst.. at a ·
1 P. M. Burial private.
·
l TUTTLE-At Dorcbeste:r, 11th inst:, Miss
l\I:.ry Austin Tuttle, 8 l yrs_ 4 mos .
, WARD-In this city, nth inst.. S91rah, wife of
·.Thomas Ward, 23 yrs. 5 mos: 27 dys.
k WILLIAMS-At Rox bury. 10th Inst:, Mu, .
Emllv Wlllia.ms, 85 Y'" · o mos. .
"J
, v:ir- Funeral from her late residence•. 81_RQX· . .
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crat,
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and
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�SARAH FISK ORNB
Sal
Fisk Orne, widow of Joseph Orne, Esq., and daughter of
the late Nathaniel and Sarah (Putnam) Ropes, born in Salem May
11, 1795, died at her residence on Essex street on Tuesday
morning, March 28, 1876, after a long and painful illness which
s
bore with Christian patience and subn1ission. During the
last
rs of her life the trials of her situation were
rendered doubly severe by total blindness; to her a dreadful
affliction,
rjving her of the power of seeing and freely
conversing with friends to whom she had been for so many years
so devoted
attached. It was seldom 0 howeverv that the
slightest murmur
her lips; her strong and vigorous mind
ret
to the last its serenity and composure. Mrs. Orne was
fron1 families established at Salem in the first
ri
0f its history and always maintaining a high character
in this neighborhood. She inherited n1any of the excellent
qualities that so
icuously marked the characters of the
puritans of
rn1er
Unswerving fidelity to truth and
rel ious faith, tenacity of affection in domestic li ,
i tense dislike of all that was pretentious or false, and a
charitable and kindly diposition that avoided all public notic,
made her the object of deep regard and respect to her family
friends. While her death must be considered only a
ficent release from mental and bodily suffering, it still
brings sorrow to many hearts; sundering as it does so many
pleasing
dear associations of the past, and extinguishing
a name nee frequent and honored in this community,
�~scy:istoric
OHICE A1 i lAMILTON HALL
~~lk'orporated
POST OFFICE BOX 865
SALEM,
MAS~·.\CHUSETTS
019 l I PHONE 1617) : iS-0799
23 - 25 1/2 BROAD STREET
Built for
NATHANIEL ROPES, gentleman
in 1885
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Research by,
Joyce King
Auaust l q88
H1,tur1t' t;"1h.·..,, Building .. .
:'to prrM."T\'l'
111d t1l 11 \ , t!'-,
~:·,Qd to work for 1111..· l'duc.tt1on of tht· (omn1tt111ty
io the uuc valul 111 the
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BOOK 6275 PAGE 195
DATE
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June 11, 1976
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GRANTOR (seller)
.
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Ralph H. Doer infJ!'Jr. ',,,~l·
Trustee of Doeripg Tru•t
GRANTEE (buyer)
Raymond
DESCRIPTION
4 Parcels of real estate
one parcel, bein9:?~23 - 2S
As shown on Pla'?i
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
Por
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w. ·.Thibault
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title see deed as
book 6109 page
3.
6109 PAGE
DATE -
October
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GRANTOR (seller) -
)•;'
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Ralph H. ooeri
Doering trust
r . relee; se
,;•
'~to
BOOK 5622 PAGE 449
DATE
July 14, 1969
CONSIDERATION
None listed
GRANTOR (seller)
Fred E. and
GRANTEE (buyer)
Ralph
DESCRIPTION
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Land an<
Adel~ne
Doer in~'~Jr.
·.~-buildin~s
'·
E. Winter/
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PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
Being tJ '· same p~emises conveyed to;'
us by dt 'd of Kenneth E. Winter as "
recordec in book~;53 .n page 762.
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BOOK 5331 PAGE 762
' -
DATE -
January 6, .966 ~
CONSIDERATION
None liste(
GRANTOR (seller}
Kenneth E:.
GRANTEE (buyer)
Fred E. anr
DESCRIPTION
Land and b
~
(~',•
third parer
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
The same C<
book 5000 i
-,
BOOK 5000 PAGE 348
DATE
CONSIDERATION
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None liste<
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!!_'Fred .•• Wir :er a;lso knqwn as 'if:
Wilfred E. iinter and Adeline~
GRANTOR (seller} -
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H.,
• <.
GRANTEE (buyer)
Kenn~th
DESCRIPTION
Two p I:rcels of
·
(The second being 2 3-2~, 2 /2 Bi:oad)
.
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PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
The same co tveyed by Joseph Bj
as recorded in book 4613 pag~~315.
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,nd Barbara ,B. Winter -
l~nd an~: buil~ngs.
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�BOOK 4613
PAG~
315
DA'l'E -
October :· ., ,· 1959
CONSIDERATIOt~
None lis·.·!d
GRANTOR (seller)
Josephin·: B'~ Loon'y
GRANTEE {buyer)
Fred E. , 1~rAdeli~e Win~er
DESCRIPTION
Land and
,;;;,
.;.;;.<.~
-~·:;;·
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~it.•
PREVIOUS REFERENCE
-~M
,~ildin~
~
Being a :) )t.~ion C11 the i>r emi "
t~;~ the ~Ub tee~ of
:>n: Nov .~7, 19,l' an
i~~.book:¥2u2 page,?
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conveye<
Memor ia.
recorde<
',,.
BOOK 2282 PAGE 386
DATE -
Novembe~
t~·
21, 19lf
• )'::
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con~i~erati'~n µai~~
CONSIDERATION
•por
GRANTOR (seller)
TrusteeB:Qf the Ropes ~ernori
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GRANTEE (buyer)
Josephiq~ •· Looriey
.. .
DESCRIPTION
Lana and·IOUildingE
;f.
PREVIOUS REFERENCE -
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·i't
Tne graritea premises ate sho
upon a plan entitled, ~Plan .9i
land in Salem, Mas~., belon~lg to '
the
Truet~s
M~r$al'
of the Ro!es
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to
)
J'ewburyport
Co-op.Bk.
l,
ll~
r1ed. t
A. 'fhalen,
r~
o! Hewbt.r. po. t,
pa: d gra.nt. to
cons1c1erat1 on
M:assa :~uaetts, be1 r.; UJlJllU',.
JrewbUryp~rt
co-· pere.t1ve
ated 1n Newburyport, Eaeex c )un~.y, Kalaachu.sette, w1.t.t mortgag
to secure
~a
s·~v
pa.ymant or
v1<1ed 1n a note
or
even dacr·,
easorl)' corner
t
~~~
ft _,_ b ti 0 ~ 4 .8 it 1 ng company , thence
si ti.';:.:
'. I.~.}
oovenanteWI ~
Pr;f'
w1th the :~,
:e land 1n Hl:'IBURYPORT
1
_j
~,
tines as
in
bu.11<11nga thereon, bouru1ed ·
.
