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June 13, 2014 William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth
Frank Taormina Massachusetts Historical Commission
City of Salem
Department of Planning and Community Development
120 Washington Street
Salem,MA 01970
RE: Grove Street Improvements, Grove Street between Harmony Grove Road and Goodhue Street, Salem,MA;
MHC# RC.55802
Dear Mr. Taormina:
Additional information was submitted by Fay, Spofford&Thorndike for the project referenced above received at this
office on May 13,2014. The staff of the Massachusetts Historical Commission(MHC)have reviewed the information
submitted and have the following comments.
The proposed project consists of improvements to Grove street to produce a `complete street' circulation environment.
The information provided indicates that the project will use a MassWorks Grant.
Review of MHC's Inventory of Historic and Archaeological Assets of the Commonwealth indicates that Grove Street is
not included within the Inventory. However, a number of historic properties, directly adjacent to the proposed project
area,are included in the MHC's Inventory. These properties include 2 Beaver Street(SAL.375) and 73 Grove Street
(SAL.300).
After review of MHC's files and the information submitted,MHC has determined that the proposed project will have"no
adverse effect"(950 CMR 71.07(2)(b)(2))on the properties at 2 Beaver Street or 73 Grove Street. If project plans change,
please provide revised scaled existing and proposed conditions project plans to MHC for review and comment. Special
care should be taken as to not damage the historic buildings at 2 Beaver Street and 73 Grove Street during construction
activities.
These comments are offered to assist in compliance with M.G.L. Chapter 9, sections 26-27C, (950 CMR 71.00). Please
do not hesitate to contact Elizabeth Sherva of my staff if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
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Brona Simon
State Historic Preservation Officer
Executive Director
Massachusetts Historical Commission
xc: Salem Historical Commission
MassWorks
220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125
(617) 727-8470 • Fax: (617) 727-5128
www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc
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Frank Taormina
City of Salem
Department of Planning and Community Development
120 Washington Street
Salem,MA 01970
RE: Grove Street Improvements, Grove Street between Harmony Grove Road and Goodhue Street, Salem,MA;
MHC#RQ55802
Dear Mr. Taormina:
Thank you for submitting a Project Notification Form (PNF) for the project referenced above, received at this office on
April 4, 2014. The staff of the Massachusetts Historical Commission(MHC)have reviewed the information submitted
and have the following comments.
The proposed project consists of improvements to Grove street to produce a `complete street' circulation environment.
The information provided indicates that the project will use a MassWorks Grant.
Review of MHC's Inventory of Historic and Archaeological Assets of the Commonwealth indicates that Grove Street is
not included within the Inventory. However, a number of historic properties, directly adjacent to the proposed project
area, are included in the MHC's Inventory. These properties include 2 Beaver Street(SAL.375), 6 Beaver Street
(SAL.374), 10 Beaver Street(SAL.373), and 73 Grove Street(SAL.300).
The MHC requests that additional information be submitted in order to evaluate the potential effects of the work proposed
in this area. The PNF project description states that"all components will be designed to fit within the existing right-of-
way." The PNF also states that"A typical paved cross section 32-feet in width is proposed,(replacing the existing 28-38
foot cross section)". Please clarify where the proposed street improvements will extend out of any specific parts of the
existing widths of Grove Street. Please submit project plans.
These comments are offered to assist in compliance with M.G.L. Chapter 9, sections 26-27C, (950 CMR 71.00). Please
do not hesitate to contact Elizabeth Sherva of my staff if you have any questions.
Sincerely, c
Brona Simon
State Historic Preservation Officer
Executive Director
Massachusetts Historical Commission
xc: - Salem Historical Commission
MassWorks
220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125
(617) 727-8470 • Fax: (617) 727-5128
www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc
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July 14,2014
Brona Simon
State Historic Preservation Officer
Executive Director
State Archaeologist
Massachusetts Historical Commission
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston,Massachusetts 02125
Re: New England Power Company 5-145/T-146 115 kV Underground Cable Replacement
Archaeological Monitoring, Salem, MA
PAL#2992, MHC#RC.55087
Dear Ms. Simon:
Enclosed please find an application for a permit to conduct archaeological monitoring for the New England Power Company
5-145/T-146 115 kV Underground Cable Replacement Project in Salem, Massachusetts. The program of archaeological
monitoring was requested by your office for the project impact area within Leavitt Street between Congress Street and
Lafayette Street to assist in identify any archaeological deposits including human remains associated with the Lagrange Street
Site (19-ES-640), a Native American burial site discovered in the nineteenth century. The project area is located on the
Salem, Massachusetts topographic quadrangle. The archaeological monitoring will be conducted in accordance with the
project's construction schedule,which is currently anticipated to begin in November 2014.
