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41 Flint Street
Rufus B. Gifford
Master Builder
Built circa 1869
Written and researched
by Isabella Connor
Historic Salem, Inc.
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
978.745.0799 | HistoricSalem.org
© 2021
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41 Flint Street in the background of a stereoview of the Bowditch School. Published by J.S. Lefavour, Salem, Mass., circa
1880-82. Courtesy of Salem State University Digital Commons.
Introduction & Architectural Details:
Located in Salem’s McIntire Historic District, the house at 41 Flint Street was built around
1869 by master builder Rufus B. Gifford. It is an excellent example of a Second Empire style home,
featuring a mansard roof and a handsome bay window above a projecting Italianate style portico.
Details of a typical Second Empire home. From The Salem Handbook, Historic
Salem Inc., 1977.
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The section of Flint Street the home is situated on was once called Dean Street, and the
house number and street name changed to 41 Flint Street from 11 Dean Street when Dean Street
was incorporated into Flint Street sometime between 1886 and 1890.1
Atlas depiction of the property as “11 Dean Street.” Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts.
Published by G.M. Hopkins, 1874.
Prior to and during construction of the home, the Giffords lived next door at 149 Federal
Street.2 On the opposite side of 41 Flint Street was the Bowditch public grammar school at 35 Flint
Street, the building of which is now the Bowditch Place Condominiums. Early information about 41
1
2
1886 & 1890 Salem City Directories.
MHC MACRIS SAL.642, “Carlton, John F. - Gifford, Rufus House.”
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Flint Street was detailed by Henry K. Oliver, a local public servant who had previously served as
Salem’s mayor. In 1885, Oliver wrote the following about 41 Flint Street;
Opposite the Culliton Estate and on Dean Street is the estate with house of Rufus B.
Gifford built by him in 1869 upon the estate formerly owned by Stephen Bradshaw
Ives, father of Wm. Ives, printer, and Stephen B. Ives, founders of Salem Observer.
The old house was sold and removed to Phelps Court, and the present then built.
The land is 49 feet on Dean Street, and the depth is 40 feet. The house is of two
stories with a high French roof, having ample rooms, there being eleven rooms in the
whole house. The house is of 25 feet front and 36 feet deep with eleven rooms, a
projection on the northerly side of six feet by 18, the whole height of the house, that
being 30 feet. A flower garden is on the south and west sides bordering on the yard
of the Bowditch school house. The house is of veryattractive appearance, and with
all modern appliances. It is occupied by Mr. Gifford and family. In its rear is a yard
and adjoining garden with fruit trees on Dean Street extending southerly to the
Stearns Estate.3
Rufus B. Gifford & Sarah E. Gifford: 1860s — 1910s
In 1865, Rufus B. Gifford purchased a small massage of land from John Remond, which sat
behind his then home at 149 Federal Street.4 On May 17, 1869, Gifford purchased adjoining land
from the city of Salem,5 and in combination with the land he had purchased in 1865, he was able to
begin construction of the 41 Flint Street home. As a master builder and carpenter, Rufus B. Gifford
worked at a family-owned building company started by his brother, Thomas J. Gifford, called “T. J.
Gifford & Co.” By 1872, the house’s construction was completed and listed in the Salem City
Directory.6
3
Henry K. Oliver, "Reminiscences of Federal Street, Written in 1885," page 183.
Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 688, Page 127.
5
Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 776, Page 12.
6
It should be noted that 1870 & 1871 city directories were not located for reference, so the house’s exact year of
completion is unclear.
4
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T. J. Gifford & Co. Advertisement, 1878 Salem City Directory.
Rufus B. Gifford married a woman named Emma Sanderson in 1847.7 After only a few short
years of marriage, Emma Sanderson Gifford passed away from “consumption,” or what is now
known as tuberculosis.8
By the 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Rufus B. Gifford had married Sarah Elizabeth
Hayward.9 Rufus and Sarah Gifford faced many hardships as parents, losing several children in
infancy and early childhood, including four year-old Emma and three year-old Albert, who both
passed away of scarlet fever within ten days of eachother in 1862.10 In 1874, Rufus B. and Sarah E.
7
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2005.
8
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
9
1855 Massachusetts State Census.
10
Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915.
