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5 Harmony Street
Sarah Buffum Raymond
Head of House
And her husband Alfred A. Raymond
Blacksmith
Built before 1855
Researched and written by Constance Barlow
August 2023
Historic Salem, Inc.
The Bowditch House
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
1
�(978) 745-0799
HistoricSalem.org
©2023
Long before the first English colonists arrived and settled in the area that they called Salem in
1626, the land was inhabited by indigenous people who called themselves and the land
“Naumkeag.” The area of Salem where Harmony Street is located today was known as
“Northfields” or “North Fields” by 1793, if not sooner.1
In 1649, Robert Buffum, a farmer who may have come to Salem from Yorkshire,
England,2received a Land Grant from the Town of Salem for 40 acres of land. This land passed
to his wife, Tamison Buffum, upon his death in 1669, and then to his son Caleb in 1679. Caleb
left the land to his son Jonathan in 1731 (Probate No. 3954). In Jonathan’s probate (No.3960) in
1793 he left “about 12 acres of tillage land in the North Field, so called . . . with no buildings
mentioned standing.”3
Jonathan Buffum’s two sons and heirs, Jonathan Buffum and Caleb Buffum, partitioned the 12
acres in 1796.4 The boundaries of the lot taken by Jonathan Buffum are described as follows:
NW by a crossroad, SW by land of James Barr, NE by land of several parties, and SE by the land
taken by Caleb. The two brothers laid out a street in North Fields which they called Buffum
Street. Upon Jonathan’s death his estate was divided among his six children: William, Edward,
Israel, Jonathan, Mercy, and Anna.5
William Buffum, described as a “trader, tanner and farmer,” and his wife, Mary Chase, had
several children, among them a son William Penn Buffum (born 1821) and a daughter Sarah
Slade Buffum (born 1812).6 William died in 1855, apparently leaving the land he owned on
1
Historic Salem Inc., House History Database, 25-27 Buffum Street, 1988, David T. Gavena
Buffum Genealogy, Perley’s History of Salem, Vol.1, p.39
3
Gavenda
4
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 160-216
5
Buffum Genealogy, Perley’s History of Salem, Vol.1, p.41
6
Ibid.
2
2
�Buffum Street to his son William P. Very soon after his father’s death William P. Buffum and his
wife Martha sold “a lot of land in Northfields, Salem, “situated on the southerly side of
Harmony Street . . .with the dwelling house and all other buildings thereon, ”7to his sister Sarah
S. Buffum for one dollar and other considerations. This document in April of 1855 was the first
time that Harmony Street was listed by name. Because the deed specified a dwelling already on
the site, it suggests that the date the house was built could be listed as “c.1855 “or “before
1855.” However, research showed that the date cannot be that easily determined.
William P. Buffum’s sister married Alfred Augustus Raymond, a blacksmith, in 1841. They had
five children: Alfred Augustus, Jr. (born 1844), Sarah Nevers (born 1846), William Buffum (born
1848), John Marshall (born 1852) and Mary C. (born 1854).8 The Salem City Directory listed
Alfred Raymond as living at 23 Buffum Street in 1850 and 1851. From 1855 through 1869 the
Salem City Directories listed Raymond as living in “house rear of 27 Buffum.” Sarah was not
mentioned in those listings.
The 1861 Salem City Directory was more specific in stating that Alfred A. Raymond, blacksmith,
had a “shop at 35 North” and resided in “house rear 27 Buffum.” Alfred Raymond, Jr. was listed
as boarding at rear 27 Buffum that year before he enlisted in November, mustering into the
Massachusetts Company H, 19th Regiment in December 1861 at age 17. On December 13, 1862,
he fought at Fredericksburg, VA and was MIA with no later record.9
During the years of those listings in the Salem City Directories from 1855 to 1869 at “the rear of
27 Buffum Street” is the dwelling described in the 1855 deed at 5 Harmony? If so, when would
it have been built?
7
8
9
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 515-39
1850 United States Federal Census, Salem Ward 4, Essex, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Soldiers in the Civil War, Vol.11, p.471
3
�Map of Salem, 1851, showing house rear of 27 Buffum on unnamed street.
10
The 1870 census listed the family as living in Ward 6, Salem but did not identify the address as
Harmony Street. The family at that time included Alfred, Sarah and four children: Sarah N, age
24; William B, age 21; John M., age 18, and Mary C., age 15, as well as a grandchild Hattie
(Harriet?), age 3.11
10
Leventhal Map Collections, Salem 1851 detail
11
1870 United States Federal Census Place: Salem Ward 6, Essex, Massachusetts
4
�In 1874 Mrs. Sarah S. Raymond was listed as living at 5 Harmony Street with sons William B.