:&esex county,
iescr1bed as tollo•s;
.~
. . z:
reot on . :.a:-1ea street by lanc1 of
commenc1:t; at the
Peabod.Y Kanutactur-
.. \8
~
ao,_ ut south 350 west by e >..\.d street about twot'
'"k·
o!; 11 .. y (tormerlY 0170:- IE ·our;yport); thence aJ~
roa.s, ten l1:1k.B to l
~'~
bout North 0° Weat by a~ i:l 13. il or 11ley t~ rods, Jne quarter link, ~.
530 Yest by lan '. o:· or rormeri.Y ot Jrathar Poor two rods,
about North
e1g~
•
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tean llnks to land or Isaac Po ;r; thence about llortb 32-io Bast by said l&Z14
l11ll~o
and
ot Isaac Poor two rods, tn:
'Pan.v; and tr.ance about Scu:n
t.
-~)o
teen l1nk.8, more or less, ·.) the p
es conveye,: to me by the
~·
!\t
"f!:l"ryport
or the Peabc1,y Ka.nutactur1ng com-
by land
or sal'. c:ompany e1x rods, Dlna-,
.
~
or ~eg1nn.1I<g.
ae1ag the same
pre~·,_."
o-operat1ve :Ba-:_:. a.roresa1d by l1ee4 4a',';'
ted. llovemb·~ :- 2, l9H t to b
r ·corded l!Brawi th.
to the sa1 ~ mortgagee to·:r
:i •
gage, and
icy
aaJ.d not
or t:.J pertorma.r:ce
u;.ic
1 -.
tra.nsrer a:;d pl~gt :~
,by
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crea 1n tbe ~th ser les Jt 1 ts cap1 tal stoclC
\
as collate.:-al security
I ha
,i
'Qf
~·
' k
the co:.Ut1ons or th1a mo~t'
sa.14~u:.. o~ seven hundred t1oliafa
'{.
:.tch sharee
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lla.s 'been advanced
• · 1
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dollars.
this r.iortgage,
the rate ot
flla monk2 y
1
t:.e unpaJ.d balance or the
pee-
a.nnum.
~nta ~
ar th11 ',w;
\ ot .an asa1gnmc nt ot1: : t
.
~
In the even.
't
mortgagee.
This
~·.~nclpal shall b•.~J' .+.1·.
mortgage ~e
pon the statut°7
··r ·
co-operatl:
c c.nd.1t1on, ror an;y brea(' r. ot
.Cb the :nortg\'.i'!···,····.·i't!fl
shall l1aVt1 the Sta.tutor:; ·o- lperat1ve Bank Power o; Salt. Wf!lil:SS Icy haZl4.~;
and se1
t
coJO£oF: ra o:r
Essef as.
t ,I
h1.s e1ghteent'1 :ay or JJovember 1914.
i.cary >..
MASSAClL'E :'.l:-3
Bov. 23,
(seal)
an
'.i
TMn peraor.ally appear"c the above na:iad. 'JIJJZ1 "• ~
1014.
Whalen ant'. aclc.nowled.goo
'fh ;
t'orego1ng 1nstrwnent to be her t~ee act an4 Ott&,,
the
0
Jwstl••;r P•ac~ 'f
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.
before ""
'' tt" nlel •· Jon••
tM
J:ssex ee. Received Nov. ; 7, 1914. 25 zz:. past 3 P . . Recor4e4 and ttam1n'4• ·~
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Trs. ot The The True t :es ot the Ro;A' • ~ ·::iorlal, a corporat1on e 3ta.'bl1aher:1 b~ la• aD4 ~1
Ropes Memorial
cated at 3>:i.lem, :&aaex •x :n tJ, Ka.IJ&&ChuBette, tor · c :is1derat1 on pe id• grt.11U
to
to Joaepl t:'.e :s. Looney '. t: qU1tcl&im covenants t .( land and bu1;d1ng1 .on
Looney
1
;f
ac
vote
the eoutharly e1<1a
,.,pr
t~~ ~rtee1 premrr
ot a; )a~ etrea~ 1n 11&14 BALD J•Ju.n4a4 as
.•
•••
tbllolla:
'
____._P_l_an_ n1~-~~~~~oa4 et~~~- r.t th<> •ort~astarly _corll!r :,(
)"i -
SAA-<?~ .....t. r:.~ land or Eartlett then < ru ru.·ngwbt'tir-i)'-b)'--~ .e.tret_\..:.@:!_lltJ.Mrli4 .·.,·-•
...
"'t
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tY two and ttllrty tllr" m; d.recltlla tettt (1'2.38'
to l&n4'.'·or
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thence running aoutherl.Y by land ot Ma.n.at1eld eeventy an4 seventy t1ve hUJl-1
'
dred.thB teet ( 70. 75•); t ance turning and runnlng easter]¥ by other le.nd. ot'
·~
grantor seventy eight ar.c ..t1ve hund.redtha teat ( 7§.0&) to a street or
called Orne Square; ther.- e continuing 1n a straight line across sald Orne
square atout twenty tour JJld th1rty seven hundredthB reet
thence at.lll continuing
l
(2~.37•)
and
n a straJ.ght une torty t1ve and t110 tentl:\8 reet
( 45.2• ); thence turning ,nd running aoutnerly t1ve and one tenth reet (5.1);
thence easterly sixteen ir.d eighty tive nullllredtha feet (18.85 1
)
to land
Bartlett; thence turning -md running northerly by laru1 or Bartlett aevent. ·
together wt th rlgbts ot toot pas ·
seven teet ( 77•) to the polnt oegun at.
sage tlve teat ( 5•) wlde over lar.d ot tr.a grant.or runrung :torty tlve and t
tenths teat (45.2 1
)
1
0
to the east trom Orre Square and tltty eight and tour
tenths teat (68.4•) to tte west from Orre Square, as shown upon the plan
harelnafter reterred to, a.r:d leading to the rea.r ot the dwelling houses u;on the gracted premises to be used ln 'o-nmon
reserving to the grantor
1ts succ1 1a:ira and
aru1
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all purposes and 111both d1rec~J-_oM be ~wd&Ji-~the
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tr> the
t
grantor a.n4 1ts
a8~1gne
·~·
lcnolfn
·~'tor
a r1ght or
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Ch 1a
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gran~:or
_/
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d. I
. 1uded 1n the
''.