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Gifford welcomed a new family member, a son named Josiah.11 It is possible that the Gifford
children may have attended the Bowditch school next door to their home. The Giffords also
employed and housed servants in their household at 41 Flint Street, most of them being young
women who had immigrated from Ireland. In the 1870 Federal Census, a twenty-two year-old
woman from Ireland named Anne Bradley is listed as a household member.12
By 1870, Rufus and Sarah Gifford’s surviving children were seven-year old Sarah E. Jr. and
five-year old Rufus B. Jr. A birth record for a “Sarah E. Gifford Jr.” was not located, but one for a
“Lizzie” Gifford in 1862 was found.13 There are no later references to a “Sarah E. Gifford,” but
references to an “Elizabeth S. Gifford” with the same birth year begin to appear in primary records.
It can be inferred that “Sarah E.”and “Elizabeth S.” are the same person with the first and middle
names swapped. In 1890, Elizabeth S. Gifford married a man named Stephen H. Knight, and the
couple moved to Detroit, Michigan.14
The Gifford’s eldest son, Rufus B. Gifford Jr., became a bank-teller and married Annie
Thorndike in 1890.15
Rufus B. Gifford passed away of liver cancer on April 3, 1892 at the age of sixty-five.16 He
left behind a will which stated in part:
After the payment of my just debts and funeral charges, I bequeath and devise as
follows: Item First, I bequeath and devise all my real and personal estate of whatever
nature and wherever found to Rufus B. Gifford Jr. of Salem to be held in trust; all
net income of said property to be paid to my beloved wife Sarah Elizabeth during
her natural life. Item second, For ten years after the decease of my wife the property
11
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
12
1870 US Federal Census.
13
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
14
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915.
15
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
16
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
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shall be held in the same trust and the income shall be equally divided between my
three children Elizabeth G. Knight wife of Stephen H. Knight now of Detroit
Michigan, and Rufus B. Gifford Jr, and Josiah H. Gifford both now of Salem, Mass,
if living, and if either shall decease before theexpiration of said term bearing issue
the share of said deceased shall be paid to such issue. Item third, at the expiration of
the aforenamed time the said property shall be equally divided between my three
aforesaid children. 17
Rufus B. Gifford Jr. passed away from appendicitis in September of 1892 at twenty-seven years-old,
just around five months after his father’s death.18
In 1899, Josiah H. Gifford married Louise B. Haddock,19 and the couple lived in 41 Flint
Street alongside Sarah E. Gifford.20 Sarah E. Gifford passed away at seventy-nine years old on the
eve of Halloween in 1908, and was buried at Harmony Grove Cemetery.21
Josiah H. Gifford & Louise B. Gifford: 1910s — 1942
After his mother’s passing, Josiah H. Gifford continued to live in the 41 Flint Street home
with his wife Louise B. Gifford. Josiah H. Gifford was the President of the Merchants National
Bank and Vice-President of Roger Conant Cooperative Bank.22 On September 9, 1922, Josiah
Gifford’s sister Elizabeth Knight, and her husband Stephen Knight, sold their share of the property
to him.23 On November 10, 1928, Josiah Gifford sold 41 Flint Street to a Michael J. Reardon for an
unknown sum described as “consideration paid.” 24 That same day, Michael J. Reardon sold the
17
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
18
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
19
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
20
1900 US Federal Census.
21
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2013.
22
1931 Salem City Directory.
23
Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 2527, Page 375.
24
Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 2786, Page 339.
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property back to Josiah and Louise Gifford, establishing Louise as an owner of the property
alongside Josiah.25
Josiah and Louisa Gifford were both heavily involved in the Salem community. Josiah H.
Gifford was an early investor and supporter of the Hawthorne Hotel, or what was then referred to
as “Salem’s New Modern Hotel,”26 and Louise B. Gifford served as a Director on the board of The
House of the Seven Gables Settlement Association in the organization's early years.27 There do not
appear to be any records of Josiah and Louise Gifford having children. In 1941, Josiah H. Gifford
passed away on Christmas Eve at the age of sixty-seven.28
25
Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 2786, Page 340.
Salem Hotel Corporation, "Salem's New Modern Hotel" (1923). Books & Pamphlets. 36.
https://digitalcommons.salemstate.edu/books_pamphlets/36
27
The House of Seven Gables Settlement Association, "Fifth Annual Report of the House of Seven GablesSettlement
Association,
Salem, Massachusetts 1914-1915" (1915). Books & Pamphlets. 2.
https://digitalcommons.salemstate.edu/books_pamphlets/2
28
Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current.
26
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Josiah H. Gifford Obituary, The Boston Daily Globe—Thursday, December 25, 1941. Courtesy of Ancestry.com. U.S.,
Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current.