Raymond, tinsmith, and John M. Raymond, clerk.12 Son John was the only child still living at #5
with his mother Sarah in 1876 and 1878 while he worked as a clerk at Northern Depot.13 (The
Directory noted that William had moved to Philadelphia that year. He died in Camden, New
Jersey in 1883.)14 Sarah Raymond’s brother, William P. Buffum passed away in December
1878.15
When the 1880 U.S. Census was taken, Sarah Raymond was living at 5 Harmony Street and
recorded as married, but she is also listed as “head of house.” The only other occupants living
with her at that time were daughter Mary C., Raymond and a granddaughter, Harriet Povre, age
13.16 Sarah and Alfred Raymond were no longer living together. In 1880 Alfred was living by
himself in East Providence, Rhode Island, and working as a machinist.17 Before Alfred
Raymond’s death in 1904, he was not documented as living again at 5 Harmony Street. After
Sarah’s death in 1892, he lived with his son John until his death on July 4, 1904, and was buried
in Salem in the Quaker Cemetery.18
The Salem City Directory for 1881-1883 indicated that Sarah Raymond was living alone at 5
Harmony. John Marshall Raymond was listed in the Directory that year as a lawyer with offices
at 202-1/2 Essex Street and residing in a house at 22 Cabot Street. The following year Attorney
Raymond listed himself as “Counsellor” with office at 81 Washington Street and a residence at
13 Boardman.19That information was the same in the Directory of 1886. John Raymond had
12
13
Salem City Directory, 1874
Salem City Directory, 1876 and 1878
14
New Jersey, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971, Camden, Camden County, July 1883
15
Massachusetts, Essex County, Probate Records; Author: Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court
(Essex County); Case number 33977
16
1880 United States Census Place: Salem, Ward 6, Essex, Massachusetts
17
1880 United States Census Place: East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
18
U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012
19
Salem City Directory, 1884 and 1886
5
�married Anna Belle Jackson of Salem in 1879. That marriage produced three children: Eva
Sherman b. 1880, Helen Jackson b. 1881, and Grace b. 1884. Anna passed away in 1885.20
Advertisement from Salem City Directory 1890, p. 873
Attorney Raymond was a rising star in Salem, serving four terms as Mayor from 1886 to 1889.21
In 1890 he was President of the Salem Cooperative Bank and lived at 214 Lafayette Street,
sharing the home with his mother, Sarah, and his sister, Mary C. Raymond.22Sarah Raymond
died in 1892. Once Sarah had vacated 5 Harmony Street, the house was rented by William F.
Taylor, a carpenter with a shop at 77 North Street, and Miss Mabel C. Taylor, a clerk working at
114 Washington Street.23
In 1893 John had a new wife, Jennie Abbott Raymond. By the time of the 1900 Census, he had
purchased a large home at 438 Lafayette Street known as “The Overlook.” He and Jennie had
added a son to their family in 1895, John Marshall Raymond, Jr. That census revealed a full
household: John M. Raymond, 47; wife Jennie Raymond, 42; daughters Eva, 20, and Helen, 18;
John, Jr., 5; and John’s father Alfred A. Raymond, 82. Along with the family members there
were two Irish servants: Bridget Lynch, 50, and Nellie Monahan, 28.24
20
Obituary, The Boston Globe, March 8, 1920, p.14
Ibid.
22
Salem City Directory, 1890
23
Ibid.
21
24
1900 United States Census, Place: Salem Ward 5, Essex, Massachusetts
6
�For roughly two years Clarissa J. Turner, widow of William F. Turner, rented 5 Harmony
Street,25followed by Charles R. Kenney who lived there for a year while working as a
bookkeeper for Cressey Produce distribution.26
Frank L. Hamilton, a fireman for the B&M Railroad, rented the house on Harmony for ten years,
from 1904 to 1913, leaving in 1914 upon his marriage to Olive Lee, at which time they moved to
Somerville.27Then the house sat empty for two years.
In 1916 Henry A. Currier and his wife Anne moved into #5. Henry was a manager for Boston
Envelop Company and his draft registration card for World War I in 1917-1918 indicated he was
33 years old at the time and living at 5 Harmony Street. He and his wife lived there until 1920.
John Marshall Raymond died in 1920 His obituary is on the following page.
25
Salem City Directory, 1901-1902
Salem City Directory, 1903-1904
27
Salem City Directories, 1904-1913
26
7
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28
The Boston Globe, 08 March 1920, p.14, Boston, Massachusetts
8
�The year following her brother’s death, Mary C. Raymond, now age 66, moved out of his house,
“Overlook” at 438 Lafayette, and moved into 5 Harmony Street where she was listed by the
Salem City Directory as “artist.”29John Raymond’s widow Jennie and son John, Jr., a student,
continued to live in the Lafayette Street home.
Mary Raymond died three years later in 1924 and was buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery in
Salem30 Almost immediately after her death, John Raymond’s other sister, Sarah N. Witham
(also spelled Whitman or Wytham), age 78, took up residence at Harmony Street. She was the
widow of William Witham (who had been 65 at the time of their marriage in 1878).31Just how
long she lived in her mother’s old house is not clear: the Salem City Directory of 1926 indicated
that Sarah was still at 5 Harmony but at the time of her death in 1932, at age 86, Sarah was
living with a sister-in-law, Ethel Witham, widow of Henry, on Cabot Street in Beverly.32
An electrician, Everett D. Burns, and his wife Blanche rented the house on Harmony Street for
one year in 1929, followed by George Gebow, an upholsterer, and his wife Edith for two
years.33
Number 5 Harmony Street was listed as “Vacant” for three years, from 1932 to 1934, in the
Salem City Directory. Then in 1935 James R Ward, and his wife Bernice rented the house. James
was a meat cutter at the Mohican Company at 303 Essex Street. The Wards rented the
29
30
Salem City Directory, 1921
U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
31
Salem City Directory, 1924
Beverly City Directory, 1932
33
Salem City Directory, 1930
32
9
�residence for six years, 34finally purchasing the house in 1941 from John M. Raymond, Jr., and
his sister Grace, trustees of their grandmother Sarah’s property.35The Raymond family had
owned the property for 86 years.
