95 Boston Street U2 Historic Inventory FormInventory No:SAL.88
Historic Name:Hall,Eliphalet House
Common Name:
Address:95 Boston St
City/Town:Salem
Village/Neighborhood:Gallows Hill;
Local No:15-218;
Year Constructed:C 1833
Architectural Style(s):Greek Revival;
Architect(s):Hall,Eliphalet;
Use(s):Single Family Dwelling House;
Significance:Architecture;
Area(s):SAL.B
Designation(s):
Building Materials:Roof:Asphalt Shingle;
Wall:Wood;Wood Shingle;
Foundation:Granite;
Demolished No
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FORM B - BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
80 BOYLSTON STREET
BOSTON, MA 02116
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
B
FORM NO.
88
Salem
eSS 95 Boston Street
briC Name Eliphalet Hall House
Present Residential
Original Residential
tIPTION
By 1833
fce HSI Report
e Greek Revival
itect
Exterior Wall Fabric wood shingles
Outbuildings None
Major Alterations (with dates) Noni
Condition Gnod
Moved Jio_ Date
Acreage r.sss than nnq^
Setting On major, hnsy gfrppt
UTM REFERENCE Recorded by Northfields Preservation Assoc.
USGS QUADRANGLE Organization saiem Planning Dept.
SCALE Date June. 1990
(
NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable)
(
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of
other buildings within the community.
95 Boston Street is one of the most intact examples of a Greek
Revival house surviving in the Boston Street area. The two-story,
gable-roofed building has a five-bay facade facing Hanson Street,
and possesses a center entry framed by 3/4 sidelights, pilasters
and an entablature. Window sash are 6/6. Central chimneys exist
on the front and rear slopes of the roof. A wood sill rests on a
granite foundation. The end elevations are three bays deep and
feature cornice returns. A two-story ell with an entry extends to
the rear; it rises from a granite foundation. Off this ell is a
second ell with an entry and 6/6 sash.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the
building relates to the development of the community.
This house was one of many built by Eliphalet Hall, a local
housewright, in the 1830's. Probably built in the early 1830's,
the house was standing by 1833> according to the diary of Matthew
Stickney. Stickney, a shopkeeper, married in 18 3 3» then moved as a
boarder into what he described in 1868 as a "new house erected by
Eliphalet Hall, now 95 Boston Street, and at present owned by John
C. Bott...." Bott was the resident of the house at least between
1850 and 1897. Bott died between 1897 and 1911, and the house was
passed to his heirs.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Maps and atlases: 1851, 1874, 1897 a**i-911
Salem City Directories
Historic Salem, Inc. House Report
Diary of Matthew Stickney, manuscript at the Essex Institute (cited
in the HSI Report) 8/85
FORM B - BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
In Area no. Forni no.
SAM Blockr?
15 D 218 OO
Salem, MA
ess 95 Boston Street
ent use residential
ent owner
ription:
ca 1845
urce observation
Greek Revival
4. Map. Draw sketch of building location frW 1^1^
in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings. Indicate north.
4x5 bay by 3 plate house. Open
gable to the street.
Door in 3rd bay left side. (Hanson St.
side)
Entablature door with flat pilasters,
molded caps and sidelights.
Plain 6/6 molded sash. Windows in
the gable.
5,
Extension in the rear.
White picket fence.
Architect
Exterior wail fabric shingles
Outbuildings (describe)
Other features
Altered
Moved
Date
Date
2970
Lot size-.
One acre or less sq ft Over one acre_
Approximate frontage 33'
Approximate distance of building from street
Adjacent pn Hanson & Boston Sts.
. Recorded byKaren Walsh & Paula Bailey
Organization TTH-gt-fyr-ir s^lem. Inc.
Date 4-12-78
(over)
7. Original owner (if known)_
Original use
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates_
8. Themes (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal
Agricultural
Architectural
The Arts
Commerce
Communication
Community development
Conservation
Education
Exploration/
settle ment
Industry
Military
Political
Recreation
Religion
Science/
invention
Social/
humanitarian
Transportation
9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above)
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)