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171 Federal Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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House history
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Built for John Huse, currier
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
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1850, 1981
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Joyce King
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English
01970
171
1850
1981
Federal
Huse
John
Joyce
King
Massachusetts
Salem
Street
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John Huse House
169 Federal Street
Built c. 1842
for John Huse, currier
and Lydia Dale Huse, wife
Researched and written by Dan Graham
March 2022
�April 1978, source: MACRIS SAL.651
July 1995, source: MACRIS SAL.651
�June 2017, source: MACRIS SAL.651
�As noted in the MACRIS report for this home, this 2 ½-story, 5-bay, center-entry house is
2 bays deep with a wing on the south side. The only visible ornamental element is the fine,
Italianate gabled overdoor with returns on scroll brackets. Window frames and all eave trim,
cornice and gable returns are covered with aluminum siding. Fenestration consists of 6/6,
double-hung sash.
The John Huse House is located on upper Federal Street which developed as a
residential neighborhood in the early to mid-nineteenth century. Many of the residents were
tanners and curriers in the nearby leather district on Boston Street. During the early nineteenth
century, Salem’s shoe and leather industry expanded rapidly to dominate the manufacturing
sector of the local economy by the late industrial period.
The MACRIS report suggests that John Huse (b. March 25, 1800, Sanbornton, New
Hampshire; d. January 12, 1881), a currier at 59 Boston Street in Salem, built this house and the
house at 171 Federal Street circa 1845, having purchased the corner lot from Ezra and Cynthia
Northey on June 17, 1836 for $850 (bk 291, pg 14). City directories have John Huse living at the
property earlier than 1845, however; as early as 1842 based on research conducted as part of
this report. Huse married Lydia Dale Huse (b. Mass ~1803-1805, d. February 12, 1877) on
September 13, 1827 in Danvers, MA after establishing intent to marry on August 26, 1827 in
Beverly, MA. Among their descendants are daughter, Hannah (b. 1834 approximately), Mary
Huse Perkins (d. September 3, 1895), son-in-law Joseph S. Perkins (postmaster), and grandson,
John Perkins.
As noted above, Huse also owned 171 Federal Street nextdoor, and is said to have
completed work on that house around the time this 169 Federal property was sold in 1850. In
�1860, 171 Federal Street was occupied by John Huse, age 60; his wife, Lydia Dale Huse, age 56;
his daughter Hannah; his married daughter, Mary Huse Perkins; her husband, Joseph S. Perkins,
postmaster; and their four-year-old son, John Perkins. Joseph Perkins was the son of Mary
(Parrott) Perkins and a direct descendant of Francis Ingalls, one of the settlers of Lynn, and was
a currier for 50 years and Postmaster of Salem from 1858 to 1860. He was for many years a
member of the Democratic State Committee and served one year on the Salem Board of
Aldermen. The MACRIS report for 171 Federal suggests that Huse owned that property as early
as 1837. He was successful at his business and acquired his own tanyard and erected a shop
around 1840 on Boston Street. (According to John’s will dated 1879, he had two “currying
shops” on Boston Street which he left to his grandson. The will is included in this report.) In
1851 he is said to have improved the basically Greek Revival house to its present, somewhat
Italianate appearance, increasing the value of the homestead from $2200 to $3000.
In 1850, James Braden, a tanner and currier at 47 Boston (in 1853), purchased 169
Federal for $2,850. During Braden’s ownership, other tenants included Josiah Dewing (a
captain), William Roberts (who worked as a mason and colorer), and Lydia Webb (a boarder):
these individuals all feature in the 1855 directory. James Braden is shown as still occupying the
home in 1866, the year in which he sold the property to Mary Millett (wife of Joseph Hardy
Millett). Apparently, Braden had become a successful manufacturer in the leather industry, and
built a fine house across the street (170 Federal) in 1867. For an expansive history of Braden’s
life, see Robert Booth’s excellent report below, which featured as part of the house history for
170 Federal St.
�According to city directories and Salem atlases, the street numbers on Federal Street
were altered at some point between 1864 and 1874. The Historic Salem house history for 171
Federal Street dates this alteration earlier--in 1855--though residents’ addresses in city
directories conflict with that information.
In 1872, Mary Millett sold the 169 Federal Street house to James Silver Newhall (b. Aug
13, 1843, d. Sep 21, 1918) and his wife Marion Wentworth Clarke Newhall (b. Mar 7 1853, d.
Feb 3, 1928), who retained the property until 1890 when Mary J. Saunders purchased it. Several
members of the Saunders family lived in the house into the twentieth century. The women
were dressmakers, who at one point ran their business out of the home. Most of the male
family members living at the property were employed as curriers and shoemakers. The house
remained in the Saunders family well into the twentieth century. Indeed the deed history for
this home jumps from 1890 to 1995, suggesting a rather pronounced longevity within the
Saunders family before the Charettes gained ownership in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Thus the
property is striking for its relatively small number of owners across nearly two centuries.
Extensive history of the Huse family features in North America, Family Histories, 15002000, included in the source documents below. His father enlisted to fight in the Revolutionary
War several times, and was notably at West Point during the discovery of Benedict Arnold’s
treason (see screenshots of family history pages below). Huse’s 1881 obituary reads as follows:
Mr. John Huse died on Thursday morning in his 81st year. He was a tanner and currier, actively engaged in
business, until, within a few years, he retired in failing health. He was a man of strict integrity, and always
enjoyed the highest respect and confidence of the community. He was an Engineer of the Fire Dept. from
1847 to 1857, and Chief Engineer in 1856 and 1857; a member of the common Council in 1858; an
Overseer of the Poor from 1858 to 1873, and for many years a Director in the Mercantile National Bank.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church. The flags of the different companies of the Fire Dept. were
displayed at half-mast in respect to the ex-Chief and the funeral on Saturday afternoon was very
numerously attended by the late associates of the deceased.
�The closest match found to Mary J. Saunders suggests she was born in 1836 and died in
1914, and is buried in Locust Grove Cemetery in Gloucester. No other Mary J. Saunders is
buried in Massachusetts. Her parents were William Wilkins and Ruth Charlton. Mary married
Edward H. Saunders. The next known owner of the property was Ellen Saunders, from whom
Robert C. Lane inherited the premises (see Essex Probate No. 223706).
Mary J Saunders grave marker, Locust Grove Cemetery, Gloucester, MA
�Mary J. Saunders death certificate, 1913
�Deaths registered in Salem (1881), showing John Huse, line 16
�����John Huse and Lydia Dale House are buried at Harmony Grove Cemetery.
�Image of James Newhall, who owned the property from 1850-1866: https://www.ancestry.com/mediauiviewer/tree/181821493/person/432362893603/media/0440e994-c16c-4663-97e4-162be38303c9?usePUBJs=true
�Grave marker of Robert C. Lane (who owned the property throughout the twentieth century), Saint Mary’s
Cemetery, Peabody, MA.
�Owner
Years of
Ownership
Number
of Years
Purchase Price
Ezra Northey
Cynthia Northey
John Huse
James Braden
Mary Millett
James Newhall
Marion W Newhall
Mary J Saunders
Ellen Saunders
Robert C Lane
Roland Charette
Heather Blake
Jason Charette
Virginia Charette
Roland Charette
Jason Charette
Virginia Charette
Jason Charette
Virginia Charette
Evergrain Orchard LLC
Brian Peters
Alicia Peters
1836
1
--
Document
Referenced
(Book-Page)
291-15
1837-1850
1850-1866
1866-1872
1872-1890
13
16
6
18
$850
$2,850
$4,000
$4,800
291-15
436-45
702-86
849-185
1890-1995
105
1284-281
12880-503
1995-2003
8
$1 and other
valuable
considerations
$125,000
2003-2018
15
Less than $100
20394-396
2018-2021
3
---
2021
2021-present
1
1
$400,000
$735,000
37034-568
37045-137
39796-302
40364-003
12880-503
�Residents
John Huse, currier
Directory Year
1842-1851
James Braden, currier
1853
Josiah Dewing, captain
William Roberts, mason and
colorer
Lydia Webb, boarder
Josiah Dewing
1855
1857, 1864
James Braden, tanner currier
1866
Joseph H Millett Jr.
Mrs. Joseph H Millett
Edward A Millett
1869
1872
James Newhall, tanner currier
1874
P Henry Devine
1876, 1878
Robert W Wilet
Catharine F Abbott
1881-1886
Jeremiah Saunders
James H Murphy
1890-1900
Mrs M A Saunders
E F Saunders (likely Eugene F)
Ellen Saunders, dressmaker
Joseph B Saunders, lawyer
Ellen F Saunders
1901-02
1906-1931
Directory Notes
Huse was a currier at 59
Boston St. The house was still
identified as 93 Federal
during this time.
Braden was a currier at 47
Boston St. The house was still
identified as 93 Federal
during this time.
The house was still identified
as 93 Federal during this
time.
The house was still identified
as 93 Federal at this time.
This is the first time that 169
Federal is identified.
Newhall worked at 65 Boston
Street.
Devine sold ale and liquors at
3 High Street and 23 Front
Street.
