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ELEVATONS SHOWN HERON REFER TO CITY OF SALEM DATUM. 2. LAND SUBJECT TO COASTL STORM FLOWAGE ELEVATION 14.5 SALEM DATUM EQUAL TO ELEVATION 11.0 NAVD88. HW .. _,{\ ~••� tRuwwG Nltl®Efl SCALE.- l"=20' 0 10 40 80 .� l u,i _ r�anyn�sN•A iR. Forest River Pool Replacement Salem, Massachusetts Figure 5 Wetlands Resource Area Delineation lop Forest River Pool and r Bathhouse circa 1910s - _ _; ;i ' ■ i Forest River Pool and / Bathhouse circa 1920s �. -r • ' Y '•.fit .- .�- r • � i Forest River Pool and Bathhouse circa 1920s A.Yf P PA.. 'aW10ow" Pp06.ar"I"At v[w SiRiM r:. ^ __ Ali Existing Conditions, _ Pool and Pool Deck r l - Existing Conditions Pool Deck and Seawall Ai Existing Conditions, �► _ '" '� Bathhouse Facade # - r Existing Conditions, N Shoreline 0 IF A l - A � Existing Conditions, Shoreline Flooding During Winter Storms, 2018 Forest River Pool Replacement Salem, Massachusetts Figure 6 Site Photos i . ARCHITECT Pool Information: � � \ � Willa • Pool water area 4,910 s.f. ' - ® _ � ,,� �'' -•� B. MA 02210 • Kiddie Pool water area 2,260 s.f. s,7359WA 0221 • Splash pad area 2,400 s.f. OTel • Cove restoration area+/-14,000 s.f. ' r PRD EC7 NAME Building Information: • Existing bathhouse building area 4,268 s.f. 1 Forest River • Additions 1,030 s.f.(entry and community room) ;r ,\ Pool get • Support Building 820 s.f. . � a —,MClifton 01970 M Proposed deck area 13,000 s_f d �^ CLIENT • 478 bathers per pool water area(6 showers,6 + - '''•� _0. WCs 8l 4 wash basins) r - \� �P BI 7NDARY LINE-ECTSRE City of Salem 3 5 ACRES 93 W-h"-weal I r ,r 1 salvo,MA 019M Parking Information: j v' u' ' n �, • Proposed parking count 16 spaces , �+ `,�� I'}��{ J" N (staff and accessible parking) j �y`�n,i1 PROJECTTEM r O01I I� n�/� '�I ` ' STRUCTURALENGINEER StrueWrm NoM salon a9-MA0797 gm0 eec 0 7 878.795.6817 SENGINEER Nodanwi 43 areAvd Slreel,3M R. Notes: Ct—I W01742 1. Elevations Refer:to City of Salem Datum. f cIMBnATICN 1 \ _ CM ENGINEER 2. City of Salem Datum is Equal to NAVD88 LAP POOL b 1 �� — 12116E.BBee eley I41hFit- i Bmmq MA 02115 3.5_ j rr`� 1`/rYj~ — ~� 81].35]B1d5 _ +1 LANDSCAPE 3d Q� J it --~— '� �,. KYle ZekLends®Pn ArthieIXere 7 ' i _ 36 S . M. eM Stlet SWte 202 r r l MA 02'08 HISTORIC NSU CDLTANT Ep".As 6.1vs ■- - 3MI�aNanPamsnae2so _ •■ }•- { 7Y I ____ MaY..d.MA01754 ---- -- DROP-0F F 97a997.7100 r r + i � y AREA 1 _ SHADE r STRUCTURE { f—' L 1. -SUPPORT BUILDING POOL DECK � SPLASH PAL) ENTRY KID 7 KIDDIE POOL o 4 I I Irs cr` EMSPNG ----i REW 4 t' 1 "WALL MAS sloxs - y ' II Iu Li L1U 1 WALLRETK 3MTa 1 � O-O � s BATHHOUSE --- _ -- 14 y _ C;4 DRAWING TITLE Site Plan- Option 1 I - , - 14 _ _•.RonlieiwiTY rl Rooia ` RAH GARDEN LIM FONT r ffyy —Ii�r1Y/,P®H '7 I DRAWING INFORMA71ON \ L•MGOF -� URET]GE AREA_ f . , ORAMNO NUMBER —STONEVU1 7 PATH TO . OVF%OK WWI`¢ SP101 ;vG Si'.i:irrL;- �� - - �S E%ISTNJG SP #TVi� — •L'f�ry,lTlIRA,_. //' E%16ON6 LEDGE ALTERNffLORtc I-- —EDCVERIMPED ' ✓ TD RBMN. _ — Forest River Pool Replacement Salem, Massachusetts `OR LOG Figure 7 Proposed Conditions—Site Plan r-" POOL ((�� FLOOR LEVEL 13'-2" BATHHOUSE LEVI co ---- - --- - ----- - ---- - - -J POOL DE CK LEVEL IT4r -. - —.- —EX.MHW 8.7T f r� EXISTING POOL STACKED COIR LOG STRUCTURE TO REMAIN PORTION OF EXISTING POOL - STRUCTURE TO BE REMOVED 181-6" 12'-10" 65'-0" 22'-9" 38'-9" 13'-3" 4 LANDSCAPE L L PATH 44'-1" 51'-11" 41'-0" POOL DECK LAP/RECREATIONAL POOL POOL DECK KIDDIE POOL POOL-DECK BUFFER SHOULDER HIGH MARSH PLANTING MID MARSH PLANTING LOW MARSH PLANTING 5'-2" eLONGITUDINAL SECTION f,PATHWAY A307 SCALE 3W V-0' 0 @'. 16• 24' FEMA FLOOD ELEVATION WATER LEVEL @ 14.6 POOL DECK i l 1 I EXISTING SEAWALL LEVEL 1T B" ® BATHHOUSE LEVEL 1M" !�TO REMAIN R Emu] EXISTING POOL STRUCTURE Notes: _ z CROSS SECTION 1. Elevations Refer to City of Salem Datum. A301 SCALE 3132@•'�1•-0" - -� ,@ z4 2. City of Salem Datum is Equal to NAVD88 k + 3.5 ,p 3 KEY PLAN�`�' A30D SCALE:N.T.S. Forest River Pool Replacement Salem, Massachusetts Figure 8 Proposed Conditions-Elevation i LEGEND r ys ! f y m 4 LAWN SEED LOW-MARSH MID MARSH HIGH MARSH RAIN GARDEN PLANTINGS PLANTINGS �PLANTINGS ❑ SEED MIX PLANT SCHEDULE e I J'1"" -• ! .; r x �' SCIENTIFIC NAME I COMMON NAME MAX. HT SPACING — - 1 5 II POOL DECKS SUPPORT r+ (, BUILDING SHRUBS a 1 2�' ! " :? <�' <".._• .' ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI BEARBERRY 6"-1' HT I I! 1, L r-. -e } * o r: • ARONIA MELANOCARPA BLACK CHOKEBERRY 4-6' HT f ! f� ILEX GLABRA INKBERRY 5-8' HT JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS COMMON JUNIPER 4' HT PRUNUS MARITIMA BEACH PLUM 4-7' HT STONE WALL BUFFER •; > : <a!;` LOW-MARSH PLANTINGS _ - -" - now TW 17'-8" SPARTINA ALTERNFLORA ISMOOTH CORDGRASS 1 3-7' HT 12" O.C. PLUG F L, {FAIN GARDEN ,: - > � t�, `9 18� i I l'' -LOW POINT '' BATHHOUSE J I MID-MARSH PLANTINGS _ __ i-- w31F�;;. 'N[its �' ?fir �■ PERENNIAL= } b I}4'DISTICHLIS SPICATA SPIKE GRASS 1-3' HT 12" O.C. PLUG F RAIN GARDEN r MIXss —� Pii', ik1' JUNCUS GERARDII BLACK GRASS 1-2' HT 12" O.C. PLUG LOW POINT _ + c a c ! SPARTINA PATENS ISALTMEADOW CORDGRASS 1-3' HT 12" O.C. PLUG �!• I I HIGH-MARSH PLANTINGS + _�t I = -" IVA FRUTESCENS MARSH ELDER 3-8' Hi 18" O.C. 1 * - SET STONEa `'_ ,° m � �r I �- 7 + •rt k` "1 .1is �,. its.-• tt� A '4 - FB= 11■:�, ` .__L : i� LIMONIUM CAROUNIANUM SEA LAVENDER 1-2' HT 12" O.C. PLUG ' y} �I '`; { qa- 14 ROW II PANICUM VIRGATUM SWTTCHGRASS 3-6' HT 12" O.C. PLUG SOLIDAGO SEMPERVIRENS SEASIDE GOLDENROD 3-5' HT 12" O.C. PLUG _ a: k" SPARTINA PATENS SALTMEADOW CORDGRASS 1-3' HT 12" O.C. PLUG - ` ! Y 13 HIGH ''�.•- -� � � �'' �`�� PLANTINGS �� }�'- .y ,/ � i j i ��. F7..5? ': 1T-10' '' i r •�zefz �- 3 ��, r t- _ -'�• • !!`� . t SHRUB PLANTINGS PLANTINGS �• ��2' j"-:.Ytl �� i Pt. ' ,'Sfl - �`- i3 11 1 ..eo:.• � + �s• I-i.' �� i - \� r �... 4a,�•v,E`j .* - �� ,+d-' 1 �,-.� �• c F i ri � t- i. .` r � STONEDUST PATH V •t �. ,., _ �, -.-,t-:> E--r = MID-MARSH _ �; ,-.c � + T O OVERLOOK - �• ..� � F>. PLANTINGS -. 1 s� S1 v. 1 '•,I I-�, - ! -" _ � /:` „�?•..._ -4-iv - .._-fir'-<+• -,■.r::,.•., � �. �♦. .mac. i. - - .f ->--r` - >..,. `!- ,ya.r.-- � - `-,, f<-' �: ` r..r .r..r■.r . r 4`,• J4'4 ._.f r�*Y , �Y F .q t, Y - ! _ rC 5 - :- "STONEDUST PATH - - vtl �� - r• 1. /, - L` -_ i \.y �q - . OVERLOOK -- LOW WIiiSH Lg ■ F.� , \• `-r- _ >u- - s � .� `PLANTINGS -'� -•F ----- To — Y o MH LIMIT OF DREDGE. , y, IN � 6 s AREA. Y � � _3S a a� a � � 't.• r. ,r'.-; ------------- ---�-MHW 8.7T `� r '._ •��.� ;� "�' LIMIT OF DISTURBANCE EXISTING SPARTINA -- dis cv c • t y ALTERNIFLORA STAKED OVERLAPPED EXISTING LEDGE TO REMAIN COIR LOG" EXISTING SPARTINA 371Z-� ALTERNIFLORA Notes: 1. Elevations Refer to City of Salem Datum. .. • = -_ 2. City of Salem Datum is Equal to NAVD88 + 3.5 • ;4 i - Vim: _.. '�', ��; Forest River Pool Replacement Salem, Massachusetts Figure 9 LA 1-90 Proposed Conditions—Shoreline Restoration BATHHOUSELEVELIBA" �i� _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - �� -- EX.MHW8.77 ��FILL TO E 030 c.y.) r - • PORTION OF EXISTING POOL DREDGE UMIT STRUCTURE TO BE REMOVED STACKED COIR LOG 18'-6" 12'-10" LANDSCAPE PATH 44'-1" 51'-11" 41'-0" BUFFER 15'-2"1 SHOULDER I HIGH MARSH PLANTING MID MARSH PLANTING LOW MARSH PLANTING PATHWAY SITE SECTION-DREDGE AREA 15' SET STONE -_-@AINGARDEN_- - - -_L(IWeOINT-_-_ _-- - Co _- - - RO - -_------ —RAIN GARDEN ----- LOW POINT - —HIGH-MARSH 13, PLANTING •l \ x 12' x + SHRUB SHRUB xO x + i^ PLANTINGS' OO PLANTINGS X 1 1'------__-- � + + _ MID-MARSH + + + + + + LIMIT OF 1 Q ---PLANTING + ) + + DREDGE A A - PROJECT SITE BOUNDARY LINE- r r 3.5ACRES - t MHW 8.77' ' LOW-MARSH .. �. PLANTING EXISTING SPARTINA Notes: ALTERNIFLORA ^ ♦ , EXISTING LEDGE 1. Elevations Refer to City of Salem Datum. 1 2. City of Salem Datum is Equal to NAVD88 � '�� r ♦ TO REMAIN ty q STAKED OVERLAPPED ♦ + 3.5 COIR LOG SITE PLAN-DREDGE AREA Forest River Pool Replacement Salem, Massachusetts Figure 10 A?��I Proposed Conditions-Dredge Area Detail t-• Notes: s s tiny' 1. Elevations Refer to City of Salem Datum. -; 2. City of Salem Datum is Equal to NAVD88 + 3.5 a _- POTENTIAL RAIN ` - GARDEN (TYP) k STONE f i i..� T�p�-•��'-� •'}° , SWALE : Mo �r _. + t I -sroNE twu TiUfEP . n t7 of . 1 � �d� 1 + p,, 1dd :I s" a = '"d • -c.. mix + r `' 14• - = is PLANTINGS r ! i 7. j` + slm� ..; TO MOUM I t s -.. .. SIONmIIsr PATH i i LIM Or DREDGE �": .J P1111nN65 ' B.Tf 1 AREA M4A B.' r WR OF OSTLM INCE OWNG sPAitmu ROOF WATER swo':D MA� - LEDGE TO TffYw ,aIERHal9RA 1 r INFILTRATION Bignw sPwnm—• &MMF A_ ` PROPOSED Forest River Pool Replacement Salem; Mai-sachu'setts _ OUTFACES T Figure 11 Proposed Conditions--Sformwater Management i �� l. � Attachment B Existing Conditions Plan i i i i i ARCH— , I/I 4.,h �� 1 LGG� O Baaron,MA O221Ostte 61736O0a6OTel tll l l/ l 1 1 PROJECT NAME Forest River Pool n ryryglllrl �' ' i 33akms ✓/71'hl /I I 019 Salem,MA O19IO cu— \`\ \ •\\��\�\��\l l i ryb // __ , /11///ii i y LI Ir .