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House History and Plaque Program
For Gregory Spanos
1-3 North Pine Street
Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Resear ch and Wri ti ng Provided by
Emily Udy
Preservation Manager
Historic Salem
March 2017
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North St reet, Salem, MA 01970
978.745.0799 | Hist oricSalem.org
© 2017
�!
The House History of 1-3 North Pine Street
�Available records indicate that the house at 1-3 North Pine Street was built circa 1866
by Patrick and Ellen Hennessey. This double house held four units, and so, while Patrick was a
currier by profession, the Hennesseys were also landlords for the 43 years they owned this
building.
Ellen was 27 and Patrick was 29 when they purchased the parcel of land in August 22,
1865 from Nathaniel Frothingham Jr.1 Frothingham appears to have been some sort of
business partner with James C. Stimpson. Stimpson owned a large parcel of land surrounding
what became North Pine Street; he parcled it out, and Frothingham sold multiple parcels in
the same decade that the Hennesseys purchased their land. The Hennesseys had been born in
Ireland, but their children — Mary, James and Joseph, ages 5, 3 and newborn at the time of
the land purchase — were born in Massachusetts. A fourth child, Edward, was born in 1871.2
The population of Salem was 21,197 in 1865,3 already half of what it is today. The
house adjacent to the Hennesseys’ was constructed in the same decade by Enoch Fuller, a
carpenter and father of well-known Salem architect Enoch P. Fuller. This house is commonly
known for the Swift family, who owned it for 131 years. John and Alice Swift, also from
Ireland, purchased that house in 1868, when they were only a few years older than the
Hennesseys. John Swift was a currier like Patrick Hennessey. (Webster’s 1828 dictionary
defines a currier as a person who dresses and colors leather after it is tanned.)
The 1880 census lists the Hennessey family with James, age 18, working as a currier,
and Joseph, age 15, away at school. Also at 3 North Pine Street is another Irish family, David
Roach, a currier, and his wife Mary, with their 17-year-old daughter, Bridget, who worked in
a shoe shop. In 1 North Pine Street lived the Ford family: Jeremiah, a currier, and Mary, with
their son Victor, 19; daughter Helen, 17; and little Clarance, 2. The Ford family was all
decidedly American by at least one generation. In the other unit lived a tailoress, Mary
Blackburn, age 35, with her 5-year-old niece Hellen Hubbard. Edward and Martha Hogkins, a
young married couple, also lived there. All the adults were born in Canada and perhaps had a
family connection. Over the next few years tenants cycled through the rental units with the
Ford family staying nearly a decade and an Olssen family living there for five years.
1
Essex Country Registry of Deeds, Book 687, Page 299
2
Census Data 1880
3
City of Salem Directory 1866
�Ellen Hennessey died on May 1, 1894 at the age of 55.4 Patrick continued to own 1-3
N. Pine Street; however the 1895 City Directory and the 1900 Census record show Patrick,
age 65, living with son James at 402 Essex Street. James had married Abby (sometimes
shown as Abbie) Lannon on Nov. 15 1887, 5 and they had two sons, Ambrose and Francis T.
The house passed to James on July 14, 1908. It appears from directory information that James
owned the house as landlord and that his profession was a druggist with Upton and
Hennessey at 96 Boston Street. In the 1911 City Directory, Ambrose Hennessey is listed as a
student studying in Rome, Italy, and examination of his passport information indicates that he
was a Catholic Priest. Patrick died on July 28, 1912. 6
Tenants during this time tended to stay for many years. Mrs. Thomasina Arnold, a
widow, lived at 1 North Pine Street with her children Elizabeth and Nicholas from 1895 to
1920, and Elizabeth lived there in 1931, presumably after her mother’s death. George Graves,
a currier, and his wife Susan lived with their four children in the other unit of 1 North Pine
Street for 25 years as well. Mrs. A. E. Welsh, a widow, lived in no. 3 for 15 years. Other
shorter-term tenants came and went with many holding jobs related to shoe manufacturing.
