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DIEHL SIGN PACKAGEProperty Owner Property Information Sign Owner Use of Building Frontage in Linear Feet Sign Permit SP-20-18 Status: Active Submitted: Oct 05, 2020 Applicant Erika Diehl 323-556-1872 diehlmarcuscompany@gmail.com Location 11 CENTRAL STREET SALEM, MA 01970 Is the applicant the owner? -- Is applicant representing City of Salem? -- Is the applicant authorized to represent the owner? true Owner Telephone (351) 201-4923 Owner Email Bullfinch1800@yahoo.com Owner Name Paul Burke The undersigned hereby applies for a permit to Erect/Alter/Repair a sign on the following described buildings. Select one: Erect/Alter/Repair Sign Erect District(s) Historic District Zoning B-5 Is the Sign owner the same as the applicant? true If a corporate body, name of responsible officer -- 1st Floor Retail 2nd Floor Residential 3rd Floor -- 4th Floor -- How many businesses are in the building? 1 Building 48 Applicant's Space (if multi-tenant) 48 Proposed Signs Cost Existing Signs Property 48 How many signs are proposed? 3 Are any of the proposed signs window signs with vinyl or painted lettering? -- Sign 1 Materials Outdoor Scrim Vinyl Sign 1 Type Free Standing Sign 1 Dimensions: Width 1.66 Sign 1 Dimensions: Height 7 Will Sign 1 require Electricity? -- Sign 1 Area (square feet) 11.62 Sign 2 Type Free Standing Sign 1 Height (if freestanding) 10 Sign 2 Dimensions: Height 7 Sign 2 Materials Outdoor Scrim Vinyl Sign 2 Area (square feet) 11.62 Sign 2 Dimensions: Width 1.66 Sign 3 Materials Wood Will Sign #2 require Electicity? -- Sign 3 Type Wall Sign Sign 3 Dimensions: Width 12 Sign 3 Height (if freestanding) -- Sign 3 Area (sq ft) -- Sign 2 Height (if freestanding) 10 Sign 3 Dimensions: Height 0.58 Will Sign #3 require Electricity? -- Estimated Cost in Dollars of Net Work (fabrication and installation) 1700 How many Existing Signs are on the Property? 0 Sign Erector Signature Attachments (7) Sign is a Municipal Owned Sign being installed by Dept Public Services -- Name -- DBA -- Telephone -- Address -- Email -- License Type -- License Expiration -- Licensee Number -- License Status -- Applicant Signature true Sign Owner's Authorized Representative false Workers' Compensation Insurance Affidavit: Builders/Contractors/Electricians/Plu mbers Oct 05, 2020 Sign #1 Oct 05, 2020 Sign #2 Oct 05, 2020 Timeline Sign #3 Oct 05, 2020 no signage.jpg Oct 05, 2020 frontage.jpg Oct 05, 2020 frontage with signage.jpg Oct 05, 2020 Assigned by location regarding Urban Renewal Zone Status: In Progress Assignee: Kathryn Newhall-Smith Kathryn Newhall-Smith October 6th 2020, 10:57:36 am Thank you for your sign application. Everything looks to be in order except for the workers comp page. You uploaded the rendering with the proposed signage in that location. Do you have the form to fill out and upload? I will put this application on the Design Review Board's October 21st meeting agenda. I will send you the agenda a week before the meeting, which will have the Zoom link. Your, or someone familiar with the sign will need to attend the meeting; it will begin at 6pm. In the meantime, do not hesitate to contact me via this portal or directly by email if you have any questions. Sign Permit Fee Status: Pending DPCD Exec Dir Sign off Status: Pending Building Commissioner Signoff Status: Pending Sign Building Permit available Status: Pending Inventory No:SAL.2480 Historic Name:Essex County Bank Building Common Name:Salem Fraternity Boys Club Building Address:11 Central St City/Town:Salem Village/Neighborhood:Central Salem Local No: Year Constructed:1811 Architect(s): Almy and Bigelow; Bulfinch, Charles; Carl and Modlich; Fellows, Israel; Frothingham and Fifield; Goldwaith and Day; Lord and Fuller; Machado, Ernest Miguel Antonio; Smith Architectural Style(s):Federal; Italianate Use(s):Bank; Clubhouse; Customs House; Commercial Block Significance:Architecture; Art; Commerce; Economics; Recreation; Social History Area(s):SAL.HP: Downtown Salem Historic District SAL.HZ: Downtown Salem Multiple Resource Area Designation(s):Nat'l Register District (10/18/1983); Nat'l Register MRA (10/18/1983); Preservation Restriction (05/15/1997) Building Materials(s):Wall: Brick; Cast Iron; Marble; Wood; Stone, Cut Foundation: Brick; Granite; Stone, Cut The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has converted this paper record to digital format as part of ongoing projects to scan records of the Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth and National Register of Historic Places nominations for Massachusetts. 