\v 1 C.It)/Of$81eR1 \ \\\` \ \\\\\\\•\\\��' '' 7G '� //l///!r -Is_ ' '_--_ .,f \ 11 — 9a wasN�9ron srceee --f" Salem,MAO197O I ACT SUCIVMLENGINEER �1A�' 6O Wa5Mg9ro95treet i3� �.Q MEP"ENGINEER No \ ' l� — Q&eO1a0 Street 9E Fl. CNIL ENGINEER 11—ASSOGI1ES 111EAS/ i ABEN'B—S. 1 l i ✓ -v ___19__ J 1 / f / / / p.] �" / 3fi an-NYl fiCA& El— aPe Mtrilenure 1 \\� \ '" /� ��ll ` J / ( F! / i / •�1 / eltl E Sltreet Suite 2O3 ./ / XISTOR �, Ile 1 6,].aS1.tO1B \\\ / N:CONSULTANT / / L m/l' l l i�Y I I � t Il 11 i r st�a�iaMa�nAare esso ,MA—ut \\ .\ \,00��\\\ \ / I I II / \ 1 I / I /. • r r RENSIONS O \:h DRAWING TITLE I \ \ \ 1 61- \\\\ I I, / }by—_— aa' \ L ��s J DRAWING INFO RAMTION to 5`/ `•ate+>e B^4`ye �\ Ems: +^ 3, \ \ •� 3B1 2- - DRAWING NUMBER SCALE 1'=20' 0 20 !0 BO cpFY�pm EN.n.me i I� � _ - — - - Attachment C ENF Circulation List i i i i i i ATTACHMENT C CIRCULATION LIST Kathleen A.Theoharides, Secretary Division of Marine Fisheries Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Reviewer Environmental Affairs 30 Emerson Avenue Attn: MEPA Office Gloucester, MA 01930 100 Cambridge St., Suite 900 Boston, MA 02114 Metropolitan Area Planning Council 60 Temple Place/6th floor Department of Environmental Protection Boston, MA 0211 Attn: Commissioner's Office/MEPA Coordinator Salem City Council One Winter Street Attn: Stephen G. Dibble, President Boston, MA 02108 93 Washington Street Salem, MA 01970 Department of Environmental Protection DEP/NERD Salem Planning Board Attn: MEPA Coordinator City Hall Annex— Depart. of Planning& 205B Lowell Street Community Development Wilmington, MA 01887 98 Washington Street, 2nd Floor Salem, MA 01970 Massachusetts Depart. of Transportation Public/Private Develop. Unit Salem Conservation Commission 10 Park Plaza, Suite#4150 City Hall Annex- Department of Planning & Boston, MA 02116 Community Development 98 Washington Street, 2nd Floor Massachusetts Depart. of Transportation Salem, MA 01970 District#4 Attn: MEPA Coordinator Salem Board of Health 519 Appleton Street 98 Washington Street, 3rd Floor Arlington, MA 02476 Salem, MA 01970 The Massachusetts Historical Commission Salem Public Library The MA Archives Building 370 Essex Street 220 Morrissey Boulevard Salem, MA 01970 Boston, MA 02125 Salem Sound CoastWatch Coastal Zone Management 12 Federal Street, Attn: Project Review Coordinator Salem, MA 01970 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800 Boston, MA 02114 5145/Forest River Pool Replacement/ENF C-1 Attachment C:Circulation List Epsilon Associates, Inc. I. 1 I Attachment D List of Federal and Local Permits t t ATTACHMENT D POTENTIAL FEDERAL AND LOCAL PERMITS AND APPROVALS Agency Name Permit/Approval Federal United States Environmental Protection Agency National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Construction General Permit(CGP); NPDES Dewatering General Permit(DGP) (if required) US Army Corps of Engineers Massachusetts General Permits(GP 23) LOCAL Salem Conservation Commission MA Wetlands Protection Act,Order of Conditions City of Salem Inspectional Services/Building Building, Plumbing, Electrical, Fire Alarm, Mechanical, and Department Sheet Metal Permits(as necessary) i 5145/Forest River Pool Replacement/ENF D-1 Attachment D:Potential Permits and Approvals 1 Epsilon Associates, Inc. i i i i i _ �, �� Attachment E Massachusetts Historical Commission Documentation t t t t i FORM A -AREA Assessor's Sheets USGS Quad Area Letter Form Numbers in Area 33-0743-201 SAL.916 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 33-0743-202 SAL.GM SAL.2149 MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph Town/City: Salem Place(neighborhood or village): 32-38 Clifton Avenue Name of Area: Forest River Park f Present Use: Park; recreation and culture; landscape Construction Dates or Period: pre-1817(Pickering House); C 1920 (Bathhouse); 1930(Pioneer Village); ._.: pre-1938(Garage); pre-1971 (Pool) Overall Condition: Good to fair Major Intrusions and Alterations: Pioneer Village partially rebuilt(1960s-1980s); Pool renovated(1971-72 and 1999); Bathhouse renovated in (1971-72) +� Acreage: 31.2599 Recorded by: Tonya Loveday Organization: Epsilon Associates, Inc. Date (month/year): July 2018 Locus Map a T i Y . . AS.q sln -' .' 0• T' yr ® see continuation sheet 12/12 Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. ii �� I I I INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SAI,EM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 ® Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked.you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Describe architectural,structural and landscape features and evaluate in terms of other areas within the community. Forest River Park, 32-38 Clifton Avenue (SAL.916), is a public park established in 1907 by the City of Salem. The park contains over 30 acres of land and is characterized by rolling hills largely covered with mature trees and an expansive shoreline along Salem Harbor that forms the park's east and south boundaries. Forest River Park's north and west boundaries are defined by the rear property lines of the residential lots on the south side of Shore Avenue and the east side of West Terrace and West Circle (see Figures 1 and 2). The park entrance at the intersection of Clifton and Shore Avenues is demarcated by a pair of stone and concrete piers with secondary piers flanking the sidewalks that extend from the intersection(photo 1). The park is also accessible from West Avenue. The park contains various buildings and recreational structures, including a caretaker's house and garage/restroom facility near the park entrance off West Avenue, a pool and bathhouse at the south end of the park along the harbor, and a collection of reproduction colonial buildings at Pioneer Village at the park's northernmost section. These structures are described in further detail below. Other recreational park elements are present, including a tennis court, concrete slide, and various playground equipment (photos 41-43). A concrete slide was installed north of the Forest River Park Bathhouse by 1955. The slide features four lanes that descend from a concrete and stone platform with metal railings. A tennis court is located at the southernmost part of the park next to the Forest River Park Pool and was likely added around 1971 when the pool was renovated. Two swing sets northwest of the slide appear to date from the same period. Towards to center of Forest River Park is a playground that was installed by 1995. A basketball court and baseball diamond at the park's northwest corner have been temporarily removed as part of the City of Salem's effort to upgrade the park's drainage system. Forest River Park also features park furniture, such as benches and picnic tables, and trash receptacles. Park pathways provide pedestrian and limited automobile access to different parts of Forest River Park. These include a combination of dirt pathways and paved asphalt drives with concrete curbing and metal guardrails at select locations. Wood bollards line the pathway that leads northwest to Pioneer Village. The beachfront next to Pioneer Village is lined with a concrete retaining wall (photo 18-19). The circular concrete retaining wall along the beach south of Pickering Point is faced with stone veneer(photo 23). Col.Timothy Pickering House The oldest extant building within Forest River Park is the Col.Timothy Pickering House(SAL.2149; photos 4-5 and 7-8), located at the park entrance east of where West Avenue terminates. The two-story vernacular dwelling was constructed by 1817. Based on an examination of the building's architecture and a comparison of historic atlases, it appears to have been moved and expanded between 1874 and 1887(see Figures 3 and 4). The building's westernmost four bays seem to date to the Second Period (1725-1780) of colonial architecture. Here, the south elevation and the westernmost two chimneys form a relatively symmetrical block. Further research and an examination of the building's interior would likely yield more information on the building's construction and history. The dwelling's gable ends are two bays wide facing east and west, while the north and south elevations are nine bays wide.The exterior is clad in painted wood shingles. Two entrances are located on the south elevation, each in the next-to- Continuation sheet 1 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEy BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 last bay. These paneled wood doors are covered with modern metal screen doors. Added later to the building are the projecting pedimented hoods above the two doors on the south elevation. A third entrance is located within the first bay of the east elevation and features a solid paneled wood door. Windows openings at the first story of the north and south elevations have six-over-six double-hung replacement sash. A single sliding window is located at the first story of the south elevation. Second story windows at the north and south elevations are set immediately under the eaves and have three-over-six double hung replacement sash. Windows on the gable ends have six-over-six double-hung replacement sash. Louvered vents are tucked beneath the gables of the east and west elevations. Asphalt shingles cover the building's gable roof. Three white-washed brick chimneys rise from the north slope of the roof. A short wood picket fence extends south from the dwelling to surround the lawn bound by the park pathways and the Forest River Park Garage on the property. Forest River Park Garage Immediately southeast of Col. Timothy Pickering House is the single-story concrete block Forest River Park Garage (photos 7-8), constructed at an unknown date but by 1938 based on historic aerial images.The garage functions today as a restroom with storage space. A modern multi-paneled garage door is located on the south elevation. Next to that is a pair of one-over-one pivot windows, set above a single wood sill. The building's concrete block exterior and windows sills have been uniformly painted. The same style and configuration of pivot window is found centered on the west elevation. Two pairs of such windows are also located on the north elevation. In between the north elevation windows is a narrow solid door. The east elevation features two doors that provide access to the men's and women's restrooms. Concrete steps lead to the entrances which are topped with projecting flat hoods. The asphalt shingle gable roof overhangs on the north and south elevations. The end bays have vertical wood paneling in the gables. Trees and shrubbery have been planted along the building's east elevation, shielding much of the view of the restroom entrances. Forest River Park Bathhouse The single-story brick and stucco Forest River Park Bathhouse(photos 23-27, 29-30, 32-40) is located at the southeast edge of Forest River Park along the Salem Harbor. The building dates to the late 1920s and has an unusual yet symmetrical shape with the centermost bays of the north, south and west elevations recessed. The corners of the building that project feature cast stone quoining. The west elevation, facing the Forest River Park Pool, is the bathhouse's primary elevation. The projecting end bays of this elevation feature paired one-over-one pivot windows set within a low arched opening. The windows share a single wood sill supported by four scrolled brackets. Centered within the recessed section of the west elevation is a hexagonal projecting center bay. Each side of the projecting bay contains three awning windows. Flanking the projecting bay on both sides is a solid door. Transoms above the doors have been infilled. Shielding the projecting bay and the two doors is a shed roof overhang with exposed rafters and simple end brackets. Next to each door is a pair of two stacked awning windows with a wood sill supported by two scrolled brackets. A plaque commemorating the work done to the bathhouse and pool in 1971-72 has been installed at the northwest corner of the west elevation. New electrical and plumbing was installed as part of the renovation. The north elevation of the bathhouse features groups of four awning windows set within low arched openings with wood sills, supported by four scrolled brackets. These windows are in the projecting end bay at the building's northwest corner and the north elevation's centermost bay. While recessed from the end bays, the centermost bay projects slightly and features quoining. The window opening in the projecting end bay at the northeast corner of the building at this elevation has been infilled. The recessed portions of the elevation flanking the centermost bay each have two stacked awning windows with a wood sill supported by two scrolled brackets. An outdoor shower platform is within the recessed portion of the north elevation. The south elevation is nearly identical to the north with few exceptions. The projecting end bay at the southeast section of the building features a door and large round vent instead of a window. Also, the centermost bay within the recessed portion of the south elevation does not slightly project and therefore does not have quoins. The seven-bay east elevation features a continuous arcade of large arched openings with roll-up metal sheet doors. The centermost bay has a decorative gate, providing access to the building's open central corridor and interior. Within the Continuation sheet 2 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 corridor are two doors as well as eight arched window openings that been infilled with concrete blocks. The building's timber frame roof is topped with a cast stone cornice and a low parapet wall. The bathhouse exhibits signs of deterioration. The exterior stucco is in need of repair, particularly inside the central corridor and around fenestration, and wood elements such as the window sills, decorative brackets and the shed hood overhang are deteriorating due to paint failure and exposure to the elements. A concrete stairway descends from the west elevation of the bathhouse to the Forest River Park Pool. The north, south and west elevations are enclosed with galvanized chain link fencing. Outside of the bathhouse is a parking island containing a freestanding rusticated stone and metal plaque monument commemorating the 1999 restoration of the Forest River Pool. Two bicycle parking racks are also located outside of the bathhouse. Forest River Park Pool West of the bathhouse facing the Salem Harbor is the Forest River Park Pool (photos 25, 28-29, 31 and 40). Originally a tidal pool, the pool was formalized into a concrete structure at an unknown date. The pool was renovated in 1971-72, and again in 1999 when it was expanded and converted from salt water to a recirculating, fresh water pool. The current pool configuration includes two separate sections that together have a surface area of approximately 15,150 square feet and a perimeter measuring 724 linear feet. The southernmost section is rectangular in shape, 65 feet wide by 187 feet long, and ranging in depth from three to nine feet. North of that is a 50-feet by 60-feet wading pool with a maximum depth of three feet. A narrow concrete decking area surrounds the pool. Metal handrails line the concrete ramp that leads from the bathhouse to the wading pool.The pool area is surrounded by a galvanized chain link fence. Pioneer Village Pioneer Village (SAL.GM; photos 11-17)occupies the northernmost section of Forest River Park, bounded by the Salem Harbor to the east, park pathways and a small parking lot to the south, and wood stockade fencing to the west and north. A pond is located at the southeast corner of the village, while a mature forest characterizes the village's northern section. Originally built in 1930, resources within Pioneer Village today include eight structures and various landscape elements. The majority of the structures are small, single-story wood reproduction cottages with gable roofs either clad in wood shingles or thatch, with a single chimney. The village also features a reproduction blacksmith shop with a firepit. At the center of the village is the two-story"Governor's Mansion."The wood mansion has a steeply pitched gable roof with wood shingles and a single brick chimney. South of the mansion is a garden with period plantings, framed by rudimentary wood fencing. A reproduction English wigwam is situated to the northwest of the other village structures. West of the wigwam is a dugout shelter. (A second dugout and a cornfield were lost during a storm in March 2017.) Pioneer Village also features a pillory and two small wood bridges.A wood ticket booth is located outside of the village along the park's pathway. Many of the buildings within Pioneer Village have been rebuilt or significantly rehabilitated since 1930. Further research is necessary to determine when the work occurred and what, if any, original fabric remains. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Explain historical development of the area. Discuss how this relates to the historical development of the community. The area today known as Salem was first inhabited by members of the Pawtucket group of Native Americans commonly referred to as the Naumkeags. When the first European settlers, the "Old Planters," arrived in 1626, Salem was called Naumkeag. These early English settlers had abandoned an earlier failed settlement in Cape Ann and established themselves on the south side of the North River and on the peninsula jutting northeast into Beverly Harbor. A second wave of settlers arrived in 1628 and situated themselves further up the North River. The settlers utilized the common field system, pasturing animals and planting crops in common fields. In 1640 there were at least ten common fields in Salem, the two largest being North Field on the north side of the North River and South Field between the Forest and South Rivers. South Field, approximately 600 acres in size, contained the land on which Forest River Park is located and was reportedly used by Native Americans who referred to the Forest River as Mashabequa, meaning "Great Cove." The Continuation sheet 3 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 common field system was short lived. After about 1640 official grants of common land were less common, and in the 1660s the town(ship)and the selectmen(or proprietors)disposed of common and undivided land by sale or lease. The Forest River Park property has avoided the dense development seen in the neighborhood areas largely because the land remained under relatively consistent private ownership until the first part of the twentieth century. The park land's earliest known private owners following the termination of the common field system were William Flint (1603-1673) and his wife, Alice Williams Flint (1608-1700). In 1699, Alice, then a widow, deeded the land to her daughter, Alice Flint Pickering (1636-1713), wife of Lieutenant John Pickering (1637-1694). The property remained in the Pickering family and was eventually under the ownership of Colonel Timothy Pickering Jr. (1745-1829), the great-grandson of John and Alice. Col. Pickering was an attorney and politician who served in the Revolutionary War. He was an aide to General George Washington and held various appointed positions including Postmaster General and Secretary of War. Col Pickering later served as the third United States Secretary of State under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. He furthered his political career by represented Massachusetts in both chambers of Congress from 1803 to 1811 as a member of the Federalist Party. Col. Pickering provided the first reference to a building on the Forest River Park property, the Pickering House (SAL.2149), in an 1817 correspondence, referring to a cabin in the "Southfields." It is likely that the building was constructed several decades earlier, around 1750. It was not used as the Pickering family's primary residence, which was located at 18 Broad Street(SAL.1044; NRDIS 1973; LHD 1981). Following the death of Col. Pickering in 1829, his estate sold the property to William Batchelder (b. abt. 1784), a New- Hampshire-born farmerllaborer, who then immediately sold the land to merchant John Winn (abt. 1765-1835). Deed records from this period note an apple tree lot on the property as well as"Pickering's Point Pastures," likely the land at the easternmost part of the park known today as Pickering Point. Winn owned the property for only a few years before it was again sold in 1835, just months before his death. The property's new owner, David Pingree, served as President of the Naumkeag Bank and later worked as a merchant. During the period in which he owned the Forest River Park land, Pingree resided at 128 Essex Street, known today as the Gardner-Pingree House (SAL.2455; NHL 1970; NRDIS 1972; LHD 1977). In 1859, the trustees of David Pingree sold the Forest River Park land to the Asiatic Bank, which subsequently sold it to Richard Lavers (abt. 1813-1887), a farmer. Lavers was married to Mehitable A. Batchelder (1818-1885), daughter of William Batchelder, and thus his acquisition of the land returned it back to the Batchelder family. The Batchelders and Lavers did not reside at the Pickering House during their ownership of the property. In 1864, the property went into foreclosure and was taken by the Salem Savings Bank. The bank then sold it to Jay H. Moulton (1811-1895), who was married to Olive O. Batchelder(1809-1896). Both were born in New Hampshire, making it possible that Olive was related to the family of William Batchelder. As was the case with prior owners, the Moultons did not live at the Pickering House. The atlas for 1874 shows three secondary structures on the property in addition to the Pickering House, which appears to have a smaller footprint and more northern location than present (see Figure 3). The construction and demolition dates as well as the uses of these buildings are unknown. Mary Porter Tileston Hemenway (1820-1894) purchased the property from the Moultons in 1887 for $1. Mary's late husband Augustus Hemenway (1805-1876) was a Salem native and prominent mariner and ship owner, famed for opening trade between the United States and Chile. He is thought to have been the wealthiest man in American at one point, with a wide range of commercial and real estate interests in New York and Boston, and commercial ventures abroad that involved lumber in Maine, mining in Chile, and a sugar plantation in Cuba. Originally from New York, Mary became well-known as Boston's wealthiest woman following the death of Augustus. She was a renowned philanthropist who invested both her time and financial resources supporting various causes such as the anti-slavery and suffragette movements. Mary was also an early advocate of historic preservation and is credited with saving Boston's Old South Meeting House in 1876. Continuation sheet 4 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEy BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 Mary Hemenway had a fascination with Native American culture and invested in its study and preservation. She launched the "Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition" (1886-1894) to undertake a series of archaeological explorations in New Mexico and Arizona. In 1886, Mary appointed a board to oversee the construction of a "Pueblo Museum" in Salem where the artifact collections from the expedition would be featured. Unfortunately, Mary died before the museum materialized, and many of the Native American artifacts that had been collected were given to the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. It is rumored that Mary had a museum built on the Forest River Park land that was dismantled after her passing, however these claims could not be substantiated. Under the ownership of Mary's estate,the property contained the Pickering House and two other structures near the house (see Figure 4). It is possible that these were two of the outbuildings seen in the 1874 atlas, perhaps moved and/or altered. In December 1907, the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Salem took the Forest River Park land by eminent domain to establish a public park (see Figure 5). Salem's first Board of Park Commissioners was appointed in 1893, following the passage of the Park Act in 1892.The Park Act established the Metropolitan Park Commission which created the expansive Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston by its power of eminent domain. By 1975, the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston contained over 7,000 acres of land across numerous municipalities around Boston. Forest River Park is an early example of a suburban municipal park outside of Boston that reflects the influence of the progressive late nineteenth century park movement. The acquisition of Forest River Park was noted as one of the Board's most important accomplishments in the first two decades of the twentieth century, along with the acquisition of two other parks, Highland Park (known today as Salem Woods) in 1906 and Gallows Hill Park in 1912. A clubhouse at the center of the park was added shortly after the acquisition (see Figure 6). By 1911 the City had made various other improvements to the park. The Pickering House was converted into the park caretaker's residence. A baseball field, football grounds, and pedestrian pathways were laid out. At the park entrance, ornamental walls and posts were installed. Additionally, the clubhouse was moved to the waterfront and remodeled into a public bathhouse for the salt water tidal pool that opened into the harbor(see Figures 7, 8 and 10). The following year, the City established a nursery within the park and planted 125 oak, elm, ash