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90 Federal Street inventory form Inventory No:SAL.1640 Historic Name: Common Name: Address:88 1/2-90 Federal St City/Town:Salem Village/Neighborhood:Central Salem Local No:26-627 Year Constructed:c 1897 Architect(s): Architectural Style(s):Italianate Use(s):Multiple Family Dwelling House Significance:Architecture Area(s): SAL.HD: Federal Street 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: Asbestos Shingle; Slate; Vinyl Siding; Wood; Wood Clapboard Foundation: Brick; 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: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 10:34 AM FORM B - BUILDING NRDIS 8/28/73; LHD 3/3/81 Assessor's Number USGS Quad 26-627 Salem Area(s) HU Form Number 1640 Recorded by Leslie Donovan Organization Salem Planning Department Date (month/year) 2/96 Town Salem Place (neighborhood or village) Central Salem Address 88 1/2-90 Federal St. Historic Name Uses: Present Multiple-Family Dwelling Original Multiple-Family Dwelling Date of Construction by 1897 Source Maps & Directories Style/Form Italianate Architect/Builder Exterior Material: Foundation Granite main block: brick ells Wall/Trim Wood Clapboard Roof Slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures Major Alterations (with dates) 20th c. Siding S & W Condition Fair Moved xno yes Date Acreage Less than 1 Acre Setting Set directly at sidewalk in 18th and 19th Century residential area JUL 0 6 1996 Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. frfiA Of* i ... ... ( 5ftL-M0 BUILDING FORM 88 1/2 -90 Federal Street, Salem ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. 88 1/2 -90 Federal Street is an example of the Italianate style, which is well represented in the Mclntire district including 5 and 13 Beckford Street and 126 1/2 Federal. Set on a long narrow lot, this south-facing house has no front set-back and no landscaping. Two-and-a-half stories tall with an irregular plan, it has an ell extending from the northeast comer. The main block of the house is three bays wide by three deep; on the side elevations, the third (northern) bay recedes on the west and projects on the east. A two-story ell extends the east elevation two more bays to the north. The house has a steeply pitched cross-gable roof clad in slate. Two brick chimneys pierce the north slope of the main roof, and one more rises through the ell. Pedimented dormers with slate walls top both side elevations. On the facade, decorative two-story projecting bays flank the center entrance. These are topped at by overhanging gables resting on large brackets. Recessed round-arch windows are centered in the gables. Ornamentation of the projecting bays includes brackets, decorated pediments, carved arches, sunbursts, star bursts, panels, and beaded boards. Brackets also decorate the main cornice including the pedimented gable ends. The main entry consists of a paneled double door topped by a single-pane transom. A hipped porch roof with spindles and a modillion cornice is supported by square columns set on pedestals. The principal windows have 2/2 sash set in simple molded frames, topped on the first floor side elevations with projecting cornices and on the second floor with pediments. The walls are clad in aluminum siding, with the exception of the east side of the ell. which is sided with clapboard. Also on the east elevation, a secondary entry (to 88-1/2 Federal Street) is located in a projecting vestibule that incorporates a former side porch with hip-roofed hood supported on decorative consoles. 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. 90 Federal Street was constructed by 1897, and may have been built between 1851 and 1874, by which time the city map shows a budding footprint similar in size to that seen today. The 1874 and the 1897 footprints are somewhat different and may indicate that a new building was constructed or perhaps that a rear ell had been added. In 1851, the site was occupied by a smaller house with a rectangular plan and the owner shown on the map of that date was N. Read (sic). Nathaniel Read, a constable, was listed in the 1851 directory at 20 Federal Street. Federal Street was renumbered ca 1853-55 and this became 90 Federal St. Nathaniel Reed was living at 20 Federal Street as early as 1837. By 1874, the owner was Mrs. WUliam G. Webb, who lived at 38 Chestnut Street (see form for Nathaniel West House, 34 Chestnut St, Form No. 733) and leased this property to tenants. Her husband, a merchant working at 125 Essex Street, owned 34, 38, 44-46 Chestnut as well as 90 Federal Street. During the Webb's ownership, which lasted until at least 1897. occupants of 90 Federal included Mrs. Louise Batchelder. Mrs. G. F. Cooke. Miss Rebecca Aborn and Mrs. E. Kenney (all in 1884). By 1897. the house was occupied by two families and the address of 88-1/2 had been created. Lewis B. Mooch', who sold newspapers, periodicals and fancy goods at 131 Washington, lived at 88-1/2; and Edward B. Trumbell lived at 90. Trumbell. who still lived there in 1930, was manager of the Salem Storage Warehouse Company, located on the lot abutting 90 Federal on the north. The Trumbells may have purchased the house after they moved here, since it was owned by Elizabeth F. Trumbell in 1911. During the Trumbell's ownership, residents of 88 1/2 Federal Street included Misses [sic] Wilson, a sewing teacher at Mack Industrial School (1910); and John G. __Adams. a physician (1930). — INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Salem Property Address 88 1/2-90 Federal St. Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125 Area(s) HU Form No. 1640 1950s occupants were George P. Ryan, a parts manager, who lived at 88 1/2 ; and Mrs. Helen F. Foley, an examiner, who lived at 90 Federal. In 1970. 88 1/2 was the residence of Lillian Aronson. an office clerk: while number 90 was occupied by Mrs. Jacqueline A. Gelin. a waitress at Romies. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES X see continuation sheet Salem City Directories. 1836-1970. Hopkins, G. M. Atlas of Salem. Philadelphia. 1874. Mclntyre. H. Map of the City of Salem. Philadelphia. 1851. Phillips, James Duncan. Map of Salem about 1780. Based on Research by Sidney Perley and the accounts of Colonel Benjamin J. Pickman and Benjamin F. Browne with additional information assembled by Jones Duncan and Henry Noyes Otis. Salem: James Duncan Phillips, 1937. . Part of Salem in 1700. From the research of Sidney Perley. Assembled by William W. K. Freeman. Salem: James Duncan Phillips. 1933. Richards, L. F. Atlas of Salem 1897. Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company. Atlas of Salem. 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. Maps INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 88 1/2-90 FEDERAL ST MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 SAL.HD, SAL.HJ, SAL.HU SAL.1640 Supplemental photograph by Patti Kelleher, Salem Department of Planning & Community Development, March 2017 RECEIVED JUN 20 2017 MASS. HIST. COMM. 'MM FORM B - BUILDING -MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston "^S^" SIT "' —-."-r fa* iat. _ 1 n 1 ] In Area no. rVD Form no. 1. Town Address A~?0 T^QLCS Q_C C Name Present use •Present ownerffi^fl, •j^fe&ugjg (£-e-C Description; Date ^TQJH £t G.JT - ^"<V" <J~A Source HQ I style j^2^=^j2Aia Architect Exterior wall fabric j// /J y_Jj Outbuildings (describe) Other features k DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE USGS Quadrant MHC Photo no. ' Altered_ Moved Date_ Date 5. Lot size; One acre or less If— Over one acre Approximate frontage &~& Approximate distance of building from street J2 6. Recorded by C /*. Jx Cc C Organization ^ , rf . <C Date Sc^Zzxx.^ 6eJ / 9 *> </ .ovtr Original owner (if known) Original use Subsequent uses (if any) and dates Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation Historical significance (include explanation of themes cheeked above) o^^m^u^j^ //-c^^ c^re~7*/aA< Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) A 3/73