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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc This file was accessed on: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 11:40 AM Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. 12/12 FORM B  BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph View looking northeast. Locus Map (north at top) Source: Mass GIS Oliver Parcel Viewer Recorded by: Walter R. Wheeler Hartgen Archeological Assoc./Larson Fisher Assoc. Organization: City of Salem DPCD Date: July 2017 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 35-0612-0 Salem SAL.HP, SAL.HZ SAL.2480 NRDIS NRMRA 10/18/1983, PR 5/15/1997 Town/City: Salem Place: (neighborhood or village): Downtown Address: 11 Central Street Historic Name: Essex County Bank Uses: Present: small retail/service store Original: bank Date of Construction: 1810-11 Source: Tolles & Tolles 2004, pp.82-83 Style/Form: Federal Architect/Builder: Charles Bulfinch (attributed, 1810-11); Lord & Fuller (1871 work); Ernest M.A. Machado (architect, 1899 renovation) Exterior Material: Foundation: stone and brick Wall/Trim: brick/stone Roof: unknown (asphalt shingle or slate) Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: none Major Alterations (with dates): Italianate cornice, entry porch and first floor windows, and changes to the interior (1871); Interior modifications (1899). Condition: good Moved: no ☒ yes ☐ Date: Acreage: 0.11 Setting: The building occupies an urban setting principally consisting of brick masonry commercial and mixed-use buildings, in which structures typically occupy the majority of their lots and have their street facades in line with the street wall. RECEIVED DEC 05 2017 MASS. HIST. COMM. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 11 CENTRAL STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 SAL.HP, SAL.HZ SAL.2480 ☐ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Frequently attributed to Charles Bullfinch, this two-story side-gable center passage brick masonry building is a good example of neoclassicism as practiced by the circle associated with Bulfinch at the turn of the 19th century. The building is approached by two flights of stairs with delicate cast and wrought iron railing, the stairs joining at a landing in front of an elevated en trance vestibule. The five bay façade, on a high cut granite basement with marble watertable, is enlivened by the use of arch-topped windows at the first floor level, and the introduction of projecting string courses at both the sill and springing of the arches, extend ing the full width of the street front. A larger string course marks the second floor level. All three courses are worked in finely cut white marble, as are the splayed lintels and sills of the second floor windows. First floor windows are set within wide marble frames within the arched brick openings, and are 12-over-12 double hung sash. The same windows are used at the second floor level. Bays on the Central Street elevation are slightly compressed toward the middle of the façade; the central three bays are slightly separated from the outer two ranks of windows. Alterations undertaken in 1871 introduced the Italianate vestibule with paired paneled doors and lunette transom flanked by paired paneled pilasters. Other 1871 alterations included the redesign of the lunettes above the first floor windows to conform with that of the vestibule’s transom, and the introduction of a bracketed cornice to the building. The brick walls are laid in Flemish bond with corner closers on both the primary and (where visible) secondary elevations. T he parapet gabled end walls with paired chimneys have minimal fenestration and detail . The marble watertable of the Central Street elevation is rendered in brick, and is the only projection on the south face of the building. This building is a part of the Downtown Salem Historic District (SAL.HP) and the Salem Multiple Resource Area (SAL.HZ). HISTORICAL NARRATIVE According to the previous Massachusetts Historical Commission Historic Resource Survey Form, SAL.2580 , “this elegant building is the last surviving example of the work of Charles Bulfinch in Salem. Charles Bulfinch (1763-1844), a Boston-based architect, rose to national prominence for his work on the expansion of the capitol building in Washington. He designed more than 50 buildings in Boston including the M assachusetts State House at 45 Beacon Street (BOS.1092), Faneuil Hall at Dock Square (BOS.1712), and Saint Stephen’s Church at 401 Hanover Street (BOS.5353), as well as numerous important commissions throughout New England. The Essex County Bank Building was the first bank building constructed in Essex County, and housed a succession of banks in the 19th century. Since 1899, it served as the home of the Salem