and maple trees. Upon maturing, these trees would be moved to Salem's streets, and the nursery replenished to maintain the supply. On June 25, 1914, a fire broke out following an explosion at the Korn Leather Factory at 57 Boston Street in Salem. Known as the Great Salem Fire, the conflagration spread rapidly, burning 253 acres and leaving nearly half of Salem's 48,000 residents homeless. Camps, or tent cities, were quickly established in different parts of the city. The largest makeshift camp was at Forest River Park, which at that time was still very much characterized by its open pastures (see Figure 9). On June 26, 100 tents were erected at Forest River Park.Within two days, 1200 displaced people were living in the camp at Forest River Park. An additional 300 people arrived the following day. By then, there were over 400 tents and a large dining tent with the capacity to seat several hundred. National Guard soldiers managed the distribution of food and assisted with other relief efforts in conjunction with the American Red Cross and civil authorities. The tent city at Forest River Park operated for several months while the city worked to rebuild itself. In the late 1920s, the old bathhouse was replaced with the present bathhouse (see Figures 10, 11 and 12). The construction of municipal pools peaked during the 1920s as Americans had more time for leisure and pool equipment and sanitation measures improved. It is unknown who designed the Forest River Park Bathhouse, however it is architecturally similar to the bathhouse that once stood at Smith Pool at Cat Cove near Winter Island, designed by Ambrose Walker. A formalized concrete pool replaced the tidal pool at Forest River Park, likely in the 1960s. The pool and bathhouse were renovated in 1971-72 (see Figures 18-20). The bathhouse provided restrooms, changing rooms, and concession stands for patrons. It also housed a caretaker's room, a first aid room, a lifeguard station and information stand. The last major upgrade to the pool occurred in 1999 when it was converted from salt water to fresh water. Various other structures and park elements were added through the years. A garage was constructed east of the Pickering House by 1938. It today functions as a restroom with storage. A concrete slide and two swing sets were installed by 1955. Two tennis courts at the southernmost part of the park next to the pool was added in the early or mid- 1970s. By 1995, a playground had been established towards the center of Forest River Park. Continuation sheet 5 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 Pioneer Village Situated in the northernmost section of Forest River Park is Pioneer Village. Created in 1930 for the Massachusetts tercentenary, Pioneer Village has the distinction of being America's first living history museum. The three-acre village contains a variety of structures intended to give visitors a glimpse into the everyday life of the colonists. It originally features twelve buildings in a designed landscaped and included a reproduction of the Arabella, the flagship of John Winthrop's fleet, in the Salem Harbor. Pioneer Village was intended to be a temporary exhibit,yet it was never dismantled. The reproduction ship was severely damaged in a hurricane in 1954 and was subsequently burned. Pioneer Village was conceived by George Francis Dow(1868-1936), a leading historian and antiquarian in New England. He founded the Topsfield Historical Society in 1894, was a member of various other organizations including the Massachusetts Historical Society and the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Dow served as an officer of the Essex Institute of Salem, and later was elected curator of the Society of the Preservation of New England Antiquities(now Historic New England). He spent the rest of his life serving as curator, museum director, and editor of the organization's magazine, Old-Time New England. Well-versed in the architecture of New England, Dow was tasked with the restoration of several eighteenth-century homes for both private owners and historical societies. In 1935, his book Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony was published. In it were several illustrations from the recently created Pioneer Village (see Figures 14-17). Other advisors to the construction, arrangement and furnishing of Pioneer Village in 1930 included Rose Briggs and Donald Macdonald-Miller. Briggs worked for Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth and was responsible for designing the costumes worn by the reenactors. Macdonald-Miller was an architect and early member of the Society of the Preservation of New England Antiquities. He provided the drawings for the Governor's Mansion at Pioneer Village. Pioneer Village remained a popular tourist destination until the 1950s when it began to deteriorate due to deferred maintenance and vandalism. Three of the buildings were lost due to fire in the 1960s and 1970s and were replaced with similar structures.The date(s)of the losses of the wigwams and dugouts is not known. By the mid-1980s, about half of the original structures were no longer extant. The City of Salem Park Commission voted to demolish Pioneer Village in 1985. The village was saved by the Pioneer Village Associates who signed a contract with the Park Commission in 1986 agreeing to restore and manage Pioneer Village. Led by Peter LaChapelle, then chief of visitor services at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, and Dr. K. David Goss, a career museum administration professional, the Pioneer Village Associates and their team of volunteers restored Pioneer Village. The deteriorated structures were rebuilt, and the gardens replanted. Pioneer Village reopened for the 1988 season, and a grant reopening was held in June 1990. For their roles in the restoration of Pioneer Village, Goss and LaChapelle won the American Society of Travel Writers prestigious Phoenix Award in 1991. Despite being leased to the House of Seven Gables until 2003, Pioneer Village again suffered from deferred maintenance and vandalism, and was included in Historic Salem Inc.'s "Most Endangered Resources" list for 2003. Over the course of the next five years, Salem Preservation Inc. managed and restored Pioneer Village. Partnering with a wide range of volunteers and stakeholders, Salem Preservation Inc. made various building repairs and site improvements. In 2008, Gordon College's Institute for Public History signed a five-year lease to use both Pioneer Village and Old Town Hall to host "History Alive!," the school's interactive theatre program. Gordon College elected not to renew their lease in 2013, and the City of Salem again took over operations at Pioneer Village. Today, access to tours of Pioneer Village is limited to weekends during the months of June through September. Its remote location on the South River has left Pioneer Village subject to both flooding and vandalism. The City plans to address deferred maintenance at Pioneer Village following the completion of the drainage project that is currently underway. Continuation sheet 6 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEy BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES American Antiquarian Society. Obituary for George Francis Dow. 1936. Ancestry.com. City Directories for the City of Salem, Massachusetts(1846-1907); United States Federal Census(1790- 1900); Vital Records(Birth, Marriage& Death). "Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts." Philadelphia, PA: G. M. Hopkins&Co., 1874 and 1897. "Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts." Boston, MA:Walker Lithograph & Publishing Co., 1911. Boehm, Bill. "Historians'Corner-A firestorm where the Guard began: Great Salem fire of 1914." National Guard Bureau, June 25,2014. City of Salem.Annual Reports for the Year Ending December 31, 1913. Salem, MA: Newcomb&Gauss, Printers, 1914. City of Salem. City Documents for 1912. Salem, MA: Newcomb&Gauss, Printers, 1913. City of Salem. Historic Preservation Plan Update. 2015. City of Salem. Property Assessment Data for Fiscal Year 2018, parcel ID: 33-0743-201 and 33-0743-202. Dow, George Francis. Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Boston, MA: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1935. Hinsley, Curtis M. and David R.Wilcox, ed. The Southwest in the American Imagination: The Writings of Sylvester Baxter, 1881-1889.Tucson,AZ,the University of Arizona Press, 1996. Historic Aerials. https://www.historicaerials.com. Jones,Arthur B. The Salem Fire. Boston, MA: the Gorham Press, 1914. Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Salem Reconnaissance Report. 