Thank you in advance for your time and attention to this matter. If you have any questions or concerns,please do not hesitate
to contact Suzanne Cherau, Principal Investigator,or me,at your convenience.
Sincerely,
Deborah C. Cox, RPA
President
Enclosure
cc: Josh Holden,NGRID(w/encl.) _
Jessica Herbert, Salem Historical Commission(w/encl.) r
John A. Peters,Jr., Massachusetts Corrimission on Indian Affairs(w/encl.)
Bettina Washington, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head(Aquinnah)(w/encl.)
Ramona Peters, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe(w/encl.)
Marc Bergeron, VHB (w/encl.)
26 Main Street Pawtucket, RI 02860 401.728.8780 Main 401.728.8784 Fax
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950 CMR: DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE SECRETARY
APPENDIX B
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
SECRETARY OF STATE: MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
PERMIT APPLICATION: ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD INVESTIGATION
A. General Information
Pursuant to Section 27C of Chapter 9 of the General Laws and according to the regulations outlined in
950 CMR 70.00, a permit to conduct a field investigation is hereby requested.
1. Name(s): Suzanne Cherau
2. Institution: The Public Archaeology Laboratory,Inc.
Address: 26 Main Street
Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860
3. Project Location: Salem Underground Cable Replacement
see attachedproposal
4. Town(s): Salem
5. Attach a copy of a USGS quadrangle with the project area clearly marked.
see attached
6. Property Owner(s): City of Salem
7. The applicant affirms that the owner has been notified and has agreed that the applicant
may perform the proposed field investigation.
8. The proposed field investigation is for a(n):
a. Reconnaissance Survey
b. Intensive Survey
c. Site Examination
d. Data Recovery
e. Monitoring/Recordation '
B. Professional Qualifications
1. Attach a personnel chart and project schedule as described in 950 CMR 70.11 (b).
a. Personnel
Principal Investigator: Suzanne Cheraw
Project Archaeologist(s): Kirk Van Dyke
Jennifer Banister
b. Schedule
Fieldwork: November—December 2014
Laboratory: January 2015
Report: February 2015
2. Include copies of curriculum vitae of key personnel(unless already on file with the State
Archaeologist).
C.Research Design
1. Attach a narrative description of the proposed Research Design according to the requirements
of 950 CMR 70.11.
2. The Applicant agrees to perform the field investigations according to the standards outlined
in 950 CMR 70.13.
3. The Applicant agrees to submit a Summary Report, prepared according to the standards
outlined in 950 CMR 70.14 by: April 30,2015, 2014
4. The specimens recovered during performance of the proposed field investigation will be
curated at:
The Public Archaeology Laboratory,Inc.
26 Main Street
Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860
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Submitted to:
New England Power Company
d/b/a National Grid
40 Sylvan Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02451-1120
PAL has been contracted by New England Power Company(NEP) (d/b/a National Grid)to provide
archaeological services for the S-145/T-146 115 kV Underground Cable Replacement Project in
Salem, Massachusetts. National Grid is replacing the underground S-145/T-146 115 kV electrical
transmission line, including new duct bank and manhole system within multiple streets from the
Salem Harbor Substation to the Canal Street Substation.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) reviewed the Project Notification Plan (PNF)
submitted by the proponent in November 2013 and noted that one area of the project within Leavitt
Street, between Congress Street and Lafayette Street, includes the Lagrange Street Site (19-ES-
640), a Native American burial site discovered in the nineteenth century. The MHC requests a
program of archaeological monitoring in this area to assist in identifying any unmarked human
remains and associated artifacts that may be associated with the Lagrange Street Site.
The goal of the archaeological monitoring will be to ensure that if any significant archaeological
resources, including human remains and/or burials, are exposed during the construction activities
that they are treated appropriately in accordance with the Massachusetts Unmarked Burial Law
(M.G.L. c. 7 s. 38A; c. 9, ss. 26A & 27C; c. 38, s. 6; and c. 114, s. 17, as amended by Chapter 659
of the Acts of 1983, Chapter 386 of the Acts of 1989, and Chapter 140 of the Acts 2003). The
monitoring will involve the close visual examination of exposed soils to identify any potential
archaeological deposits and/or human remains that may be located within the construction impact
area in Leavitt Street between Congress Street and Lafayette Street.
This Technical Proposal outlines the tasks that will be undertaken as part of the archaeological
monitoring for the S-145/T-146 115 kV Underground Cable Replacement Project.