Fraternity, founded 1869 and the oldest boys club in America.”1 Historically, the building had an address of 7-11 Central Street, until the street was renumbered in the late 1880s. The Salem Historic District Study Committee Survey stated that, “for a time Charles Osgood, many of whose paintings and portraits may be seen at the Essex Institute, had a studio on the second floor. The Salem Fraternity, the oldest boys' club in America founded in 1869, acquired the building and remodeled it in 1899. Ernest Machado was their architect.”2 According to the earliest deed for the property, dated March 11th, 1819, William Gray, Jacob Ashton, and Joseph White, Esqs., conveyed the real estate “upon which a brick Bank building has since been erected, and which is not in the occupation of the 1 Massachusetts Historical Commission Historic Resource Survey Form, SAL.2480 (1979). 2 Massachusetts Historical Commission Historic Resource Survey Form, SAL.2480 (1979). INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 11 CENTRAL STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 2 SAL.HP, SAL.HZ SAL.2480 said Essex Bank” to the President, Directors, and Company of Essex Bank, in consideration of $1. The following week, o n March 17th, the President, Directors, and Company of the Essex Bank conveyed the lot or parcel of land with the brick Bank building and all other buildings thereon to the President, Directors, and Company of the Commercial Bank, in consideration of $6,500.3 On November 20th, 1826, the President, Directors, and Company of the Commercial Bank conveyed the lot o r/f parcel of land with part of the brick building thereon to the President, Directors, and Company of the Mercantile Bank, in consideration of $2,500.4 The Mercantile Bank operated here uninterrupted for the next forty-five years. In June of 1871, the Salem Register noted that “the building on Central street, occupi ed by the First National and Mercantile National Banks, is being remodeled and fitted up in fine style. The southern side is completed and occupied, and the northern side soon will be. The Mercantile Ba nk is temporarily using the rear rooms.”5 The following month, the newspaper proclaimed, “The Mercantile National Bank is to have the handsomest banking room in Salem. The interior is being elegantly finished off in black walnut…”6 On August 21, 1871, the Salem Register detailed the completed renovations: Both the First National and the Mercantile National Banks have recently remodelled [sic] their banking rooms in fine style. The former improvements we have before alluded to. The latter are just completed, and the newly fitted rooms were first occupied on Thursday last. The original stud of 15 feet 6 inches has been restored, the wall and ceiling are elegantly frescoed, handsome cornices and ornamental wood work, a beautiful counter with French panels and plate glass, a marble chimney piece with a Lawson’s Diamond Furnace, and a fine English carpet, have been furnished, all serving to render the rooms very attractive and comfortable. These improvements have been done under the supervision of Aarou [sic?] Perkins, Esq., President of the Bank. The designs are by Lord & Fuller, the [illegible] by Carl & Modlich, the wood work by Goldthwait & Day, the counter by Israel Fellows, desk by Smith of Boston, furnace by Frothingham & Fifield, and carpet by Almy & Bigelow, and the material and work are creditable to all. The exterior of the building has also been much improved, so that, as a whole, it is quite an ornament to the street and to the city. The building was erected by the Essex Bank, and first occupied by that institution in July 1811, but that Bank did not prove a success and its business was closed up in a few years. From 1813 to 1819 a portion of the building was occupied as the Custom House, and since April 19, 1819, the southern portion has been occupied by the Commercial Bank, which in June, 1864, became the First National Bank. The northern portion of the building has been occupied since 1826 by the Mercantile Bank, which, in February, 1865, became the Mercantile National Bank. The entire building is now owned by these two Banks. The site of the present brick building was, previous to 1810, occupied by a wooden structure whi ch was removed near the South Bridge and used for many years by the late Ebenezer Griffen as a boarding house for seamen. It was destroyed by fire in the great conflagration of the night of Dec. 18, 1844.7 The architects of the 1871 renovations, George C. Lord (1835-1903) and George A. Fuller (1836-1920), were first associated in 1863 in Salem. Among Lord & Fuller’s earliest works was a building for the Salem Car Company that