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Notes on 61 Congress Street, Salem
According to Patricia Kelleher at the Salem Historical Commission, all of the buildings at the point
were destroyed in the Great Fire, which happened on June 25, 1914.
In reviewing both the current assessor’s map and the 1911 Walker Lithograph and Publishing
Company Map, it would appear that the lot area that was 9-11 Congress Street on the 1911 map is
the area that is now 61 Congress Street on the current assessor’s map.
Prior to the fire, the area that is 61 Congress Street was owned by Malvina Boulanger. The pamphlet
“1914 Data on Burned District at Salem, MA” and published by F.W. Dodge Co., notes that Malvina
Boulanger lost a wooden residence at the area that was then known as 9-11 Congress Street.
The Building Inspection Records of the City of Salem, now located at the Salem Historical
Commission, do not include a card which references the building located at 9-11 Congress Street.
However, records from the Essex South Registry of Deeds indicate that Malvina Boulanger owned the
lot and building at the time of the fire and that she sold the lot “with the building thereon” to her
husband, Hubert Boulanger on August 13, 1916. Records at the Salem Assessor’s Office concur that
the building at 61 Congress Street was built c. 1915. The following evidence above and below
indicates that Malvina and Hubert Boulanger were the owners of the property that is now 61 Congress
Street at the time it was built:
Deed descriptions from the Essex South County Registry of Deeds
MACRIS On-Line Database
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The 1916 and 1917 Salem Directories reveal that Malvina and Hubert were living at 9 Congress Street
during those years. According to the 1910 United States Census, both Hubert and Malvina were living
at 11 Congress Street and that they were 59 and 53 years old, respectively. At the time, they had one
daughter, Eva, living with them who was born in Massachusetts and was 10 years old at the time.
Hubert and Malvina were both Canadian French; Hubert could speak English but it appears Malvina
could only speak French. Hubert and Malvina immigrated in 1891 but had not naturalized as of 1910.
Hubert’s occupation is listed as proprietor of a grocery store. Interestingly, Hubert is listed as illiterate
but Malvina is listed as literate. By the 1920 United States Census, the couple had sold the property
at Congress Street and moved to a residence on Lynch Street.
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Plaque to read: Built for Malvina Boulanger, 1915. Replaced an apartment building burned in Great
Salem Fire of 1914
�Owners
Date of Conveyance Registry Reference
Philippe Belanger of Salem to Malvina Boulanger of Salem,
wife of Hubert Boulanger
October 30, 1907
Book 1896, Page 290
Malvina Boulanger of Salem to Hubert Boulanger
August 12, 1916
Book 2284, Page 154
Hubert Boulanger of Salem to Tomas Claveau of Salem
August 3, 1920
Book 2459, Page 172
Estate of Thomas Claveau to Anna Berube
May 25, 1929
Book 2459, Page 172
Ana Berube to Salem Five Cent Savings Bank
May 25, 1929
Book 2806, Page 570
Salem Five Cent Savings Bank foreclosed on mortgage
August 9, 1934
Book 3001, Page 413
Salem Five Cent Savings Bank to Charles Michaud and
Aurelie Michaud
September 25, 1937
Book 3124, Page 242
Heirs of Michaud to Kenneth J. Nadeau
And Diane Nadeau
May 24, 1983
Essex County Probate
Docket 353948
Book 7117, Page 49
Kenneth J. Nadeau and Diane Nadeau To Sanai Realty Trust,
Normand J. Houle, Trustee
November 4, 1986
Book 8608, Page 448
Normand J. Houle, Trustee of Sanai Realty Trust to Shore
Bank and Trust, as assigned to Seaward Development, LLC
November 22, 1989
Book 10239, Page 65
Seaward Development LLC forecloses mortgage
January 13, 1997
Book 13949, Page 85
Seaward Development LLC to Michel P. McCarthy, Trustee
Congress Realty Trust
February 7, 1997
Book 13965, Page 517
Rosita E. Visone, successor Trustee to Congress Realty Trust December 18, 2008
to Rosita E. Visone And John Visone, Trustees 61 Congress
May 14, 1999
Street Realty Trust
Book 28672, Page 352
Book 8078, Page 109
Anthony Visone, successor Trustee to 61 Congress Street
Realty Trust to Margay Management LLC
December 14, 2011
Book 31071, Page 422
Margay Management LLC to Congress & Ward LLC
December 2, 2014
Book 33712, Page 507
Congress & Ward LLC to Congress Street Residences, LP
June 10, 2016
Book 34994, Page 386
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The Point Plaque Initiative, made possible in part by an Essex Heritage Partnership Grant, provided 16 Histories and plaques for North Shore CDC-owned buildings in the Point Neighborhood.
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