On June 25, 1914, a fire started at the Korn Leather factory at 57 Boston Street, and in
the course of 13 hours it burned 253 acres, destroying a total of 1,792 buildings. The
Hennessey family home at 402 Essex Street was burned, while just around the corner (really
only two houses away) at 1-3 North Pine Street, the Arnold and Graves families likely
evacuated while the fire burned along the rear property line of their home. All the buildings
on North Pine Street, including 1-3 North Pine, were spared, which is surprising considering
that many on Essex and Fowler streets were lost. The 1914 City Directory lists the Hennessey
family as residents of 115 Federal Street, but by 1917 James and Abby were back at a newly
constructed 402 Essex Street.
1-3 North Pine Street passed to Ambrose Hennessey on June 1, 1929 (this was for the
second time, actually — both Ambrose and Francis had inherited a third of the interest in the
property upon the death of their mother sometime in the 1920s, but they sold their interest to
their father in 1927). Ambrose continued to be a landlord of the property while continuing his
4
Massachusetts Death listing 1841-1915 (online via Ancestry.com)
5
Massachusetts Marriages listings 1841-1915 (online via Familysearch.org)
6
Massachusetts Death listing 1841-1915 (online via Familysearch.org)
�life as a priest. In 1942 Ambrose was a priest at St. Theresa Parrish in Watertown.7 Ambrose
sold the property on May 29, 1945, thus ending 80 years of Hennessey ownership of 1-3
North Pine.
Longevity of ownership continued as a trend with Mary and William Walsh owning
the house from 1945 to 1973 (28 years), Vincent McGrath and Paul Zaido from 1973 to 1998
(25 years), and William and Kristen McGrath from 1998 to 2016 (18 years).8 In 2016, Blue
Sky Properties owner Gregory Spanos purchased the building. In 2017, Spanos commissioned
a house history and plaque for the property.
7
From WW2 draft registration form, accessed online via Ancestry.com)
8
Registry of deed information; see attached deed chain
�From
William H. and Kristen
M. McGrath
To
Blue Sky Properties
Date
Book/Page
Notes
July 12, 2016
35093,410
Vincent F. McGrath and William H. and
Paul M. Zaido
Kristen M. McGrath
October 15, 1998
15161,360
Recorded as trustees on Book 15161 page 354
William A. Walsh
Vincent F. McGrath
and Paul M. Zaido
October 30, 1973
6029, 389
For $35,000
Mary I. Walsh
William A. Walsh and April 26, 1957
Mary I. Walsh
4364,7
See also Estate of Mary I. Walsh Probate docket
319032
Ambrose Hennessey
Mary I. Walsh
May 29, 1945
3406,375
James H. Hennessey
Ambrose Hennessey
June 1, 1929
3162, 60
Ambrose Hennessey
and Francis T.
Hennessey
James H. Hennessey March 16, 1927
(husband of Abbie
B.)
Abbie B. Hennessey
Ambrose Hennessey
and Francis T.
Hennessey (Siblings)
Patrick Hennessey
James Hennessey
2906, 11
Index page gives wrong date
Inherited upon her death (2/3 of the property)
July 14, 1908
2159, 418
James was unmarried at the time. Ownership was
transferred at some point to his wife Abbie.
Atlas 1874 shows building in place.
Nathaniel Frothingham
Patrick and Ellen
Hennessey
August 22, 1865
687, 299
Frothingham owned several parcels in the North Pine
Street area. Conveyed the land as described in the
previous deed (no building mentioned).
Stimpson
Nathaniel
Frothingham
November 2, 1859
687, 299
Stimpson “convey… the following strip of land” in
consideration of 17 dollars.
Stimpson
Frothingham
December 14, 1847
391, 169
Book/page found with index
Deed to a larger portion of land than house parcel
�
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Double house built c. 1866 for Patrick and Ellen Hennessey who were landlords for the 4 apartments for 43 years.
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1-3 North Pine
1866
Ellen Hennessey
Hennessey
Patrick Hennessey
Salem MA