2005. Massachusetts Historical Commission. Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth: Forest River Park, SAL.916 (1986, 1989); Pioneer Village; SAL.GM(1986); Col.Timothy Pickering House, SAL.2149(1989). Massachusetts Historical Commission. Reconnaissance Survey Town Report:Salem. 1985. McAllister, Jim. "Pioneer Village, Salem 1630." http://www.salemweb.com/tales/pioneerviIIage.php. National Park Service. "Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston." https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/massachusetts conservation/metro_park_system_of_greater_boston.htmi. Peabody Essex Museum."Hemenway Family Papers, 1800-1954, undated," Finding Aid. Perley, Sidney. The History of Salem, Massachusetts: 1626-1637.Vol. I. Salem, MA: Sidney Perley, 1924. Robert Charles Engineering Associates. Plans for the swimming pool, Forest River Park, Salem, Massachusetts. February 1971. Continuation sheet 7 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 Schier, Stephen J. and Kenneth C. Turino. Images of America:Salem, Massachusetts, Volume p. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1998. Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds: bk. 14, pg. 88(1699); bk.253, pg.26-27(1829); bk.288, pg. 45(1835); bk. 594, pg. 29-30(1859); bk. 669, pgs. 84 and 125(1864); bk. 1210, pg. 140(1887); bk. 1903, pg. 75-77(1907). Tilford, Leland. Photographs taken after the Salem Fire of 1914, digitized by the Salem State University Archives and Special Collections. https://digitalcommons.salemstate.edu/fire—photos. United States Congress. "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 —Present." http://bioguide.congress.gov. Weston&Sampson. Forest River Park Pool Evaluation—draft. June 2017, Continuation sheet 8 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEy BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 DATA SHEET PHOTO MHC STRUCTURE/FEATURE CONSTRUCTION ARCHITECT/DESIGNER STYLE NUMBER NUMBER NAME DATE 4-5, 7-8 SAL.2149 Col.Timothy Pickering Pre-1817 Unknown Second House Period 7-8 Forest River Park Pre-1938 Unknown N/A Garage 23-27, 29- Forest River Park C 1920 Unknown Colonial 30, 32-40 Bathhouse Revival 25, 28-29, Forest River Park Pool Pre-1971 Unknown; renovation: N/A 31, 40 28, 31 Tennis Court C 1971 N/A N/A 3 Baseball Diamond 1911; currently under N/A N/A reconstruction 2 Basketball Court Pre-1955;currently NIA N/A under reconstruction 42 Playground Pre-1995 Unknown N/A 43 Swing Sets C 1970 N/A N/A 41 Concrete Slide Pre-1955 Unknown N/A 11-17 SAL.GM Pioneer Village 1930; partial George Francis Dow and First Period reconstruction 1960s- Donald Macdonald-Miller reproduction 1980s 4, 6, 9, Circulation Systems Pre-1874; post-1907 Unknown N/A 18-22, 40, 43-44 1 Entrance Piers and Pre-1969 Unknown N/A Walls 18-19, 23 Waterfront Retaining Unknown Unknown N/A Walls 30 Forest River Pool 1999 Unknown Boulder with Restoration Monument la ue 22, 43 Park Benches(metal, Unknown N/A N/A wood 43 Picnic Tables(plastic, Unknown N/A N/A wood, metal Continuation sheet 9 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS �t al d Photograph 1.View of park entrance at the intersection of Clifton Avenue and Shore Avenue, looking northeast. I Photograph 2.View of northwest edge of the park,currently under construction, looking northeast. Continuation sheet 10 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 Y ti Y"i i Photograph 3. View of the former baseball diamond, currently under construction, looking northeast. 7 Photograph 4.View of the park entrance at the end of Wes Avenue, looking east. Continuation sheet 11 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 - i Photograph 5. North and west elevations of the Pickering House, looking east. J �i r Photograph 6.View of the park paths along the Pickering House lawn, looking southeast. Continuation sheet 12 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 E - a s s a . , 1' il. Photograph 7. South elevation of the Pickering House and west and south elevations of the garage, looking north. • r Photograph 8. East and south elevations of the Pickering House and the garage, looking west. Continuation sheet 13 INVENTORYO ' M A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST . . . . HISTORICALMASSACHUSETTS • • fit. �. .. �!°'"es+- .. .o -.�}•• -�'/.;��-� - 71" Photograph • View of the park along the centermost pathway running southwest to northeast, .. - Tie Ewn Photograph 10. The ticket booth outside of Pioneer Village, looking north. `E I' Continuation INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 :r r - l • r yeti L.. f:r �...► tires f `�'F �.� ..r;.+ ;. , �,►w { �"!''�•��• 'lam"s Photograph 11.The pond south of Pioneer Village, looking west. 01 r•. 70 •�'• -71 _. .' T, r _ J Photograph 12.The entrance to Pioneer Village, looking northwest. Continuation sheet 15 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 H76) rA .ty Ate' 1 i•. Photograph 13. The blacksmith shop and firepit at Pioneer Village. looking southeast. I Photograph 14.The Governor's Mansion and garden at Pioneer Village, looking northwest. Continuation sheet 16 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 4. iS• '-A Photograph 15. Cottage and wigwam at Pioneer Village, looking northwest. r T- Y Photograph 16. Cottage at Pioneer Village, looking west. Continuation sheet 17 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 #n +• 4� -'ie i' ` J Photograph 17.View of Pioneer Village, looking east. PAW- I Photograph 18. View of path and shoreline at northeast corner of Forest River Park, looking north. Continuation sheet 18 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 �4 Photograph 19.View of park shoreline along Salem Harbor, looking southeast. T Y, Vi+ ,S �r Photograph 20. View of park path and parking area, looking west. Continuation sheet 19 IWENTORY FORMIFOREST . . . . HISTORICALMASSACHUSETTS • • Form Nos. 1 MoRmsEy BouLEvARD,BoSTON, 1 _ INN. Photograph 21 View of �� SIT - -_ _. °a •. .'; ice'?•`l- _ _ .� ' . .�� .. Forest . Harbor, looking southeast. .5710 AA or ` s _ _ yy j• � Photograph 22. View of Pickering's Point, looking southeast. y r r Continuation INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRIS3EY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 r t• Photograph 23- View of the beach between Pickering Point and the bathhouse, looking southwest. >k ' Y� s -- 1- Photograph 24. East elevation of the bathhouse, looking southwest. Continuation sheet 21 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 l� Photograph 25. East and south elevations of the bathhouse, looking northwest. Or ,i - f i7¢`�.� 'ti _�l T��1Y 7 Ai 1.•=�. Photograph 26.View of the south and west elevations of the bathhouse, looking north. Continuation sheet 22 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 t i y `• � I Photograph 27. Partial view of the west elevation of the bathhouse, looking southeast. a r Photograph 28. View of the southern end of the pool along Salem Harbor, looking south. Continuation sheet 23 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 x• Photograph 29.View of the pool and bathhouse, looking northwest. 41 AL Photograph 30. North elevationof the bathhouse, looking southeast. Continuation sheet 24 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 1 � l - Photograph 31. View of the wading pool, looking south. r 13 f i t � I 1 r Photograph 32. First aid room adjacent to the door at the west elevation, looking southeast. Continuation sheet 25 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 ' I I � ALL r I r Photograph 33. Interior space of the bathhouse along the west elevation, looking northwest. Photograph 34. Entrance to the women's room, occupying the south end of the bathhouse, looking northeast. Continuation sheet 26 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 `• - t, I 4. Photograph 35. View of the women's room, looking east. 1' w• - = 1 Photograph 36. View of the changing stalls in the women's room, looking southeast. Continuation sheet 27 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 s. a t - i r 1k 1+ r • 1 I f Photograph 37. Open central corridor between the women's and men's rooms, looking northeast. Av � S . FIE " ff0 15.E Photograph 38. Entrance to the men's room, occupying the north end of the bathhouse, looking northeast. Continuation sheet 28 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 e' Photograph 39. View of the men's room, looking northeast. Photograph 40. View of the pool and bathhouse from the paved pathway, looking southeast. Continuation sheet 29 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION i ti4 Photograph 41. View of the concrete and stone slide north of the pool and bathhouse, looking north. Photograph 42.View of the playground equipment west of the concrete slide, looking north. • ... ,,'?C''{� ; �xfi:•FM f.. _ yr • }', - a Continuation INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Photograph 43. Pair of swing sets located at the center of Forest River Park, looking northeast. Photograph 44. View down the path along the southwest edge of the park, looking southeast. Continuation sheet 31 S .s• _ x INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 17 k' ii "t _ 71G Photograph 45. Vie,.v of the in, erior of Forest River Park, looking northeast. Continuation sheet 32 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION S1R£� i 1d :18,ti t. 23 } 2R r �V4 22 (19 1b 12 `e • 36 24 .