Abbott was identified as a
resident beginning in 18821883
Murphy is only identified as a
resident in 1890-1891
Ellen is only identified as a
resident in 1931.
1933-34
1936, 1937, 1946
Note: Available Salem City Directories span 1837-1964. All currently accessible City Directories were consulted.
Some years were not available at the time of research.
�LHD
3/3/1981
FORM B - B U I L D I N G
Assessor's
USGS Quad
Area(s)
Form Number
Number
Salem
Town
HU
Salem
Place
(neighborhood or v i l l a g e )
Central
Address
169
Historic
Uses:
Date
651
Name
Salem
Federal
John
Huse
House
Present
Residential
Original
"
of Construction
Street
c. 1845
Source
See
Style/Form
Greek
Bibliography*
Revival/Italianate
Architect/Builder
Exterior
Material:
Foundation
Granite
Wall/Trim
Aluminum
Roof
Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary
Siding
Shingles
Structures
M a j o r A l t e r a t i o n s (with dates) A d d i t i o n s
the S end (1851-1874)
Condition
Moved
n 105
2Mt.
Acreage
way
Recorded by: Susan Ceccacci,
L i s a Hartmann
and D i a n n e L. S i e r g i e j
Organization:
Commonweal
Collaborative
Date:
J u l y 1995
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n
L
U
C
l
V L . U
X
on
Good
no
yes
Date
5.069 SF
Setting
Se t on narrow l o t close t o
sidewalk behind a narrow, landscaped plot
enclosed with chain l i n k fence i n a
d e n s e l y - s e t t l e d n e ig h b o r h o o d o f m o s t l y
1 9 t hcentury
r e siiddee n c e s .
SEP 2 9 1995
MkSS. HIST. CCJW
�BUILDING
169
FORM
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe
a r c h i t e c t u r a l features.
Federal
Street
See c o n t i n u a t i o n s h e e t .
Evaluate
t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f t h i s b u i l d i n g i n terms o f o t h e r
buildings
w i t h i n t h e community.
T h i s 2 1 / 2 - s t o r y , 5-bay, c e n t e r - e n t r y house i s 2 bays deep a n d w i t h a w i n g
on t h e s o u t h s i d e .
The o n l y v i s i b l e ornamenta l element i s t h e f i n e ,
I t a l i a n a t e gabled overdoor with returns on s c r o l l brackets.
Window f r a m e s
and a l l e a v e t r i m , c o r n i c e and g a b l e r e t u r n s a r e c o v e r e d w i t h aluminum s i d i n g .
F e n e s t r a t i o n c o n s i s t s o f 6/6, d o u b l e - h u n g s a s h .
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Discuss
See c o n t i n u a t i o n s h e e t .
t h e h i s t o r y of the b u i l d i n g .
E x p l a i n i t s a s s o c i a t i o n s with
local
(or s t a t e h i s t o r y .
Include
uses
of t h e b u i l d i n g and t h e r o l e ( s ) t h e owners/occupant s p l a y e d w i t h i n t h e community.
The J o h n H u s e H o u s e i s l o c a t e d o n u p p e r F e d e r a l S t r e e t w h i c h d e v e l o p e d
r e s i d e n t i a l neighborhood i n t h e early t o mid-nineteenth century.
Many
the r e s i d e n t s were tanners and c u r r i e r s i n t h e nearby l e a t h e r d i s t r i c t
Boston Street.
D u r i n g t h e e a r l y nineteenth century, Salem's shoe and
i n d u s t r y expanded r a p i d l y t o dominate t h e manufacturing s e c t o r o f t h e
economy b y t h e l a t e i n d u s t r i a l p e r i o d .
as a
of
on
leather
local
J o h n H u s e , a c u r r i e r a t 59 B o s t o n S t r e e t i n S a l e m , b u i l t t h i s h o u s e a n d t h e
h o u se a t 171 F e d e r a l S t r e e t c. 1845. I n 1850, James B r a d e n , a t a n n e r a n d
c u r r i e r , p u r c h a s e d t h e house f o r $2,850.
He s o l d i t t o M a r y M i l l e t t i n 1 8 6 6 .
H a v i n g become a s u c c e s s f u l m a n u f a c t u r e r i n t h e l e a t h e r i n d u s t r y , B r a d e n b u i l t
a f i n e h o u s e a t 170 F e d e r a l S t r e e t ( s e eForm No. 616) t h e n e x t
year.
I n 1 8 7 2 , M a r y M i l l e t t s o l d t h e 1 6 9 F e d e r a l S t r e e t h o u s e t o J a m e s S. N e w a l l ,
who
r e t a i n e d t h e p r o p e r t y u n t i l 1890 when Mary J . S a u n d e r s p u r c h a s e d i t .
S e v e r a l members o f t h e S a u n d e r s f a m i l y l i v e d i n t h e house.
T h e women w e r e
d r e s s m a k e r s , who a t o n e p o i n t , r a n t h e i r b u s i n e s s o u t o f t h e home.
Most o f
t h e m a l e f a m i l y members l i v i n g a t t h e p r o p e r t y were e m p l o y e d a s c u r r i e r s
and s h o e m a k e r s .
The house remained i n t h e Saunders f a m i l y u n t i l t h e
mid-twentieth
century.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
X
and/or
Recommended
REFERENCES
f o rl i s t i n g
If checked, see attached
X
See c o n t i n u a t i o n s h e e t .
i nthe National
Register
of Historic
N a t i o n a l R e g i s t e r C r i t e r i a Statement f o r m.
Places;
�INVENTORY
FORM C O N T I N U A T I O N
SHEET
169
Area
BIBLIOGRAPHY
and/or
HU
Federal
Form
Salem
Street
No.
651
REFERENCES
B o s t o n E v e n i n g T r a n s c r i p t . F e b r u a r y 26, 1895.
* C a m p b e l l , Dan.
M a s s a c h u s e t t s H i s t o r i c a l C o m m i s s i o n S u r v e y F o r m B.
No. 6 5 1 , 169 F e d e r a l S t r e e t , S a l e m , M a s s a c h u s e t t s .
A p r i l 3, 1 9 7 8 ,
( i n c l u d e s deed r e s e a r c h ) .
Massachusetts H i s t o r i c a l Commission, Reconnaissance Survey Report:
Salem, M a s s a c h u s e t t s , 1985.
Salem D i r e c t o r i e s , 1842-1965.
T o l l e s , B r y a n t F . , J r . a n d T o l l e s , C a r o l y n K.
Architecture i n
Salem: An I l l u s t r a t e d Guide. (Salem, Mass.: Essex I n s t i t u t e , 1983)
Beers,
D.
G.
& Company,
Atlas
of Essex
County,
Massachusetts,
1872.
H o p k i n s , G. M. & C o . ,
A t l a s o f Salem, M a s s a c h u s e t t s , 1874.
M c l n t y r e , H e n r y C. E . ,
Map o f t h e C i t y o f S a l e m , M a s s , 1 8 5 1 .
R i c h a r d s , L. J . , A t l a s o f t h e C i t y o f Salem, M a s s a c h u s e t t s . . . . ,
1897.
S a n b o r n F i r e I n s u r a n c e Company, S a l e m , M a s s a c h u s e t t s , 1 8 9 0 , 1 9 0 6 ,
1906/51.
W a l k e r L i t h o g r a p h a n d P u b l i s h i n g Company,
Atlas of the City of
Salem, Massachusetts, 1911.
and
�Inventory No:
SAL.616
Historic Name:
Braden, James House
Common Name:
Address:
170 Federal St
City/Town:
Salem
Village/Neighborhood:
Central Salem;
Local No:
25-71;
Year Constructed:
C 1867
Architectural Style(s):
Italianate;
Use(s):
Single Family Dwelling House;
Significance:
Architecture;
Area(s):
SAL.HD
Designation(s):
Local Historic District (03/03/1981);
Building Materials:
Roof: Asphalt Shingle;
Wall: Wood; Wood Clapboard; Wood Flushboard;
Foundation: Granite; Stone, Cut;
Demolished
No
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FORM B - BUILDING
Assessor's
Area(s)
USGS Quad
Form Number
Number
Massachusetts H i s t o r i c a l Commission
Massachusetts A r c h i v e s B u i l d i n g
220 M o r r i s s e y B o u l e v a r d
Boston, M a s s a c h u s e t t s 02125
25-71
Salem
HU
Salem
Town
Place
616
(neighborhood
or v i l l a g e )
C e n t r a l Salem
170 F e d e r a l S t r e e t
James Braden House
Residential
Wall/Trim
Wood t r e a t e d as a s h l a r
(facade), Clapboard (Side elevations)/Wood
Asphalt Shingles
Roof
O u t b u i l d i n g s / S e c o n d a r y S t r u c t u r e s 1-bay
r o c k f a c e d cement b l o c k garage w i t h a
s l a t e , h i p r o o f ( e a r l y 20th C.)