,
!
ar;c1 1ts aucc-3ssors a ld
assigns a right to lay, ma1nta1n, rape- r aJl4 to rel&iY and to
said grar.ted portion or the
.~s15n.1;
:1·
- _tor1,~~·1ri~-1ni~jl~--1 • 1~n,
l3roa.c1 street over that part ot Jla1d or :e Square "
granted premises, and reserving Uso
.
•1th~he
re~ocate
in
Orne Square pl pea and c oMu1 ts to~
d
water, sewage, gas anc1 wires tor tlw t 1.r.sll\1ss1on ot electric pc.1er, heat,
lieht and telephonic or other torm ot • ·-e~trical or)nagnet1c cozr.Jn.nicat1on
~
anc1 a right at all times
t '
f·,>~
r.1 upon the',sald. wa~/
entw 1nto
')
the same tor any or all or tne toregoir
a:-.a to excavata
>urpoaes. >.The granted pr{ mises are
in Salem, Kass., belongirg to the
shown upon a ple.n entitled, •Plan ot la
j
:ru.stees ot the Ropes llemo:tal• by Char
011
A. lletcal.t, surveyor, dated Aug-
ust, 1914, to be record.ad ·arewith.
fl.
TOSS n:IRIOl' tb.8 aa1d corporatic:1
~.as
caused this instrument
~o
Ill
be execu: 1 by Y1ll1am R. Colby, 1ts rice pree-
1.lent, hereunto duly author1 zed, on th1 J tv~ty seventh ct ay ot liovem >er A.J>.
1914.
Eseax, ss.
:r 1steea or the Ropes icemor1al (seal)
1
~
by William R. Colby
Nov. 28 A. D. 1914-. ):
itl Vlce .Prealaent.
Personally appeared the above name4 ·~·1111am R. Coley, V1ce .Presldan
foresaid, and. acknowledged the toregdrg instrument to
.1
d9 ec1 ot the Trustees
or
the Ropes iceror1al
Robert K.
~ahOmey
be tlW
betore me,
tree
aa a-
E :t
a.n4
.
Justice ot the Peace.
Cdrtltlcate ot vote. At a meeting or ~:i.e T~~e~~--~'~C:?!!_~~~l~~,~!'1 __: __ ''?te
at Salem on November twe·ilf-y'-A.~ D~ iei~-;-~--quorwa be1ng present, the orego-
1~ l!'..etrumant was rea4
aru1 1 t waa
duly vote<! that the sa.me be adopt d u
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The Ropes Memorial was stablishe1
Pickman Ropes and Elizc Orne Rope
of trustees incorporatE
in 1912.
aty
a Doatd
by t
The property was bequeathed to th , Ropes
brother Nathaniel Ropes.
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it
_JI·~
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Nathaniel Ropes acquired the pr or rty f rOGl' his aunt, 1rab Fisk
Orne, who died in March of 1876. Mr. Ropes ~Juilt man.:i houses
in Salem, with the purpose of providing ~6de~n, single fa~1il~
housing at a moderate rent for the working: c Lass. He :lied on
February 6, 1893 at 60 years of age.
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Reference to book and page are deed book.;j;:at the Re~ .: try of
Deeds. Probate numbers Are cases at Pro~att- court.
All map~;
in this report are for i~).ustrative purpojes and ar£ r.ot meant
to be exact.
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NOTES:
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The land on which this ouse sta1 c.s i,.. ~s once )art of -:Le
"Common land" which was laid out in t 1e first settle11 2nt of the
town.
,,,,
"
"Broad street was so ca' led as e, r ly
the original highways 1 Cld laid ' . t v
boundary being on a lin with th• ::30L
ground, and the town co veyed to the
of the width of the bur in9 groui-.. at
esterly to a point, so hat the l 0us£
Winthrop and Broad stre'°' ts stand i 1 \
street." (Essex Antiquarian, vo:. 4
.s l 7t9. It wa~ one of
·ry wf,de, the southern
-hern1Tsi :le of the burying
idjoinin'J owners ~a strip·,,
tha~?:crn ..:l and running
.-·
at ihe corner of ·
•
iat was formerly Broad ;::.
>9. 9$)
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Prior to the constructi n of 21-: · Br )ad Stre·~t, the land Jwned
by Sarah F. or ne, was o cupied b:, th( shoe·~.1shop of B(~njamin F.
Pickering and a barn ow ed by th( hej: s of,tJo.Jeph Smith. ::
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On May 21, 1885 a per mi was isst ed t. > Nattian iel Ropes t , build
a wooden dwelling house ~or four farnj ies ,~77' X 32 1/2'· - 2
.,:;.,
1/2 stories high at 25 road st.
1886 Broad Street Resid 1ts
23 Benjamin cram age 3
23 1/2 Andrew Case age 31
25 George Bates age 36
25 1/2 Charles Fry ag 33
>:
1900 census
23
Benjamin Cran
23 1/2
25
~
Bertha
"
n
Benjamin
Mary Rogers
Adeline "
Fannie Dolan
Isak Taylor
Sarah "
Cora M. "
Clarence "
•
Walter
Helen
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25 1/2
II
no listing
Je 48, sl · ~ s
Je 44, be r: 1 fi.
.··~ :ie
20, bc~:ke
ase 59, ct i-. ern
age 47, sister
age 28, S( _var:
age 53, cJ :rk
age 47, be n ~
age 2J I t< lepf'.
age 19, clerk,
age 15, at scb
:~ ..n•Je 5, hr.u:.n .. Ma
.c::
lesman, born Ma :>s.
· ine ~fi.
per in .t bank, )Or
·rodery (1ealer, oor
sal~swiman,
, born
bori
re.
~~
ur ni~ur · store, b
Mass
ss. ~
~
•ne oper l tOt I borrf
born~Ma ,s.
.
·ol, ~Ori• Mass •
s •.
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THE SALE)I NE,VS
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BORN.
'.sE~!O:\:'l.-fn ,<;1!em, Feh ;:
. .,
au<J Hcruuce 8cmon•
IAmas:·~d
em-.
-a-;
~rtune
Eastern R. R. Stock.
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Pccnliar Cbarac1 ;istlcs 'Vhlch
Markell His l ' ter Years.
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ter.
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:-:at baniel Rope s, ,. ho died at hf1
t.. •m" numh»r 318 E ·· x street shortly
!,.•fore 2 o'clock yest c lay afternoon, u
,. ll<:d In the late edi " n of THE N&Wll ·
" H
tho· son of Nn I mlel Ropes and
.,.,,,a born in Cincinn 1l, Ohio, Jan. 'n
1-33. Mr. £lopes, 8 . 1ad gone to that
". ty when lt was in i ·" infancy, and had
1• .na~c<ed considerabl : ·roperty.
