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GARDNER PING REE HOUSE �����1�;Pi � Hne�� Y y 9 i►'� - - "� II ____�- _ _ _ � � � - - �+ {t t ... Form 10.300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - _ STATE: .., (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MaggarhuRPIttR - 3 �+ I' couNrY'Essex i NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NO FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY Irt : ENTRY*NUMBER DATE (Type all entries -complete applicable sections) - - I."NAME . � COMMON: Gardner-feno-pingree House S ' AND/OR HISTORIC: .- 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER: 128 Essex Street CITY OR TOWN: - Salem STATE _ CODE COUNTYr CODE Massachusetts Essex 3. GLASSIFICA7fON ,^ CATEGORY OWNERSHIPSTATUS ACCESSIBLE (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC Z ,�E ❑ District Building ❑ Public Public Acquisition: (5 Yes: � ,,..yy � Occupied ❑ Site ❑ Structure L] Private ❑ In Proeess (3 Restricted S El Unoccupied : EJObject ❑ Both _ C3.Beiny Considered 13 Unrestricted ❑Preservation Work ~ In progress ❑ No V PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) ❑ Agricultural ❑ Government ❑ Park ❑ Tronsportation ❑Comments `.._ ❑ Commercial ❑ industrial '❑ Privets Raa ldence ❑.Other (Specify) F-, ❑ Educational ❑ Military_ ❑ Religious - - N ❑ Entertoinment 13 Museum - ❑ Scientific K Z 4. OWNER OF:'PROPERTY' -s OWNER'S NAME: Mr. David Little, Director, Essex Institute Luy STREET AND NUMBER: m W 132 Essex Street H CITY OR TOWN: _ STATE: CODE - Salem _ 01970 Massachusetts 5: E OCA'[IOW6 LEGAL-DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: n •i Registry of Deeds - STREET AND NUMBER: zH 32 Federal Street CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE Salem Massachusetts CODE 16; REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS - '` •' . .'I: TITLE OF SURVEY: - - m z Historic American Buildings Survey (1 sheet and 2photos) "n m DATEOFSURVEY: 1938, 1940 Q Federal [-] State ❑ County . ❑ Local z DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: C Z TM � ,Zintc and Photographs, Librax of Co a N REET PND NUMBER. 7 p��--+ M O K Z CITY OR TOWN: STATE: CODE Washington 20540 D. C. 0 H m Si6tdl�tCANCE PERIOD (Che. •. r ','S[.�. ck One or More as,Appropriate) p Pre-Columbian1 ❑ 16th Contu y ❑ 18th Century ❑ 20th Century _ ❑ 15th Century ❑ 17th Century .© 19th Century SPECIFIC OATEISI of Appllcabte andxaarrrl) 1 AREA;'OFsIGNIFICANCE (Cheat Onl-di Moro Aber nal . .:. ❑ Educorion.. ,.. r • .) 'I-- +. C] Palitiaal - 0-W!,on Planning ❑ Prohl stericC] Engine.ti. 0 Reli I Other I_I Mistbae .. .., dust :. •,, r . , .... ... . . r: 4'r. ❑ Agriculture ❑ Invention - Science , Architecture 171Londa ape =sculplure ❑ Art Architecture 0 Social/Human ❑ Commerce ❑ Literature ifarion ❑ Communications. [3 Military ❑ Theater p ConservationMusic C] - - ❑ Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Designed by the noted Salem architect and carver, Samuel McIntire, and erected in 1804-05, this elegant Adamesque-Federal brick town house is generally regarded to be McIntire's masterpiece,- magnificently illustrating his mature work in tbR fully developed neoclassical style. Z - O - History ` H. Samuel McIntire planned and built this residence. for John Gardner, a U Salem merchant, in 1804-05. Upon the owner's death, the property was sol to Nathaniel West in 1811. In 1814 the house was next purchased by Captain Joseph White. In 1834, David Pingree .acquired it, and the house remained in the possession of the Pingree family until it was given to the H- Essex Institute in 1933. Z The house has remained substantially intact to the present. The only I serious change made was the removal of the original pierced stair !.;S_;: balustrade. This -feature ,hqs, been jfrAm some of ,,. ... W the surviving original balusterf�,..t ,; ;..r.'