Major A l t e r a t i o n s
(with dates)
Condition
Good
Moved
Acreage
Recorded by: Susan C e c c a c c i , L i s a Hartmann
and Dianne L. S i e r g i e j
O r g a n i z a t i o n : Commonweal C o l l a b o r a t i v e
Date:
J u l y 1995
3: NI§T:
X
no
yes
Date
8,192 SF
S e t t i n g S e t c l o s e t o t h e s i d e w a l k behind
a s m a l l , landscaped e n c l o s e d by a 19th C.
c a s t i r o n fence i n a d e n s e l y - s e t t l e d ,
neighborhood o f m o s t l y 1 9 t h - c e n t u r y
residences.
mm . .
�[
BUILDING FORM
170
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe
a r c h i t e c t u r a l features.
See
Evaluate
continuation
Federal
Street
sheet.
t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of t h i s b u i l d i n g i n terms of o t h e r
buildings
w i t h i n t h e community.
This two-and-a-half-story,
t h r e e - b a y , c e n t e r - e n t r y , h i p - r o o f e d house i s t h r e e
bays deep and i s s e t on a h i g h stone basement. A one s t o r y e l l i s a t t a c h e d t o
t h e r e a r . C e n t r a l emphasis i s c r e a t e d by the segmented-arched r e c e s s e d e n t r y
w i t h a l a r g e , h i g h l y - o r n a m e n t e d overdoor on s c r o l l b r a c k e t s s u p p o r t i n g a
r e c t a n g u l a r bay window above i t a t t h e second f l o o r l e v e l .
T h i s house i s n o t a b l e f o r i t s p r o f u s e , h i g h - q u a l i t y ornament i n t h e I t a l i a n a t e
style.
I t a l i a n a t e features includ e the square-plan, h i p roof, broad,
b r a c k e t e d eaves w i t h a shaped f r i e z e and l i n k e d - a r c h - w i t h - d e n t i l ornament,
p r o j e c t i n g c o r n i c e window caps on b r a c k e t s , c o r n i c e w i t h l u n e t t e window caps
on b r a c k e t s , faux a s h l a r wood facade and c o r n e r q u o i n s . An o u t s t a n d i n g
I t a l i a n a t e element i s t h e e l a b o r a t e overdoor w i t h pendants on l a r g e , heavy,
s c r o l l b r a c k e t s and h i g h l y - o r n a m e n t ed b r a c k e t e d eaves. P a r t of t h e same
element i s t h e r e c t a n g u l a r bay window above i t w i t h p a n e l l e d p i l a s t e r s , Roman
a r c h e d windows w i t h k e y s t o n e s , and t h e same r i c h l y - o r n a m e n t e d , eave c o r n i c e as
seen on t h e o v e r d o o r .
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Discuss
See
t h e h i s t o r y of the b u i l d i n g .
of t h e b u i l d i n g and
continuation
sheet.
Explain i t s a s s o c i a t i o n s with
t h e r o l e ( s ) the owners/occupant s p l a y e d
l o c a l (or s t a t e h i s t o r y .
Include
uses
w i t h i n t h e community.
The James Braden House i s l o c a t e d on upper F e d e r a l S t r e e t w h i c h d e v e l o p e d as a
r e s i d e n t i a l neighborhood i n the e a r l y and m i d - n i n e t e e n t h c e n t u r y .
Many of t h e
r e s i d e n t s were t a n n e r s and c u r r i e r s i n the nearby l e a t h e r d i s t r i c t on
B o s t o n S t r e e t . D u r i n g t h e e a r l y n i n e t e e n t h c e n t u r y , Salem's shoe and l e a t h e r
i n d u s t r y expanded r a p i d l y , becoming t h e dominant m a n u f a c t u r i n g c o n c e r n by t h e
late i n d u s t r i a l period.
Around 1867, James Braden b u i l t t h i s I t a l i a n a t e house at 170 F e d e r a l S t r e e t on
a p l o t w h i c h a t t h e t i m e bordere d t h e N o r t h R i v e r . The new house was
c o n s t r u c t e d on t h e s i t e of an o l d e r d w e l l i n g . In 1868, t h e house was v a l u e d
at $8,000, a c o n s i d e r a b l e amount i n t h i s neighborhood of modest houses.
Braden had l i v e d a t 169 F e d e r a l S t r e e t f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s (see Form No.
651)
b e f o r e b u i l d i n g h i s new house. He was a t a n n e r and c u r r i e r who d e v e l o p e d a
s u c c e s s f u l company l o c a t e d at 67 Boston S t r e e t . A prominent member of t h e
community, Braden served on t h e Board o f . D i r e c t o r s a t t h e Merchants N a t i o n a l
Bank. A f t e r James Braden's death i n 1895, Braden's widow moved out of
t h e house.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
X
See
continuation
sheet.
B o s t o n E v e n i n g T r a n s c r i p t . February 26, 1895.
M a s s a c h u s e t t s H i s t o r i c a l Commission Reconnaissanc e Survey Report
f o r Salem. 1985.
B o s t o n E v e n i n g T r a n s c r i p t . February 26, 1895.
Recommended f o r l i s t i n g i n the N a t i o n a l R e g i s t e r of H i s t o r i c P l a c e s ;
I f c h e c k e d , see a t t a c h e d
N a t i o n a l R e g i s t e r C r i t e r i a Statement form.
�I
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET
Salem
170 F e d e r a l S t r e e t
A r e a HU
Form No. 616
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (continued)
M a s s a c h u s e t t s H i s t o r i c a l Commission Reconnaissance Survey R e p o r t
f o r Salem. 1985.
* B a i l e y , P a u l a and Walsh, Karen. M a s s a c h u s e t t s H i s t o r i c a l
Commission Survey Form. 170 F e d e r a l S t r e e t , Salem. No. 616.
March 30, 1978.
Salem D i r e c t o r i e s , 1851-1901/02.
B e e r s , D. G. & Company, A t l a s o f Essex County, M a s s a c h u s e t t s ,
1872.
H o p k i n s , G. M. & Co., A t l a s o f Salem, M a s s a c h u s e t t s , 1874.
M c l n t y r e , Henry C. E., Map o f t h e C i t y o f Salem, Mass, 1851.
R i c h a r d s , L. J . , A t l a s o f t h e C i t y o f Salem, M a s s a c h u s e t t s . . . . ,
1897.
Sanborn Map Company, Sanborn F i r e I n s u r a n c e Maps o f Salem,
M a s s a c h u s e t t s 1890 New York, Sanborn Map Co., 1890.
Sanborn Map Company, Sanborn F i r e I n s u r a n c e Map o f Salem, Mass.,
1906, New York, Sanborn Map Co., 1906.
Sanborn Map Company, Sanborn F i r e I n s u r a n c e Map o f Salem, Mass.,
1906 t o Feb., 1950, New York, Sanborn Map Co., 1950.
Walker L i t h o g r a p h and P u b l i s h i n g Company, A t l a s o f t h e C i t v o f
Salem, M a s s a c h u s e t t s , 1911.
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169 Federal S t r e e t was b u i l t i n about 1845 by John Huse,
Tanner, the same man who buj.lt_#171 Federal S t r e e t . (291:15).
In 1850 Huse s o l d the m^s^sge f o r $2850 t o James Braden, c u r r i e r
(436:45), and the property then passed t o Mary M i l l e t t i n 1866
(702:86), James S. Newhall i n 1872 (849:185), and f i n a l l y to Mary
J . Saunders i n 1890 (1284:28). The Saunders f a m i l y owned i t u n t i l
at l e a s t 1897.
0. B i b l i o g r a p h y and/or r e f e r e n c e s (such as l o c a l h i s t o r i e s , deeds,
e a r l y maps, etc.)
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USGS Quad
Form Number
Number
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Massachusetts H i s t o r i c a l Commission
Massachusetts Archives Building
220 M o r r i s s e y B o u l e v a r d
Boston, Massachusetts
02125
HU
Salem
Salem
Town
Place
652
(neighborhood
or v i l l a g e )
Central
171
Ss
ric
Name
Lydia
Salem
Federal
(Dale)
Street
and John
Huse
House
Present
Residential
Original
"
)f C o n s t r u c t i o n
1850
See B i b l i o g r a p h y *
Form
Greek
Revival/Italianate
;ect/Builder
Lor
Material:
Foundation
i\-
Wall/Trim
Granite
Flushboard
Roof
Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary
J u l y 1995
1V
Structures
(with dates) R e a r a d d i t i o n s
Condition
Fair
Acreage
Date:
Shingles
Major A l t e r a t i o n s
(1851-1874).
Moved
Recorded by: Susan C e c c a c c i and
D i a n n e L. S i e r g i e j
O r g a n i z a t i o n : Commonweal C o l l a b o r a t i v e
and Clapboard/Wood
X
no
yes
-
Good
Date
5,069 SF
Setting
Set close t o sidewalk behind a
s m a l l , landscaped s t r i p o f l a n d on a
quiet, tree-lined street i n a denselys e t t l e d , r e s i d e n t i a l neighborhood o f
mostly mid 19th-century buildings.
SEP 2 9 1995
M A S S . HIST. C O M M .
�B U I L D I N G FORM
171
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe a r c h i t e c t u r a l features.
Federal
Street
See c o n t i n u a t i o n s h e e t .
E v a l u a t e t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of t h i s b u i l d i n g i n terms of o t h e r b u i l d i n g s
w i t h i n t h e community.