De«eaaod attendee• .luvard college
:q1d waa grndunted in the clnsa of
.\mong his classm"t' 1 were the late.
i'olllips Broolt! 1_Dr . .J 1mea A. Emmert on, 11nd H.F. wate '"
During hie stay
: n the east, !!t that t' rn e, ho resided wlt.b
'ds
aunt,
~·lrs.
S.
p
Hopes
man: I
'lrn<', · in the oH
, iou on Essex stre<·t, wb1ch house he !
"ubseqnently occu1,i1 d, and in wbloh
bis death occurred.
Returning to Cmcinnati, he eugage,d
in business with his f\tber, which
ness wu the management of a· l4rp
'~nndle and oil ma.nu! 1ctory. Not tab·
~ylng that business, <>r for some other
c;ood reason, he
·
OBIT1:.\R\",
T"'\ '·iO'era
'·
Join
the ,'Silent :Ilajorlt:r.
William ·~· Lumper, one o! Lynn's
most prominent merchants died on
~Ionday, a~~d 68. He h:id b~en in tba
produce business in Lynn since 1850
and was the lest of thq 'well-ltnowo'.
firm of Lamper Brothers.,
Capt. John BiatcbCord, & former well·
known master m11riner a~d a l:alltornla
pioneer of '49, died in Olouce1ter S11n
day, Rt the age of 63 years. He w'ent t~
Call!otnla In the spring bf 1B49 with 11
party, In the schooner Para.ion, remain·
. lni tner~ t1vo years, 1 ~d After bis re·
turn. commanded aeverlll of th• en.Ok
vessels of the Glouces r tlshlng tleet. ·
lnlell1gence bl\& b 11 received at
Box!or~· announom
the · deutb. ·qf
!Jlraw ·1·0,vne. a natl of that village,
i ID Lawrence, Kanswi. Mr. •rowno was
one of t·he original r rty-niners, going
to California nt th" lme of the gold
lever. H" mnde llis pilo" and made &
short .visit to bl!!
t i\·e placu, tben
going to Kans a, bore be hes since
resided.
.
· Hon. Joseph Hob n, for mnny yean
· a leading dealer n d mnnufacturer or
lumber, died Sundn •. He was bnrn in
Buxton, Me., Marc 20, 1816. On Saco
· becoming n city e was elected Its
mayor In 186i. I ~lnine'11 lui;lslature
. he bad represent d 8nco for several
1865: :
bµ"'-·
Retuructl to Salein About 186:),
ancl devoted hims1·!! to the mllnaie·
ment of what pro)"" ty he posseaaed
He resided witli bi' iuut, and contin:
ued to occupy tl:e house after her
clenth, which occt.r ed some 12 or.15
yen rs a110.
·
. .
He became a larg•' 10tder and buyer
of Baateru rallro111! stock when that. .
coq~rat.lon \'Vall au y• tilng but a 1iaying .
I terms.
10st1tutlo11. Desp11.. tbe advice of :
Death or :\lr1. A. ,V. Beckwith.
frlen<ia be COUtlDU•·d bUninii tb!S BtOCk I
Mrs. Ann Wass Jleckwith died at the
beginning tiy payin: 100, aud neve;·\
residence of her daugbtcr, Mrs. Thomas
ceaslns to invest 1 nt tho bottom
E. Wilson, Lowell Mtreet, about 5
notch . or
f2
wu
reached ,
o'clock yesterday eCtcrnoon at ~he
and the 1 upward ,,· ide bad goua on ·
advanced age 1of 91
years
9
for~eorne' time. It 1'l\S. on tbhl stoct· ;
months and 3 days. Tho deceased was
thn~ moat or bis "'' \ tb. was made. H~ :
\ a very estlmnbla woman and WWI held
Wll!I no~ a speculator u· commonly so
i in the highest esteem by all who·
called. payinr bi- c:ertilicatea out ,
, knew her, even in her old age her bright
dght for cn11b 1 and l 1cklng them up ln
, and cheerful manner a11d her watchlul·
his stron~ boz.
·
· nesa
of
others
and
willingIle alao was· an (' tte68lvo dealer in
ness to he!J,> them being not the
real eat.atu. aud hr I iullt and owned ~~I
· least of the ltmdly traits of character
tcnementH on Orn· riuare, besides eHi which endeared her to so many She
e~~l ot.ber houses : 11 •arious parts of the
' possessed ber faculties till the l11st'
c1 .. y. He also h:1d a large Interest rn
and
carried
sunshine
\fhereproperty lelt l· •:
his lather in
e\·er she went, it. beln i: her practlce till
CinclDnatl, and !II r Orne bad left him
; within a short time to take 1ong' walks
corutiderable pror•'r .y.
·and make frequent calla on bet:. numer·
:-.tr•. Ropes bar' ,,ever been Weet but
· ous acquaintances. Her funeral wlll
twice during hla I 1 t er, Ule to attend tho
fun~ ol h.la p: n a~1- He never mar~all:~ p~~ T~~J~@OOn: . ;::;
rled1,.:_-:_ and " · h" - three
11iat.ers
rcal'™'!ll'
In
Jlnolnnatl ·
a:e
r
0
\T.HE-',ll~E NATHAMlEl ~OPES:·\
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. ~.:EarJi.j.m~. in.· Clnebinatt')
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T~:oldeat;
all
,
Rela.tlvea.
heae slster!I',_ llfsa
lloPll',,hu " en.with him uear•n
w1u\er,
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. ·He· was never an active msri'·fo. b11sl·
nesa with others, in tho way of dlr~ctor·
eblps of hnnks or corporations, and it Is
bellovcd tlll\t be IB director only or tbe
Bo•ton \Valer Power c.1mpany, of which
, ho
i~
the
lo r.;-e~t ow ucr.
ll•J wnH n
' 111cmbor of thu 1·;,,,.lt l11Ktitute. llt:
w11::1 not ll churcb-i;oi11!{ man, but bn•l
contributer\ more or le~s tow1uds the
•upport o( the Nuw J.,ru~nlem chun•h,
ont of rc,pcct to tho belief ol hi~
mnther, who w11~ n ~11·nlcnhurghcn.
Hi~ (:ithl'r llncl been an ntl<'ndant nt th•'
Fir~t t:uitnrinn ehur~h.
Simple funeral •••n-iccs will be con·
ducted by He\". John A. Llaycs ol the
church o( the :-;ew Jeru~alcm, at bi!•
· late residence, Tbur~·lay afternoon nt
' 5 o'clock. The remains will be taken
I to Cincinnati tor interment, un: der the charge of his sister.