. a. :? .r .t..:i'= :a 3-' :i W - - (cheek One),. " ' •• 4 g) Excellent ❑ Goad ❑ Fair ❑ D~wand ❑ Raine ❑ Unexposed CONDITION (Chock One), (Check One) ,�E C Alwed ❑ Unalhnd ❑ Moved 3] Original Sin DESCRI8WeE PRESENT A Q(i1 Gll{^n(it a pI PHYSICAL APPPE"""-_ e Ga ner- e- g f! 1 _@blongashaned_three-story brick town house with hipped and balustrades roof. The structure 18 52 feet wide, 40 feet deep, and has a two-story ell at the rear northwest corner - t ` that measuru' 16 1/2 by 20 feet in: size. The-walls-are of brick laid in -<> Flemish bond and the trim is of white marble. Windows in the five-bay wide main (south) facade are symmetrically disposed. The center door, framed by reeded pilasters, has fan and side lights and is sheltered by a one-story elliptical porch with four very slender Corinthian columns. The windows are topped by flat arch winged marble lintels with keystones and their sills are also of marble. Third story windows are reduced in height and all windows are adorned by exterior louvered shutters. The second and third floor level are marked by wide projecting horizontal bands, or belt courses. A modillioned cornice and the balustraded parapet on the roof are also carried completely around the building. The plan of the house is a spacious one, with a wide center hall �^ running from front to rear and dividing the four. large rooms on each floor rn + r into pairs. To the left, or west, of the hall is the large dining room, rn f: a pantry in the rear, and a kitchen located in the rear ell. To the .right ; of the hall are spacious double parlors. The interiors are elegantly carved and decorated in the Adam style. Garlands of leaves, sheaves of wheat, _ baskets of fruit, and other designs cover the rich mantels, cornices, and th H trim surrounding the doorways. Windows have interior paneled foldingshutte s._q Except for the balustrade of the tall staircase in the center hall, the A interior is original. The balusters sawn in interlocking patterns have been reconstructed from some of the original ones. The upper floor. Contain9. C ?i a total of eight bedrooms. fl The Gardner-White4Pingree 'H6dse-is'itr e%eel1ent condition and in open _ to visitors as a furnished historic house' exhibit, p y Z ' IMINIMIRVISi Form --t JutY 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE (July 1969) - - .. v.••. i` ,�i x.'tt NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Massachusetts -�- r. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY••- Essex c LL PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY €p N - (Type all entries attach to Or enclose with map) ENTRY NUMBER DATE Z ar ner - t O COMMON: - ingree ouse AND/OR HISTORIC ! t *3 )- 2" LOCATION" STREET AND NUM U BER: 128 Essex Street CITY OR TOWN: Salem I I... STATE: MaSSachusetts coDE couNrv: ; • h CODE Essex 3. MAP:REFCREMCE ;! Z SOURCE: — .: is ._• � . U. S.G.S. 7.5 Minute Series, Salem Quadrangle, Massachusetts-Essex County f11 SCALE: 1: 24 000 W DATE: 1956 # 9; REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS I F 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow.- I 3. Latitude and longitude reference. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES counTv 3 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM ; � - FOR NPS USE ONLY j -; �.•' H (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER ' DATE i ' Z 1." NAME ' O COMMON: ' 11 ANO/OR HISTORIC: t'- 2• LOCATION 'd j TREE! AND NUMBER: V I CITY OR TOWN: tY F'--. STATE: kAr+ CODE COUNTY: /" CODE ; Z' .' PHOTO':REFERENCE% HOTOCREDIT: DATE OF PHOTO: - W EGATIVE FILED AT: LU H 4. ,IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE `11111. DIRECTION. ETC. , Je .. 1 a? 1 . - 85 G °eer • �' 'PZ. cstes Pt` _ 40 lot PT•\ _F' U.S.C.S. 7.51'cdnute Series aty i Salem Quadran_SLe,. Massachusetts- Pt '• %' Esser. County., 19560 1;E11EP..L'" ! ; :1 . Gardaer: Utc-Pingree House., HA PB OR � . °. ars' +``..•– � I' ` . t- � \ .l ..•• `• co- � �. lr r Sand - - i - •.,C ` �� rb¢r. p�`. nuvum YJ ''\ tl ATF GcG 4. ny ::` \ \ 1.'v E hey, �I`i R • i / `CI Sou r� Ry =w r Cs^� I ��\\ ox k HIII �� t ommcn• a a Salein T`€urinal ai � i I15_l Iy J__�-�/ '♦�� 11 '.�L s:� : �-1 1 -. C SC `-_ �t Jx a /I arl _ .,>C?�\�. Hou ecl I� ,Y1' $¢ven Gables r dl PO 13. �'� a _-0 w a :.. V17— \\✓ 1 I Y 1� c^fCl�'- \ Ii.1ZR�7n j'iTA1 iyilr, , . r, l 1.- ....:a Pt xg \-.i `I ` K is\i[ y���'r sJ w"stalt SC�1 ` PnE7ner i� `. I i =�,`�\\� ��~ ��,•-�',,\ nn,� I �\, ti_ �' Cove �tKo v :rl'�> .h \ 1 `. >\ I_ _\,�11 y IiJ�_ lam♦ 'Palmer `4) 1 ; Sal nl 91 hlsP1 ° -" •` rt �,�� � '��� r ,n _i• a --o _`h Solitr � h €" �0 I if IYzOfC a \-1�'1 Ri Ec .