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28 Arbella Street
Built for
Sarah H. Plummer and William H. Plummer
Shoemaker
c. 1873
Researched and written by Jen Ratliff
July 2019
Historic Salem Inc.
The Bowditch House
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
(978) 745-0799 | HistoricSalem.org
©2019
�This house was known as 12 Arbella Street (also called Arabella Street) until it was moved in 1906,
then 10 ½ until the street was renumbered in 1917.
This house was moved on same lot from street frontage to current rear location in 1906,
likely to allow for sale of land and construction
of #30-32 (12 and 12 ½)
Date of Purchase
Conveyed by
Conveyed to
Amount
Document
Notes
April 19, 1872
Robert Hill
Abraham Edwards
Martha P. Edwards
$950
851:85
Only references land
September 6,1872 (#12)
September 1, 1873 (#10)
Abraham Edwards
Martha P. Edwards
William H. Plummer
Sarah H. Plummer
$3,110
$1,000
862:199
887:283
November 1, 1905
George D. Edwards
William H. Edwards
$1 and other valuable
considerations
1800:352
Purchased #10 and
#12 Arbella Street
Abraham died September 29, 1891
(Did not die in this home)
House used as a rental property
Martha died on April 20, 1905
(Did not die in this home)
Son George then sold the home.
Probate #96531
June 24, 1910
William H. Edwards
Alice R. Meek
$1 and other valuable
considerations
2028:570
December 10, 1948
Annie (Meek) Hutchins
Mabelle F. (Warner)
Adlard
Mary Etta Callahan
Mary Elizabeth
Callahan
Arthur G. Spark
Martin Callahan
Mary Etta Callahan
$4,200
3637:205
Arthur G. Spanks
Marilyn P. Spanks
$15,900
5355:534
Christine Makary
Stephanie L. Bailey
$295,000
24950:421
April 25 1961
October 14, 2005
Jen Ratliff | www.jenratliff.com
3 parcels on Arbella Street
purchased
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������������������������������������������������Inventory No:
SAL.3135
Historic Name:
Plummer, William H. House
Common Name:
Edward, William H. - Meek, Alice R. House
Address:
28 Arbella St
City/Town:
Salem
Village/Neighborhood:
Bridge Street
Local No:
36-0393
Year Constructed:
c 1870
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):
Italianate
Use(s):
Single Family Dwelling House
Significance:
Architecture
Area(s):
SAL.ER: Arbella Street Area
SAL.IV: Bridge Street Neck Historic District
Designation(s):
Nat'l Register District (07/19/2002)
Building Materials(s):
Roof: Asphalt Shingle
Wall: Asbestos Shingle; Wood
Foundation: Brick
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�NRDIS 7/19/2002
FORM B BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Assessor’s Number
USGS Quad
36-0393
Area(s)
IV,
ER
Salem
Town/City:
Form Number
SAL.3135
Salem
Place: (neighborhood or village):
Bridge Street Neck
Photograph
Address: 28 Arbella Street
Historic Name: William H. Plummer House
Uses: Present:
single family dwelling house
Original: single family dwelling house
Date of Construction: ca. 1870
Source:
visual inspection
Style/Form:
Italianate
Architect/Builder:
unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim:
asbestos shingle
Roof:
Locus Map
asphalt shingle
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
none
Major Alterations (with dates):
Date unknown – asbestos shingles, front dormer, new
window sash
Condition:
Moved: no
fair (due to siding)
yes
Date:
ca.1900
Acreage:
0.09 acre
Setting:
mixed residential neighborhood
RECEIVED
Recorded by: Lisa Mausolf
SEPT 01 2011
Organization: City of Salem
MASS. HIST. COMM.
Date (month / year): March 2011
3/10
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
�INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET
SALEM
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
28 ARBELLA STREET
Area(s)
Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
IV,ER
SAL.3135
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The house at 28 Arbella Street is set on the back lot between 26 and 30-32 Arbella Street. The 1 ½-story, side-gabled dwelling
is set on a brick foundation and is sheathed in asbestos shingles. The gable roof is sheathed in asphalt shingles with
overhanging eaves ending in returns. Centered on the three-bay facade, the main entrance is sheltered by a well-preserved,
flat-roofed denticulated door hood with the two brackets adorned by large beads, rondels and pendants. The door itself is a
modern multi-light replacement but it is capped by two original transom lights. The adjacent window openings have modern 2/2
vinyl sash but retain molded surrounds and entablature lintels set on brackets that are smaller versions of those on the entrance.
The shed dormer spanning the front roof slope is a later addition. Aligned with the east wall of the house is a single-story ell and
a rear deck.
