10 Hathorn St inventory form sal_1015 (2)
Inventory No:SAL.1015
Historic Name:Sluman, Benjamin W. House
Common Name:
Address:10 Hathorne St
City/Town:Salem
Village/Neighborhood:Central Salem
Local No:25-310
Year Constructed:c 1887
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):Italianate
Use(s):Single Family Dwelling House
Significance:Architecture
Area(s):SAL.GA: Hathorne Street Area
SAL.HU: McIntire Historic District
Designation(s):Local Historic District (03/03/1981)
Building Materials(s):
Roof: Asphalt Shingle
Wall: Wood; Wood Clapboard
Foundation: Brick; Granite; Stone, Cut
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Area(s) Form Number
25-310 Salem HU 1015
Town Salem
Place (neighborhood or village) Central Salem
Address 10 Hathorne St.
Historic Name Benjamin W. Sluman House
Uses: Present Single family dwelling
Original Single family dwelling
Date of Construction c. 1887-1889
Style/Form Italianate
Architect/Builder
Exterior Material:
Foundation granite, brick
Wall asbestos shingles
Roof asphalt shingle
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
garage
Major Alterations (with dates)
siding, sash, door - 20th c.
Condition fair
Moved x no yes Date
Acreage less than 1 acre
Recorded by Kim Withers Brengle
Organization Salem Planning Department
Date Recorded 12/95
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Setting Set close to street on side street
in area of 19th century residences.
RECEIVED
JUL 0 8 1996
toaob. HIST. COMM.
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BUILDING FORM 10 Hathorne Street, Salem
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION ; see continuation sheet
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings
within the community.
10 Hathorne Street is a somewhat altered variation on the sidehall Italianate house type
constructed in several sections of Salem during the 1870s and 1880s. This house type was less
common in the Mclntire district, where most construction occurred earlier in the nineteenth
century. Set close to the street with a driveway along the north side, it is a two-and-one-half-
story house on an L plan with a rear ell. The front wing of the house is one bay wide by two
bays deep; the side wing extends one bay to the north. It has a cross-gable roof pierced by a
chimney near the roof ridge, and another at the rear.
The entry, located on the north elevation, consists of modern door with a pedimented cap.
Windows have 1/1 sash. Other features include a cornice with paired brackets, deep eaves
and cornice returns, and a hip-roofed porch along the north elevation with chamfered posts
and a wooden railing. A one-story, hip-roofed small bay exists at the south elevation, and the
rear has a small one-bay addition. The foundation is granite at the front and brick at the sides.
A two-bay garage, clad in clapboard, and having an asphalt-shingled, front-gable roof,
stands at the northwest corner of the lot.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE 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.
Probably built by Benjamin W. Sluman c. 1887-1889,10 Hathorne stands on land that was the
undeveloped back portion of a parcel at 31 Broad owned by Charles M. Richardson. The address
(originally 2 Hathorne) first appeared in the 1889 directory as the residence of Benjamin W. Sluman, a
clerk at Salem Gas Light Company. The Slumans owned and occupied the house until at least 1925,
when it was the residence of Mrs. B. W. Sluman. C. J. Thayer, a plumber, who had lived across the
street at 9 Hathorne during the 1910s and 1920s, was living at number 10 by 1929, and remained there
as late as 1950. The house remains a single-family residence.
The building footprint and its relationship to the south lot line of 10 Hathorne changed between the
1911 and 1981 maps. The 1897 and 1911 footprints show a building with a cross-shape, while the 1981
footprint shows the building as it is today with only one wing in the center of the north elevation.
There is no wing on the south elevation, and the lot line is flush with the south side of the house. It is
possible that the owners of 10 Hathorne conveyed a slice of their land to their neighbors at number
14, whose house was once on its north lot line and is now set back.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES see continuation sheet
Hopkins, G. M. Atlas of Salem, Massachusetts. Philadelphia, 1874.
Mclntyre, Henry C. E. Map of the City of Salem. Philadelphia, 1851.
Richards, L. J. Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts.... 1897.
Salem Board of Health, Map of the Burned District of Salem, June 1914.
Salem City Directories, 1836-1970.
Walker Lithograph and Publishing Co. Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts.
Boston, MA, 1911.
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must
attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.
MHC INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET
MHC Inventory scanning project, 2008-2010
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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 10 HATHORNE ST
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Continuation sheet 1
SAL.GA, SAL.HU SAL.1015
Supplemental photograph by Patti Kelleher, Salem Department of Planning & Community Development, May 2017
RECEIVED
JUN 20 2017
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IMPORTANCE of site to area: Great Little None SITE endangered by_
~4~ 'DESCRIPTION
FOUNDATION/BASEMENT: High Regular Low
WALL COVER:^Wood)
STORLES: 1(2)3 4 CHIMNEYS: 12 3 4
ATTACHMENTS: Wings Ell Shed Dependency
PORCHES: 1 2 3 4 Portico Balcony
Material:
Brick Stone Other
Center End Cluster Elaborate Irregular
Simple/Complex
Recessed
ROOF: .Ridge Gambrel Flat Hip Mansard
Tower Cupola Dormer windows Balustrade Grillwork
FACADE: Gable End: Front/Side Symmetrical/Asymmetrical Simple/Complex Ornament
Entrance: Fron1(7sid(a Centered Double Features:
Windows: Spading: Regular/irregular Identical/Varied
Corners: Plain Pilasters Quoins Obscured
OUTBUILDINGS LANDSCAPING
5. Indicate location of structure on map below 6. Footage of structure from street
Property has feet frontage on street
Recorder_
For NOV 1967
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NOTE: Recorder should obtain written permission from Commission or sponsoring organi-
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FORM - MHCB - 1 0M-6-66-94301 7 c
FOR USE WITH IMPORTANT STRUCTURES (Indicate any interior features of note)
Fireplace
Stairway
Other
GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF SITE (Refer and elaborate
on theme circled on front of form)
SHDSC, VOL. Ill, PAGE 93
Rating: 2, Period: 3rd Qtr.
"This is a two-story, wooden, ena-to-the-street house with a side entrance.
The bay windows are typicalof the period."
REFERENCE (Where was this information obtained? What book, records, etc.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Original Owner:
Deed Information: Book Number Page .3 Registry of Deeds