PEABODY MUSEUM OF SALEM NR NOMINATION PF L FEABODY MUSEUM OF SALEM
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INVENTORY — NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY
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Pesbody Museum of Salem
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161 Essex Street
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C' ❑ Site ❑I Structure ❑ Privote ❑ In Process ❑ Unoccupied ❑ Restricted
❑ Object ❑ Both ❑ Being Considered ❑ Preservation work ❑ Unrestricted
♦— in progress ❑ No
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DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Boundaries: Containing 90,191 square feet, bounded northerly
by Essex Street 301 feet; easterly by Liberty Street 303.75
feet; southerly by Charter Street 292 feet; westerly by Salem
Police Headquarters and First District Court 122 feet; again
southerly by Salem Police Headquarters and First District
Court 13 feet; and again westerly by Bernard's' Jewelry Store
in a brick building erected in 1858 at 175 Essex Street 170 feet,
The above boundaries encompass about two-thirds of the block
bounded by Essex, Liberty, Charter and Central Streets. A
commercial building within the boundaries west of Liberty
Street at 139-149 Essex Street will be torn down eventually
for the construction of a museum addition. All of the property
of the Peabody Museum of Salem lies within the boundaries of '"
Heritage Plaza East$ an urban renewal project of the Salem m
Redevelopment Authority. M
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DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY 0 DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY
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NW 420 31' . 19' 70° 53' 36"
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APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 2.07
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NAME AND TITLE:
Edwin W. Small, Assistant to Director Northeast Re on n
Oft GANIZATION DATE
National Park Service, New England Field. Office 7125/72
STREET AND NUMBER: V
1400 John W. McCormack Post Office & Courthouse z
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72. 5TH ATF,LIA150N;-0.FFICER CERTIFICA'I'ION :)''NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION
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As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na-
- I hereby certify that this properly is included in the
tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Laws
89-66S), 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 be the National Park Service. 'the recommended
Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation
level of significance of this nomination is:
National ❑ Stale ❑ Local
N/A for Registered National nate
Name Hi e tOrl_c_110, ks .
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Title
Keeper of The National Register
Date date
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