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                  <text>27 Liberty Hill Avenue

Abbie Stowers
and her husband,
John B. Wallace, Blacksmith
Built in 1897

Researched and written by Amanda Eddy
December 2021

Historic Salem Inc.
The Bowditch House
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
(978) 745-0799 | HistoricSalem.org
©2021

�Table of Deeds
Date
Purchased

Home Owner

Years of
Ownership

Number of
Years

Purchase
Price

Deed
Referenced

Notes

October 31,
1896

Abbie Wallace
John B. Wallace

1896 1907

11

$500

1494-81

Lot 19
purchased
by Abbie
Wallace in
1896**; the
home was
built in 1897.
Abbie
Wallace
passed away
in 1907,
leaving her
husband,
John B.
Wallace, to
execute her
will and
potential sale
of the estate.

November
21, 1907

Catherine T.
Brennan

1907 1953

46

$1

1898-144

$2,400
mortgage.

December
29, 1953

Dorothy A.
Brennan

1953 1956

3

Nominal
consideration
paid, less than
$100

4038-302

Lot 19 (land
with the
house on it
that
Catherine
Brennan
owns) and
Lot B (just
land that
Dorothy
Brennan
owns) are
combined.

December
29, 1953

Thomas F.
Brennan
Catherine T.
Brennan
Dorothy A.
Brennan

1953 1956

3

“For
consideration
paid”

4038-302

Subject to
associated
mortgage
from
November
21, 1907,
Book 1898,
Page 145

August 27,

Joseph R.

1956 -

36

“For

4300-545

Mortgage at

�1956

Dylengoski
Barbara E.
Dylengoski

1992

consideration
paid”

Salem
Savings
Bank records
a mortgage
of $8,800.
(Document
4300-546)

October 21,
1992

William P.
Dylengoski

1992 2019

27

“Nominal
consideration”

11549-17

December
10, 2019

Jordan Ryan

2019 2020

1

$330,000

38100-289

June 26,
2020

Douglas Kuzniar
Joshua Keith
Childs

2020+

1+

$542,500

38654-200

*See note
below table.

*In 1992, Joseph R. and Barbara E. Dylengoski made their son, William P. Dylengoski, a trustee
of their estate, 27 Liberty Hill Avenue. Joseph passed away March 9, 2009, but Barbara E.
(Bowden) Dylengoski didn’t pass away until October 4, 2018. (See document 37362-577 for
2019 transfer of William P. Dylengoski as trustee to owner).

Barbara E. (Bowden) Dylengoski
Courtesy of O’Donnell Funeral Home

Joseph R. Dylengoski
Courtesy of U.S. School Yearbooks, 1900-1999

**Lot 19 is a part of the Plan entitled “Land of J.M. Parsons, J.C. Foster, Sur., June 1896.” This document
could not be located.

�SOURCES

�1874 Atlas Plate R
Southeastern Registry of Deeds

�1897 Atlas Plate 009
Southeastern Registry of Deeds

�1906-1938 Atlas Plate 0067
Southeastern Registry of Deeds

�1911 Atlas Plate 0010
Southeastern Registry of Deeds

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***Lot B is on the Plan of “Land of Dorothy A.
Brennan, Salem, Mass, August 1956. Thomas
A. Appleton C.E.” The upper left corner subtly
labeled “Lot B” is the parcel of land that was
combined with Lot 19 (27 Liberty Hill Avenue.)
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�DEEDS

��������������Inventory No:

SAL.1752

Historic Name:

Wallace, John B. House

Common Name:
Address:

27 Liberty Hill Ave

City/Town:

Salem

Village/Neighborhood:

North Salem

Local No:

27-202

Year Constructed:

c 1897

Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):

Queen Anne

Use(s):

Single Family Dwelling House

Significance:

Architecture

Area(s):
Designation(s):
Building Materials(s):

Roof: Asphalt Shingle
Wall: Wood Clapboard; Wood Shingle

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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of
other buildings within the community.
27 L i b e r t y H i l l Avenue i s an u n u s u a l l y w e l l - d e t a i l e d Queen
Anne house f o r t h e a r e a .
I t s t a n d s two s t o r i e s h i g h , w i t h a g a b l e
r o o f , end t o t h e s t r e e t .
The e n t r y i s l o c a t e d t o t h e s o u t h o f t h e
f a c a d e , u n d e r an o r n a t e p e d i m e n t e d p o r t i c o w i t h a t u r n e d b a l u s t r a d e
and t u r n e d s u p p o r t s , and a s p i n d l e f r i e z e s u p p o r t e d by open s t r u t s .
W i t h i n t h e p e d i m e n t i s diamond s h i n g l e w o r k .
A 2 1/2 s t o r y t o w e r
s i t s a t t h e n o r t h e a s t c o r n e r , w i t h a c o n i c a l r o o f and f l a r e a t t h e
base o f t h e s e c o n d s t o r y . The g a b l e end f e a t u r e s a r e c e s s e d
window.
The n o r t h e l e v a t i o n has a w a l l dormer and a o n e - s t o r y
screened porch.
The w a l l s a r e c l a d i n a v a r i e t y o f c l a p b o a r d and
shingle patterns.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the
building relates to the development of the community.
L i k e most o f N o r t h S a l e m , t h i s a r e a was f a r m l a n d u n t i l t h e
mid-19th century.
L i b e r t y H i l l Avenue was n o t l a i d o u t u n t i l t h e
e a r l y 1890s; t h e s t r e e t f i r s t a p p e a r e d i n d i r e c t o r i e s i n 1895-6.
The house was d e p i c t e d on t h e 1897 a t l a s a s t h e p r o p e r t y o f A b b i e
W a l l a c e , and was f i r s t l i s t e d i n t h e s t r e e t d i r e c t o r y o f t h a t y e a r
as v a c a n t .
J o h n B. W a l l a c e , a r e t i r e d b l a c k s m i t h , was l i s t e d i n
t h e 1899 d i r e c t o r y a s t h e h o u s e ' s r e s i d e n t .

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BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Salem C i t y D i r e c t o r i e s
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Maps and A t l a s e s , 1 8 5 1 , 1874, 1897, and 1911

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