A
·
~larked
Purson .. llty.
With tho death of N'athaniol Rope•.
one ol the moet prominent characters of
Salem passes into b btory.
His was 11 personality so marked, an
individuality so peculiar, that his pro·
totype may safely be said not to exist/
nor will it, in the oocial atmo~obere o
toda.y and tbo {uluro, be like[y lo bo
duplicated.
As 11 youtll and college man, he was a
well-known cbnrncter, bii?h in the social world, one of a <'oter1e ol as lively
\'ouths ns over !urn is bed the life of bis
partieular set.
As a man, b.i became altogether clltl• ereut. He l>ccnrue more and more re·
tired in hi:< habit~, continui·ng how·
C\"}r, in his lrien<lly •llHI cordial rela·
tions with bi!1 !ormn· •1ssodntes, enter·
taining lh•:m with r.1ro hospitality at
his own house, hut. rarely, if ov .. r, roturnlng- their frlt>ndly visits.
PorbapA lltt:tt l» his unobstru~lve
philantbropby, pe<'lll>arity nud cccen·
tricity, were his moot marked chamc·
teristics. As a phil11ntbroplst. be kl
not bis right hand know what blY icfl
did. Charitable objects were certain o'
bis support, but not 11 cent would h·
give excent under tho solemn promb•
that bis name would never appear 11
connection therewith.
Amonst otber evidences of his generosity, tinged a bit perhaps with bis ec
\ centricity, and the reverence he alway
hold for the memory nnd wishes ol hi
departed aunt, Ml'l'. S. F. Orne, was tl;
fac~ tbut ho kept upou ·bis bounty roi
all the old servants and retainers ol tbn:
lad:Yjand to their second and third goo
1 oration.
_
~· '.Mr. Ropes was ono ol the origiua'
1 members of the Observatory club whc11
a·young man, which bad beadquurter •
. over. Wallace &
Young's
musi ..
store;
nnd
niter
that
or . ganizatlon
disbanded
be
kcr·'
the apartmenta as a private clubroo1·:
i or· office for several years. 'l'llerc h ·
1
met with his kindred sp;rlts aud did
bis talking and smoking.
·:· Re used to be a
\-· F~mll la1' i~hcn re on the Stre.-t
'untJl within two yenra or so. At thn
tlmi11'~• he.,
bad an
attack c.;
h.'',f.. grip,
from
wbich
h·
. -.~ever fully re<."<>verod. His 011111 ·
. ma upon tbe st ree' were o !ton, ",
~ Wll.Vll In company, misinter.
t'.
·~··
·~am
pMed.'
;E
dt;emed ottena1v 1 I
wee but th.a ollt '"
thought and bu· ir·
His gifts In cl •
hlP, aud mn11y"
1 <lc.,ply !eel tbo
wn..i Indeed a rr: ..
:i.C steady.~~
.,.1~ro
tuoumeru.
111 tho olty w1:l
· 11 friend, wh •
need, :ind wh'
iis !{i1·i11g th ·
I
-.vns so circurns:
almost 110110 su·
~<:eking com p1111
:t.
liis station, he ,.
and for tho goo. 1
revere him.
Hi11 end cam· 1
o'clock ye.>ter-lu ·
!cctly comfortal :.
1 with eel"eral fri· ''
' rcco~nlzed with 1
There was no su -r.
· eral breaking ut .
approached, he 1:
nc!is, u.nd, as a \\ ..,l
fell 11sl.e"'e-'1"'>._ _
star~;
•l'!lsttlve person",
...:ldence of d~q.1
.. >gltatfon.
Instead .
1
witb peoplt', f
ut doing goo· ,
i hunJreds w i l
tw
ln1
bo
te1
·1\ly. Up to · l
" •»n he 1Vas I"· c ' il kcd rutlonu I."'
.:1 ol whom l ;~
c~al snlututi"n.
-. but as the gcti·
wbolo systc· 1
"<1 unconsclou,, ·
lild, peaoefull;
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TUESDAY, F.
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PIERCE-MO:.::
by Hov. Dr. H~lo'
Carnllno E.
< '3 ES.
this dty'pllth '.',• t.l
lon·" 11 <1
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r
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RU8d-i>Ol7LE l·
Erer Butl8r. Cha.r
both of ll•><tou.
(
. ·;ARY 7, 189:;,
·Ith lnRt.. by 1~ • .,,
and Ed la M. ~ itle,
, ·1ty,
: ';a
S.UlUELS-LY :•
lhlS
clt"t
5th 'I.it.,
D.
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am\ )!In ~I a. '! IC.
l'R~:SHr:Y-~Y
"·" London"- N. l 1., litb
·;.,rd nor. 11. I> ~tr.
·' ~Llu·i• E. N;.. ho\h
by Hov.
C~ieb
Ham11ols of :Sow:
Lrnoh o! llo1ton
ln•t .. \Jy Rnv. Gen
}'r:ink W. Pre!~ey "
o!
~ew
London.
CH.\~!P:SEY-.\ ~
H. Cbauwoey, uR
'.'!
SA WI~ -John I .
yrs. 9 rn o.•,
W.\RI'>-ln thi• "
, WAre, formorly" \'
t r F1111eral fr :11
Mrs. Ua1tie N. \\ 11
chester. at l ,,. :.
· F.-.rear.-11ovcuue at : 1
• BARN\·:S-At l n
Anuls E .. wife or :J
ClIILD---At \I «
Thav11r. widow" '.I
"d- l'fotioe of i 1"
' CHURCH-Ai ;·,
•11ddenly. Sarah .r,
John Church, 77 .. "
! FOSTER-At C
A. Foster. 7~ rra
KINSLEY-At '
..\nu K11u1e1, wit '•
o mos. lJ 1lys.
I
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yrs. J ' :
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PARKE8-At I "•
' P1HkM,
\JO yrs.
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P!UN:-.'EY-At \!
hut.. Lncy E .. d«
nio L. Phinney, :
VINT0:-1-AI
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Vinton·. ronngo~ 1
Ii. Vin tea. 16 yr• •
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'i. 19 <IYS.
., ,,c Lincoln, Ma..''-• 16
in11t .. ~lrs. Sn.a11
• tM, 87 vra. 5
tn•'•·
n~e
W,
of her •fau;.:hter.
·:,\wood atrt~t. Dor:,dn~arlaI. tltl'. Inst,
, 1. & N. & Ra1 road.
,th ln~t., of. ll>po1 le:icir,
·
"wnes, 70 :rn. :r mos.
· 1·ton.