This
wall,
of
a
2
1/2-story,
5 x
interior-chimney
large,
additions
2
1-bay,
1/2-story,
w e r e made t o
center-entry,
plan.
The
gable-roofed,
the
rear
gable-end
main block
rear
has
e l l .
b e t w e e n 1851
house has
a
paired
been expanded by
Map
and
study
the
shows
rear-
addition
that
1874.
The r e c e s s e d m a i n e n t r a n c e , w i t h i t s s m o o t h - s h a f t e d , D o r i c p i l a s t e r s ,
filleted
f r i e z e , c o r n i c e , t r a n s o m and f u l l - l e n g t h s i d e l i g h t s and t w o - p a n e l d o o r a r e
c h a r a c t e r i s t i c of the Greek R e v i v a l s t y l e .
Other ornament,
mostly
c o n c e n t r a t e d on t h e f a c a d e , i s I t a l i a n a t e .
These f e a t u r e s i n c l u d e : broad,
overhanging, bracketed eaves with gable returns, quoins, wide, flushboard
s i d i n g a n d r e c t a n g u l a r 6/6,
double-hung sash w i t h c o r n i c e d window caps
d e t a i l e d by shaped m o d i l l i o n s .
The e l a b o r a t e n e s s o f t h e I t a l i a n a t e o r n a m e n t
c o n t r a s t s s t r o n g l y w i t h the unassuming p r o p o r t i o n s of the house i t s e l f .
I t seems p o s s i b l e t h a t t h e s e d e t a i l s were added i n e m u l a t i o n o f t h e
imposing,
c. 1867
I t a l i a n a t e h o u s e a c r o s s t h e s t r e e t a t 170 F e d e r a l S t r e e t ( s e e F o r m
No.
616).
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
X
See c o n t i n u a t i o n s h e e t .
D i s c u s s t h e h i s t o r y of t h e b u i l d i n g .
of t h e b u i l d i n g and
This
property
century
by
c.
and
1769
1779,
On
17,
once p a r t
Buffurn
called
a t o w n way
June
local (or s t a t e h i s t o r y .
Include
uses
t h e r o l e ( s ) t h e owners/occupants p l a y e d w i t h i n t h e community.
was
the
E x p l a i n i t s a s s o c i a t i o n s with
1836,
of
Family.
New
Street
i n 1782
and
Ezra
and
a
l a r g e p a r c e l owned
Federal
i n 1770,
Federal
Cynthia
S t r e e t was
new
Street
Northey
i n the
late
seventeenth
laid
out
across
street laid
out
near
in
private
the
river
land
in
1794.
sold a
corner
lot to
John
Huse,
t a n n e r and c u r r i e r , f o r $850 (Bk. 291; Pg. 1 4 ) .
H u s e ( b . N.H.,
1800;
d. S a l e m , J a n u a r y 12, 1881)
b u i l t t h e h o u s e a t 169 F e d e r a l S t r e e t ( s e e F o r m
No.
651) w h e r e he l i v e d u n t i l 1850 when he c o n s t r u c t e d t h i s h o u s e .
Huse s o l d
169 F e d e r a l S t r e e t i n 1850
f o r $ 2 , 8 5 0 , a b o u t t h e t i m e 171 F e d e r a l S t r e e t
was c o m p l e t e d .
I n 1855, t h e p r o p e r t y a t 171 F e d e r a l S t r e e t was v a l u e d
at
$3,000.
I n 1860,
171 F e d e r a l S t r e e t was o c c u p i e d b y J o h n H u s e , age 6 0 ; h i s
w i f e , L y d i a D a l e H u s e , age 56, ( b . M a s s . d. F e b r u a r y 12, 1 8 7 7 ) ; h i s d a u g h t e r ,
H a n n a h a g e 2 6 ; h i s m a r r i e d d a u g h t e r , M a r y H u s e P e r k i n s ( d . S e p t e m b e r 3, 1 8 9 5 ) ,
a g e 3 1 ; h e r h u s b a n d , J o s e p h S. P e r k i n s , p o s t m a s t e r , a n d t h e i r f o u r - y e a r - o l d
son, John P e r k i n s .
J o h n H u s e was e n g a g e d f o r many y e a r s i n t h e t a n n i n g a n d c u r r y i n g b u s i n e s s
i n Salem.
I n 1881,
h i s s h o p was l o c a t e d on B o s t o n S t r e e t .
He w a s a l s o a n
e n g i n e e r o f t h e S a l e m F i r e D e p a r t m e n t f r o m 1847 t o 1857
and i t s C h i e f
Engineer
i n 1856
and 1857.
He w a s a m e m b e r o f t h e Common C o u n c i l i n 1 8 5 8 ,
an
BIBLIOGRAPHY
X
a n d / o r REFERENCES
Recommended
for
listing
X
i n the
See c o n t i n u a t i o n s h e e t .
National
Register
of
I f c h e c k e d , s e e a t t a c h e d N a t i o n a l R e g i s t e r C r i t e r i a Statement form.
Historic
Places;
�I N V E N T O R Y FORM C O N T I N U A T I O N
Salem
SHEET
171
Area
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
(continued)
Overseer
of
from
National
Bank
the
Poor
1858
to
1873,
and
a director
of the
HU
Federal
Form
Street
No.
652
Mercantile
f o r many y e a r s .
J o s e p h Sumner P e r k i n s ( b . L y n n , D e c e m b er 10, 1829; d. M a i d e n ,
J a n u a r y 27, 1 9 1 2 ) , son o f Mary ( P a r r o t t ) P e r k i n s and a d i r e c t
descendant
of F r a n c i s I n g a l l s , one o f t h e s e t t l e r s o f L y n n , was a c u r r i e r f o r f i f t y
y e a r s a n d P o s t m a s t e r o f S a l e m f r o m 1858 t o 1860.
He w a s f o r m a n y y e a r s a
member o f t h e D e m o c r a t i c S t a t e C o m m i t t e e and s e r v e d one y e a r on t h e S a l e m
Board of Aldermen.
John Huse bequeath t h i s p r o p e r t y t o h i s i n v a l i d d a u g h t e r , Hannah, f o r t h e
r e m a i n d e r o f h e r l i f e , t o be e q u a l l y s h a r e d by h i s d a u g h t e r , M a r y P e r k i n s
and g r a n d s o n , John Huse P e r k i n s , a f t e r her demise.
John Huse i n t e n d e d h i s
p r o p e r t y t o r e m a i n t h e f a m i l y homestead as l o n g as p r a c t i c a b l e and i t a p p e a r s
the
h o u s e was o c c u p i e d b y h i s i n v a l i d d a u g h t e r , Hannah M a r i a , M a r y , J o s e p h and
J o h n H u s e P e r k i n s a t l e a s t u n t i l 1895 when M a r y d i e d .
The p r o p e r t y was s o l d i n 1902 t o C a t h e r i n e J . W a l s h a n d r e m a i n e d i n t h e W a l s h
f a m i l y u n t i l 1971.
Tax r e c o r d s i n 1904 l i s t t h e o c c u p a n t s o f 171 F e d e r a l
S t r e e t a s J o h n J . W a l s h , c l e r k , a g e 3 4 , T h o m a s F. E . N o l a n , s a l e s m a n , a g e 4 4 ,
and owner, C a t h e r i n e Walsh.
Research
carried
inhabitants
and
BIBLIOGRAPHY
out
owners
and/or
*King,
Inc.,
by
Salem,
Beers,
Joyce King contains
of
171
Federal
addition
information
on
subsequent
Street.
REFERENCES
Joyce, Research
Report
171
Federal
M a s s a c h u s e t t s , September 1981.
D. G. & C o m p a n y ,
A t l a s of Essex
Street,
County,
Historic
Salem
Massachusetts,
1872.
H o p k i n s , G. M. & C o . ,
A t l a s o f Salem, M a s s a c h u s e t t s , 1874.
M c l n t y r e , H e n r y C. E . ,
Map o f t h e C i t y o f S a l e m , M a s s , 1 8 5 1 .
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�OFFICE AT OLD TOWN HALL
POST OFFICE BOX 865
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 / PHONE (617) 745-0799
171 Federal Street
Built for
JOHN HUSE, currier
in the year 1850
Research by,
Joyce King
Sept. 1981
"to preserve Historic Sites, Buildings and objects,
and to work for the education of the community
in the true value of the same."
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171 Federal Street
The land on which this house stands was once part of a large parcel
owned by the Buffum family during the early history of Salem (appendix
A).
"Federal street was laid out across private land about 1769.
It was called the new street in 1770; new street laid out near the
North river, 1779; a town way 1782; and Federal street, 1794 (Essex
Antiquarian, vol. 7 pg. 67).
On June 17, 1836 Ezra and Cynthia Northey sold for the sum of $850
to John Huse, currier* a lot of land:
(book 291 page 14)
*A currier
tanned.
is a man who dresses and colors leather, after it is
�Hr. Huse built a house on the property (formerly called ·;/93 since
renumbered /f.169 Federal) and lived there until 1850 vrhen financial
conditions allowed him the opportunity to build a larger home for
his family.