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41 Flint Street in the Mid-20th — Early 21st Centuries:
On May 28, 1942, Louise B. Gifford sold 41 Flint Street to Agnes McGrath of Nahant.29
Agnes McGrath lived at 41 Flint Street with her husband, Joseph McGrath, who worked in the
leather industry.30 Agnes McGrath sold the home to Katherine C. Sheehan on April 2, 1945.31
Dr. Katherine C. Sheehan was a physician who ran her practice out of her home at 41 Flint
Street.32 In 1948, Dr. Sheehan sold 41 Flint Street to her daughter, Genevive Veronica Sheehan, and
herself as “joint tenants.” 33 Dr. Katherine Sheehan passed away in 1951, leaving Genevive Sheehan
as the sole owner of the house. Genevive Sheehan began renting the home to Nancy Lowery.34
Nancy Lowery was listed in the 1940 US Federal Census as Dr. Katherine C. Sheehan’s
grand-daughter, and her mother was likely Catherine Lowery, who died in 1935.35 Genevive V.
Sheehan passed away in 1953, leaving the home to Nancy Lowery.36 Nancy Lowery worked as a
secretary as of the 1954 Salem City Directory’s publication.
29
Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 3295, Page 94.
1943 & 1944 Salem City Directories.
31
Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 3400, Page 368.
32
1950 & 1951 Salem City directories.
33
Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 3630, Page 407.
34
1952 Salem City Directory.
35
Find A Grave Memorial ID: 196992399.
36
In Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 4086, Page 339, Nancy Lowery states “"For my title see deed of Katherine
C. Sheehan to Genevieve V. Sheehan and Katherine C. Sheehan recorded Essex South District Deed, Book 3630, Page
407. (Said Katherine C. Sheehan having died at Said Salem on October 21, 1951) and Estate Genevieve V. Sheehan,
Essex Probate No. 241,280.” These probate records are not yet available online publicly. Due to the “72 year rule,”
records such as this and the 1950 US Federal Census will be made available to the public in April of 2022.
30
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Nancy Lowery, 1943 Salem High School Yearbook.
Courtesy of Ancestry.com U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999.
Sheehan Family Plot. Saint Mary's Cemetery, Salem. Findagrave.com Memorial ID: 196992071.
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On July 27, 1954, Nancy Lowery sold 41 Flint Street to Zeno J. Gawrys and Noella B.
Gawrys.37 The couple lived in the home with their son, Dennis J. Gawrys.38 Zeno J. Gawrys worked
as a salesman for Fenway Park Motors.39 He passed away in 1961 at the age of thirty-eight. 40
Dennis J. Gawrys, 1959 Salem High School Yearbook.
Courtesy of Ancestry.com U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999.
In September of 1968, Noella B. Gawrys sold 41 Flint Street Paul A. Wilkins.41 Paul A.
Wilkins owned the home until October of 1983 when it was sold to Wayne C. Sousa.42 In 2003, the
home was sold to Mary S. Simpson.43
37
Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 4086, Page 339.
1962 Salem City Directory.
39
1958 Salem City Directory.
40
Find A Grave Memorial ID: 120073768.
41
Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 5560, Page 643.
42
Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 7248, Page 304.
43
Essex County Registry of Deeds Book 22318, Page 552.
