3 Smith Street inventory formInventory No:SAL.2820
Historic Name:Goodhouse,Joseph -Mahoney,
Thomas House
Common Name:O'Leary,Timothy -Therriault,
Alfred House
Address:3 Smith St
City/Town:Salem
Village/Neighborhood:Bridge Street;
Local No:36-0014;
Year Constructed:C 1840
Architectural Style(s):No style;
Use(s):Single Family Dwelling House;
Significance:Architecture;Ethnic Heritage;
Area(s):SAL.EY,SAL.IV
Designation(s):Nat'l Register District (07/19/2002);
Building Materials:Roof:Asphalt Shingle;
Wall:Vinyl Siding;Wood;
Foundation:Concrete Unspecified;
Demolished No
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FORM B BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Photograph
Locus Map
Recorded by: Lisa Mausolf
Organization: City of Salem
Date (month / year): January 2011
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
36-0014 Salem EY,
IV
SAL.2820
Town/City: Salem
Place: (neighborhood or village):
Bridge Street Neck
Address: 3 Smith Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: single family dwelling house (condo)
Original: single family dwelling house
Date of Construction: c.1840
Source: maps, visual inspection
Style/Form: Greek Revival
Architect/Builder: unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation:
Wall/Trim: vinyl siding
Roof: asphalt shingle
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
none
Major Alterations (with dates):
date unknown – front dormer, rear add., lintel over entrance
c.2000 – vinyl siding, new windows, new door
Condition: fair (due to siding)
Moved: no yes Date:
Acreage: less than 1/4 acre (same lot as 27 Lemon)
Setting: mixed residential on narrow street
RECEIVED
SEPT 01 2011
MASS. HIST. COMM.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 3 SMITH STREET
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Continuation sheet 1
EY,IV SAL.2820
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The house at 3 Smith Street is a modest 1 ½-story, 3 x 1-bay, side-gabled, vernacular Greek Revival-style dwelling which is built
to the sidewalk. The house is set on a foundation which has been parged and is sheathed in vinyl siding. There is a raised
kneewall area above the first floor openings and the eaves on the gable ends display shallow returns which are encased in vinyl.
The center entrance contains a modern door which is capped by an entablature lintel with small end brackets. Windows contain
modern 1/1 units and are flanked by shutters. The shallow shed dormer above the entrance appears to be a later addition.
There is a two-story addition at the rear. There is no ell shown on the 1911 map. By 1955 a smaller, two-story, central ell was in
place.
This building is a contributing property in the Bridge Street Neck Historic District, listed on the National Register on July 19,
2002.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the
owners/occupants played within the community.
This house was constructed prior to the 1851 McIntyre map although the owner’s name is not clear. The earliest known owner
appears to have been Joseph Goodhue, a laborer/feather bed renovator who was living at what was then 19 Lemon Street in
1851 and 1861. It appears that even then the house at 3 Smith Street was in common ownership with 25-27 Lemon Street as it
is today. The 1860 Census indicates that Joseph Goodhue was 63 years old and mulato, married to Mahala, who is described
as black. Joseph and Mahala had married in 1821 and had two sons, Joseph and John, both of whom were mariners in 1850.
The Lemon Street property (presumably including this building) was sold by Mahala Goodhue to Thomas Mahoney in 1867 for
$900 (Book 737, Page 265). On the 1874 map, Thomas Mahoney is shown as the owner of three buildings on the east side of
Smith Street as well as what is now 25 Lemon Street. Directories list Mahoney’s occupation as laborer. In 1875 Mahoney sold
the property to Timothy O’Leary who later lived at 24 Lemon Street.
Over the years, the house was home to a number of working families. Henry O’Leary, a shoe dealer, was living here by 1890
and was still here in 1900, living with his wife Bridget and three children. In 1905 the house at 3 Smith Street was sold by
Timothy O’Leary’s estate to William Campbell. According to the 1910 Census, William Campbell was a Canadian-born
machinist who lived here with his wife Lavinia and three sons. Campbell continued to own the building until 1914 when it was
sold to Alfred Therriault. The Therriault family continued to own the property until 1988.
In 1988 the building was converted to a condominium sharing common land with 25-27 Lemon Street.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Salem, Massachusetts.
Hopkins, G.M. Atlas of Salem, Massachusetts. Philadelphia: 1874.
McIntyre, Henry, C.E. Map of the City of Salem. Philadelphia: 1851.
Salem Directories, various dates.
Sanborn Insurance Maps, 1890-1903; 1906-1938. [Essex County Registry of Deeds].
U.S. Census, 1870-1930.