This is substantiated by the building permits listing
"Buildings errected in the City of Salem the last year that is to
say, from Narch 1850 to March 1851."
Name of Owner
John Hues
Description of Building
dwelling house
Name of Street
Federal Street
The Huse family had moved into their new home by Nov. 1, 1850, for
this is the date that John and Lydia Huse sold the dwelling house
(#169) to James Braden for $2,850:
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�'I'he 1850 census shows the Huse family up close:
John Huse
age 50 currier
prop. val.
II
Lydia II
47
II
II
Mary
22
II
Hannah II
17
If
Joseph T. Fuller
12
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born N.H.
If
Mass.
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II
II
II
II
The 1855 Street Books at City Hall tax the house for the first time:
Federal St., John Huse "new house"
value $3,000
By 1855 the street had been renumbered and the house took on its
present number
with the occupants listed as (males only over
18 given) John Huse age 55 and Joseph Sumner Perkins age 25.
The 1860 census gives additional information:
tJohn Huse
age 60 currier
fl
Lydia II
56
II
II
Hannah
26
Joseph s. Perkins 30 postr:iaster
T:1ar',:/
II
II
31
John
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By
1870 the household
John Huse
Lydia 11
Hannah II
II
l"iass.
II
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II
II
It
II
II
had dwindled:
age 70
II
66
It
born I\T .H.
36
After the death of
currier
keeps house
no occupation
born r\T.I1.
' ti
Lass ..
II
II
(Dale) Huse, which occurred on Feb. 12, 1877,
the Perkins fruaily moved back into the house at 171 Federal St., as
shown in the 1880 census:
�Perkins
Bary E •
"II
John II•
,John Huse
Hannah 1\1. Huse
1,,1ary Davenport
age 50
ti
51
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80
II
46
35
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keeps house
son
currier
father-in-law
sister-in-lavr
nurse
John Huse died on Jan. 12, 1881.
born
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This obituary notice appeared in
the local papers:
"Mr. John Huse died on Thursday morning in his Slst year.
He
was a tanner and currier, actively engaged in business, until, within a fev; years, he retired in failing health.
He was a man of strict
integrity. and always enjoyed the highest respect and confidence
of the community.
of the Fire Dept. from 1847 to
He was an
1857, and Chief Engineer in 1856 and 1857; a member of the common
Council in 1858; an Overseer of the Poor from 1858 to 1873, and for
many years a Director in the ·>1 ercantile National Bank.
member of the First Baptist Church.
He was a
The flags of the different
companies of the Fire Dept. were displayed at half-mast in respect
to the ex-Chief and the funeral on Saturday afternoon was very
numerously attended by the late associates of the deceased."
In his will (probate ffli-3175) Lr. Huse left his house in trust for
the benefit of his family "with especial regard to my invalid
dauther Hannah Maria Huse so long as she may live • 11
Daughter l·;ar;y
was allowed to have, hold and occupy with her faimly free of rent
"the homestead on Federal street, V!here I now live consistj_ng of a
dwelling house, yard and garden.
At the decease of my said daughter
Hannah the principal to go in equal shares to ;fary Perkins and
�5.
grandson John Huse Perkins.
I wish that my said homestead estate
on Federal street shall be kept as a homestead for all the members
of my family as long as shall be formed practicable, and to that
end I direct that it shall not be sold during the life of my
daughter Mary Elizabeth Perkins without her consent."
(appendix B)
The real estate was listed as:
house and land Federal St.
land on Broad St.
Curriers shop (2) on Boston St.
II
II
land under "
$4,300
700
1,100
1,100
Personal estate:
12 shares Salem and Danvers Oil Co.
1 share Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway R.R.
Bond of the City of Toledo, Ohio
Bond Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway R.R.
U.S. funded loan of 1861
1 share Eastern R.R.
16 shares Mercantile Bank Salem
Pew 1st Baptist Church
cash
I'-iTG. of J.P. Hamlin
Lot in Harmony Grove
furniture
The heirs were listed as:
Hannah Huse
Mary E. Perkins -
:fH,080
20
500
1,700
660
. 35
1,920
5
1.50
21,750
35
100
daughter
It
wife of Joseph
s.
Perkins
A few interesting expondi tures 1Here listed in the probate:
tJan. 1882 - S.F.Nichols painting house and blinds
'.:il06.92
board for nurse July 1880 to Jan. 1881
42.00
wages due nurse
10.00
�March 1882 - Repairs on real estate on Federal and Broad
Insurance
Water bill
Taxes
Nurse for Hannah
17 weeks
Board for Hannah
Jan. 13, 1881 to Apr. 27
Aug. 24 to March 1, 1882
$205.98
15.62
3.60
100.80
68.00
75.00
1.35
From 1882 to 1895 the Street Books give the occupants as:
Joseph s. Perkins
John H. Perkins
owners the heirs of John Huse
house value $3,000
land value
1,300
Hannah Maria Huse died on Sept.3, 1895.
This simple obituary was
printed in the Salem News:
Danvers - Hannah M. Huse of this city, daughter of the late John
Huse, Esq. died at the age of 60 years 11 months 6 days. (Funeral
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on Thursday 3:30 P.M. from her late residence 171 Federal street.
Relatives and Friends invited."
After the death of Hannah the property was taxed as:
i Mary E. Perkins
i John H. Perkins
house
11
500
11
ti
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On July 31, 1902 .Mary Perkins and John Huse Perkins trustees under
the will of John Huse Feb. 1881 sold to Catherine J. Walsh the land
and buildings "meaning to convey the premises conveyed by Ezra
Northey to Huse Jan. 17, 1836 except what sold to James Braden
on Oct. 1, 1850. 11
�(book 1679 Page 504)
Before moving on to t.he '.'!alsh far:1ily it may be of interest to
include this obituary notice of Jan. 27, 1912:
Passed Away at His Home in
This I:orning in His Eie;h ty 'l1hird Year
FIFTY YEARS
"Joseph Sumner Perkins, postmaster of Salem under President
Buchanan, died at his home, 25 C:olumbia street, ilalden, early this
raornins, in his 83rd year.
Funeral service will be held : :onday
afternoon at Harmony Grove Chapel at 2 P.M.
Lr. Perkins \'tas born in Lyn:1 Jee. l'.), 182Si in the portion lmol'm
at:.; '.food r:nd, and h:Lr..:3 mother nas : ary (Parrott) Perldns, a d.irect
descendant of Francis Ingalls, one of the settlers of Lynn.
He
learned the currying business and was engaged in it for a number of
�years in Salem, his whole connection with it covering nearly
half
a century and ending in 1901.
Through his activity in the interests of the Democratic party in
President Buchanan's time, the latter appointed him postmaster of
Salem in Feb. 1858, succeeding the late George B. Loring, who was
appointee of President Pierce.
He held office until 1860, and was
succeeded by John Ryan.
Mr. Perkins was senior deacon for many years of Essex Lodge, F. 8,
A. 1-'Iasons, and was for many years a member of the Democratic state
committee.
He served one year in the Salem board of aldermen.
He
leaves one son, John Huse Perkins."
The tax records reflect the change of ownership in 1904:
..occupants
John J. Walsh, clerk age 34
Thomas F. E. Nolan, sale srnan
age
411-
owner
Catherine Walsh
house val. $2,300
land val.
1,300
A reception was held at this house on June 28, 1910 for the wedding
of fviichael J. O'Connor and Hattie J. Kennedy.
The Salem News gave
this account:
"Wedding reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John J.
Walsh, 171 Federal St. where a large number of friends of the
contracting parties Michael J. O'Connor and Hattie J. Kennedy,
called to extend congratulations."
�On i':Tay 21, 1925 John J. Walsh, unmarried, gave to Mary T. \'ialsh
"for love and af fection 1,
the same property conveyed to Catherine
J. Walsh by John Huse Perkins, and by will of Catherine to John J.
Walsh.(book 2638 page 165)
On August 19, 1971 Thomas J. Walsh, unmarried, sold for $25,000 to
Francis T. Murphy and Helen P. Murphy, husband and wife, "the same
premises conveyed to my sister Mary T. Walsh, also known as l'·fary V.
Walsh,on May 21, 1925 from John Jo Walsh.
See also the estate of
my sister #300152".(book 5794 page 612).
On July 20, 1977 Francis T. and Helen P. Murphy sold
t
of 171 Federal
St. to Raymond E. Peritz and Shelley Erwin and the other
J. Rioux, for the total sum of
Thomas J. Walsh Aug. 19, 1971."
,000.
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t
to Robert
title see deed from
(book 6373 page 113)
On Oct. 15, 1979 Raymond M. and Shelley E. Peritz (formerly Shelley
Erwin) and Robert J. Rioux sold 171 Federal St. for the sum of $88,500
to Mark and Judith King.
"The same conveyed to them by Francis and
Helen Murphy." (book 6642 page 524)
On June 29, 1981 Mark A. and Judith
c.
King, of 31 Chestnut St., sold
for $119,000 to Gregory B. Andrews, Susan Battles-Andrews, John
Battles and Mary Battles the land and buildings at 171 Federal St.