This house is a contributing property in the Bridge Street Neck Historic District, listed on the National Register on July 19, 2002.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the
owners/occupants played within the community.
It appears that this house may have been originally located on the present site of 30-32 Arbella Street. The 1874 map shows a
house with roughly this shape on that site, owned by William H. Plummer. Plummer was a shoemaker who lived at 16 Saunders
Street and apparently rented this house out.
The 1897 map shows the land was still vacant at that time but was owned by William H. Edwards a contractor and building
mover. The house appears to have been moved to its present site about 1906. The 1911 map shows a house believed to be 28
Arbella Street (?) in place, but without the rear ell and aligned directly behind #26. This house along with 22, 24, 26, and 30 , is
shown as being owned by William H. Edwards although deeds suggest he sold the property in 1910 (see below).
From 1907 to about 1910 the house (then 10 ½ Arbella Street) was rented to George S. Norton who worked as a traveling
salesman for an oil company. He lived here with his wife May, two daughters, his mother Emeline and his father George. In
1917 the house number was changed from 10 ½ to 28.
Deeds indicate that in 1910 the entire Arbella Street property was sold by William H. Edwards to Alice R. Meek (Book 2028,
Page 570). Miss Meek apparently purchased them as income-producing properties. She lived on Essex Street and was the
head of the Henry M. Meek Publishing Company, makers of directories. The property was sold by Annie (Meek) Hutchins and
Mabel Adlard to Martin and Mary Callahan in 1948 (Book 3637/205). Census records indicate that in 1920 the house was rented
to Louis Benway, a French Canadian wagon driver for a coal company. He lived here with his wife Hattie, two daughters, two
sons and a son-in-law.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
City of Salem, Building Permits, 1871-1889. [Salem City Hall].
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Salem, Massachusetts.
Hopkins, G.M. Atlas of Salem, Massachusetts. Philadelphia: 1874.
Salem Directories, various dates.
U.S. Census, 1880-1930.
Continuation sheet 1
�Inventory No:
SAL.3134
Historic Name:
Edwards, William G. Double House
Common Name:
Address:
30-32 Arbella St
City/Town:
Salem
Village/Neighborhood:
Bridge Street
Local No:
36-412
Year Constructed:
1911
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):
Colonial Revival
Use(s):
Multiple Family Dwelling House
Significance:
Architecture
Area(s):
SAL.ER: Arbella Street Area
SAL.IV: Bridge Street Neck Historic District
Designation(s):
Nat'l Register District (07/19/2002)
Building Materials(s):
Roof: Asphalt Shingle
Wall: Wood; Wood Clapboard
The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has converted this paper record to digital format as part of ongoing
projects to scan records of the Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth and National Register of Historic
Places nominations for Massachusetts. Efforts are ongoing and not all inventory or National Register records related to
this resource may be available in digital format at this time.
The MACRIS database and scanned files are highly dynamic; new information is added daily and both database
records and related scanned files may be updated as new information is incorporated into MHC files. Users should
note that there may be a considerable lag time between the receipt of new or updated records by MHC and the
appearance of related information in MACRIS. Users should also note that not all source materials for the MACRIS
database are made available as scanned images. Users may consult the records, files and maps available in MHC's
public research area at its offices at the State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, open M-F, 9-5.
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FORM TO MHC FOR MHC'S REVIEW AND COMMENT. You can obtain a copy of a PNF through the MHC web site (www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc)
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clapboards
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h i s t o r y a n d how t h e b u i l d i n g r e l a t e s t o t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e c o m m u n i t y . )
T h i s h o u s e was b u i l t f o r W i l l i a m G. E d w a r d s , a b u i l d i n g mover a n d c o n t r a c t o r
who w o r k e d a t 64 B r i d g e S t r e e t .
The t w o - f a m i l y r e s i d e n c e was a s e n s i b l e
s o l u t i o n to the B r i d g e S t r e e t a r e a ' s n e e d f o r i n e x p e n s i v e and r e n t a l h o u s i n g .
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BIBLIOGRAPHY a n d / o r REFERENCES (name o f p u b l i c a t i o n , a u t h o r , d a t e a n d p u b l i s h e r )
S a l e m Maps
& Directories
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Arbella Street
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28 Arbella Street, Salem, MA 01970
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House history
Description
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Built for
Sarah H. Plummer &
William H. Plummer
Shoemaker
c. 1873
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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c. 1873, 2019
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Jen Ratliff
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English
1873
2019
28
Arbella
circa
H.
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House
Massachusetts
Plummer
Salem
Sarah
Street
William