same year. Numerous projects followed in quick succession, including designs for Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem, and as their reputation grew, buildings in nearby Beverly, Cape Ann, Peabody, and Lynn, among other places.8 Lord was born and died in Salem; Fuller maintained an office on Tremont Street in Boston, although for much of his life he lived in Lynnfield. The firm was based in Boston and had a practice that ranged across much of eastern part of the state. Some of their works between 1863 and 1892 include the First Calvinist Baptist Church in Beverly (BEV.109) and the Howard Gleason House in Stowe (STW.141).9 3 Salem MA, Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds, Book 219, Page 255, 3/11/1819. Hereafter cited as SED [Book #]: [Page#], [date]; SED 219:256, 3/17/1819. 4 SED 243:231, 11/20/1826. 5 “Local Items,” Salem Register, 26 June 1871, 2. 6 “Local Items,” Salem Register, 31 July 1871, 2. 7 “Bank Building on Central Street,” Salem Register, 21 August 1871, 2. 8 “Architecture,” Salem Observer, 14 March 1863, 3; “Salem Car Company,” Salem Register, 17 December 1863, 2; “Visit to Harmony Grove Cemetery,” Salem Observer, 18 June 1864, 2; “The Messrs Proctor of the Cape Ann Advertiser…,” Salem Observer, 14 January 1865, 2; “Dedication of a New Masonic Hall at Beverly,” Boston Journal, 8 August 1867, 2; “Lynn Board of Aldermen,” Boston Daily Advertiser, 12 December 1874, 1. 9 Massachusetts Historical Commission (2017). INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 11 CENTRAL STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 3 SAL.HP, SAL.HZ SAL.2480 Later in their career the firm was highly praised in a Boston publication, Among the leading architects of Boston is the well -known firm of Lord & Fuller…They have been associated in the business for over twenty-five years and have erected many of the most prominent buildings all over the State, including school-houses, churches, town halls, and public work of all kinds, and in the city they have put up many buildings and stores. They know that the true a rchitect must consider the all-important matters of drainage and ventilation, and, accordingly, they pay the greatest attention to these subjects, as well as to light, acoustics, etc., and it will be found that all the buildings of their construction are t horoughly healthy, and many of the largest landowners have all of their buildings erected under the guidance of these gentlemen, who devote their mature judgment and great experience to the interest of their many customers.10 The renovations were visible on the 1874 Hopkins map (Figure 2). In 1880, the Salem City Directory listed the First National Bank and the Mercantile National Bank at “7 Central Street,” and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mrs. Ellen Bassett, and Mrs. T. D. Pousland were listed at “11 Central Street.” By 1890, however, these spaces were together known as 11 Central Street. At that time, the Central Social Club and The Observatory were also located in this building. On December 12th, 1893, the First National Bank of Salem conveyed a parcel of land with the brick building that stands upon the premises to the Master Builders’ Association of Salem , in consideration of $4,500 “to be forever used and enjoyed in common by said Mercantile National Bank and said Master Builders’ Association.”11 One week later, on December 18th, the Master Builders’ Association of Salem conveyed the parcel of land with the southerly half of the brick building “being used in common by the grantor and said Mercantile National Bank” to the Salem Savings Bank, for a $3,000 mortgage.12 The Master Builders Association was depicted as the owner of the southern half of the building on the 1897 Richards map , while the Mercantile National Bank maintained its ownership of the norther n half of the building. On March 27th, 1899, the Master Builders’ Association conveyed a parcel of land with the southerly half of the brick building thereon to the Salem Fraternity in consideration of $5,000. The premises were subject to a mortgage of $3,000 by the Salem Savings Bank. About a month later, on April 25th, 1899, the Mercantile National Bank of Salem conveyed the northern half of this building, the “parcel of land with the building that adjoined the Master Builders’ Association,” to the Salem Fraternity in consideration of $4,500.13 The 1911 Walker map depicted the building as owned by the Salem Fraternity. The building was renovated in 1899. A brief biography of Ernest M.A. Machado, the architect of the 1899 renovation, has been written by Donna Segar: Ernesto Miguel Antonio Machado (1868-1907) was born just up the coast in