Oll•e '\'oirner
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1ter.
·, ·'n. ~b.ss., 6th rnst.,
'·
·." Dll>vid W, Chil·I.
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widow of l'>rtaln
I !:II, 5th iUAt.•
c: lrles
Hh lnll., M?".
frod Kinsley,
'.~mh
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•h inst., Willi
:7
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1th i111t.,
~lrs. I.
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! Hoo"oll l.l, ai1· ~li:1._
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of A.1ton "'"1
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· Suuth><m1,tou, · l~n11la1111. Ih I wua a. V•''Y
't..ile11ted tul\ll wh~u i11 111.!f pritne, h:n•tnat .t
!;!011<l \'fHre aud lwi11~ a :.:uo~ 1'111:lteu~ ;utL·t.
Ho \',·,\s \ t•1y \\'Pll ulT .1l ~htt t1nw or ht~ ~c:11». .
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a11tl b ..aJ pre\'ldll:ily h.:cu a memlJ:r
u( Parli.H11e11t.
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~f\lh1tnld ltop~:-1.
·1
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N'.\th:\1iiel lt•>Pl :-0 who 1lie1l ilt l!i:t re'::
011 l·>.. ex: St. 1111 ~[11u1l 1y of tlli~ \\'l•t·'..
wJ:1 ll•Jrn in Ciul'i11111ri, .J.111 7, i.~:s:\.
II
father Le<tr!ug tho :'.1:11e n:inH', remo\·ed fr,, 1
."idem, an1l l11\Vll1!! -.1•llleJ t1i1·10 about l.':\:: ,
he
bt:t~ 1u1e
t•n:.:·\:..:,r·d in
b1uit1t•:t:-',
a:1 t
; evPr aftl•r remait1l'rl. ~tr. H.npe.-t, tho ~ul\jf·,·t
; of our JH1tic~. W:l.'4 t>du,·.1tctl u.t Ci11c1un.1ti an·\
! at lLH\'.trJ C 1llt·ge, \Jping :l member of th')
: rla . . s nf ld5.i, a:-t 111t•11'i1lUnl in our nutlctt (,j
' 13i8hup Brook.•, who ""'' ul lht! s.1111~ cla .• "
together with Dr. ,I;\<. A. ~:11.mertoo, Knd ~I:.
H. }<' W11ter~ of Sah•ni. Mr. R.. pes 1Ya:1 ruu .. !1
ill Salem durinl( hi• cull•itu lif~. •t11ylo~ with
hid ratbe1'• •i•tM, :'>lr<. S.ir~ll E'. Oruo, wli"
1
I t't.:uce
1
:,."
y
rt1•'°' !-.
wh•jin he !111~ was di•buuurahle ancl u" ·
wcrthy.
Hti4 t1 .. n .. e or ho11or \VMd ver.\ h!..:h,'
anti tl;frt Wftlt hl:i tuit!t, Ofli~ Hii~ht Ht1t1n~t ~;\f
hi:o r~li:.dnn. Livlug 1n thu w.,y h.., d111. r···1rl11g
1n11n tlrn ~1Jcit>l\' w1i1d1 h~ •· 1•j ·Y~•I H1' :L ." ·tln~
llt l", ht· bat! Jittlr. t•11l1J Y.1lli 111..- a~liv,•
\'urld
.u1·1111d hitn, a. thin!.'. to b~ r .. .!tet.tPd,
IJ :""- U\Yll )11:-:-' 1\lH\ fr't \\ holl .l In 111 ••f
, Mr.
tarJ' c
death
for
t0 .. ' l 11 1lg' a.
t·ll.\ra"1cr 1 ulWP. •~C:\'Plopio.! lu t\1i:t d:r···:tiou,
ruL.:ht h:l\.'' llt1t1P 111 a ttl·w~ 11k .. S \lt-ru.
~h-. l! ·l'e>~ \\Ill h·· 1ui~-!l.:1l, lll1tl h1it 11•·.; will
<'unit\ 1111 .. lt IH•a\il\ 11µ11u tbu:-e who <.'·1·1 lt>a ... t
'ti.o U
all'.,rJ lo 11•rf. wi''
l1y ,\ 1,!t!ll1\ I :\I !!i \ i
111:-1"'11
I• 'k:
•1-.lt·d
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1111111or ~ltt:!U:.,:lh.
1.1,1,.::t 11{ wh11111
t~ le;\\·eil lliri--A ,.1:0: 1 ~. the
I char.•
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l
\n•ru CPt11l1H'tt•d
·ra1 toen•il• ... ""' ''" ll1·· 1llH1:>e.
ThnrHl··Y h.v J! ' . .\(r. J
.Jern•;1le111 Cllurch ,.,.J tilu'
: Ciuciuuuti.
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l1V 1\ ,st'\'t•n~ .1tl•1•
.. i11c~, :111·l fr11m
IL 11·c~
. f tho:-;.
; !.!!,l~.rmcttt. ~·.i~~ lJ,
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Hi~ 1lPalh \V,L..
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Hun
in 11
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.id\ l'"' 11 .. \·1·r r~i.:, .... 1 hi:ot ·
· Hono
1
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with l·i111 ,Jurh•i.; !. .... hht '.
i tv, a1
: tho
'mbsi
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throt
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to rt'1
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ho "
spear
to re
For
BATURDA 1. FEBRUAllY 11, rng3,
re•lded iu tho old 11\;\ll>ioo, for more than " '
ceutury the bowe of that brooch ol the Rop«.;
,1 \RRIAQES.
hmily. H~rn tutJ, hti l':\!lltl 1 11b1>Ut 13ti3, tu
malw a >hort vi•it. ll11t, nt the earne•t
lh!itatiun of his aunt, who Wid at the time :\
:Hl ff~rer Crom a tli~t-a:-t.> uC the t•yett, whicb StJ• n
re•ulted in tt>ll\I bli11d111•<•, Mr. Rope•, alw"·•s
her Cavt.1rite n~t•h~w, w·H ptH~ll~\JetJ to retna.iu
iodc·tiuitely, anti •inl'O Mr~. Orne'd denth
h~ ha• coutinued to lil'e in thtl •nme old-fa,h
ion~J. quiet, uut kiu•l:y way, which h.u 11:•.
tingublle1l ~o u1aoy SJ !em familie11 ol tha u'.11
school. 1' e\~er eng.,;..:et..l in act he bu~llk ~.11
'since leaving Cincinnati, where he Wl\9 c1rn1i. .. ·t·
9.j with hi• f.1ther i 11 the rnanufact11r0 tl! 01 I;
:rnd candle•, be 11a>l by per•l•teotly a1lheri"i:
to one uudeviatiug methtl<l of lu•e•tmeut _
:y, 10th Inn., l...1 "'ud P.