The 1950 Census revealed that James and Bernice Ward were still living at 5 Harmony Street
along with their 23-year-old son Warren. Warren was single and employed as a technician at
Hytron Radio Electronics.36 The following year, 1951, Warren married, and he and his wife
Lorraine shared the house with his parents.37
After owning the house for almost twelve years, the Wards sold it to Helen T. Anketell and her
daughter Alice F. Anketell in 1953.38
Helen was married to Edward C. Anketell who held a variety of jobs, among them elevator
operator and maintenance man. Helen was a stitcher at Bleachery Textile Mill. Alice, age 25,
was employed as an equipment operator at Sylvania. A son William F. Anketell, age 23, also
lived with them.39Another daughter, Helen, two years older than Alice, was married and lived at
39 Daniel Street, Salem, with her husband Alexander Wodarski, a mail carrier.40
From 1954 to 1958 the Salem City Directory indicated that Edward, Helen, Alice, and William
were living at the house on Harmony. William worked as a chauffeur. Then in 1959 Helen was
no longer listed as living there and, although a date for her death has not been located, it
would seem that she probably died in 1959. That same year William moved out, having joined
the Marines. According to the City of Salem Annual List of Voters, Edward Anketell (retired in
34
35
Salem City Directories, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 33269-97
36
1950 United States Census; Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
37
Salem City Directory, 1951
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 3991-516
38
39
40
1950 United States Census; Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
Ibid.
10
�1960) and daughter Alice continued to live together at 5 Harmony from 1960 to 1977. Alice’s
sister Helen Wodarski died in 197841 and her father Edward died the following year in 1980.
Alice’s nephew, Edward Wodarski, and his wife, Beverly, moved in with her for a year, following
the death of her father. Edward was a director at the YMCA and Beverly worked as a salesgirl.42
Then, for the next five years, Patricia M. Anketell, Alice’s niece, the daughter of her brother
William, shared the home with her aunt. Patricia was a hairdresser.43
Alice lived alone for several years before another niece, Helen and Alexander’s daughter Mary
Wordarski Henry, and her husband William Henry, joined her in 1995. Mary was employed as a
claims analyst and William as a grocery clerk. Alice had retired by then.44In September of that
year Alice created the Five Harmony Street Realty Trust.45Perhaps Alice’s health had begun to
fail and that motivated her to make the Declaration of Trust. Alice passed away in March 1996
at the age of 69.46
Less than a year after Alice Anketell’s death, Edward Wodarski and Sharon Pittella, acting as
Trustees for Five Harmony Street Realty Trust, sold the property to Stephen LeBrun and
Jennifer Perrault.47LeBrun’s occupation was listed as a police officer and Perrault worked as a
secretary.48According to the Voters List for 1999, three individuals occupied the house:
Stephen LeBrun, Lisa Cournoyer, and Sean McKeehan. (No occupations were given for any of
the three.) Lisa Cournoyer and Sean McKeehan purchased the property in January 2000.49From
2000 to 2007 the sole occupant of 5 Harmony Street listed in the City of Salem Annual Voters
41
U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
42
City of Salem Annual Listing of Voters, 1980
43
City of Salem Annual Listing of Voters, 1981 to 1985
44
City of Salem Annual Listing of Voters, 1995
45
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 13200-256
46
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1970-2003
47
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 13776-99
City of Salem Annual Listing of Voters, 1997
49
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 15121-566
48
11
�List was Lisa Cournoyer. In 2008 Cournoyer sold the property to David Laskowski and Rita Zsofia
Laskowski.50
OWNERSHIP TABLE
Homeowner
Date
Purchased
Years of
Ownership
Number Purchase
of Years
Price
1855
1855-1941
86
$1
and 515-39
considera
tions
James R. Ward & 1941
Bernice M. Ward
1941-1953
12
Alice F. Anketell & 1953
Helen T. Anketell
1953-1995
43
For
consideration
paid
For
consideration
paid
Declaration Realty 1995
Trust
5 Harmony Street 1995
Realty Trust
19595
1995-1996
1
Stephen P. LeBrun 1996
Jennifer A. Perrault
1996-2000
4
Sarah Buffum
Raymond
50
Document Notes
Referenced
“Given” by
her brother.
William P
Buffum
3269-97
3991-516
13200-256
Nominal 13200-260
considera
-tion
$115,00
13776-99
Quit claim
Purchased
From
Trustees of
Realty Trust
Essex County Registry of Deeds, 27468-141
12
�Lisa M. Cournoyer
Sean D. McKeehan
2000
2000-2008
David C. Laskowski
Rita Z. Laskowski
2008
2008current
8
$154,000
15121-566
$307,000
27468-141
RESIDENTS TABLE
YEARS
1855-1890
1855-1872
1855-1861
1855-1817
1924-1928?
1855-1876
RESIDENT
Sarah S. Buffum
Raymond
Alfred A. Raymond
Alfred A. Raymond, Jr.
Sarah N. Raymond
William B. Raymond
1855-1881
1855- ?
1921-1924
1890-1900
1890-1900
1901-1902
1903-1904
John M. Raymond
Mary C. Raymond
1905-1913
1916-1919
Frank L. Hamilton
Henry A. Currier
1916-1919
Ann L. Currier
William F. Taylor
Miss Mabel Taylor
Clarissa J. Turner
Charles R Kenney
OCCUPATION OR NOTE
Head of House
Blacksmith
Civil War soldier
Married Wm. Witham
1878
Tinsmith; moved to
Phila., died 1883
Lawyer
Artist
Carpenter
Clerk
Widow of William Turner
Bookkeeper, Cressey
Produce Co.
Fireman, B&M RR
Manager, Boston
Envelop Co.