Manchester -by-the-Sea to a Cuban émigré father and a North Shore mother who was orphaned but nevertheless connected . Juan Francisco Machado and Elizabeth Frances Jones met and married in Massachusetts, returned to Cuba for a decade, and then settled in Massachusetts permanently to raise their large family, first in Manchester and later in Salem. The Machado house is one of my favorite in Salem: a stunning brick Federal on Carpenter Street. Ernest attended Salem schools and then the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating from its pioneering architecture program in 1890. After working for at least two prestigious Boston architectural firms, he established his own practice in partnership with his future brother-in-law Ambrose Walker, with offices in Salem (on Church Street), Boston and Ottawa (where his brother was an established banker). In the later 1890s he seem ed to be working feverishly, with commissions in several Boston suburbs, Salem, and all along the North Shore. This pace continued in the new century, all the way up to his death by drowning in Lake Ossipee in New Hampshire in September of 1907: he was 39 years old and had just completed his most challenging commission: the 14,000 square foot brick mansion of Governor Charles B. Clarke on Portland’s Western Promenade.14 10 Leading Manufacturers and Merchants of the City of Boston, and a Review of the Prominent Exchanges, (1885), 294. 11 SED 1397:546, 12/12/1893. 12 SED 1397:548, 12/18/1893. 13 SED 1574:163, 3/27/1899; SED 1574:165, 4/25/1899. 14 Segar (2016). INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 11 CENTRAL STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 4 SAL.HP, SAL.HZ SAL.2480 In April of 1869, the Salem Fraternity opened rooms at 173-177 Essex Street (SAL.2475) f or the purposes of providing evening amusement or instruction for people confined to working all day and desiring recreation at the end of the work day. The Fraternity was developed with working-class and poor families in mind. The organization provided entertainment to people of both sexes, with the intention of providing opportunities for self -improvement in education, cultural experiences, physical training, and arts and crafts. For fifteen years the Salem Fraternity offered the only free library in t he city. The Fraternity moved to the Lyceum building on Church Street in 1898, but by 1899 had moved to their new location in this building.15 On September 26th, 1941, the Salem Fraternity, Inc. conveyed a parcel of land to the Edwin Realty Co., Inc., though the club remained at this location.16 The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem , Inc., formerly known as Salem Fraternity, conveyed the parcel of land with the building thereon to the Peabody Museum of Salem on June 27th, 1989 in consideration of $250,000.17 On April 15th, 1997, the Peabody Essex Museum conveyed the/a parcel of land with the buildings thereon to Paul A. Burke, Jr., in full consideration of $125,000.00. As of May 1st, 1997, Paul A. Burke, Jr. and Historic Salem, Inc. made a preservation easement agreement regarding the building at 11 Central Street “designed by Charles Bulfinch, [which] is one of the earliest surviving bank structures in the United States and the first in Essex County, and retains a high degree of surviving Federal period and some Victorian era building fabric worthy of preservation.” According to the most recent deed, dated May 28th, 1997, Paul A. Burke, Jr. conveyed the 11 Central Street parcel to Richard Anthony Sementa, Jr., trustee of Bulfinch Building Nominee Trust, in consideration of $1.18 BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Published Sources “Bank Building on Central Street,” Salem Register, 21 August 1871, 2. “Local Items,” Salem Register, 26 June 1871, 2. “Local Items, Salem Register, 31 July 1871, 2. Tolles, Bryant F. Jr. and Carolyn K. Tolles. Architecture in Salem: An Illustrated Guide. 2004. UP of New England, Hanover. Archival Sources Crump, Allison, "Salem Fraternity Building," MHC B Form (SAL.2480), 1979. Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. http://mhc-macris.nrt/index.htm . Salem, MA. Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds. Plan and deed records. Washington, D.C. U.S. Bureau of Census. United States Censuses. 1790-1940. www.ancestry.com . Internet Sources Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records. www.ancestry.com . Google Books Search. http://books.google.com. Historical Newspapers search. http://geneaolgybank.com. Segar, Donna. “Streets of Salem” blog on Ernest M. A. Machado, https://streetsofsalem.com/2016/04/08/ernest-m-a-machado- salem-architect/, accessed November 13, 2017. Maps 1851 Map of the City of Salem. H. McIntyre 1874 Atlas of the City of Salem. G. M. Hopkins & Co. 1897 Atlas of the City of Salem. L. J. Richards & Co. 1911 Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts, Walker Lithograph & Publishing Company, Boston. 