38
�Inventory No:
SAL.641
Historic Name:
Gifford, Rufus B. House
Common Name:
Address:
41 Flint St
City/Town:
Salem
Village/Neighborhood:
Central Salem
Local No:
25-105
Year Constructed:
1869
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):
Second Empire
Use(s):
Single Family Dwelling House
Significance:
Architecture
Area(s):
SAL.HD: Federal Street
SAL.HU: McIntire Historic District
Designation(s):
Local Historic District (03/03/1981)
Building Materials(s):
Roof: Slate
Wall: Glass; Wood; Wood Clapboard
Foundation: Brick; Granite; Stone, Cut
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�FORM B - BUILDING
LHD 3/3/81
Assessor's number
TJSGS Quad
25-105
Area(s)
Salem
Town
HU,HD
Form Number
641
Salem
Place (neighborhood or village) Central Salem
Address 41 Flint Street
Historic Name Rufus B. Gifford House
Uses: Present
Residential
Original Residential
Date of Construction
Source
1869
Oliver: 1885
Style/Form Second Empire
Architect/Builder unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation Granite
Wall/Trim
Wood Clapboard
Roof
Slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
none
Major Alterations (with dates) date? - recessed entrance
enclosed with glass
Condition
good
Moved _\ no
Acreage
Recorded by
Lisa Mausolf
Organization
Salem Planning Department
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Date
less than one acre
set on sidewalk on street of late 18th-20th
century dwellings, adjacent to Bowditch School
1997
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Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
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A R C H I T E C T U R A L DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
41 Flint Street is a modest but well-preserved Second Empire-style house, two stories in height and capped by a concave
mansard roof sheathed in fishscale slate shingles. The clapboarded building rests on a granite foundation. The facade
measures just two bays wide and has a recessed, sidehall entrance which has been enclosed with glass. Inside the vestibule,
the double doors each display two raised panels and are capped by a rectangular transom. The sidewalls of the entrance are
paneled. Projecting from the entrance is a flat door hood decorated by small brackets and supported by two large scroll
brackets decorated by incised and cut-out decoration and terminating with crocket pendants. Resting on the door hood is a
second story, three-sided bay window decorated by small brackets. The remaining windows contain 2/2 sash with molded
surrounds and flanked by shutters. Rising from thefrontand south slopes of the roof are two peaked dormers containing 2/2
sash. Paired brackets spanned by smaller brackets decorate the cornice line. The front edge of the larger brackets is
decorated by a bead molding and end in pendants. On the south side there is an enclosed chimney stack with a brick top.
Projecting to the north is a two-story wing resting on a granite and brick foundation and also capped by a mansard roof.
There is a stained glass window on the north side. At the rear is a single-story wing with 2/2 windows and a modem sixpanel door.
The house is setback about five feet from the sidewalk. Above a granite base, an iron picket fence encloses the front yard
which is filled with bushes and a small tree. A gravel driveway and capped board fence extend to the south of the house.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Describe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the buildi
the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community.
According to Henry K. Oliver, writing in 1885, this house was constructed in 1869 for Rufus B. Gifford. The house was
constructed on the site of the house owned by Stephen Bradshaw Ives, father of William Ives, printer and Stephen B. Ives,
founders of the Salem Observer. The old house was moved to Phelps Court to make room for the present house. In 1885,
Oliver observed that there was a flower garden on the south and west sides, bordering on the yard of the Bowditch School.
There was a rear yard and adjoining garden with fruit trees on Dean Street (Oliver 1885).
Josiah H. Gifford, cajhier at the Merchants National Bank was living here from the turn of the century until the early 1940s.
Later occupants included Mrs. Katherine Sheehan and Zeno Gawrys.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Hopkins, G.M. Atlas of Salem. Massachusetts. Philadelphia: 1874.
Mclntyre, Henry C.E. Map of the City of Salem. Philadelphia: 1851.
Oliver, Henry K. "Reminiscences of Federal Street, Written in 1885", E1HC 82 (April 1946): 179-185.
Richards, L.J. Atlas of the City of Salem. Massachusetts. 1897.
Salem City Directories, 1836-1970.
Salem Historic Resources Survey, 1979.
Sanborn Insurance Maps, 1890, 1906, 1950, 1957, 1965, 1970. [Massachusetts State Library].
Tolles, Bryant F., Jr. Architecture in Salem: an Illustrated Guide. Salem: Essex Institute, 1983.
Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company. Atlas of the Citv of Salem. Massachusetts. Boston: 1911.
Reeemmended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed
National Register Criteria Statement form.
�Massachusetts Historical Commission
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Boston, Massachusetts 02125
Community
Property Address
Salem
41 Flint Street
Area(s)
HU,HD
Form No.
641
National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form
Check all that apply:
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[^Contributing to a potential historic district
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Criteria:
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Statement of Significance by: Lisa Mausolf
Justify criteria that are checked in the above sections:
The Rufus Gifford House at 41 Flint Street is a good and well-preserved example of the Second Empire style, displaying a
characteristic mansard roof, bracketed door hood and bracketed cornice. It retains integrity of location, design, setting,
materials, workmanship, feeling and association. The house would be a contributing element if the Chestnut Street Historic
District (listed 8/28/1973) were expanded to include Flint Street.
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0. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
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�Chain of Title, 41 Flint Street, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Date Recorded
Grantor(s)
Grantee(s)
Consideration
John Remond of
August 16, 1865 Salem
May 17, 1869 City of Salem
"The Massage on Dean Street, in
said Salem, the same bounded
Easterly by said Street Northerly
on land of said Gifford, Westerly
on land of Leonard B. Harrington
and Southerly on land now or late
$55.00 of Henderson and others."
