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126 Derby Street sal_3218 (1) Inventory No:SAL.3218 Historic Name:Donahue, Michael House Common Name: Address:126 Derby St City/Town:Salem Village/Neighborhood:Derby Street Local No:41-2 Year Constructed:c 1870 Architect(s): Architectural Style(s):Colonial Revival; Triple-decker Use(s):Market or Grocery Store; Multiple Family Dwelling House; Other Commercial Significance:Architecture; Commerce Area(s):SAL.HN: Derby Waterfront Historic District SAL.HO: Derby Street Local Historic District Designation(s):Local Historic District (12/17/1974); Nat'l Register District (05/17/1976) Building Materials(s): Roof: Asphalt Shingle Wall: Wood; Wood Clapboard Foundation: Granite; Stone, Cut The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has converted this paper record to digital format as part of ongoing projects to scan records of the Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth and National Register of Historic Places nominations for Massachusetts. 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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc This file was accessed on: Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 8:47: AM Derby Waterfront NRHD, 1974; Derby Waterfront LHD, 1976 FORM B - BUILDING Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Recorded by: Dianne L. Siergiej and Susan Ceccacci Organization: Commonweal Collaborative Town m<#\l*, source Salem HO 3218 Salem Place (neighborhood or village) Derby Street Address Historic Name 126 Derby Street Mary and Michael Donahue House Uses: Present Residential Original Commercial and Residential Date of Construction 1870 and c. 1912 See Bibliography* Style/Form Classical Revival Architect/Builder Exterior Material: Foundation Granite Wall/Trim Clapboard/Wood Roof Asphalt Shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures Major Alterations (with dates) See Architectural Description. Condition Moved X no Acreage 1.401 SF Good yes Date Date: July 1995 ( Setting Set directly on sidewalk, adjacent to a paved urban park with trees and benches, in a densely-settled, mixed- use neighborhood of primarily 19th and , . — — 20th-century buildings. \/ i— I I MP 2 9 \m MASS. HIST. COMM. BUILDING FORM 126 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 3-story, 3-bay, flat-roofed house is 3 bays deep with porches at 3 levels on the north end (rear). A storefront occupies the ground floor; apartments exist on the upper levels. The southeast corner of the building is comprised of open porches sheltered by the main roof. The residential entrance to the upper levels is through a door on the ground-floor porch. The posts and railings of the porches at the upper two levels are turned. Window frames are molded and window sash are 2/2. The roof line has a frieze with a dentil range and a broad projecting Classical cornice. The most notable feature of this building is the extremely well-preserved storefront, which appears to date from the early twentieth-century remodelling of the building. The recessed entrance is flanked on both sides by a large, 6-light display window. Each display window has a beveled side near the entrance with 4-pane glazing. Below each window is a paneled kick plate and at either side of the storefront is a wide, plain pilaster. Across the entire width of the storefront extends a frieze capped with a projecting cornice 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. The land on which this property stands between 1737 and 1788 was part of the estate of Reverend James Diman (d. 1788), minister of the East Church, (located on southwest corner of Essex and Hardy Streets, not extant). Reverend Diman lived a 8 Hardy Street and owned most of the west side of that street. His daughters Mary Diman and Lois Green inherited the property. They bequeath it to Ezra Green and James D. Green. The former sold his share to the latter, a student at Harvard College on June 25, 1817 (Bk. 214; Pg. 100). On October 12, 1853, James Durell Green sold off this property in the disposition of portions of his estate. This lot was purchased by Nathaniel Appleton, cabinetmaker, who apparently had located his carpentry shop on the site at least as early as 1836. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it was common for owners on Derby Street to rent land to individuals who erected buildings that were to be removed or demolished upon sale of the property or expiration of the lease. Nathaniel Appleton (d. January 19, 1859) left the holding to his wife, Susan Foster Appleton, for the rest of her life, and thereafter, to his daughters. In 1862, tax records indicate an engine house (later moved to the corner of Bentley and Derby Streets) and the carpenter shop were still located on the property. In 1867, the shop is described as a fish store. 