156 Derby Street inventory form Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System
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Inventory No: SAL.2578 a
Historic Name: Derby Sole and Cut Leather ►
Company '
Common Name: Derby Cafe-New Derby Lunch
Restaurant
Address: 156 Derby St Y
City/Town: Salem
Village/Neighborhood: Derby Street;
Local No: 35-348;
Year Constructed: C 1866
Architectural Style(s): No style;
Use(s): Commercial Block; General Retail Store; Multiple Family Dwelling House; Pool Hall Or Billiard Hall;
Restaurant; Shoe Factory; Single Family Dwelling House;Tavern;
Significance: Architecture; Commerce; Ethnic Heritage; Industry;
Area(s): SAL.HN, SAL.HO
Designation(s): Local Historic District(12/17/1974); Nat'l Register District(05/17/1976);
Building Materials: Roof:Asphalt Shingle;
Wall: Wood; Wood Shingle;
Demolished No
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FORM B - BUILDING Derby Waterfront NRHD, 1974; Derby Waterfront LHD, 1976 SAIL-
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Assessor's USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
Number
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Massachusetts Historical Commission 35-348 Salem 2578
Massachusetts Archives Building
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
Town Salem
Place (neighborhood or village)
Derby Street
t 156 Derby Street
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'resent Commercial/Residential
\\� `priginal Residential
Construction c. 1866
See Bibliography*
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Acreage 3,418 SF
Recorded by: Dianne L. Siergiej and
Susan Ceccacci Setting Set directly on the sidewalk in a
Organization: Commonweal Collaborative densely-settled, mixed-use neighborhood of
mostly of 19th and early 20th century
Date: June 199 h C buildings.
SEP 2 9 199-3
KiIA S. f"!ST. COMM.
BUILDING FORM 156 Derby Street
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION See continuation sheet.
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings
within the community.
This 2 1/2-story, 2 x 5-bay, side-entry, gambrel-roofed building has
experienced substantial alteration leaving few, exterior, architectural clues
as to its previous appearance. Local maps from the early twentieth-century
show it as a 2-story tenement. The Salem Historic District Study Commission
report indicates the only major ornamental feature, the "colonial" door frame
at the main entrance with narrow plain pilasters, a frieze, and a low-relief
pediment is a 1970's installation. Other elements such as window frames and
sash give no indication of any pre-20th century style or fabric. Fenestration
at the second floor level retains molded frames and early 20th-century sash
with vertical muntins.
Expansive, late 20th-century, 5-bay wall dormers have also been added to the
roof line. Around 1985, Edward Windsor Carberg based on his own recollection
described the building previous to the 1970's rehabilitation as ". . .a house
with simple lines, wooden, topped by a saddle roof. . . ." '
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE X See continuation sheet.
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.
A title search is required to date and identify ownership of this property.
Representations on local maps indicate a building existed on this site before
1851, but do not confirm it as this one.
A report by Edward Winsor Carberg attributes all the property on the north
side of Derby Street between Palfray Court and Daniels Street to
Theophilus Sanborn (b. Gilmanton, N.H. , May 12, 1785; d. Salem,
December 13, 1860) who came to Salem before 1809 and became a leading merchant
and owner of a wood wharf, located at 115 (later 175) Derby Street in 1837
(demolished in the early 1900's) . His business, Thomas Sanborn and Company
included his sons, Franklin T. Sanborn and George Sanborn as partners.
On Theophilus Sanborn's death, his property was divided between his sons, a
daughter, Lydia Sanborn Russell (1821-1896), her husband, George Russell
(1816-1890) , and two sisters, Caroline L. Sanborn Kimball and her husband,
David C. Kimball, and Lucy A. Sanborn Havend of Charlestown. The heirs
maintained the estate until October 30, 1&� -vth---sn they sold to John Hurley of
Salem and his brother, Michael Hurley of Lynn, for $2,271.42 (Bk. 733;
Pg. 179) . They gained a final share of the holding from Elizabeth M. Sanborn,
the next year (Bk. 790; Pg. 296) .