"For title see deed book 6642 page 524."
(book 6835 page 394)
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Robert Moulton was the owner of this lot,
west of the dashes. It afterward came
into the hands of Robert Buffum. He
died in 1669, having bequeathed it to his
wife Tamosin. She died in 1688, and it
came into the hands of her sons Joshua
Buffum and Caleb Buffum, who owned it
together until after 1700.
The strip east of the dashes was con·
veyed to the two Buffum brothers by Edward Flint of Salem, yeoman, April 18,
1679.t It was a half of two acres that
Mr. Flint bought of Anthony Needham of
Salem, yeoman, March 10, 1678-9.§
Joshua B11ffum House. Robert Moulton was the owner of this lot easterly of
the dashes and also the Caleb Buffum lot
adjoining, about 1636. (For the triangular
lot west of the dashes, see above.) Boston
street was laid out across the corner of
the lot in 1642, when he was the owner.
He was a builder of vessels, and probably constructed several on this lot. The
estate soon afterward came into the possession of Robert Buffum, a Quaker, and
he died in 1 669, possessed of it. In his
will he devised it to his wife Tamosin.
She died in 16S8, and the estate came
into the possession of her son Joshua
Buffum.
There were two houses on this lot in
1705, and probably they were both there
in r 700, ancl standing where they are
marked on the map. The western one
was the old house. Between r 705 and
17 lo, this was moved by Samuel nuffum,
*Essex
ni Deeds, honk q, leaf 79.
tEssex
of Deeds, 1Jlluk i 5, leaf 88.
:::Essex Registry of bee.ls, book 5, leaf 31.
§Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, ).,af 25.
son of Joshua, who had devised the lot
to him, to the western corner of what is
now the junction of Boston and Fowler
streets. Samuel Buffum was a cooper, and
had removed to Newport, R. I., before
Aug. 7, 1716, when he conveyed the old
dwelling house and its new site, for ninety
pounds, to Samuel Pope of Salem, blacksmith.* Mr. Pope conveyed the same,
for one hundred and forty pounds, to
Thorndike Procter of Salem, yeoman,
June 6, r720.t Mr. Procter probably
took the old house down some years later,
and built the house now standing on that
site.
The other house anri the land adjoining was devised by Joshua Buffum to his
son Joshua in I705, and he devised it in
his will in 1762, to his son· Joshua Buffum.
The latter, in 1760, lived in the house
with Isaac Needham. In the inventory
of the estate of Joshua Buffum, appraised
in I7 6 2, it is called an old dwelling house.
Joshua Buffum lived in Salem, being a
mariner or fisherman, and died in the
winter of 1768-9. His heirs conveyed it
to Ezekiel Fowler of Salem, blacksmith,
as follows : by deed of Amos
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Swansey, husbanrlman, and wife Jane,
daughter of the deceased (one-fifth), Aug.
2 7, 1770; t of Joshua Buffum of Salem,
mariner, son of the deceased (one-fifth),
Feb. 15, 1773;§ of Benjamin Symonds
of Salem, fisherman, and wife Abigail,
daughter of the deceased (one.fifth), Oct.
24, 1i7 5 ; II and of Samuel Buffum of
Salem, sailmaker (two fifths) (by partition,) l\lay 17, 1779.U Ezekiel Welman
was living in the old house .May 2, 1796,
when Mr. Fowler conveyed the estate
to his son Samuel Fowler of Salem, cordwainer., The latter took the old house
down in 1807.
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�170 Federal Street
Salem
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According to available evidence, this house was built in 1866 for James Braden,
currier and tanner; it occupies the site of an earlier house, perhaps built for
Jonathan Buffum, tailor, c.' 1770.
Soon after the end of the Civil War, on 21August1865, James Braden, "tanner &
currier," for $3800 purchased from Thomas Reynolds a dwelling house and land
on the north side of Federal Street (ED 688: 108). The lot was bounded southerly
70' on Federal Street, westerly 158' on land of Nichols, northerly on the North
River, and easterly on land of Forsyth. In the 1866 Salem real-estate valuation,
James Braden was assessed for personal property worth $13,700 and for real estate
that included the house at 168 Federal Street worth $8000 and land at 168-170
Federal Street, 12920 square feet, worth $2000. At the same time, another set of
city books was kept, the less-formal "street books," in which, for 1866, James
Braden's property was described as 168 Federal Street "vacant, house removed,"
and the lot for 168-170 Federal Street valued at $2000. The street book for 1867
had an erroneous listing for the premises, and the street book for 1868 listed James
Braden's homestead as 168 Federal Street, house worth $8000 and lot worth
$3000. From the evidence of these primary sources, there can be little doubt that
Mr. Braden had removed the old house that once stood here, that the lot was vacant
by the spring of 1866, and t.hat the new house was built probably in summer and
,
fall of that year.
James Braden was born in 'Middleton, Conn., on 18 Dec. 1818, the son of Irish
immigrant parents. The Brf).dens moved to Salem in the 1820s. In 1829, when he
was ten, James went to sea as a cabin boy, on a voyage from Salem to Europe.
Upon his return, he made another voyage, to South America and back. At the age
of thirteen or so, circa 1831, he was apprenticed to James Stimpson of Salem, to
learn the trade of currying and tanning leather (info from obit of26 Feb. 1895
Salem Evening News). Mr. Stimpson had a tan-yard on Boston Street, opposite
Federal Street.
;
The Salem of the 1820s
in transition from seafaring to manufacturing. Into the
1820s the sea-borne foreign trade had continued prosperous; and new markets were
opened with Madagascar (1820), Which supplied tallow and ivory, and Zanzibar
(1825), whence came gum copal, used to make varnish. This opened a huge and
lucrative trade in which Salem dominated, and its vessels thus gained access to all
1
�of the east African ports. At the same time that this trade flourished, Salem's more
traditional areas of trade began to diminish, and general maritime foreign
commerce fell off sharply in the late 1820s. Imports, the cargos in Salem ships,
were supplanted by American goods, now being produced in great quantities. The
interior of the country was' being opened for settlement, and many Salemites
moved away. To the north:, the falls of the Merrimack River powered large new
textile mills (Lowell was' founded in 1823 ), which created great wealth for their
investors; and in general it seemed that the tide of opportunity was ebbing away
from Salem. In an ingenious attempt to stem the flow of talent from the town and
to harness its potential water power for manufacturing, Salem's merchants and
capitalists banded together in 1826 to raise the money to dam the North River for
industrial power. The project, which began with much promise, was suspended
(before construction began) in 1827, which demoralized the town even more, and
caused several leading citizens to move to Boston, the hub of investment in the
new economy.
'
In 1830 occurred a horrifying crime that brought disgrace to Salem. Old Capt.
. '
Joseph White, a wealthy
owned and resided in the house now called the
Essex Street. One night, intruders broke into his
Gardner-Pingree house,
mansion and stabbed him' tP· death. All of Salem buzzed with the news of
murderous thugs; but the klller was a Crowninshield (a local crime-boss who killed
himself at the Salem Jail), 4ired by his friends, Capt. White's own relatives, Capt.
Joseph Knapp and his brother Frank (they were executed by hanging). The results
of the investigation and trial uncovered much that was lurid about Salem, and more
of the respectable families quit the notorious town.
'
Salem's remaining merchants had to move quickly to take their equity out of
wharves and warehouses and ships and put it into manufacturing and
transportation, as the adven,t of railroads and canals in the 1830s diverted both
capital and trade away froni the coast. Some merchants did not make the
transition, and were ruinea:: Old-line areas of work, like rope-making, sail-making,
and ship chandleries, gradually declined and disappeared. Well into the 1830s,
Salem slumped badly.
·
Despite all, Salem was chartered as a city in 1836. City Hall was built 1837-8 and
the city seal was adopted with an already-anachronistic Latin motto of "to the
farthest port of the rich East"-a far cry from "Go West, young man!" The Panic
of 1837, a brief, sharp, nati9nwide economic depression, caused even more Salem
families to head west in search of a better future. Salem had not prepared for the
industrial age, and had few .natural advantages. The North River served not to
2
�power factories but mainly to flush the waste from the many tanneries (23 by
1832) that had set up along its banks. Throughout the 1830s, the leaders of Salem
scrambled to re-invent an economy for their fellow citizens, many of whom were
mariners without much sea-faring to do. Ingenuity, ambition, and hard work
would have to carry the day.
One inspiration was the business of tanning and curing leather, which was
conducted on and near Boston Street, along the upper North River. This was the
business that young James Braden had entered as an apprentice in 1831. There
were 41 tanneries in 1844, and 85 in 1850, employing 550 hands. The leather
business would continue to grow in importance throughout the 1800s. Another
inspiration was the Salem Laboratory, Salem's first science-based manufacturing
enterprise, founded in 1813 to produce chemicals. At the plant built in 1818 in
North Salem on the North River, the production of alum and blue vitriol was a
specialty; and it proved a
successful business. Salem's whale-fishery, active
for many years in the early 1800s, led, in the 183 Os, to the manufacturing of highquality candles at Stage Point, along with machine oils. The candles proved very
popular. Lead-manufactudpg began in the 1820s, and grew large after 1830, when
Wyman's gristmills on the Forest River were retooled for making high-quality
approach to Marblehead is still called Lead Mills
white lead and sheet lead
Hill, although the empty mill buildings burned down in 1960s).
