17 Canal Street inventory form - Eagle Iron FoundryInventory No:SAL.2196
Historic Name:Eagle Iron Foundary
Common Name:Salem Carpet Center
Address:17 Canal St
City/Town:Salem
Village/Neighborhood:Stage Point;
Local No:34-301;
Year Constructed:C 1914
Architectural Style(s):No style;
Use(s):Foundry;Speciality store;
Significance:Architecture;Industry;
Area(s):SAL.GR
Designation(s):
Building Materials:Wall:Brick;Wood;
Demolished No
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FORM B - BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
80 BOYLSTON STREET
Sketch Map: Draw nap showing property's location
in relation to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate all buildings
between inventoried property and nearest
intersection(s).
Indicate north
AREA FORM NO.
3^ - SO I
Salem
BSS 17 Canal Street
riC Name Eagle Iron Foundry
Present Commercial
Original Industrial
IPTION
1914-15
Ce Directories
e Industrial
Architect
Exterior Wall Fabric Brick
Outbuildings
Major Alterations (with dates) Eir to
north of facade (20th Century)
Condition Fai:
Moved No Date
Acreage Less than one.
Setting On busy, thoroughfare in
industrial area.
UTM REFERENCE Recorded by Northf ields Preservation Assoc.
USGS QUADRANGLE Organization saiem Planning Dept.
SCALE Date July, 1989
NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable)
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of
other buildings within the community.
17 Canal Street is a flat-roofed, brick industrial building,
two stories high, nine bays by three bays. The building is
situated on a bend in the road and is angled with the road. Each
bay contains a band of three 8/8 windows, and is delineated by
brick piers with corbelled caps. A one-story section projects to
the front and contains several entries. The Canal Street elevation
to the south, after the bend in the road, has wooden panels below
windows. The cornice is corbelled. The foundation is cement.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the
building relates to the development of the community.
17 Canal Street, the Eagle Iron Foundry, was built after the
fire on June 25, 1914, to replace the previous foundry that had
burned in the fire. The Eagle Iron Foundry was established at this
site between 1874 and 1897, and was owned by Alonzo Smith, who also
owned the Smith Iron Foundry in Lynn. Rebuilding was completed by
1915, according to the street directories.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Salem City Directories
Maps and atlases 1851, 1874, r&97T*and 1911
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