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 126 Derby Street Area HO Form No. 3218 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE (continued) On December 16, 1869 (Bk. 788; Pg. 122), Susan F. Appleton, Sarah and Henry Hale, Susan A. Woodbury and Ellen M. and Francis Brown sold the property to Michael Donahue, laborer, who transferred it to his wife, Mary Donahue, the next year. Tax records and directory listings also indicate that a residential building had been built on the site of the former store by 1870. The first two floors of this building are believed to be that 1870 building built by Michael Donahue. A c. 1900 photograph shows the two-and-a-half-story, two-bay, gable-front 1870 building in its original state, with a storefront similar to the present one at the ground floor level. Michael Donahue purchased the property from his wife's estate in May 20, 1904 (Bk. 1742; Pg. 222). He sold the land and two houses, 126 Derby Street and 16 Hardy Street, to Michael Piecewicz on April 24, 1905 (Bk. 1774; Pg. 150). This transfer reflects the transition of the Derby Street in the early twentieth century from an Irish-American community to one increasingly occupied by Eastern European immigrants, especially Poles, attracted by employment opportunities in the expanding industrial base of the city. This change is perpetuated in the next transaction in which Martin Witkos purchased the property on July 3, 1906. About 1912, a remodelling took place which added a third floor to the existing building and porches and a stair tower to the east side. The remodelling seems to have resulted only in cosmetic changes to the storefront. Antonia Witkos inherited the holding on her husband's death in 1932 and continued to operate the grocery he had established until her demise on April 1, 1947. The property remained in the Witkos family until 1978 when it was subdivided and sold. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES *King, Joyce, Research Report 126 Derby Street, August 1984, Historic Salem Inc., Salem, Massachusetts. Undated copy of photograph of the Salem Veteran Fireman's Association (ca. 1900?) showing 126 Derby Street in background, Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts. Beers, D. G. & Company, Atlas of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1872. Hopkins, G. M. & Co., Atlas of Salem, Massachusetts, 1874. Mclntyre, Henry C. E., Map of the Citv 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. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Salem 126 Derby Street Area HO Form No. 3218 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 126 DERBY ST MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 SAL.HN, SAL.HO SAL.3218 Supplemental photograph by Patti Kelleher, Salem Department of Planning & Community Development, November 2016 RECEIVED JUN 20 2017 MASS. HIST. COMM. 2. Town Street address /ff-k <(fkj>JL-j^/ Jj^kjuJr Name Use: original & prsspnt /Lu-*^At^ V- V^U^-M^Lj Present owner ^Lh^ . X-JC^-^CL^' fTa^ Open to public Source of date Architect Ar OR part of Area # 3„ CONDITION Excellent Good Fair (ffeterioratedjMoved Altered Added, 4. DESCRIPTION FOUNDATION/BASEMENT: High Regular (foy) Material WALL COVER: {VcS Brick Stone Other ROOF: Ridge Gambrel (FJLai Hip Mansard Tower Cupola Dormer windows Balustrade Grillwork _ CHIMNEYS: (T) 2 3 4 Cooler End Interior Irregular STORIES: 1 2 (£)4 ATTACHMENTS: Wings Ell Shed PORCHES: 1 2/S) 4 PORTICO Cluster Elaborate Ra Irony FACADE: Gable end: Front/side Ornament Entrance: <^onft Center/Side Details: Windows: Spacing: Regular/JfregiJlar Identical^Varifi^ Corners: Plain Pilasters Quoins ^orlierboarfJs' 5„ Indicate location of building in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings o 6. Footage of structure from street. Property has rXf) feet frontage on street Recorder For Photo #. Date SEE REVERSE SI RELATION OF SURROUNDINu _^ STRUCTURE 1. Outbuildings 2. Landscape Features: Agriculture Open Wooded Garden: Formal/Informal Predominant features Landscape architect 3. Neighboring; Structures Style: Colonial' CFJsderal Greek Revival Gothic Revival Italian Villa Lombard Rom. Venetian Gothic Mansard Richardsonian Modern GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF SITE (Refer and elaborate on theme circled on front of form) BIBLIOGRAPHY AND/OR REFERENCE Conditions: Excellent (jjpocl) Fair Deteriorated i I RESTRICTIONS Original Owner: Deed Information: Book Number. Page Registry of Deeds FormB. 10M-6-71-049688