The latter deed mentions that the Sanborn heirs had already disposed of a
portion of the estate to Mary Driscoll, wife of Patrick Driscoll. The first
tenant that can be identified using local maps and directories is
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES X See continuation sheet.
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places;
If checked, see attached National Register Criteria Statement form.
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Salem
156 Derby Street
Area HO Form No. 2578
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE (continued)
Patrick Driscoll, laborer, occupant and apparent owner c. 1866. In the 1890's
he is listed as operating a grocery at 44 Broad Street.
In 1881, when street lists become available in local directories, this
property is identified as having two occupants, both laborers with
Irish surnames. Turn-of-the-century maps show the house as a
2-story tenement. Very early in the twentieth century, tenancy changed to
members of the Polish community which moved into the neighborhood at
that time.
By 1911, although residential tenants remained, commercial space had also
been introduced into the building. Martin Golin, a dealer in coal and wood
as well as dry goods and men's furnishings operated at both this address and
36 Turner Street. He was succeeded c. 1915 by Antoni Petoski (variously also
Petorski) , who kept a pool hall as well as lived here with his wife Sophia.
Around 1922, Petorski began a business cutting leather soles. The Derby Sole
and Cut Leather Company remained here until 1932. During the next ten years,
Adam Dobrosielski lived here with his wife Constanna and operated the New
Derby Lunch.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
*Salem Directories, 1864, 1866*1 1869, 1874, 1881, 1884, 1886-87,
1890-91, 1897-98, 1901-02, 1903-04, 1905, 1910, 1915, 1920, 1921, 1926,
1930, 1932, 1933-34, 1935, 1940 and 1945.
Beers, D. G. & Company, Atlas of Essex County, Massachusetts,
1872.
*Hopkins, G. M. & Co. , Atlas of Salem, Massachusetts, 1874.
*McIntyre, Henry C. E. , Map of the City of Salem, Mass, 1851.
Richards, L. J. , Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts. . . . ,
1897.
Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company, Atlas of the City of
Salem, Massachusetts, 1911.
1. Carberg, Edward Windsor, "The Sanborn Estate and the St. Joseph's Society
Building" (Unpublished report c. 1985, On file at the Salem Maritime Historic
Site) , p. 3.
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 156 DERBY ST
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
SAL.HN, SAL.HOI SAL.2578
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3. CONDITION Excellent Goo Fair Deteriorated Moved ltered) Added _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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4. DESCRIPTION
FOUNDATION/BASEMENT: High Regular ow Material
WALL COVER: Wood Brick Stone Other
ROOF: Ridge Gambre Flat Hip Mansard
Tower upo a Dormer windows Balustrade Grillwork
CHIMNEYS: 12 3 4 Center End Interior 6ED Cluster Elaborate
STORIES: 1 (5)3 4 ATTACHMENTS: Wings Ell Shed
PORCHES: 1 2 3 4 PORTICO Ralnnnv
FACADE: Gable end: Front/side Ornament
Entrance:- Side Front: , enter/Sid Details: �----�
Windows: Spacing: Regular , rregula Identical/ ar1V iPd l
Corners: Plain Pilasters Quoins Cornerboards
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5. Indicate location of building in relation to 6. Footage of structure from street U
nearest cross streets and other buildings Property haste// _feet frontage on street
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RELATION OF SURROUNDING 10 STRUCTURE
1. Outbuildings
2. Landscape Features: Agriculture Open Wooded Garden: Formal/Informal
Predominant features ®L
Landscape architect
3. Neigh borin �alFedera
Style: Co Greek Revival Gothic Revival Italian Villa Lombard Rom.
Mansard Richardsonian Modern
Use: Residential mmercial Religious Conditions: Excellent(&—o'dj Fair Deteriorated
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GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF SITE (Refer and elaborate on
theme circled on front of form)
This building was recentl7 rehabilitated in Colonial Stele,
has a reproduction,, nedimented entrance and shingles over
the oriFiral clapboards.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND/OR REFERENCE
Salem Historic District Study Committee Investigation, 1969
RESTRICTIONS
Original Owner:
Deed Information: Book Number Page Registry of Deeds
Form B. IOM-6-71-049688