Rufus B. Gifford, of said
Salem
Rufus B. Gifford, of said
Salem
Conveyance of
Michael J. Reardon, of
Salem
Josiah H. Gifford, and
Michael J. Reardon, of Louise B. Gifford, they
Salem, being
being husdand and wife,
November 10, 1928 unmarried
both of Salem
Document
Book : Page
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
688 : 127
Notes
"Beginning at the present corner
of the lot on Dean Street and at
land of said Gifford and thence
running in a Southeasterly
direction by said Dean Street
sixteen feet; thence in a
Southwesterly direction fifty two
feet by other land of the said City
to a point in the present division
fence between lands of said City
of Salem and said Gifford; then
turning and running in a
Northeasterly direction by land of
said Gifford fifty four feet to the
corner began at on Dean Street:
said lot containing four hundred
and twenty-four feet."
One dollar
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
776 : 12
"Northerly on land now or late of
Eagen on four slightly varying
courses of thirty feet, two feet,
thirty feet thirty-five feet,
respectively; Easterly by Flint
Street, fifty-one feet; Southerly on
land of the City of Salem, one
hundred and five feet; and
Westerly on land now or late of
Harrington forty-six feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
2527 : 375
"consideration paid"
"Northerly on land now or late of
Eagen on four slightly varying
courses of thirty feet, two feet,
thirty feet thirty-five feet,
respectively; Easterly by Flint
Street, fifty-one feet; Southerly on
land of the City of Salem, one
hundred and five feet; and
Westerly on land now or late of
Harrington forty-six feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
2786 : 339
"consideration paid"
"Northerly on land now or late of
Eagen on four slightly varying
courses of thirty feet, two feet,
thirty feet thirty-five feet,
respectively; Easterly by Flint
Street, fifty-one feet; Southerly on
land of the City of Salem, one
hundred and five feet; and
Westerly on land now or late of
Harrington forty-six feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
Stephen K. Knight, and
Elizabeth G. Knight his
wife, in her right, of
September 9, 1922 Detroit Michigan
Josiah H. Gifford, of Salem "consideration paid"
November 10, 1928 Josiah H. Gifford
Source
2786 : 340
"Meaning hereby to convey one
undivided half part of the above
described premises."
�Louise B. Gifford,
May 28, 1942 widow, of Salem
April 2, 1945 Agnes Mcgrath
October 28, 1948 Katherine C. Sheehan
July 27, 1954 Nancy Lowery
Noella B. Gawrys,
widow of Zeno J.
August 29, 1961 Gawrys
Noella B. Gawrys, as
trustee of the Gawrys
August 4, 1966 Family Trust
"consideration paid"
"Northerly on land now or late of
Eagen on four slightly varying
courses of thirty feet, two feet,
thirty feet thirty-five feet,
respectively; Easterly by Flint
Street, fifty-one feet; Southerly on
land of the City of Salem, one
hundred and five feet; and
Westerly on land now or late of
Harrington forty-six feet."
"consideration paid"
"Northerly on land now or late of
Eagen on four slightly varying
courses of thirty feet, two feet,
thirty feet, and thirty-five feet,
respectively; Easterly by Flint
Street, fifty-one feet; Southerly on
land of the City of Salem, one
hundred five feet; and Westerly on
land now or late of Harrington,
forty-six feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
3400 : 368
"Geneieve V. Sheehan and
myself, as joint tenants not
as tenants in common"
"consideration paid"
"Northerly on land now or late of
Eagen on four slightly varying
courses of thirty feet, two feet,
thirty feet, and thirty-five feet,
respectively; Easterly by Flint
Street, fifty-one feet; Southerly on
land of the City of Salem, one
hundred five feet; and Westerly on
land now or late of Harrington,
forty-six feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
3630 : 407
Zeno J. Gawrys and Noella
B. Gawrys. husband and
wife, as tenants by entirety "consideration paid"
"Northerly on land now or late of
Eagen on four (4) slightly varying
courses of thirty (30) feet, two (2)
feet, thirty (30) feet, and thirty-five
(35) feet, respectively; Easterly by
Flint Street, fifty-one (51) feet;
Southerly on land of the City of
Salem, one hundred five (105) feet;
and Westerly on land now or late
of Harrington, forty-six (46) feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
4086 : 564
Noella B. Gawrys, as
Trustee of the Gawrys
Family Trust
"consideration paid"
"Northerly on land now or late of
Eagen on four (4) slightly varying
courses of thirty (30) feet, two (2)
feet, thirty (30) feet, and thirty-five
(35) feet, respectively; Easterly by
Flint Street, fifty-one (51) feet;
Southerly on land of the City of
Salem, one hundred five (105) feet;
and Westerly on land now or late
of Harrington, forty-six (46) feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
4822 : 339
"consideration paid"
"Northerly on land now or late of
Eagen on four (4) slightly varying
courses of thirty (30) feet, two (2)
feet, thirty (30) feet, and thirty-five
(35) feet, respectively; Easterly by
Flint Street, fifty-one (51) feet;
Southerly on land of the City of
Salem, one hundred five (105) feet;
and Westerly on land now or late
of Harrington, forty-six (46) feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