�1-�AveNV£ 2 y p'EgOE_-r..-'T.}G 1211fi 13 174 9�i_�?y3 � >j•T.�..- '�.` � s.A .4'. 27i 25 3b� :38 �1 f !61 i 16 I\ //JJ f' 3 .j 1 J 197 19 S°/ .34 - OC AE N rERAA�E r:1& 1 7'a4'�. 30 Pioneer Village 21 47 '22 24 �� - 174 1 �97�19 � 21�231 63 bT -1,AVENUE .t13 Al J 24 3 } 25) 10 111 iv 8 }17;\j 1--�� 22,1 9 Ay 8 , �7 ��FN q' _•. < 3 i9 53, Pickering 13�yO�. b 31, .qt,� 2: House 7 51 f �10 7 p $ 1 Garage \ r �17 pVkE C 28 i\ 3t R b 17 pit`'S 26 f a 10 1 > \ j VA122 R3'R 3 -P, ,1$ }$1 1�/ / o 23 '`\ Pool f� !� �s t• �$ t 7't$ 1 o#o , 22 ,*F9G < Bathhouse 2d f 35 10 26 • � _ � f 1 $ 11 17 \ , 19 f 357111'S j SAVOY RQAO 21 25 1� 59 �/. ' i 12 j 94 •`16118 20 22 'D y� 2d f o oya b •---�- I id �J J••N 16 Figure 1. Locus Map showing Forest River Park(area colored green)with notable structures labeled. Building footprints are in their approximate locations and are not to scale. Continuation sheet 33 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 60 t 1 � � •4 h � J Figure 2.Aerial view showing Forest River Park prior to the start of the drainage improvement project. Source:Google maps(2018). Continuation sheet 34 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 Art R .,�♦,-tom 7- XKI � WARD S 3 SALEM. Figure 3. 1874 atlas of Salem showing the Forest Rive Park land under the ownership of Jay H. Moulton. Source: "Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts" (Philadelphia, PA: G. M. Hopkins&Co., 1874), plate N. Continuation sheet 35 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MomssEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 AvE lw Ik �,1 .> ui• HFS ik ♦ i a ' ,yA F E.r. or MARV Nt M' :1r+1 . `7 x r �E✓ ley ![t \ iZ a 1 '1! i Figure 4. 1897 atlas of Salem showing the Hemenway(spelled Hemingway) property and its associated structures. Source: "Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts" (Philadelphia, PA: G. M. Hopkins&Co., 1897), plate 12. Continuation sheet 36 r-+ INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 &!6 SAtEM xnRBaa PL.41 fr r n ,nfan 8 fYon No O!— � Ja a h eIIs)$Dvl d J7sHu✓¢ems' PLAN OF HEMENWAY LAND 5AL£A/, MASS. '< tdxEry FOR Rawx auwpos£s PECEWWR 1907 a S"if+V FEET M AN lHIIw 'q GE'OR6E 9 ASHraW.CITY EHrdHEER. ' x } x � = T7�P`�boi NNI'Vi F- ,& F a em'i1CC/�ehl�sM w19+�6r. is 1 f� r! t i r r + ;� „_ Fo�ncwtr ar 1Yfsa §RAP!!K,SCALE tNTEET Figure 5. Plan associated with the City of Salem's taking of the Forest River Park Land. Source: Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds bk. 16, pg. 41 (1907). Continuation sheet 37 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 Zn n '�•, `4 SHLtRE^�., c�5" ., � - � Gt2E,f�{. 1! ST._-, F0!tf:-'T Rtt-E,R PA R h l3 t fl'1' OF S ki t 4p port„[a$a : 5 Figure 6. 1911 atlas of Salem showing the Forest River Park and the buildings thereon. Source: "Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts" (Boston, MA: Walker Lithograph& Publishing Co., 1911), plate 1. Continuation sheet 38 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 CITY PLANS COMMI55IM4 SALEM MASH - �ac�cMsca n+a Ire�.F►'..'iTSt.ff at Pew irr;t7G'ra omw xc XVvkv*&AMA !t[tLC93AF�[1�'SM,4r:rR A'46i " 5 t�.l _ M rr�t+rx"1 +vraosotsaraw� tl�,ct ! y . 5 'ate �r J �j/ .r 3^�tte�'t` Itt+�z_-�, d o�•ti� ,.. t� ...��+ _- >�.�Di�a ,�� "=-� 110 � SR1.&M H� 1CL"Ti CJ R, d6 6U=STED B0VL1rVARLO �crSTRCArmrNT +" TIM FLAT3 FOREST 6PIM PARK — LO"G POINT Figure 7. 1912 plan for the treatment of the tidal flats showing the Forest River Park. Source: City of Salem, City Documents for 1912(Salem, MA: Newcomb&Gauss, Printers, 1913), 33. -rt _ 4& -ice Y d oRF.-T RrvF$AT LOW AKn HIGH Tiers,i,uowwr xzm)or TIDY D%m To SLEEP.4 D Fr.AaS COVERM Am) WATER AT 1.UNiroitm LzVZL. I. Forekt River Park abort Rath douse. z. Bathing Pool,usable half the time. 3. Mud Flats at Lox Tide, 4- When the Tide is In. ;. Same as No.a.with a seater difference. 5. Forest River above Lead Mills at High Tile. C ,,s,{a W r,V--t-Y Of W Chyktlx►Ratak, Figure 8. Images of the coastline at Forest River Park from 1912. Source:City of Salem, City Documents for 1912(Salem, MA: Newcomb&Gauss, Printers, 1913), 57. Continuation sheet 39 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 1. r 1 r t 'Ross > r Figure 9. Images of the tent city at Forest River Park, erected following the Great Salem Fire of 1914. Source: Leland Tilford, photographer, images digitized by the Salem State University Archives and Special Collections. Continuation sheet 40 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 41 lr �1r i H* ...�W- y-.A•r•-�,.- __Jar+ 1 ` i •��•. 0d"t. #jV#0 VA$jg.%;v Vwjhll poet,GT*4f*At v,r:Y. M. MASS, Figure 10. Undated postcard of the old bathhouse at Forest River Park, likely ca. 1920. Source: City of Salem. 'ryw�r ■W, IIop i Figure 11. Undated photograph of the bathhouse at Forest River Park, likely dating to the late 1920s. Source: City of Salem. Continuation sheet 41 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 - _ A f 1A ry � L Figure 12. Undated photograph of the bathhouse at Forest River Park, likely dating to the late 1920s. Source: Stephen J. Schier and Kenneth C.Tcrino, Images of America:Salem, Massachusetts, Volume 11(Charleston, SC:Arcadia Publishing, 1998), pg. 39. Continuation sheet 42 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 rf A L V-74 ii •q � Y • .� .,�� ,ram �' t .jam/1 � •�41�~~�� 1 Figure 13. 1924 image of visitors at Forest River Park. Source: Stephen J. Schier and Kenneth C. Turino, Images of America:Salem, Massachusetts, Volume II(Charleston, SC:Arcadia Publishing, 1998), pg. 39. Continuation sheet 43 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MomssEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 r Figure 14."The Governor's 'Fayre House,' 1630 Colonial Village, Salem." Source: George Francis Dow, Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony(Boston, MA: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1935), illustration plate 1. i F 1W r 7 0- Figure 15. "Colonial Village of 1630, at Salem, Massachusetts."Source: George Francis Dow, Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony(Boston, MA: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1935), illustration plate 6. Continuation sheet 44 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTs HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 'I 1 Figure 16. "English Wigwams"(top) and"Framework of English 'Aigwams" (bottom). Source: George Francis Dow, Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony(Boston, MA: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1935), illustration plate 7. Continuation sheet 45 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 �r ;#r �.. Figure 17. "Thatch-roofed Cottages" (top)and "Interior of an English Wigwam"(bottom). Source: George Francis Dow, Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony(Boston, MA: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1935), illustration plate 8. Continuation sheet 46 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 r 0 G 0 i^ Figure 18.Aerial view of the Forest River Park pool and bathhouse from 1971,just prior to the renovation. Source: Historic Aerials. '�luJ mum F 0 �' ' ❑ r Q Y t • O Q Figure 19. Aerial view of the Forest River Park pool and bathhouse from 1978, after the renovation. Source: Historic Aerials. Continuation sheet 47 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 1 i i - s 3 piy Figure 20. Proposed floor plan for the bathhouse at Forest River Park. Source: Robert Charles Engineering Associates. Plans for the swimming pool, Forest River Park(February 1971). Continuation sheet 48 a INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: ❑ Individually eligible ❑ Eligible only in a historic district ❑ Contributing to a potential historic district ® Potential historic district Criteria: ® A ❑ B ® C ❑ D Criteria Considerations: ❑ A ❑ B ❑ C ❑ D ❑ E ❑ F ❑ G Statement of Significance by Tonya