Employee, Manufacturer
13
�1929
1929
1930-1931
1930-1931
1935-1953
Everett Burns
Blanche Burns
George W. Gebow
Edith Gebow
James R. Ward
1935-1953
1935-1952
Bernice M. Ward
Warren Ward
1952
1954-1980
1954-1978
1954-1996
Lorraine Ward
Edward C. Anketell
Helen T. Anketell
Alice F. Anketell
1954-1959
1979
1979
1981-1985
1995
1995
1996-2000
1996-1998
1999-2008
1999
2008- present
2008-present
William F. Anketell
Edward Wordaski
Beverly Wordaski
Patricia Anketell
Mary Wodarski Henry
William Henry
Stephen P. LeBrun
Jennifer Ann Perrault
Lisa M. Cournoyer
Sean D. McKeehan
David Laskowski
Rita Z. Laskowski
Electrician
Keeping house
Upholsterer
Keeping house
Meat cutter, Mohican
Co.
Keeping house
Technician, Hytron Radio
Electronics
Wife of Warren
Elevator operator
Stitcher, Textile Mill
Equipment operator,
Sylvania
Chauffeur
Director, YMCA
Salesgirl
Hairdresser
Claims agent
Grocery clerk
Police officer
Secretary
No occupation listed
No occupation listed
Software developer
14
�DEEDS
15
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Harmony Street
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5 Harmony Street, Salem, MA, 01970
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House History
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Sarah Buffum Raymond
Head of the house
and her husband Alfred A. Raymond
Blacksmith
Built before 1855
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House built before 1855
House history completed 2023
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Constance Barlow
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1855. 2023
5 Harmony Street
Alfred Raymond
Blacksmith
Buffum
Massachusetts
Raymond
Salem
Sarah Buffum
Sarah Raymond
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3 River Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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1845, 1982
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1845
3
3 River
Benjamin
Benjamin Cutts
Blacksmith
Cutts
River
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Text
27 Liberty Hill Avenue
Abbie Stowers
and her husband,
John B. Wallace, Blacksmith
Built in 1897
Researched and written by Amanda Eddy
December 2021
Historic Salem Inc.
The Bowditch House
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
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�Table of Deeds
Date
Purchased
Home Owner
Years of
Ownership
Number of
Years
Purchase
Price
Deed
Referenced
Notes
October 31,
1896
Abbie Wallace
John B. Wallace
1896 1907
11
$500
1494-81
Lot 19
purchased
by Abbie
Wallace in
1896**; the
home was
built in 1897.
Abbie
Wallace
passed away
in 1907,
leaving her
husband,
John B.
Wallace, to
execute her
will and
potential sale
of the estate.
November
21, 1907
Catherine T.
Brennan
1907 1953
46
$1
1898-144
$2,400
mortgage.
December
29, 1953
Dorothy A.
Brennan
1953 1956
3
Nominal
consideration
paid, less than
$100
4038-302
Lot 19 (land
with the
house on it
that
Catherine
Brennan
owns) and
Lot B (just
land that
Dorothy
Brennan
owns) are
combined.
December
29, 1953
Thomas F.
Brennan
Catherine T.
Brennan
Dorothy A.
Brennan
1953 1956
3
“For
consideration
paid”
4038-302
Subject to
associated
mortgage
from
November
21, 1907,
Book 1898,
Page 145
August 27,
Joseph R.
1956 -
36
“For
4300-545
Mortgage at
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Dylengoski
Barbara E.
Dylengoski
1992
consideration
paid”
Salem
Savings
Bank records
a mortgage
of $8,800.
(Document
4300-546)
October 21,
1992
William P.
Dylengoski
1992 2019
27
“Nominal
consideration”
11549-17
December
10, 2019
Jordan Ryan
2019 2020
1
$330,000
38100-289
June 26,
2020
Douglas Kuzniar
Joshua Keith
Childs
2020+
1+
$542,500
38654-200
*See note
below table.
*In 1992, Joseph R. and Barbara E. Dylengoski made their son, William P. Dylengoski, a trustee
of their estate, 27 Liberty Hill Avenue. Joseph passed away March 9, 2009, but Barbara E.
(Bowden) Dylengoski didn’t pass away until October 4, 2018. (See document 37362-577 for
2019 transfer of William P. Dylengoski as trustee to owner).
Barbara E. (Bowden) Dylengoski
Courtesy of O’Donnell Funeral Home
Joseph R. Dylengoski
Courtesy of U.S. School Yearbooks, 1900-1999
**Lot 19 is a part of the Plan entitled “Land of J.M. Parsons, J.C. Foster, Sur., June 1896.” This document
could not be located.
�SOURCES
�1874 Atlas Plate R
Southeastern Registry of Deeds
�1897 Atlas Plate 009
Southeastern Registry of Deeds
�1906-1938 Atlas Plate 0067
Southeastern Registry of Deeds
�1911 Atlas Plate 0010
Southeastern Registry of Deeds
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labeled “Lot B” is the parcel of land that was
combined with Lot 19 (27 Liberty Hill Avenue.)
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��������������Inventory No:
SAL.1752
Historic Name:
Wallace, John B. House
Common Name:
Address:
27 Liberty Hill Ave
City/Town:
Salem
Village/Neighborhood:
North Salem
Local No:
27-202
Year Constructed:
c 1897
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):
Queen Anne
Use(s):
Single Family Dwelling House
Significance:
Architecture
Area(s):
Designation(s):
Building Materials(s):
Roof: Asphalt Shingle
Wall: Wood Clapboard; Wood Shingle
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FORM B - BUILDING
AREA
FORM NO.
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
80 BOYLSTON STREET
BOSTON, MA 02116
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H i l ] Avenue
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Sketch Map: Draw nap showing property"o location
in relation to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate a l l buildings
between inventoried property and nearest
intersection(s).