Research Framework and Predictive Statements
The cable replacement project is located in downtown Salem along the Salem Harbor shoreline
between NEP's Salem Harbor and Canal Street substations.The topography in this area is relatively
flat and within 10 feet (ft) of sea level along the harbor shoreline. Soils along Leavitt Street
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(formerly known as Lagrange Street) are classified as Urban Land, which is entirely composed of
excavated, filled, and made land. Soils to the south of the street in the Saltonstall School athletic
fields at the east end of Chase Street near the reported burial and associated artifacts are classified
as Udorthents, which in this case comprise made land over loose sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial
deposits (USDA 2014). Given the proximity (within 400 ft) to the harbor shoreline, it is possible
that Leavitt Street formerly bordered a slightly elevated terrace that overlooked the natural
shoreline prior to filling and constructions during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
A preliminary review of MHC site files has determined that 68 terrestrial archaeological sites are
recorded within approximately one-mile of the Salem Cable Replacement Project. Of these, 37 are
located within a %2-mile but only one (19-ES-640) is recorded to be within the proposed cable
corridor street right-of-ways. The 68 sites consist of 44 Native American occupations in Salem,
Beverly, and Marblehead and 24 EuroAmerican resources in Salem and Beverly. The pre-contact
Native American sites include fmdspots, flake scatters, workshops, habitation/campsites, shell
middens, villages (n=3), and burial sites (n=4). These sites date from the Middle Archaic through
the Late Woodland periods. The 24 EuroAmerican sites include domestic, recreational, civic,
military, maritime, commercial, and transportation related sites dating from the seventeenth-century
through the twentieth-century. The National Register of Historic Places eligibility of the majority of
these sites has not been determined(MHC site files).
Nineteenth and twentieth-century town, atlas, and fire insurance maps indicate that this section of
downtown Salem was historically shoreline and cove between Long Point and Palmer Point in what
is now a much smaller Palmer Cove section of Salem Harbor. The 1832 (Saunders) map of Salem
depicts the cove before it was filled in completely to the west in what are now the Saltonstall
School athletic fields. No streets had been laid out east of Lafayette Street and south of Harbor
Street at that time. The 1851 (McIntyre) map of Salem clearly depicts the cove shoreline at this
time that was situated about one block east of Lafayette Street about equal to present-day Salem
Street. Leavitt Street appears as unnamed on the 1851 map and extended about one and a half
blocks east close to the present-day intersection with Prince Street. Forrest Wharf along the cove
shoreline bordered Leavitt Street to the south. The 1872 (Beers) map depicts nearly the same street
and shoreline configuration, but by that time Leavitt Street had been named Lagrange Street and
some filling of the cove had taken place.In 1884 (Walker)a finger-like section of Palmer Cove still
extended north between Lafayette and Congress streets, leaving Lagrange Street ending at open
water about a half block east of Salem Street near the present-day intersection with Prince Street.
Lagrange Street had been laid on the east side of the cove east of the present-day intersection with
Congress Street.
The 1890 and 1906 (Sanborn) insurance maps depict single-family dwellings along both sides of
Lagrange Street, which measured 35-feet wide at the time and contained an 8-inch water pipe down
the center. The open cove was still present near the present-day intersection with Prince Street. The
1911 (Walker) atlas map of Salem depicts Lagrange Street between Lafayette and Prince Street and
Leavitt Street extending east from Prince Street to Gardner Street across the newly filled cove. By
1916 (Sanborn) Leavitt Street extended from Lafayette Street to Congress Street along the former
Leavitt and Lagrange Street alignment, and Chase Street (former West Place) also had been so-
named. The cove had been completely filled in to a point just south of Leavitt Street and just east of
the end of Chase Street. New underground utilities also appear to have been added to the new
Leavitt Street right-of-way. The 1957 (Sanborn) map depicts additional filling of the area east of
Chase Street and south of Leavitt Street in what later became the Saltonstall School athletic fields.
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The state archaeological site form indicates that Site 19-ES-640, an Indian burial, was found near
Leavitt Street and the east end of Chase Street(formerly Lagrange Street). Assuming that the burial
was not in fill deposits, based on the historic map evidence, it would have been located along the
original west shoreline of Palmer's Cove. The grave reportedly contained four spoons made of
bone, one of which was carved and shaped from "a portion of the jaw of a porpoise"(Perley 1924).
The grave is indicated as being on Lagrange Street, suggesting it was found before Lagrange Street
became Leavitt Street between 1911 and 1916 based on the map evidence. Abbott's 1881 Primitive
Industry: or Illustrations of the Handiwork in Stone, Bone, and Clay of the Native Races of the
Northern Atlantic Seaboard of America also mentions the four bone spoons "found in an Indian
grave in Lagrange Street, Salem, Mass.", indicating that the burial was discovered before 1881 and
well before the filling of the northern finger of Palmer Cove. Since Lagrange Street only existed
between Lafayette and Prince streets at that time, the grave site was most likely on the west side of
the former cove. The archaeological monitoring may be able to discern natural and deep fill
deposits and detect the original shoreline of Palmer Cove within and across the Leavitt Street right-
of-way. This belowground information may help to more precisely identify the likely location of
the documented Indian burial site.
