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19 Chestnut Street inventory form sal_1053 Inventory No:SAL.1053 Historic Name:Cleveland, Rev. Charles - Williams, Israel House Common Name:Peabody, Henry W. - Rantoul, William G. House Address:19 Chestnut St City/Town:Salem Village/Neighborhood:Central Salem Local No:25-443 Year Constructed:c 1805 Architect(s):Putnam, Perley; Rantoul, William Gibbons Architectural Style(s):Colonial Revival; Federal Use(s):Single Family Dwelling House Significance:Architecture Area(s):SAL.HJ: Chestnut Street Historic District SAL.HU: McIntire Historic District Designation(s):Nat'l Register District (08/28/1973); Local Historic District (03/03/1981) Building Materials(s): Roof: Slate 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. Efforts are ongoing and not all inventory or National Register records related to this resource may be available in digital format at this time. 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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: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 3:10: PM SfTu .0S3 NRDIS 8/28/73; LHD 3/3/81; MA/HL 4/30/71 Assessors' Number USGS Quad Salem Area(s) Form Number HU 1053, 3777 Recorded by Kim Withers Brengle Organization Salem Planning Department Date Recorded 1/96 Town Salem Place (neighborhood or village) Central Salem Address 19 Chestnut St. Historic Name Williams-Peabody-Rantoul House Uses: Present Residence Original Residence Date of Construction 1805-6 Style/Form Federal Architect/Builder Perley Putnam? Exterior Material: Foundation granite Wall clapboard Roof slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures carriage house - c.1805-6 Major Alterations (with dates) entry, window caps - c. 1905 Condition excellent Moved x no yes Date Acreage less than 1 acre Setting Set close to the street in area of large _-_-tn _^™. Federal and Greek Revival dwellings. RECEIVED JUL 0 8 1996 MASS. HIST. C0MM c BUILDING FORM 19 Chestnut St., Salem ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. 19 Chestnut Street is a well-preserved Federal style house, one of many fine examples on Chestnut Street. Set close to the street on a deep lot, it is a three-story house on a rectangular plan with a two- story, one-bay rear ell (SE), and a three-story, three-bay ell (SW). A small one-story ell extends two bays beyond the three-story ell. The main block of the house is five bays wide by two bays deep. It has a slate hipped roof with three interior chimneys (one east, two west) near each end of the roof ridge. A large chimney exists at the three-story ell. The foundation is granite and the walls are clapboard. The center entry is set beneath a four-light transom at the head of a granite stoop. The portico, (a Colonial Revival alteration), has Doric columns and a pediment. A side entry is set in the west elevation of the large ell. Window sash are 6/6, except at the third story where they are 6/3. First- story windows have molded caps added as part of the Colonial Revival alterations; other windows are set in simple molded surrounds. Other details include cornerboards, a simple cornice. A rooftop balustrade was added c. 1905, but does not survive. An L-shaped Federal style carriage house (Form # 3777) clad in matched boards exists to the southeast. It is two-stories high with a gable roof, and has a one-story, shed-roofed section. Sash are 6/6. A driveway extends along the east side of the property. A matched board fence (E) and a section of wrought iron fence with granite posts (W) run along the sides of the house. 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. In 1805 the Reverend Charles Cleveland, a deputy collector of the port of Salem, sold an unfinished house to shipmaster and merchant Israel Williams. Under Williams' ownership the house eastern section was completed and the carriage house constructed. It is reported that the builder may have been Perley Putnam (1778-1864), who supervised construction at the adjacent 17-17 1/2 Chestnut Street. The house was occupied until the death of Mrs. Williams in 1857. It was next bought by Henry W. Peabody, merchant. The Peabodys continued to own the house until 1905, after which it was owned by architect William G. Rantoul (1867-1949). During his ownership, Rantoul made Colonial Revival alterations to the house. Rantoul had lived at 8 Chestnut Street between 1904 and 1906. He maintained offices in Boston and at his home, working on commissions primarily in Boston and on the North Shore. In addition to changes made to his own house, he was responsible for Colonial Revival-style alterations or restorations at 34 Chestnut Street, 380 Essex Street, 180 Derby Street, 80 Federal Street. In the Mclntire District Rantoul's new designs included 337 Essex Street, 48 Chestnut Street, and 31-35 Warren Street. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES x see continuation sheet Cousins, Frank and Riley, Philip M. Colonial Architecture of Salem. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1919, p. 68. Hopkins, G. M. Atlas of Salem. Massachusetts. Philadelphia, 1874. Massachusetts Historical Commission. Historic Resources Inventory: Salem. Mclntyre, Henry C. E. Map of the City of Salem. Philadelphia, 1851. Rantoul, William Gibbons Collection. Plans, client lists, photographs. James Duncan Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. Richards, L. J. Atlas ofjhe City of Salem. Massachusetts.... 1897. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property Address Salem 19 Chestnut St. Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Area(s) Form No. Boston, MA 02125 HU 1053, 3777 BIBLIOGRAPHY (Cont.) Salem City Directories, 1836-1970. Tolles, Bryant F. Tolles, Jr. Architecture in Salem. Salem: Essex Institute, 1983, pp. 198-199 Walker Lithograph and Publishing Co. Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts. Boston, MA, 1911. Wiswall, Richard Hall and Henry W. Belknap. "Notes on the Building of Chestnut Street." Essex Institute Historical Collections. July, 1939. Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. ( * ' ( INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 19 CHESTNUT ST MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 SAL.HJ, SAL.HU SAL.1053 Supplemental photograph by Patti Kelleher, Salem Department of Planning & Community Development, March 2017 RECEIVED JUN 20 2017 MASS. HIST. COMM. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 19 CHESTNUT ST MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 SAL.HJ, SAL.HU SAL.3777 Supplemental photograph by Patti Kelleher, Salem Department of Planning & Community Development, March 2017 RECEIVED JUN 20 2017 MASS. HIST. COMM. SAL.1053 (attach photo here) 2. Towa xs FORM B - STRUCTURE SURVEY MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston WALL COVER: /Wood Street address / Q C^/^JT;//^ S£/ / Name [ft*&toJt..c/.tu^/ e aJ? ^-^-^ Original use Present use Present owner^ jf fftrs W»Mj^1_\c>rsi2A^ Open to public f\pj^u Date /fr0 & Style Source of date Architect iorated Moved Altered Added ASCRIPTION Low Material: C^\<xyj^C^Z 6ti Brick Stone Other ROOF: Ridge Gambrel Flat Hip Mansard Tower Cupola Dormer windows Balustrade Grillwork CHIMNEYS: 4 Center End (fEnd interior Cluster Elaborate Irregular STORIES: 1 2(3j4 ATTACHMENTS: Wings Ell Shed ^Dependency . PORCHES^l^2 3 4 (^rUco^ y^^c1 (^^^yi^aJBalcony Recessed: ^^c^/rn&Cjut~ FACADE: Gable end: Front/Side Ornament: Entrance: Side /Front:' Center/Side Details: t/V^e/^-/^ Windows: Spacing:Regular/irregular Identical/Varied 7^ Corners: ^Plain) Pilasters Quoins Cornerboards OUTBUILDINGS iaJr^.^sJ^r^ s&&Jxs,. If- 5. Indicate locajaon of structure in relation to nearest cross sweets and other buildings 6. Footage of structure from street / Property has f feet frontage on street Recorder For Photo Date MAY 1968 N0TAE: Recorder should obtain written|>er miss ion from Commission or sponsoring organization before using this form. / / SEE REVERSE F" 1 FORM MHC-B I0M-4-67-944872 V Style: Colonial (Federal^ Greek Revival Gothic Revival Italian Villa Lombard Rom. sthxc; IV RELATION OF SURROUNDING TO STRUCTURE 5/tL.. ifj C? 3 Neighboring Structurejs~___^^ Colonial ^Federal Venetian Gothic; Mansard Richardsonian Type Buildings: •"7^. CJIOJ^ AJ^' Conditions: Excellent <do<^Fair Deteriorated Use^ Residential Commercial Religious Proximity: j Landscape Features: Agriculture Open Wooded Garden: Formal/informal Predominent Features Landscape Architect GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF SITE (Refer and elaborate on theme circled on front of form) A step inside this house, built by Charles Cleveland, shows the HBW England heritage of the Binney family. The many family heirlooms and portraits seem indigenous to this lovely house. « Th_x_iH±Hgxx_iai&xhHH In the dining room hangs a vibrant oil painting by the famous Salem artist, Frank W. Benson. "The Storm", it was painted in concarneau on the coast of Brittany. An old summer house forms the focal point of the lovely garden which has been restored by Mr. Daniel J. Foley of Salem, landscape architect. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND/OR REFERENCE ^/ ^v, t, ST RESTRICTIONS Original Owner: Deed Information: Book Number Page Registry of Deeds