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5 Lee Street
Built by
Minnie and Amherst Durkee
Music Store Proprietors
c. 1925
Occupied by Willard Brown Porter, 1926-1940
City Editor, The Salem News
Researched and written by Amanda R. Eddy
July 2020
Historic Salem Inc.
The Bowditch House
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
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©2020
�The house first appears in the City Directories in 1926. At the time, the home was occupied by Willard Brown Porter. Porter is not listed because he
rented the house. He lived there until his death, in 1940. His family continued to reside in the home until 1953. Lee Street first appears in the City
Directory in 1916 with one address listed: 1 Lee Street.
Date of Purchase
Conveyed by
Conveyed to
Amount
Document
Notes
February 2, 1831
Larkin Thorndike
John C. Lee
$500
Larkin Thorndike- 260-48
July 27, 1836
John Gage
John C. Lee
$650
John Gage- 291-244
“a certain parcel
of land”
March 30, 1839
John M. Ives
John C. Lee
$400
John M. Ives- 313-208
April 29, 1871
John C. Lee
James J. Dugan
$8,000
822-274
“the real estate”
May 12, 1893
James J. Dugan
John Curtin
$1 and other valuable
considerations paid
1375-467
“the real estate”
January 25, 1894
John Curtin
Edward L. Pickard
and Walter Badger
$1 and other
considerations paid
1402-207
“the real estate”
March 31, 1894
Edward L. Pickard
Bessie Dugan
$15,000
1405-395
“the real estate”
November 17, 1911
Bessie Dugan
William Williams
$1,150
2139-468
“a certain parcel
of land with the
buildings
thereon” (a
barn)
April 22, 1912
William Williams
Bessie Dugan
Discharge
2144-153
“a certain
mortgage”
November 6, 1912
Bessie Duggan
Carl F. Woods
$1 and other valuable
considerations paid
2181-311
“a certain parcel
of land with the
buildings
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�thereon” (a
barn)
December 27, 1912
Carl F. Woods
Salem Savings Bank
$5,500
2189-148
“a certain parcel
of land with the
building
thereon” (a
barn)
September 8, 1915
Salem Savings Bank
Charles O. Dugan
and Frederick Cate
$1
2306-257
You’ll notice
here that the
land was deeded
twice in one day
– it is possible
that Salem
Savings Bank
would not sell
the land to a
woman at the
time, so Dugan,
a family member
of the original
Dugan Estate,
purchased it,
and then deeded
it to Ellen M.
Morant.
September 8, 1915
Charles O. Dugan and
Frederick Cate
Ellen M. Morant
$1
2306-258
“a certain parcel
of land”
Proposed street
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�July 8, 1921
Ellen M. Morant
Minnie B. Durkee
Considerations paid
2490-95
“the land”
June 16, 1927
Amherst F. Durkee and
Minnie B. Durkee
Frank T. Goodell
and Susie B.
Goodell
Considerations paid
2724-569
“a certain parcel
of land”
Mary H. Porter
Considerations paid
September 20, 1927
Frank T. Goodell and
Susie B. Goodell
5 Lee Street
2740-48
“the land”
“dower and
homestead”
December 30, 1953
Arthur B. Porter and
Harold H. Porter,
executors of Mary H.
Porter’s will
First Universalist
Society
$15,500
4037-442
“certain real
estate”
April 9, 1976
First Universalist
Society
Arthur W. Webster
and Miriam E.
Webster
$23,820
6232-524
“the land, with
the buildings
thereon”
October 30, 1996
Miriam E. Webster
Eastern Bank and
Lee Webster
Remaining interest on
the home
13863-223
“the land, with
the buildings
thereon”
February 6, 2006
Eastern Bank and Lee
Webster
Douglas and Angela
Arvanites
$373,500
25352-65
“the land, with
the buildings
thereon”
September 26, 2014
Douglas and Angela
Arvanites (maiden
name is Watson)
Patrick and Amy
Connolly
$425,900
33568-583
“the land, with
the buildings
thereon”
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�August 1, 2018
Patrick and Amy
Connolly
Valery Polyakov
and Emma
O’Donnell
$535,000
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36909-424
“the land, with
the buildings
thereon”
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1874 Atlas Map
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1911 Atlas Map
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1932 Atlas Map
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1916 City Directory [when the street was first incorporated]
1924 City Directory [8 years after the street was incorporated]
1926 City Directory [10 years after the street was incorporated]
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Built by
Minnie and Amherst Durkee
Music Store Proprietors
c. 1925
Occupied by Willard Brown Porter, 1926-1940
City Editor, The Salem News
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Built circa 1925
House history completed 2020
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Amanda R. Eddy
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1925
2020
5 Lee Street
city editor
Durkee
Massachusetts
music store proprietors
Salem
The Salem News
William Brown Porter