Indicate north
Exterior Wall Fabric
n
apboard,—wood
shingles
Outbuildings
Major Alterations (with dates)
Condition
r
Good
Date
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NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT ( i f applicable)
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of
other buildings within the community.
27 L i b e r t y H i l l Avenue i s an u n u s u a l l y w e l l - d e t a i l e d Queen
Anne house f o r t h e a r e a .
I t s t a n d s two s t o r i e s h i g h , w i t h a g a b l e
r o o f , end t o t h e s t r e e t .
The e n t r y i s l o c a t e d t o t h e s o u t h o f t h e
f a c a d e , u n d e r an o r n a t e p e d i m e n t e d p o r t i c o w i t h a t u r n e d b a l u s t r a d e
and t u r n e d s u p p o r t s , and a s p i n d l e f r i e z e s u p p o r t e d by open s t r u t s .
W i t h i n t h e p e d i m e n t i s diamond s h i n g l e w o r k .
A 2 1/2 s t o r y t o w e r
s i t s a t t h e n o r t h e a s t c o r n e r , w i t h a c o n i c a l r o o f and f l a r e a t t h e
base o f t h e s e c o n d s t o r y . The g a b l e end f e a t u r e s a r e c e s s e d
window.
The n o r t h e l e v a t i o n has a w a l l dormer and a o n e - s t o r y
screened porch.
The w a l l s a r e c l a d i n a v a r i e t y o f c l a p b o a r d and
shingle patterns.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the
building relates to the development of the community.
L i k e most o f N o r t h S a l e m , t h i s a r e a was f a r m l a n d u n t i l t h e
mid-19th century.
L i b e r t y H i l l Avenue was n o t l a i d o u t u n t i l t h e
e a r l y 1890s; t h e s t r e e t f i r s t a p p e a r e d i n d i r e c t o r i e s i n 1895-6.
The house was d e p i c t e d on t h e 1897 a t l a s a s t h e p r o p e r t y o f A b b i e
W a l l a c e , and was f i r s t l i s t e d i n t h e s t r e e t d i r e c t o r y o f t h a t y e a r
as v a c a n t .
J o h n B. W a l l a c e , a r e t i r e d b l a c k s m i t h , was l i s t e d i n
t h e 1899 d i r e c t o r y a s t h e h o u s e ' s r e s i d e n t .
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BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Salem C i t y D i r e c t o r i e s
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Maps and A t l a s e s , 1 8 5 1 , 1874, 1897, and 1911
8/85
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27 Liberty Hill Avenue, Salem, Ma, 01970
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Abbie Stowers
and her husband,
John B. Wallace, Blacksmith
Built in 1897
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Built in 1897
House history completed 2021
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Amanda Eddy
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English
1897
2021
27 Liberty Hill Avenue
Blacksmith
Massachusetts
Salem
Stowers
Wallace
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Hathorne Street
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24 Hathorne Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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Built for Abner Goodhue, Blacksmith, 1824
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1824, 1975
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Dee
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English
1824
1975
24
Abner
Blacksmith
Dee
Goodhue
Hathorne
Massachusetts
Salem
Street
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Beckford Street
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17 Beckford Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Abner Goodhue, blacksmith, by 1830
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Abner Goodhue
Bancroft
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Blacksmith
Federal
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Grant
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William
wood
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Buffum; School,· Dearborn
and few other
strPets
w;:, i.tea
• __ ..,.until
.,.,:
at least.
1800 .before
coming into exi st::.nce,
whi lr ·
· -additional
sir!P. streets
were not svRterna+..ir::.11,,
l.:oir! rmt
for the pufpose
of neighborhood
re~ i.rl enti AJ rle~rP.l omn<>n-t.
until
Rbout the 1840s· when a b1trRt of classir;,,.J-revi.v,:il.
(in some Jater
cases
"Victorianized
Greek Reviv;:,]'')
architecture
sprouted'. up.
·
With North Street
a.s the main road the e:o_.,..1
iest
tr;:,rl P.
.. · · or commercial
development
spread,
by abo1.1t 1ROO, -from the
:~ ..... ..~.waterfront
,
of the North River
(by th
bringe)
fur-t.her north
on both sides
of "the country
road". 4 It S"'erns +.½P+. the er>Tly
:f:::,;::..
dwellings
8.ncl buildings
were dive:sely
spre8ff '-'.Cross the full
;t• ...·..
_·
spectrum
of style
and function
an .. were sparP.d wj_-+:hlittle
.,..
.cons'j_deration
to aesthetics,
together
with fimc.ti (In Pl · r.m-t.•;!-/:i'buildings:
of all sorts.
Between the ri.ve-:r rnn M00i!y ,SriuFJre,
~;.:::i,•.:,. ,. , ... cobbJ.ers,
·,
ch,,_ise· ·and· harness-m;,_kers-,
c;:i.binet-makers,
bl'lck. · s_miths,
.all began t1:ad'es ._
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.Above Moody Square,
in 1800, the buildings
were sti]l
·· .. ·relatively
spa.rse. ·· Between the sq11are and B'I)hra.t1 Wood's
.house
(earlier
'Edmund Johnson's
cabinet
woi:-lrnho:p - l"!P. 1800)
1
.on 'the east side of the ro8.d once stood' Can+.,..i.n 1"1i.as G1"8.n+. s
house· (reinovedl hefore
1850).
On the west Ride of the roRd
.to Danvers·,
beginning·
at the square,
was "'· n.ine "'CrP. tr;:ict
, . of land· with a tiny. house located
in its northern-mo.sir
corner
(later
removed· to make .way for Symonds street
·. abouii: 1802) •
· · . ;. .