HO~D-Iu thi
. nev~r ~J.Hicnl.Hio11-ama:-0~cJ. a. hauJ:1om1J pr11,ilO. :dasit.. 68 rn.
Bond of West!'\
t:1I"" l:<"uner&l :• · ~ Unttaris.n Churrh. Wed
. erty, and by his llu1lui11g 01l<lratlons cuutr1u11 .. ,1
Newlon, Monda' rwrnoon. at 3.16. Burial
; mucb tu the employme11t t.f lir.t clas>1 mecha 11 •
private.
; 1~·.aod to tbtl comfort of maoy tamilie; tlesiri1•g
DEL.\XD-A• ;· d111ry, !lthtinst.. &t hi• late
re1ldooco, lZ ur · . •illo sneet. Tlaom"-• W. o..
\,rn,rJ.ern lwmes •it 11 fair rental. The dwel..
"
land.
' {;rip· on Oruo Square wer1> evolvrd from l•i•
'17'" P'uner:i.l ! rn 1 his late resldance. at :?.30
-~
P. !If., :l1rndi.y. f'. rial private.,'" .
.•U.~.11 1 bralu, :>.11d were brtilt-with the mecb~r11~·a.OJ1lst.ance of :\fr. Joh11 ll. 13ell-Aud uod or
FUJ.LER-At <'! .rlt1Sto1fll. ~ lut .. F,athd
·,
Hall .Fuller, 3 Y"' tl mos.
~tlcbru o! many real 1·:1tnte uwuer•,-for tr.e
HALL-In thl. "f, 10th lo.at.,.Richard Hitch·
P)l.?ptl<'e of •howiu~ thtJ pos~iuility of furui•hi11ir,
Jya.
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.
,AC:•. modemte r~nt, >lirtde hot1>1es, for uue ten· ' cock Hall, • mc:o
JARVIS-10th · .t.. Dt,.Tohn Fumt'" .T"nts.·
'n·· eJlCh, provided with a.J rLodnn cou"e·
""'"at Ws lato Halrl·iuce, 116
'QI"' li'un~ral
o!ence11 lnclutling ga~. (11rn11ce, hot wat.. r "'"l
oc l>.y, l:Jtb Lost., al :i P. M.
Chambers •tre•
aan.lt.ary apµliau1·e•. Tt•1• •ncces• ul the >1clw ~
,, , c' ud no llowors.
Burial
Friend• reqn~s:
fill nnduu~te.J, and a L•ir r.. turn on the trn··
at Concord, N.
1
.aut ha& ttl:m been a•<i•red. To thoH who
Ii 1:is1.. Isaiah T. y,.,veland.
LOVELAND
;l)Qtkoow him ~11e1ttll 111 .. :nirfuce, ~{r. (t ..
08 .,.,~.
~ape uppettred 11 l1ttltt rontZh, tint
,
,f :unalca. Plain, l t r h lruit;.
MOJiVILLF.·~ho cover or 1\ J:11•11J i11tt"11t, aaU .1 l"r
1::111111" A. ~lon
·)1•art, aii th .. ..tttt•lr .. u of Orne Squ :
.:Ice. from her lat. re'ldence,
t:r" l"uo~tal
were hi• ll~•t fri.,,111•. will re~tify. T .. 1
221 Cht1•tnut a . """ Tuoaday, lUlt """'-· aC 2
~ :..e.
P. ~ Bnrlal 1
. ntlo dl•tr~•• Mr. J<.,,,p, 1·~ver •ppeHed
irrheate:r. 11th inH., Miu
~qS ,d&.J, l\llil IUiUJ}' lltl"lltltt"flf ut t.he fn1w
TUTTLE-A•
1
•, ~ l yr><.• m08.
:llary .4.ustln T
,1). blS·a,u!J~'• 0 11 emplu,\'er• Wtfl htl 1&:11<1•11(
ltv, !!th hut.. Sarah, wl!eo1
WARD-Intl
c.ef1\l'l· ru11ururr~. 11 .. ha J •tron11: atr ..
: r-;. G mo~. 27 d71.
Thom:\ll Ward.
n~flln~ w..... n lrnA f11"111l •o tho•e whJll• .,
({,,xbnrr. lOCb. lust., Mrs,
\VJLUA~1:l
,~.b& lrue tn hlni, l111t with, q11:llly •tr·
-, vr•. 5 r.nOf.
,
Emth· Willian
~. 11& .nuvt!r hc:-,tt·Ht11t t- 1 ,1 ...111J11n~t\ aur
,, ),.•r Ill~ roddenr~. ~1-~X:.J,
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�SARAH PIE
ORNE
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Sally Fisk Orne, widow ~f Joseph 1 rne, Esq., and dau 1tek~ojr
the late Nathaniel and ;arah (Put1 am) Ropes, born in .::iale!Ja l"'ay
11, 1795, died at her l asidence Cl Essex s~rcet"i'on T 2sd~Xr; .•
morning, March 28, 1871,, after·:~''a Jong and%J;>aJ.nfu.l il n ...
· ,3:is,'.~'1h_~.,:,ch,
she bore with Christia1 patien9e 2nd, subudss :_on. Du 1 ,.,..., ~ ;
last years of her life the tr ia_l.s of her ·.lituat~on w rr :_JSart.~u. ,.~'"'.;.
1
rendered doubly severe JY tot~tt blindness·f to her a
- ..~ . ·~
affliction, depriving : ar of tlie power ofgtse(:ing, and f r:~~lY. ~
conversing with fr ienc, to whom. she ·had btlen for so :i. nJ.i yef~s
so devotedly attached. It wastseld~m, ho'l.ever, that th4»~; •
slightest murmur escap• j her (l,:ps; ~er st;gpny and vi oq~us i!J.nd
retaned to the last it: sereni.ty an~ comp~Qsure. Mrs ·Jrne .\f~S
descended from familie:.. estabt~~hed '.'at s~( '.~m in ·:the i r:~t. ' j~
period 0f its history '' nd alw"!S rnai,ntai~ · g a high ' har,pctv.
in t~i~ neighborhood. ~he in~£r i tecf man , of th«r.· exc• l le.~t ·~.·.
qual1t1es that so cons; lcuous~ marked t , character of~th ,
puritans of for mer day: . ' unsw.rv i n~f fide 1 t:; to:.; tru n a#d '.~'
·;
religious faith, 'tenac ty o~ a,,fection iritfdoL1estic 1 t:e,.\, •: ·
intense dislike of all 1
:hat ·was pretentioQs or false and· a·.'"
charitable and kindly < iposition that avotded all pu; l ic· np. J;c,
made h~r the object of Jeep regard and re!J.>ect to he1 Ea8:'i~t!,·
and friends. While he· death must be con,fid(~red,. only a -:· •'.~i
beneficent release fro mental and qodily~~u1 fer~ng, it. .,~il.J
brings sorrow to many . :!arts: sundering ai£ it does so nany ':i'f,
pleasing and dear ass( :;iations of the pa'8t, and ~extir '3Uishfllg
a name nee frequent an. honored in this c~rnunity, ·
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IMPORTANCE of site to area: Great Little None
SITE endangered by
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4. DESCRIPTION
FOUNDATION/BA$E-MENT: High Regular Low
((/ '.