These enterprises were a start toward taking Salem in a new direction. In 183 8 the
Eastern Rail Road began op'erating between Boston and Salem, which gave the
people of Salem and environs a direct route to the region's largest market. The
new railroad tracks ran right over the middle of the Mill Pond; the tunnel under
Washington Street was built in 1839; and the line was extended to Newburyport in
1840.
James Braden completed his apprenticeship in 1839, and was free to pursue his
calling as a currier and tanner. He was a hard worker and a smart young man, and
soon went into business for'himself. On Christmas Day, 1842, he married
Margaret Jane Ashby, 22, of Salem. She was born on 4 August 1820, the first
child of Thomas W. Ashby and Margaret Fabens, both of old Salem families. Mr.
Ashby was a cordwainer (shoemaker), with his shop on Essex Street and his house
on upper Broad Street (see Salem Directory 1837) (see also EIHC 18:63, Dr.
George A. Perkins' Fabens family genealogy). In 1843 James and Margaret would
have a child, Sarah P. Braden; and much later they had sons James and Jerry
(neither of whom survived childhood).
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�In 1841, James "Brayden" was listed as a cmrier at 66 Boston Street; by 1845 he
was a currier at Pope's Court (now Pope Street), residing at 4 Boston Street (shared
with the family of Samuel Pitman, tanner & currier), near Essex Street (see Salem
Directories, 1842, 1846). By 1845, Thomas W. Ashby was residing at 7 Dean
Street (now the western part of Flint Street). At that time, Salem had 16,800
inhabitants. In May, 1849, Mr. Braden and Daniel C. Haskell, curriers, bought a
parcel of land on Mason Street (ED 411 :209). There, they set up a thriving currier
shop; and in September, 1849, for $1125 Mr. Braden sold out his share to Mr.
Haskell (ED 419:4). At about this time, James Braden belonged to the local social
and military group, the Second Corps of Cadets; and he remained active in its
affairs for the rest of his life. He was also very active in the affairs of the First
Universalist Church, and would later help underwrite the cost of its new church
building.
In the 1840s, new companies in new lines of business arose in Salem. In 1846 the
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company completed the construction at Stage Point of
the largest factory building in the United States, 60' wide by 400' long. It was an
immediate success, and hundreds of people found employment there, many of
them living in industrial tenements built nearby. Also in the 1840s, a new method
was introduced to make possible high-volume industrial shoe production. In Lynn,
the factory system was
and that city became the nation's leading shoe
producer. Salem had shoe.,factories too, and attracted shoe workers from outlying
towns and country areas. Even the population changed, as hundreds of Irish
families, fleeing the Famine, settled in Salem; and the men went to work in the
factories and as laborers.
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In the face of all this change, some members of Salem's waning merchant class
continued to pursue their
businesses; but even the conditions of shipping
changed, and Salem was left on the ebb tide. In the late 1840s, giant clipper ships
replaced the smaller vessel,s that Salem men had sailed around the world; and the
clippers, with their deep drafts and large holds, were usually too large for Salem
and its harbor. The town's shipping soon consisted of little more than ZanzibarDown East coasters with cargoes of fuel wood and
trade vessels and visits
building timber. By 1850 Salem was about finished as a working port. A picture
of Salem's sleepy waterfront is given by Hawthorne in his "introductory section"
(really a sketch of Salem) to The Scarlet Letter, which he began while working in
the Custom House.
In 1849-1850, the Bradensresided in one unit of 4 Boston Street, along with Mrs.
Braden's brother Elias W. Ashby, 19, a currier (see 1850 Directory, 1850 census,
4
�house 691, ward four). Mr. Braden continued successful in his leather business,
and probably employed several men as curriers. In October, 1850, for $2850 he
bought a nice homestead
the southerly side of upper Federal Street, #169
opposite #170 (ED 436:45).
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The symbol of Salem's new industrial economy was the large twin-towered granite
train station, built in 1848-9 on filled-in land at the foot of Washington Street,
where before had been the merchants' wharves. The 1850s brought continued
growth: new churches, schools, streets, stores, etc. Catholic churches were built,
and new housing was constructed in North Salem and the Gallows Hill areas to
accommodate the workers. In March, 1853, several streets were re-named and renumbered, including the consolidation of County, Marlboro, and Federal Streets as
Federal Street. Mr. Braden's leather currying business continued apace in the
1850s and he grew steadily wealthier. By 1860, when he was 42, Mr. Braden had
real estate worth $7000 anij personalty worth $25,000. He and his wife Margaret,
39, had children Sarah
16, James B., four, and Jerry M., two; and Ellen W.
Ashby, 23, lived with them
The Civil War began in April, 1861, and went on for four years, during which
hundreds of Salem men served in the army and navy, and many were killed or died
of disease or abusive treatment while imprisoned. Hundreds more suffered
wounds, or broken health. •The people of Salem, including the Bradens,
contributed greatly to efforts to alleviate the suffering of the soldiers, sailors, and
their families; and there was great celebration when the war finally ended in the
spring of 1865.
During the 1860s, Mr. Braden continued his leather-currying business at a good
clip; perhaps he had contracts with the Army, or with those who did. In June,
1863, for $2000 he bouglita tanyard lot adjoining in the rear of his own Boston
Street tanyard (ED 653:148). As has been mentioned, on 21August1865, Mr.
Braden for $3800 purchased a dwelling house and land on the north side of Federal
Street, across from his residence (ED 688: 108). On 30 April 1866 Mr. Braden for
$4000 sold his former homestead to Mrs. Mary Millett (ED 702:86). As has been
mentioned, he soon had the old house at 170 Federal removed, and a new one built.
Presumably he and his family occupied their new house at 170 Federal Street
within a few months of that conveyance.
The old house had been built, evidently, for Jonathan Buffum, a Salem tailor. Mr.
Buffum, who resided, evidently, on Essex Street (at the c01ner of Boston Street)
5
�owned a good bit of land hereabouts, including a farm across the river in North
Salem. In 1770 he purchased a piece of land that fronted about 140' southerly on
Federal Street, bounding easterly on a parcel that he already owned and westerly
on land of Jeremiah Hacker (ED 142:64). Mr. Buffum died by December, 1793,
when his estate included a house and barn on the north side of Federal Street with
3.5 poles in front and bounding on the North River, worth 90 Ii. The 3.5 poles was
about 58'. In 1798, yeoman farmer Jonathan Buffum, a son, owned one house and
half of another house hereabouts; and in that year he sold the house and a small
piece of land (southeast quadrant of the lot) to Miss Anna B. Graves (ED 163:147).
In September, 1818, for $1000 he sold half a house, with the rest of the lot, to Miss
Peace Buffum (ED 218:1). The lot fronted 45' on Federal Street, and was bounded
southwesterly by land and the other half of the house, already belonging to Peace
Buffum, and northwesterly about 66' on the North River, and northeasterly on land
of Kimball and of Cook (formerly Graves'). It is not known which house-of the
ones sold to Graves and
to Peace Buffum-was the one built for Jonathan
Buffum, tailor. Peace Buffum owned the house and land here for many years.
In February, 1848, Miss Peace Buffum for $2500 sold to Thomas Reynolds,
laborer, the house and lanc(here (ED 393:108). The lot was described as fronting
79' on Federal Street and rµnning back 158' to the North River. The eastern
boundary run northerly 43'. in from Federal Street, then ran 21' easterly, then 119'
was evidently built originally for Jonathan Buffum, a
to the river bank. The
tailor, in the 1700s. Mr. Reynolds, born in Ireland, had owned the parcel just to the
west of this homestead, and had sold it in January, 1848, for $762. Having bought
the house and land at 170 Federal, he immediately sold a half-interest in the same
for $1275 to William Cabeen (ED 393:122). Mr. Cabeen, also a laborer, resided in
the eastern part of the house for more than a year, and then sold his share back to
Mr. Reynolds in September, 1849 (ED 416:294,74). The Reynolds family
probably continued to resiqe in the west half of the old Buffum house; and the
easterly part was rented out to others. In 1850 the Reynolds half-house was
occupied by Thomas Reynolds, "35" and wife Elena, 34, both born in Ireland, and
by their children Joseph, 11, James, 9, Mary E., 5, George, 3, and Lucy, one, and
the eastern half was occupied by Ann Kelley, 30,
by laborer Hugh
William E. Kelley, 4, Katy Kelley, 2, and Mary Ann Kelley, an infant, and by
Mary Ring, 60, and Mary Ring, 35, the adults all having been born in Ireland (1850
census ward four, house 629). In 1860 the house was occupied by the same two
family units, headed by Thomas Reynolds (who had added one more child, Charles
H., in 1855) and Ann Kelley (1860 census, ward four house 2023). It was this
house that Mr. Braden took down in 1866 in order to build his new residence.