1950 Insurance Maps of Salem, Massachusetts, Sanborn Map Company, New York. 15 Dowgin (2012), 125; https://salemsecretunderground.wordpress.com/2014/07/07/fagen-fire-tunnels-and-the-salem-boys-fraternity-a-history-from-1869-to- 1900/. 16 SED 3272:423, 9/26/1941. 17 SED 10051:327, 6/27/1989. 18 SED 14109:521, 4/15/1997; SED 14109:523, 5/01/1997; SED 14140:25, 5/28/1997. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 11 CENTRAL STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 5 SAL.HP, SAL.HZ SAL.2480 FIGURES: Figure 1: 1851 McIntyre map. Figure 2: 1874 Hopkins map. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 11 CENTRAL STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 6 SAL.HP, SAL.HZ SAL.2480 Figure 3. First National Bank Bldg, by Frank Cousins, n. d. [c. 1895] (Duke University Libraries, Digital Collections, http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/diap_duke0084/) INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 11 CENTRAL STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 7 SAL.HP, SAL.HZ SAL.2480 PHOTOGRAPHS: (photos by Neil Larson and Walter R. Wheeler, 2016 unless otherwise indicated). View looking east. View looking northeast. FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number 2-i 22- WDV. WM\ In Area no. Form no. 35 612 (over) 1. Town Salem Address 11 Central Street Name Salem Fraternity Building Present use Institutional Present owner jscription: te 1811 Source Salem Historical Commission He Federal chitect Charles Bulfinch terior wall fabric Brick tbuildings (describe) er features Altered portico, trim Date c.1850 Moved Date 5. Lot size: 4,650 sq. ft. One acre or less Over one acre Approximate frontage 55 ft. Approximate distance of building from street 6 ft. 6. Recorded byA. Crump Organization Salem Redevelopment Authority Date November, 1979 30M-5-77 srru2>vgt> 7. Original owner (if known)_ Original use Essex Bank Corrmercial Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development X Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) ) This elegant building is the last surviving example in Salem of the work of Charles Bulfinch, the cUstonguished Boston architect and designer of the Massachusetts State House. It was the first bank building constructed in Essex County, and housed a succession of banks in the 19th century. Since 1899, it has served as the home of the Salem Fraternity, founded 1869 and the oldest boy's club in America. ( 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) Salem Historic District Study Committee Report, 1968. IMV5 NTGRY FOHM 3 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 2./Town Salem, Massachusetts^7 2f4-4cs Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston (\ ft^t-gst #11 Central Street. Is this site historically significant to> Town /Som^n^aRn) Natioli ALSO Site has historical connection with the following themes: (see also reverse sant ' ivflarus Salem Fraternity Building;. LSO • <Y |v Present Owner Salem Fraternity eider / -'resecit us se boys' club house Agriculture ^ornmerce^ndustry ' C ( ^cnftb^ti^e™} Science/Invention (_2cTrtd" EsKfcation Government Literature Music Original Use bank building Travel/ Communication Military Affairs Religion/Philosophy Indians Development of Town/City Date 1811 Style Federal Source of Date various guide books. Architect Charles Bu If inch 3. CONDITION: Excellent Good Fair Deteriorated Moved- {Altered IMPORTANCE of site to area: jftSreat) Moderate None Detrimental Endangered Itallanate "addition —, teim, 4. DESCRIPTION FOUNDATION: CggD Regular None Material; q^m'-hA. MATERIAL; Frame (Cover: ) ^rick_) Stone (other) Flemish bond STORIES: 1 4 CHIMNEYS: .| § 3 ^} Center (^^Cmster^^E^borate Irregular le^Complex Attached: Ells Stable Dependency Interior: Gallery/porch PLAN: ^Symmetrical/Asymmetrical PORCHES: ((Tj'Z 3 4 feortico^ Balcony ROOF: Gambrel Flat Hip Mansard Cupola Gables 1 2 3 4 Balustrade Grillwork FACADE: Gable End: Front/Side) A. symmetrical (Ornate) Simple/Complicated Cornice: Simple#Oraate> Narrov ^Shallow Dentils/fBracketi) Italaniate bracksts " 'a ' -:': Froah' Cor.: ,: •-; ; .'eaturos: Unfortunately orig entrlL^repJaSed _ by_hj5ayy enclosed entrance porch Endows: bpacing:fReguiaryirreguiar IdGnticai^v^ieulLst floor rounded headed and set stone surrounds, 2nd floor reeded Corners: (Plain) Pilasters quoins Cbscured splayed lintels. OUTBUILDINGS None LANDSCAPING crowded city