5383 : 621
Agnes McGrath of Nahant
Katherine C. Sheehan
Noella B. Gawrys
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
3295 : 94
"For my title see deed of Katherine
C. Sheehan to Genevieve V.
Sheehan and Katherine C. Sheehan
recorded Essex South District Deed,
Book 3630, Page 407. (Said
Katherine C. Sheehan having died at
Said Salem on October 21, 1951) and
Estate Genevieve V. Sheehan, Essex
Probate No. 241,280."
�September 26, 1968 Noella B. Gawrys
October 18, 1983 Paul A. Wilkins
April 5, 1985 Wayne Sousa
Paul A. Wilkins
Wayne C. Sousa
Wayne Sousa, Trustee of
41 Flint Street
Condominuim Trust
Wayne C. Sousa, a/k/a
Wayne Sousa,
indivudually and as
trustee of 41 Flint
Street Condominium
October 22, 2003 Trust
Mary S. Simpson
"Northerly on land now or late of
Eagen on four (4) slightly varying
courses of thirty (30) feet, two (2)
feet, thirty (30) feet, and thirty-five
(35) feet, respectively; Easterly by
Flint Street, fifty-one (51) feet;
Southerly on land of the City of
Salem, one hundred five (105) feet;
and Westerly on land now or late
of Harrington, forty-six (46) feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
5560 : 643
"Northerly on land now or late of
Eagen on four (4) slightly varying
courses of thirty (30) feet, two (2)
feet, thirty (30) feet and thirty-five
(35) feet, respectively; Easterly by
Flint Street, fifty-one (51) feet;
Southerly on land of the City of
Salem, one hundred five (105) feet;
and Westerly on land now or late
$63,000.00 of Harrington, forty-six (46) feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
7248 : 304
"consideration paid"
"One dollar ($1.00) and
other valuable
considerations"
"Northerly on land now or late of
Eagen on four (4) slightly varying
courses of thirty (30) feet, two (2)
feet, thirty (30) feet and thirty-five
(35) feet, respectively; Easterly by
Flint Street, fifty-one (51) feet;
Southerly on land of the City of
Salem, one hundred five (105) feet;
and Westerly on land now or late
of Harrington, forty-six (46) feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
"Northerly on land now or late of
Eagen on four (4) slightly varying
courses of thirty (30) feet, two (2)
feet, thirty (30) feet and thirty-five
(35) feet, respectively; Easterly by
Flint Street, fifty-one (51) feet;
"Consideration paid and in Southerly on land of the City of
full consideration of less
Salem, one hundred five (105) feet;
than one hundred and
and Westerly on land now or late
0/100 ($100.00) dollars"
of Harrington, forty-six (46) feet."
Essex County Registry of Deeds Deed
7717 : 371
22318 : 552
This deed was later updated to
include the grantor's middle initial in
the form of a confirmatory deed
dated November 20, 1990, located
in Book 10633, Page 506.
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Title
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Flint Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
A resource made available by Historic Salem, Inc. detailing the history of Salem's houses.
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Title
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41 Flint Street, Salem, MA, 01970
Subject
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House History
Description
An account of the resource
Rufus B. Gifford
Master Builder
Built circa 1869
Creator
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Historic Salem, Inc.
Source
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
Publisher
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Historic Salem, Inc.
Date
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Built circa 1869
House history completed 2021
Contributor
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Isabella Connor
Language
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English
1869
2021
41 Flint Street
Gifford
Massachusetts
master builder
Salem