·
The· latter
large' parcel
was o;med' by Benjamin
Da18nd
S;,_lem, a yeoman, who sole'! his "certain
tr Pct of l .and" to
Isaac
Osgood', 6 a. trader
or investor,
on May 9, 1801, for
1800 dolla:::-.s.
Bounds:_
•
.
:\.
Easterly
Northerly
Westerly
Southerly
by.the
road leading
to Topsfield
by Elizabeth
Symonds
hy Jose:rh Symonds,
a.nr'l J;:,nr'I f'orrn<>rly of
Samuel Symonds,
now re:r11ted ·:to· be .John
Skerry's
by Dark Lane
(now School Street)
''as the fences
appurtenances
--~
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K definite
nineteenth
-
I
trend' took nlace
century
in regard
to
-.,
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.,..... f. :.'·:·•;; ~
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with
the
-·· ._.;~ "!' .,; .•:,•_:,.
...,-;'
now stend
to~e-!:hAr
and privileges"
,
2 -
about the turn into the
development.
Thought was
of
�,.,.,:
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..
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. -..-- •• ;.•.
~
. "• '..: ;_J
· being
given to a new Beverly· - Salem bridge;
:the benefits
undoubtedly·
entered
into· the op1Jortunistic
minds
of many a $alemite
as well as many North Salem "pigeons".
It has b'eeii speculated
that. Dearborn
Street's
great
breadth
(finally
laid out in 1810) attested
to the serious
consideration given Or1fe 1 s Point for the purpose
of the proposed
·
... Esse~ Bridge.
Meanwhile
new dwelling
houses
began annearing
with increasing
regularity.
. ·
··
'.ie-_?(. · ,, ..,..
c~·····...
·of'' which·
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tl.
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Isaac
Osgood therefore
became amoung the first
to set
:;;ft··~"·· ··--··-·/his: sights
northward·
- · aJ though his net nrofi t, after
all
''.'['.:.
. was- bought and sold,
came to only 323 dollars
on his initial
;~-.(:>
1800 dolla.rs·
invested;·
relatively
conservative.
Ten lots
were surveyed
and sold bordering
on North Street,
while
the
remaining
six acres
to the west (includingwhat
later
became
::~~:...
-;'
Buffum Streei\j north
oi S_chool Street)
was sold as a. unit
to
~~-~:-··
Nathan Wood.
The latter
developed
Buffum Street
into house
.. lots. to their
present
situation.
All of the transactions
.. .
,,... took place
:
in 1801 and consisted
of the· 1ots ·on .the· ·
>;"'/oli,owing
page.
·, "'.\/ :.· .· •-. , ..
.
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·,:
,_, ·· ·
Lots· numbered two, three
and five thr01.1gh ten sola. for
dollars·
each, while ·number· one (a doub e J.ot- con<'dsti.np;
°'·
of'half
an ,a.ere) brought'
only-143
dollars.
1:1;-,yr,nt Street
:f;jj\;:;.,,.:;,,;:·
presurrra'ti:ly- was· laid' 01,t subseriuently
in the erea of lots
1
7 and' 8', while it could be assumed., as mentionedec,rlier,
.
. " ..
that
Naths.n Wood I s interest·
in ac'].ui ring lot numhPr ten wRs
_
Y"\. '·· .:·::.to J.ay out Symonds Street
as access
to hi.s oi:her l0ts
2nil
f)t''..":''":"
...,
...
:;r.:\Project~d'
new street
-:- aJ. though this
is not yet a. foregone
"::'."'>.
. . · :. conclusion.
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Lot .nv_mb"r"a. four on Isaac
0s~r,;oil I s ):118'1 W':'s r.onvPyP.il
on M;i.y 23, 1801, for 100 dollars
to -Po1r;er -Po!'" of Sa]_P.m,
_ a sa.d•ler an/!_ ohais
Limaker, as "acert.ain
1
()f
not.,cahJy
1 For a rrofi t _of 15 il ot. Jp-,.13 l"nil." :revoid of buila ings.
ol
_-P0ne
conveyed.' his land about
a yRar lcite:r ( Au!'.;1rnt 1?, 1 An2) to
John D11nckley,
a Sc1lem Blci.cksmi th, 11:i. cRrt"' in 1 ot. of 1 r-iTiil
::.:....
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n~hered
f?11r in Pc division.
of lots
formerly
of Is,,.
11 0seoon ,i
,;:¥-_..,..,.-~-,.-,:
~--which._ c.onsisted
_of. 40, pole_s and bounded
as follows:
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John Dunckley I s· success
at his tr8~ e W"lll.il RPP.m ,cann,carent
· insofar·
as hi.s purchase
of the lPnd nnd s11_b"'""llent <>rP.r.+.i
of a substantiP.l
house W8S' aocomnJ.ishea
,-,+ +hP P/c"' of '32. ·
Li ttJ.e is known of his baok1n:011nd ,carnJ c:cirP,"r or ,;,ven whrre
....
,..
;/:
• he was born in 1770.
The first
recoril
of 'cis e-x-ist;,nr,e
[}}.;_,-,:;,· . :·,,-: a(p:pears ir the form.of
___
Dr • Wm.t'fl)_entley,
ohf thP. BPst chnrch
, _.-,..._,_;e_,,.
f~rmerly
on l0wer · Essex ,8 tree
, . no ti~€;
i·m c1mounr: 11
is
13
,. _ -_ ·-;•singers"
on at least
three
occasions
in 17R9 "nrl 1790 •
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, By the
mid-1790s
Dunc kl Py' s cerPP.r ste::>il i.1 y s,+,renc;thP.nP.il
he was known to ~ive done blacksmithing
fol:' P-1:i::i.s H:=is1'-et
Derby,- on his vessels
- presumabJy
j,n port.