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�In 1870, the house was occupied by James Braden, 51, currier (real estate worth
$25,000, personal estate worth $70,000), wife Mary Jane, 49, and daughter Sarah
P., 26, along with servant Ellen Foley, 21 (1870 census, ward four, house 243).
Through the 1860s and 1870s, Salem continued to pursue a manufacturing course.
The managers and capitalists tended to build their new, grand houses along
Lafayette Street (these houses may still be seen, south of Roslyn Street). For the
textile workers, they built inore and more tenements near the mills of Stage Point.
A second, larger, factory building for the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company
would be added in 1859, and a third in 1865; and by 1879 the mills would employ
1200 people and produce annually 14,700,000 yards of cloth. Shoe-manufacturing
also continued to expand, and by 1880 Salem would have 40 shoe factories
employing 600-plus operatives.
, In the 1870s,
families began coming to work in Salem's mills
and factories, and more houses and tenements were built in what had been open
areas of the city. Above the North River, new streets were laid out on the
highlands above Boston Street, and the leather workers' houses went up in that
area, known as the Gallows Hill neighborhood.
In 1880 the occupants here.were James Braden, 61, leather manufacturer, wife
Margaret J., 58, and
Margaret Callahan, 26, a native of Vermont (1880
census, ED 235, p.8).
As Salem's leather business grew and thrived, the owners continued to
industrialize, and employed more powerful and efficient machines in the process of
currying and tanning. With industrialization came larger numbers of workers and
then labor unions, and then strikes and other job actions. James Braden was a
member of the manufacturer's combine, but took "small part in the active
opposition to organized labor" (see obit).
'
More factories and more
required more space for buildings, more roads,
and more storage areas. After withstanding the pressures of the new industrial city
for about 50 years, Salem's rivers began to disappear. The once-broad North River
was filled from both short(s, and eventually became a canal along Bridge Street
above the North Bridge. The large and beautiful Mill Pond, which occupied the
whole area between the present Jefferson Avenue, Canal Street, and Loring
Avenue, finally vanished
streets, storage areas, junk-yards, rail-yards, and
parking lots. The South River, too, with its epicenter at Central Street (that's why
there was a Custom House built there in 1805) disappeared under the pavement of
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�Riley Plaza and New Derby Street, and its old wharves (even the mighty Union
Wharf, formerly Long Wharf, at the foot of Union Street) were joined together
with much in-fill and turned into coal-yards and lumber-yards. Only a canal was
left, running in from Derby and Central Wharves to Lafayette Street.
During the 1880s, the leather business faltered for a while in Salem, but Mr.
Braden kept at it, and continued to oversee operations at "the church." In addition,
he served as a trustee of the Merchants National Bank (starting in 1873 or so), and
was a stockholder in many Salem enterprises. He was a member of the consortium
that purchased the armory building for his beloved Second Corps Cadets. In 1891,
he sold out and retired from business. He had been one of Salem's business
leaders for more than 40 years, and, as much as anyone, had been responsible for
the city's manufacturing prosperity.
In 1894, aged 77, Mr. Braden fell very ill, and faced the prospect of a fatal
sickness. For months he et).dured his affliction; and on Monday, 25 February 1895,
at 4 PM, he died here at home, 170 Federal Street. He was survived by his wife
Margaret and his daughter Mrs. Sarah Goodhue. His remains were interred at
Harmony Grove Cemetery., He was memorialized as "a man of sterling integrity,''
"held in esteem by all who)mew him, either in a business or social capacity." He
"was a member of that
famous coterie of leather manufacturers,
C. Haskell, Joseph Waldron, N.C. Osgood, John
consisting of himself,
Culliton, Leonard Harringt9n, James Dugan, and others, who were so conspicuous
in the trade years ago, and made the name of Salem famous as a leather producing
place throughout the country and the world." (see obituary).
'
1,·1
After Mr. Braden's death, Mrs. Braden moved to the house at 12 Summer Street
and left 170 Federal Street yacant. By 1899 # 170 was occupied by Mrs. Sarah E.
Hathaway, widow of Samuel R. Hathaway. By 1902 it was occupied by George
W. Grant, a Boston banker.,
Mrs. Margaret J. (Ashby) Braden was deceased, evidently, by September, 1907, at
which time Mrs. Sarah P. (Braden) Goodhue became owner of the property (ED
1891 :88). She continued to rent it out to Mr. Grant. On 18 May 1909 Sarah P.
Goodhue (ux Albert P.) sold the homestead to the tenant, George W. Grant (ED
1963:544). Mr. Grant (1859-1938) had grown up in Salem and attended local
schools. After high school,' he was employed by the Exchange Bank in Salem, and
then in the 1880s went to
for Blake Brothers, a Boston commercial lending
company. He married Jennie Donaldson Ward; and they would have no children.
In 1887 he became chief cashier of the National City Bank in Boston, an important
8
�position. He remained in banking for the next 15 years; and in 1902 he became
treasurer of the City Trust .Company, which merged with the Old Colony Trust Co.
in 1910. At that time he p-prchased this house.
In 1913 he became vice president of the Old Colony Trust, in which position he
would continue until his retirement in 1928. While still in business, he became (in
1923) president of Salem Hospital. He also served as trustee of the Ropes
Memorial and the Salem Savings Bank, among other institutions. He was a
member of the First Church, Unitarian, in Salem (info about Mr. Grant taken from
his obituary). As early as 1913, the Grants had a summer residence at 19 Beach
Avenue, Juniper Point in Salem (per Directory)
On June 25, 1914, in the morning, in Blubber Hollow (Boston Street opposite
Federal), a fire started in one of Salem's fire-prone wooden tanneries. The
occupants of this house, if at home, may have strolled down Federal Street to see
what was happening. This fire soon raced out of control, for the west wind was
high and the season had been dry. The next building caught fire, and the next, and
out of Blubber Hollow the fire roared easterly, a monstrous front of flame and
smoke, wiping out the houses of Boston Street, Essex Street, and upper Broad
Street, and then sweeping through Hathorne, Winthrop, Endicott, and other
residential streets. Men and machines could not stop it: the enormous fire crossed
over into South Salem and destroyed the neighborhoods west of Lafayette Street,
then devoured the mansions of Lafayette Street itself, and raged onward into the
tenement district. Despite the combined efforts of heroic fire crews from many
towns and cities, the fire overwhelmed everything in its path: it smashed into the
large factory buildings of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company (Congress
Street), which exploded in an inferno; and it rolled down Lafayette Street and
across the water to Derby Street. There, just beyond Union Street, after a 13-hour
rampage, the monster died, having consumed 250 acres, 1600 houses, and 41
factories, and leaving three. dead and thousands homeless. Some people had
insurance, some did not; all received much support and generous donations from
all over the country and the world. It was one of the greatest urban disasters in the
history of the United States, and the people of Salem would take years to recover
from it. Eventually, they did, and many of the former houses and businesses were
rebuilt; and several urban-renewal projects (including Hawthorne Boulevard,
which involved removing old houses and widening old streets) were put into effect.
By the 1920s, Salem was once again a thriving city; and its tercentenary in 1926
was a time of great celebration.
9
�Glossary & Sources
A figure like (ED 123:45) refers to book 123, page 45, Essex South registry of Deeds,
Federal Street, Salem.
A figure like (#12345) refers to Essex Probate case 12345, on file at the Essex Probate
Court, Federal Street, Salem, or on microfilm at Mass. Archives, Boston, or at the Peabody
Essex Museum's Phillips Library, Salem.
MSSRW refers to the multi-volume compendium, Mass. Soldiers & Sailors in the
Revolutionary War, available at the Salem Public Library among other places.
MSSCRW refers to the multi-volume compendium, Mass. Soldiers, Sailors, & Marines in
the Civil War, available at the Salem Public Library among other places.
EIHC refers to the Essex Institute Historical Collections (discontinued), a multi-volume set
(first volume published in 1859) of data and articles about Essex County. The indices of
the EIHC have been consulted regarding many of the people associated with this house.
The six-volume published Salem Vital records (marriages, births, and deaths through
1849) have been consulted, as. have the Salem Directory and later Naumkeag Directory,
which have information about residents and their addresses, etc.
Sidney Perley's three-volume'His'tory of Salem, 1626-1716 has been consulted, as has the
four-volume William Bentley's Diary, J. Duncan Phillips' books, some newspaper
1
obituaries, and other sources.
Salem real estate valuations, and, where applicable, Salem Street Books, have also been
consulted, as have genealogies.
There is much more material available about Salem and its history; and the reader is
encouraged to make his or her own discoveries.
--Robert Booth
11
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aliteu, was found unconscious at the under wbosoRnsplcca til\e present: Cadet
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andt olt.hoQgh Second Corps Gndets. l\.11'. Braden wna
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Federal Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
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Title
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169 Federal Street, Salem, MA, 01970
Subject
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House History
Description
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John Huse House
Built c. 1842
for John Huse, currier
and Lydia Dale Huse, wife
Creator
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Historic Salem, Inc.
Source
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
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Historic Salem, Inc.
Date
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Built circa 1842
House history completed 2022
Contributor
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Dan Graham
Language
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English
169 Federal Street
1842
2022
currier
Huse
John Huse House
Massachusetts
Salem