`� y Picker,& a i' r a /1.�. I a .. ��\ so . \ Pt W 7 '✓'` o `(T A t{` \ Inc a I S'Cy C ` (♦' F' :1 Goll` - r2 1_. H `.. �F. G SCOLI tcE / •: II / 0 �f> C /IaI CoursB\ \ �'o r / ♦ , !fir � s17 / f r r I/,"� < .)r. �ti-V� l ' `Mar sLr\D� PnRK' O \;• `> >/�\ � '�� . ., ' \o ni _ ,.....-_..,-..».. a.�-...... .'. , .. .:a c.. ..r:>-a..n. ..�...._.;r.,a. .e.�.....rt- as -m. .,_..,,..,. x. F-.•.-�.... ...r e=:.r_�rz.. , - -. i 4. MA OR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES, ' Fiske Kimball Mr. Samuel McIntire, Carver, The Architect of Salem I * (Gloucester, Mass. , 1966) , 107, fig, 242, [� Fiske Kimball, Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the t� b Early Republic (New York, 1922), 156, 207, 209, 221, 243, 254. Talbot F. Hamlin, The American Spirit in Architecture (New Haven, 1926), 95. Fiske Kimball, American Architecture (Indianapolis, 1928) • 10• GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY 0 DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TF.N ACRES - CORNER LATITUDE LONGITUDE LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW . 0 0 42o 31.• 20• 700 53• 31" NE o SE Sw 0 0 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 1/3 acre H LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE: CODE COUNTY .n, CODE M M STATE: CODE COUNTY: -.. _. - " CODE J�l STATE: - CODE COUNTY:. ... -. , _ . .. CODE -. to n STATE:' CODE COUNTY CODE A 11:•':FORM PREPARED &Y`'. 777 NAME AND TITLE an _ F ORGANIZATION Division Of lstory, Office .of -Archeology. and. ;,- °;i E: Historic Preservation, National Park Service: STREET AND NUMBER: - 0 801 19th Street, N. W. Z CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE Washington 12. ;STATE LIAISON OFF"ICER C E RT I F ICAII OC! NATIONAL.•REGISTER VERIFICATION., As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law I hereby certify that this property is included in the 89-665), 1 hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been - evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set - forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeology and historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: - - National ❑ Stale ❑ Local ❑ -. Dale Name ATTEST: Title Keeper of The National Register Date Date tib 1-. Fern ID•30Oe UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE - .. i,'. 4.; i' (July 4969) - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Massachusetts Yit NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - 'COUNTY INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM Essex - FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER DATE (Continuation Sheet) (Number all antrlea) r:•'-:Q 9. Major Bibliographical References Continued page 1 3x Thomas E. Tallmadge, The Story of Architecture in America. (London, 1928) 58-61 Wayne Andrews, Architecture, Ambition and Americans (New York, 1955) , 95- 96. Talbot F. Hamlin, Greek Revival Architecture in America (New York, 1944) , 15-16, III. 1 Dorothy and Richard Pratt, A Guide to Early American Homes - North (New York, 1956) , 21. Massachusetts, A Guide to Its Places and People (American Guide Series) ,-•- - (Boston, 1937), 346. John Burchard and Albert Bush-Brown, The Architecture of America, A Social and Cultural History (Boston and Toronto, 1961) 67. Arnold Nicholson, American Houses in History (New York, 1960) , 38-40. Alan Gowans, Images of American Living (Philadelphia & New York, 1964), 213, 234. y Wendell D. Garrett, Paul Fe Norton, Alan Gowans, and Joseph T. Bultr, niaaya.e :The Arts in America, The 19th Century (New York, 1969) 50-92. Alice Winchester, "The Pingree House in Salem," Antiques, %LIR, (March 1946) , 174-177. ...n... ..��e» »-.mmw'rv..... .rv..-. pX."_::'.' [...{+:ti.u2 fe•::x. 4 i.. ..... ..'. S C.6 b''� �G�' Fsl ' G. r+t �e •• � i+a jS. j t b h r a C , "A 11"WTI t<�1 )!i p..F a Y�k/[.': ' .i•. �+ --s.-.— �.�:.:_ � yd y� �F'Cw r . , - 'b3�Pouib0 W.h ki Y r 1 �� i '_G'!(y'�}�.��W �n„a7 d' '"y ��:. '��z.#4�XJ' .. t�� � .4_].a:,i a ..`+�:+z f"..y:-59•... ' - 1 f i