With liJ" t::il e11tR
more advanced
th•m exclusively
shoejne; horF;es the
Commonwealt.h htrerl. him to work on gun "'"·rri:a~f'"
jn 1814 r'l.nri.ne;
thP. war-.
The following
excerJ:)t lists
"D11nckl ee" t.op:,d:her
with, A. Wndal~ ~ a neigl1bor- and whe~lwrie;ht,
amo11ne; thP.
expenditures·:
·
~t~~~-Y;~. .,and
.,.·
~
...
THE ESSEX
. /4o;AL
GUARDS
251
.~June_ 9, 1814. Aftt:r dinner we were· alarmed about
'}.I!'~ the enemy, as two s~ip~ we:e off, a 74 & Frigate. . A
3&"'::C,Tender passed w1thm .Misery Island & boats without
had
:t,£!< pursued a schooner which put into Beverly shore &
·&
:there was burnt two miles below the town. The Inhab. /:~ jtants appeared & the cannon were brouo-ht upon the
.·~f/',Neck, but the enemy retired immediately. "
:,,l'':'.June 10. The late event has roused the Government
·f"'.mBoston.• The Governour has ordered two brass .field
.·
0
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By a Resolve
I am directed· to
>/t-mo~ed t.be
Hous~ Cannon,
cause to be re.
property of this
1
.__ Commonwealth, now in the Town of Salem, on Winter Island, so
-;~;
..:>...,-=:;.·,-.
: ···='t.--ca~!ed, t~ a n 1ore s afe an<l convenient place in said Town.
1 1
..i. ou w1 1 P e:is~ 1o contract
with some suitallle person or-persons,
:_::'_toremove the !.aid house to a spot that :Maj. Geul IIovev shall di·
..
'~:,~-, _'-:- ......
..·
~~;,rect. 1 think it would be coovenient to place it near yOar present
·
·.'-·:-'.-·.Gau
house.
You wmhave the Carriages & 'Waggons put in order without loss
;_~-:· time 1 & inform me ,vbat implemsnts, Harness, &c., remain, be.
of
_.., looging to them, that are tit for service; what is wanting shall be
,......
_ .sopplierl as soon as the house is in readiness to receive them.
·.~:--- Yon will be prudent in your expenditures, & your· ilills 1 if accore.
:
_--~_panied by proper vouchers, shall be paid at sigbtt by
... · '-·
Sir
.~:{
i • ·
'Yr Obt. Servt
-: .-;~.:
Amasa Davis, Quartr Yasr Genl
1,:. ·Joo Russell, Esq
·
·
·,;_.·:' ,, ·. -'"t~'.f.-.· Colo Commt .Arti1Iery 1 1st B, 2d Div.
.. Lt.
'.«r,\ ·-.,-1..~:~{::':'~·.·iCommonwealth of Massachusetts Dr. to John Russell.
The
_:-(:~.To
irnndry expenrlitnres, in the removal of the Cnmmonwealtb's
."';:· , Gun.House from Winter.Island to Washington-Square
;,...,_
in Salem,
.?·J.-: and in the titting for serYice a pair of Iron 12 pounders, agree•
:" '•'
_,._ ,-··ably
...
to the orders of Aruasa Davis, Esq., Quarter-Master Gen·
· ";-:';;,> of the Militia of said Commonwealth,
.! eral
-~
viz ..•.••...
~::.r.,-o Cash paid Honeycomb & Osborne, for the removal of the
·;.3~~;,:,:
Guo-Rouse, and puttiog the same in comp!ete repairs,
:---~:_-: as p€:- Bill ................•....
·
";...........
, . . . . . . . . 155••.
:'.}i.:,'~. pai.d John Todd_, for the removal ol the Gans, &
Cash
. ~~-.--: sundries, as per bill ..........
,. . . . . .•.. . . . . . . . . . ..
10.••
paid A. Wendell, :for repairing Wheels, &c., a.;;.per
-- . · bill........
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .
39, ..
--~-i:,~_Cash paid J. Duncklee, for blacksmith's
work on Gnu
:-~;:·- Carriages, as per bill..........................
.... ..
23.31
. ~::: ..
~·'.:Cash paid W. Lu~comb, for painting Carriages and~
=·-·A.¥,--;,
·Wagon, as per bill. ...............................
,.
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Boston, June 15th, 1614.
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1814-1815.
CONDITIO~S IN
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.A:bie;;i.i_l -Porter and John Dunckley
WP.re m;,ry-i P.<t ,:r111.y1.;,
S;aJPm 'Rr,n.' subsP.cp1ently
h,i.d Rt lPRst
twn rlii.lr'lr,,n:
BlizR.bP.th
R.11dT,ouisa - R.J.though no reco,-.a of' t.hem hR,ri_nP.:
any: chiJdrP.n
i.s ayaila.ble.
,.
~Zit"?"~,,- _1794'";'·j_n
.,
.......
ThP. folJ.01.-rinc; is a Jist
of t;ax recnrr'ls
RR tli"Y :anr-p,ir
the J.edgerr1.
Their meanine; :=JRye.t is not tot:aJJy
cJ.eR,-.,
: ·since
houses
;are not· speci fical J.y irlenti.fie-1
- nor.- ,,,..P.
·shop J.ocatio:ns·.