Loveday.Epsilon Associates The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. Forest River Park was established as a public park after the City of Salem took the land by eminent domain in 1907. It is an early example of a suburban municipal park that reflects the influence of the progressive late nineteenth century park movement that took off following the Park Act of 1892 and the establishment of the Metropolitan Park Commission in 1893. The park was largely open pastures on rolling hills with beachfront access when it was acquired by the City of Salem. Up to that point, the land remained remarkably undeveloped from its time as a common field used by Salem's first settlers. The land was owned by several significant historical figures including Colonel Timothy Pickering Jr., a prominent Revolutionary War-era politician, David Pingree, a prominent Salem merchant, and Mary Hemenway, a wealthy philanthropist and early preservationist. Forest River Park was originally open in character and void of the many mature trees that characterize the landscape today. It served the city in a different capacity following the Great Salem Fire of 1914. Forest River Park became home of Salem's largest camp or tent city, providing a place for thousands of displaced civilians to reside and receive aid while the city rebuilt itself after the devastating event. Since then, the park has remained a popular destination for outdoor recreation. It provides a natural setting for picnicking, recreation, play, and swimming at its beaches and pool. For these reasons,the park satisfies Criterion A at the local level. Forest River Park also satisfies Criterion C at the local level for the buildings on the property which retain historic and architectural integrity. The oldest resource within the park is the Col. Timothy Pickering House (SAL.2149). Built by 1817 and likely dating to the Second Period (1725-1780), this vernacular dwelling appears to have been enlarged in the late nineteenth century. The building is representative of New England colonial architecture and is associated with one of the property's earliest and most prominent owners, Colonel Timothy Pickering, Jr. Since its construction, the dwelling has seemingly been used as a cottage or second residence for its owners. The building retains its integrity and continues to function as a residence for the caretaker of Forest River Park. Other structures within Forest River Park that retain sufficient integrity and would contribute to a potential district include the purpose-built Forest River Park Bathhouse, dating to the late 1920s, and the Forest River Park Garage, constructed by 1938. These two buildings were commissioned by the City of Salem to enhance and support the park's programming and operation. Because the Forest River Park Pool has been reworked in several iterations, most recently in 1999, it does not retain integrity and is ineligible for inclusion in a potential district. In 1989, the Massachusetts Historical Commission found Pioneer Village (SAL.GM) ineligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places due to the loss of as many as half of its original structures. Pioneer Village does not currently retain sufficient integrity and remains ineligible for listing. Continuation sheet 49 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM FOREST RIVER PARK MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area Letter Form Nos. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 SAL.916 It is possible that Forest River Park may satisfy Criterion D for its potential to yield important information or archaeological artifacts associated with the Naumkeags, a group of Native Americans who were known to have lived in the area prior to English colonization. Various accounts suggest that the Naumkeags used or occupied the Forest River Park property, conveniently located on the Salem Harbor.Additional study would be necessary to justify significance under Criterion D. Continuation sheet 50 a - M Sye" The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth July 28,2017 Massachusetts Historical Commission Jenna L.Ide Director of Capital Projects and Municipal Operations City of Salem 93 Washington Street Salem,MA 01970 RE: Forest River Park and Pool,38 Clifton Avenue, Salem,MA;MHC#RC.62743 Dear Ms. Ide: Thank you for submitting a Project Notification Form(PNF)for the project referenced above,which was received at this office on July 14, 2017. The staff of the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) have reviewed the information submitted and have the following comments. . The proposed project consists of the demolition of the existing pool and associated building at 38 Clifton Avenue in Salem,and the construction of a new pool,building,associated systems, and improvements to the access road and parking. The information submitted indicates that the project will be receiving grants from the Department of Conservation Services (DCS) and the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and permits from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection(MassDEP), and the US Army Corps of Engineers(COE). Review of the Inventory of Historic and Archaeological Assets of the Commonwealth indicates that pool and its associated building are located in the Forest River Park (SAL.916), which is included in the Inventory. The MHC requests that the proponent forward a copy of the Project Notification Form and associated information to the Salem Historical Commission and Historic Salem, Inc. Copies of any comments received from the Salem Historical Commission and Historic Salem Inc should be submitted to MHC. These comments are offered to assist in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (36 CFR 800) and M.G.L. Chapter 9, sections 26-27C, (95.0 CMR 71.00). Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Si erely, Linda Santoro Preservation Planner Massachusetts Historical Commission xc: Salem Historical Commission Historic Salem,Inc. 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 • Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc �I 'll 1 �I � �� 1 I t� I I I I 1 L S S i ` L _ . O Salem Historical Commission 98 WASHINGTON STREET, SALEM: MASSACHUSETTS 01970 (978)619-5685 October 31,2019 JennaIde Director of Municipal Operations and Capital Improvements City of Salem 93 Washington Street Salem,MA 01970 RE: Forest River Park,Pool and Bathhouse Dear Ms. Ide: On behalf of the Salem Historical Commission, I would like to express our appreciation for the City's decision to preserve the historic Forest River Pool Bathhouse. The Forest River Pool and Bathhouse facility is a community treasure that has provided recreational opportunities for Salem residents for over 100 years.The existing concrete and stucco bathhouse was constructed in ca. 1920 to replace an earlier bathhouse on the site,while the existing pool,which is over 25 years old,replaced an earlier salt water tidal pool. Both resources need major renovations and the pool's location in the coastal flood zone has resulted in repeated inundation by storms, forcing the City to permanently close the pool in 2018. After the closure, the Historical Commission was asked to consider the architectural and historic significance of the bathhouse to determine whether the building should be preserved.The Commission held several public meetings to discuss the building's significance and completed a site visit to the park to observe the bathhouse and pool.Based on these meetings and preliminary research by staff,the Commission determined that the bathhouse is historically significant and should be preserved.The Commission requested that an historic structures report be completed for the building and the City's Historic Preservation Planner collaborated on an RFP to procure a consultant team with a specialty in historic preservation to prepare a feasibility study for the Forest River Pool and Bathhouse. As part of this study,the consultant team completed an updated Area Form for Forest River Park that included an architectural and historic significance statement for the bathhouse.We are pleased that the feasibility work resulted in a final plan to restore the historic bathhouse and continue its historic use as a public space,a desire also expressed by citizens at public meetings held in support of the plan. We strongly believe that a restored Forest River Pool Bathhouse to support a new pool facility installed outside of the flood zone will preserve a valuable historic asset and provide major benefits to the community for future generations. Sincerely, Laurence Spang,AIA Chair i �� ' � ti� � �� I i �, _ _ _ �, _ i � � ,