Monitoring Methodology
The archaeological monitoring methodology has been formulated according to the standards and
guidelines set forth in Public Planning and Environmental Review: Archaeology and Historic
Preservation, Massachusetts Historical Commission(MHC 1985).
Archival Research
Prior to the start of fieldwork, PAL will review the cultural resource inventory files maintained at
the MHC for all information related to the recorded Lagrange Street Site (19-ES-640) and other
pre-contact sites within a one-half mile to one mile radius of the project area. The research will
include a review of previous archaeological studies and reports prepared for the site and others in
close proximity to establish context and background for the potential presence of Native American
human remains in Leavitt Street. Historic town maps, USGS maps, and aerial images will also be
reviewed for changes in the harbor shoreline and land use history and development of the
Lagrange/Leavitt street neighborhood to establish the post-contact period cultural context for the
burial site and its discovery in 1924.
Monitoring
The PAL archaeological monitor will observe the machine-assisted removal of soils within the
Leavitt Street construction impact areas between Congress Street and Lafayette Street. The purpose
of this activity will be to ensure the identification of any human remains that may be present. In the
event that human remains are discovered in situ or within disturbed soils during the project, all
construction work at the location will cease and the project proponent, State Archaeologist, and
Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs (MCIA) will be notified immediately, in accordance
with the Massachusetts Unmarked Burial Law and 36 CFR 800. Provisions for the excavation of
human remains require a special permit from the State Archaeologist or an amendment to the
existing permit, as well as a separate cost proposal.
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For purposes of this proposal,PAL assumes that if human remains are identified,they will be
treated in accordance with the Massachusetts Unmarked Burial Law and the handling and/or
analysis of human remains will be determined after consultation with the MHC and MCIA.
Report Preparation
Upon completion of the field monitoring, PAL will prepare a technical report summarizing the
results of the fieldwork. The report will include a map of the project impact area showing any areas
of identified human remains.
Project Schedule
The construction work area requiring archaeological monitoring measures approximately 700 ft in
length, and the pace of construction trenching for the new cables is anticipated to be about 65 to 90
ft per day, for an average monitoring duration of 9 days. For purposes of this proposal, PAL
assumes that the construction monitoring within the impact areas will be completed within
nine (9)eight-hour work days plus travel time.
Project Personnel
Archaeological investigations will be carried out under the direction of a Principal Investigator,
assisted in the field by a Project Archaeologist. All supervisory personnel meet the qualifications
set by the National Park Service (36 CFR Part 66, Appendix C) for direction of archaeological
projects.
References
Abbott,Charles C.,M.D.
1881 Primitive Industry: or Illustrations of the Handiwork, in Stone, Bone, and Clay, of the
Native Races of The Northern Atlantic Seaboard of America. George A. Bates, Salem,
MA.
Beers, D. G.
1872 Atlas of Essex County, Massachusetts. D. G. Beers& Co., Philadelphia,PA.
McIntyre, Henry
1851 Map of the City of Salem, Massachusetts. Henry McIntyre, Philadelphia, PA.
Perley, Sidney
1924 The History of Salem, MA, Volume I. S. Pettey, Salem,MA.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Company(Sanborn)
1890 Map of Salem, Massachusetts. On file,Massachusetts State Library, Boston,MA.
1906 Map of Salem, Massachusetts. On file,Massachusetts State Library,Boston,MA.
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1916 Map of Salem, Massachusetts. Updated through 1950. On file, Massachusetts State
Library, Boston, MA.
1957 Map of Salem, Massachusetts. On file, Massachusetts State Library, Boston,MA.
Saunders,Jonathan P.
1832 Map of Salem, Massachusetts. On file,Massachusetts State Archives,Boston,MA
Walker, George H.
1884 Atlas of Essex County, Salem City Map. George H. Walker&Co. Electronic document,
http://www.wardmaps.com/viewassel.php?aid=4243, accessed January 2014.
1911 Atlas of the City of Salem. Walker Lithograph & Publishing Co., Boston, MA.
Electronic document, h—q://www.wardm4ps.com/viewasset.php?aid=195, accessed
January 2014.
United States Department of Agriculture(USDA)
2014 Web Soil Survey, Salem, Massachusetts. Electronic document,
http://websoilsurvey.nres usda pov/app/WebSoilSurvey aspx.
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