FoJ.ger Po-pe'R a.bsence in 1802 wn11l.n fi.t
but whether
or when Duncklee
ha.a. 8 blacksrni. th' P. A hon w·i ti,
.....
.
-~
.
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···
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~i:a~~u!~a~In;n
a.~a~~~-:~-r~s-o:?C~{u:~~!t;:
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~803· - W"rd' 2 John Dunclea
•· . Folger .. Pope. unlisted
····-· · .·.' •,.·....
..
,.:.~·-····, -··..
' •' ·-180,4) 1805; 180~
1807
1808
1809 1810.· .1811 -
.
.
'
1812
- wa.rd
.
-
boo
ditto
WATd' 4 John
Duncley
.. :1816 ,..,;·ward-,4;Joh:n:':Duncley
. .
.
,._, ·'
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& shon
1000
Bouse
&
Shop
Pc Shop
-
(See
ROO.
1812
.Tohn Duncley
ditto
1812
.·.,.-.:; ..
~·;::·~~i~i.,.~--:
-··..
- pir House
.
Duncley
4- John
1815
:.,,,.,
130
- Pt Ho1.1se & ½ Shon - 1000
- Pt house &. Shnp (zone)
- 1200 ·
John D11nclea ditto
1803
ditto
1803
ditto
1803 ·
ditto
1803
clitto
1303·
clitto
1803
ditto
1803
wa.ra. 2 - John Dunc1ea - part
1813'
1814
~
~:&
sto~h=p
"!"' ·; ..., ...., ;·
wArni·-2:JohnDunclea
Wardl 4' Folger
Pope
1802
·....
_ - P!t H;~~=e
i.s not
w:;a.rd:2 John DuncJ.ea - Pt House ?, -½ Shop - 700
ward: 4 Folger
Pope - Pt House c'cshop - 1300
1801
... _,
. · '.~
.... .:,;~-~-···i:/
17 oc;atj nn,
in
House
hn,ise
- House
I'-:
"811<" S'ho-r
& Shnp
- 900
-
900
No 4)
800.
�.
,
...
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- ...
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1819
1820
· 1821
wara.
ditto
4 John
DunkJ.ey
1819
- House.
70()
& Shor
Dunkley
pt
house
iand sho11
ward
Dunkley
rt
homie
c1na shnn
house
8nd
shop
20()
pt
..
ward' 4 John
pt
.. -::,.
:
house
8nd ehon
(aeiaa)
.. t.
.'i_.•'-.-
·1822
4 John
400
-
300
?O()
dead"
.· John Dunckley'
s· greatest
r,rohl em (r:roh8h1y
Reconn only
.t·o ·sorting
out the different
spelJ.ings
of hi.s TI-"'rne) was h:ls
·health
- spe~i fie ally
epilepsy
- an aff~. i ct:i on of wh~<'h he
eventually
died at the age of 5~ on April
29, 182~, in SPJern. 18
-The following
inventory
copy not onJ.y rAA.ffi:rrns the <"Yfsi::once
.. of a working
lmil11fng
on Dunckley'
s prr.:nerty
hnt.- "· cornrl p·te
1.i'_i_:t··"" ~t.,!~7, of
,.;.:i~t
con.t:~,~s
... ·.•.
..
c51
tt&&f+
his
dweJ J.ing
house
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her lleR.th at age 73 on ,Jun 7, · 1842, whP,..e1rNm she
20 an a:ffl i cti on of R1.1ch
was- taken il1 with "consunrption"
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and conflicting
a.efini tion it I s never bPPn known
· exactly
what the prob) ems \iere.
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to boarders.
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(kept for.reference
by Salem A.sseRsors)
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. (a cordwainer
whose shop was further
~9wnNorth ::lt.reet) "'S
1 pant
an o_cc1.
of Wj.dow Dunkley's_
house.
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"n.i.rectory",.
1837, listed_Josep~/?ye,
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over both occupancy
and ownership
of the fRrni.J.y 11011.se after
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mother's
death.·
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wer.e milliners
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a sho-p at 21 St. Peter
Street
;13tn_ aho11t 18'i0 when
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were maintained
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excerpt
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on the
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- owners
Wm Moneys (mov'd)
'Allen
Peabody
(mov•a)
Daniel
Peaho0y
(~ov'd)
· Nathaniel
Goodh11e
· Occupants:
The taxes
and :i;,ouisa Dunkley
house _in 1845 -.,ere
as
folJows:
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2':i
.
11
Dunkley
- house
(115
North)
""'. (value)
1000"
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By··August 27, 1847, Louisa
A. Dunkley il.ecided to sell
he 26
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half
of the house and pro11erty
to Elizabeth
for 500 dollars
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Both ladies.
were yet single
and the. moti vat.ion
behind the sale
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27
drawn ·by Henry McIntyre
in 1851,
more clearly
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I s ci tuation
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at that· time and is followed.
by an 1869
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on July 7, 1874, 28
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to her father's
house passed
to a widow, 1• a,,.y A.
· Hardy of Boston.
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_described
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to Catherine
Do:J,an for 2500 dollars
on August .17, 1882:
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by Handy, 137 2/3 feet
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be concluded
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annear
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ahove its ar.t,1ril. rnorlest si :,;e •
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to consist
of six rOOJTIS, the l:mi.1<1i.nr,'s
proportions
and positioning
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oven, was
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hFi.11 - T'P.rh:a.ns rmt of
financial
necessity
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North Street
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161 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
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House History
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John Dunckley, blacksmith, c. 1802
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Historic Salem
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Historic Salem House History
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161
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Dunckley
History
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John
North
Salem
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111 Federal Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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Abner Goodhue, blacksmith, 1793
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