WALL COVER: WQQ9. .//
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STORIES: t
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z.·, 3'~ 4
Brick Stone Other
CHIMNEYS: 1 2 3 4
Center End Cluster Elaborate Irregular
ATTACHMENTS: Wings Ell Shed Dependency
Simple/Complex
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PORCHES: 1 2 3 4
Portico Balcony
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ROOF: -B-_~9&L- Gambrel F~aj;___Hip--Mans1!:._:i:d __ ,{;'.( 1 1 j ,--f v{ x._ __ j
Tower Cupola Dormer windows ''Bal.Ustrade Grillwork t
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FACADE:
Gable End: Front/Side
Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
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Entrance: Front/Side Centered Double Features:
Simple/Complex
Ornament
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Windows: Spacing: Regular /Irregular Identical/Varied
Corners: Plain Pilasters Quoins Obscured
LANDSCAPING
5. indicate location of structure on map below
6. Footage of structure from street
----Property has
feet frontage on street
NOV
1967
Photo
NOTE: Recorder should obtain written permission from Commission or sponsoring organization before using this form.
(See Reverse Side)
FORM - MHCB - 1OM-6-66-943017
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�14 0RM
B - BUILDING
LHD 3/3/81
Assessor's number
USGS Quad
25-451
Area(s)
Form Number
1064
HU
Salem
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Massachusetts Archives Building
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
Town
Salem
Place (neighborhood or village) Central Salem
Address 23-25 l/2 Broad Street
Historic Name Nathaniel Ropes Tenements
Uses: Present
Residential
Original Residential
Date of Construction
Source
1885
HSI Report
Style/Form
Architect/Builder unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation Brick
Wall/Trim
Wood Clapboard
Roof
Asphalt Shingle
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
none
Major Alterations (with dates) none
Condition
Moved
Acreage
~ecorded
by
Organization
Lisa Mausolf
Salem Planning Department
Setting
good
lSJ
no
Dyes
Date
less than one acre
setback slightly from sidewalk in 19th century
residential area
Date (month/year) April 1997
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
The four-family dwelling at 23-25 1/2 Broad Street is a 2 1/2-story building which is rectangular in plan. Clad in wood
clapboards, the building rests on a brick foundation and is capped by a hip roof with brackets decorating the projecting eaves.
The facade measures ten bays wide and fenestration is irregularly spaced but symmetrical. Fronted by concrete steps, a
double portal entrance is located near each of the ends. Each entrance is capped by a hip-roofed door hood supported by a
pair of decorative consoles. Each recessed entrance is fronted by a modem storm door with an interior door displaying fivepanels with the upper two glazed. Windows contain 2/2 sash with molded surrounds, storm windows and blinds. Those over
the entrances are somewhat smaller in size. A series of pedimented dormers punctuate the roof; two on the facade, one on
each end and four on the rear roof slope. The pattern of the fenestration on the rear elevation matches that of the facade. The
four rear entrances contain glass-and-panel doors which are topped by rectangular transoms.
TI1e building is setback slightly from the sidewalk. There is a series of bushes behind the modem picket fence that lines the
sidewalk.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Describe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building and
the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community.
athaniel Ropes was issued a building permit to construct the four-family dwelling at 23-25 1/2 Broad Street in 1885. The
land on which this house stands was once part of the "Common land" which was laid out in the first settlement of the town.
Prior to the construction of the Ropes building, the lot was occupied by the shoe shop of Benjamin F. Pickering and a barn
owned by the heirs of Joseph Smith. Nathaniel Ropes (1833-1893) was born in Cincinnati, and came to live in Salem in
1863. He lived with his aunt in the Ropes Mansion at 318 Essex Street. Nathaniel Ropes also had extensive real estate
holdings, and the four housing units at 23 Broad Street were part of 29 tenements he had built and owned on Orne Square.
The units were inYended to provide modern, single-family housing at a moderate rent for the working class. The apartments
at 23-25 1/2 Broa~ Street were leased to a variety of tenants over the years. At Ropes' death, the property was bequeathed to
his sisters who latdr established the Trustees of the Ropes Memorial. The property was conveyed to Josephine Looney in
1914, who sold it to Fred and Adeline Winter in 1959. Ralph Doering, Jr. purchased the property in 1969 and sold it to
Raymond Thibault in 1976 (King 1988).
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Hopkins, G.M. Atlas of Salem. Massachusetts. Philadelphia: 1874.
King, Joyce. "House Report for 23-25 112 Broad Street", Prepared for Historic Salem, Inc., 1988.
Mcintyre, Henry C.E. Map of the City of Salem. Philadelphia: 1851.
Richards, L.J. Atlas of the City of Salem. Massachusetts, 1897.
Salem City Directories, 1836-1970.
Sanborn Insurance Maps, 1890, 1906, 1950, 1957, 1965, 1970. [Massachusetts State Library].
Tolles, Bryant F., Jr. Architecture in Salem: an Illustrated Guide. Salem: Essex Institute, 1983.
Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company. Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts. Boston: 1911.
../ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
National Register Criteria Statement form.
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Property Address
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23-25 1/2 Broad Street
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National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form
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Statement of Significance by: Lisa Mausolf
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in 1885 as rental housing by Nathaniel Ropes, 23-25 1/2 Broad Street is a good example of a late 19th century,
multi-family block. The building retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association
and is eligible for the National Register under Criterion C at the local level. Although the building appears to lack sufficient
significance for individual listing, like its neighbors, it would be a contributing resource if the boundary of the existing
Chestnut Street Historic District (listed 8/28173) was extended to include this section of Broad Street.
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Broad Street
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23-25.5 Broad Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Built for Nathaniel Ropes, Gentleman in 1885
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Historic Salem, Inc
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Historic Salem, Inc. house history
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
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1885, 1988
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Joyce King
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English
1885
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