street, goo _____________________ _n.ro 5. Indicate location of site on map below oio rttvsfL j L__- I «- M 1 rrtxriew^/ 6. Footage of structure from street j-4' Property lias3 81 feet frontage on street Recorder James HowlJaQ&ltau. For ron fence. -Salem Fra-fce^aXt-yv- (Mame of organization) Photo NOTE: Recorder should obtain nritten permission from Commissi/''- or sponsoring organi- zation before usin^ ( rm. »> ( ^ > Reverse Side) PLEASE INDICATE ANY INTERIOH FEATURES OF NOTE (For use with important structures) Fireplaces - These have been removed on the first floor at least. Stairway plaster Other A photograph at the Essex institute shows a very fine/medallion in the ceiling of one room in this building, which may still be there covered by a tin ceiling in the room used for basketball. PLEASE GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF SITE (Refer to the theme circled on front of form. What happened? Who important? When" Comment) This building is important because BuIfInch designed it originally and many of his details remain, including the stone surrounds around the first floor windows. It is important because it has been the home of four Salem banks, some of which no longer exist and was the first, bank building built in Salem. It is important because Charles Osgood had a studio there. It is important as the home of the Salem Fraternity since 1§99* which is the oldest boys' club in America having been founded in 1869. Reference: (Where was this information obtained? What"book, records, etc.) Prom the Salem Historic District Study Committee Purvey, A plaque on the exterior of #11 Central Street, A History of Essex County. J. W. Lewis. PhiladeIphis 1888. The Visitors' Guide to Salem. Photograph files at the Essex Institute in Salem. Bibliography Original Owner:BSgg&?ff *?«fla?gfi.f jflg? fftgfef afig The sex Bank. Deed Information: Book\ u... ,r ;2l^ Pagfe X:>fa , 4 cip Registry 01 Deeds MHC INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET -- MHC Inventory scanning project, 2008-2010 MACRIS No. SftLJijg) "PR" #11 CENTRAL STREET. Extra notes. This brick building is important be- cause of its relationship to two other Salem buildings and because the Salem Redevelopment Authority contemplates the rehabilitation of this small cluster of buildings. The other two buildings to which I refer are the three-story frame house south of #11 which was built in the middle of the lBth century and the large brick building across the street which is thnght by Fiske Kimball to have been dkigned by Samuel Mclntire and which once served as the Custom House in Salem. The Salem Historic District Study Committee Survey has the following material about #11 Central Street. "#11 Central Street. RATING: ONE. PERIOD: FEDERAL (altered.) "This important building was designed by Charles BuIfinch and built in building l8ll to serve as the home of the Essex Bank. It was the first bank/erected in Essex County, and later three other banks opened their offices there; it is also one of two Bulfinch buildings remaining in Salem; the other, the Ezekiel Hersey Derby House on Essex Street east of the Salem Five Cents Savings Bank, is scheduled to be demolished under the Urban Renewal Plan. , MHC INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET -- MHC Inventory scanning project, 2008-2010 MACRIS No.S)_j___ ___4gt> For a time Charles Osgood, many of whose paintings and portraits may be seen at the Essex Institute, had a studio on the second floor. The Salem Fraternity, the oldest boys' club in America founded in 1869, acquired the building and remodeled it in l899» Ernest Machado was their architect. Some time prior to that, the exterior modifications of the Federal portico and cornice seem to have taken place. Pictures at the Essex xnstitute give some idea of its grace and grandeur prior to the exterior alterations, and also reveal the presence of a large plaster medallion in the ceiling of one of the rooms which may still be there unoer the tin ceiling in the room now used as a basketball court. Architecturally, the building is quite sophisticated with many details not usually seen in ^alem. It is a two-story, plus pitch roof, brick (Flemish bond) building with a five bay facade, set back from and above the street level. Horizontally the building is divided by four reeded stone belts, two the usual width and two narrower, between the foundation and the second floor level. The first floor windows are recessed and set in large reeded stone surrounds, above which there are semi-circular fanlights. (The wooden tracery in these fanlights is probably a modifi- cation of the original; if not, it is very unusual in Salem.) The MHC INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET -- MHC Inventory scanning project, 2008-2010 MACRIS No.SAV 2-HS7J #11 Central Street, page 2 second floor windows have narrow, reeded and splayed stone lintels* The area under the eaves has been much altered in appearance by the addition of ornate carved backets in the Italianate style, and the main entrance is also now in the -Ltalianate style and replaces what must have been a very imposing and handsome columned portico up a double flight of steps. The portico itself was on a raised granite base some thirty feet long and six or seven feet wide• The fine wrought iron stair rail and fence is original, and there are signs in the granite base of the portico that there were one iron railings at this level, also. j 1 Kathryn Newhall-Smith From:Diehl Marcus & Company <diehlmarcuscompany@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, October 29, 2020 4:50 PM To:Kathryn Newhall-Smith Subject:Re: Banner Signs Hello, Hope you are doing very well. Thank you for providing us with these options. We happened to be having a meeting when I received your email so we were able to discuss this and we are delighted that we will be able to move forward with option number 2. We are planning to only put up one banner sign at first anyhow and as soon as approval is made, we can do it. And then in the short term future, we will add the second banner with no logo and just the imagery as seen in the maritime banner. Thank you again for all of your help and navigation in this, Erika On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 4:11 PM Kathryn Newhall-Smith <knewhallsmith@salem.com> wrote: Hello, Thank you for your patience as I work with my boss on your sign application. It seems that the main issue is the regulation in the Sign Ordinance (section 4-51.a.4). that states there can only be one projecting sign per business entrance and you have the two banner signs. There are two paths forward: 1. Revise the banner sign design to remove your logo, leaving only the images. By removing the text the banners are now just flags and not signs, thus review is not needed. 2. Alternatively, remove the logo from one of the banner signs leaving the logo on the other. 2 Are you amenable to either of these options? Thank you for your consideration, Kate Kate Newhall-Smith Principal Planner City of Salem 98 Washington Street Salem, MA 01970 knewhallsmith@salem.com 978-619-5685 -- Thank you, Erika Diehl & Christian Marcus www.DiehlMarcus.com 11 Central St. Salem, MA 01970 Hours: By Appointment Only http://instagram.com/diehlmarcus 3 http://facebook.com/diehlmarcuscompany Page 1 of 1 Design Review Board Sign Recommendation 11 Central Street Diehl Marcus & Co. Signs Meeting Date: October 21, 2020 Members Present: Paul Durand, Chair, Helen Sides, Vice-Chair, David Jaquith, Glenn Kennedy, Catherine Miller, Marc Perras, J. Michael Sullivan Members Absent: None Decision: At a regular meeting of the Design Review Board (DRB), upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to recommend approval of the sign proposal as designed and conditioned herein. Referenced Plans and Documents 1. Sign Proposal, prepared by Erika Diehl, 11 Central Street, Salem, MA 01970, submitted on 10/5/20. 2. Staff Comments dated 10/14/20. Condition of Approval 1. Consistency with Design/Plans: Should the applicant determine that the approved sign design may not be completed as detailed in the plans referenced herein and the following conditions, he/she/they shall return to the DRB to review proposed modifications prior to making any changes in the field. 2. Wall Sign – Spacing of Text: Reduce the spaces between the words that comprise the name of the business, which will then create more space around ‘Merchants’ on the left side of the sign and ‘Exotic Cargo’ on the right side of the sign. Findings 1. Respects the Historic Façade: The banner signs are installed on the railing at the stoop of the building, which means they are not covering architectural details on the façade and the methods of installation will not damage the brick façade. 2. Maximum Visibility: The banners coupled with the wooden sign at the street level will result in maximum visibility for this business, which is located in a building that is set back from the public way. The sign package is appropriate for vehicles driving in the area, pedestrians looking toward Central Street from the pedestrian mall and Lafayette Street, and for pedestrians walking by. Signature of the DRB By the signature below, I certify that this recommendation accurately reflects the actions of the Design Review Board. _______________________________________ ________ Paul Durand Date Chair 10/22/2020