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92 Federal St inventory form sal_1639 Inventory No:SAL.1639 Historic Name: Common Name:Shreve, Benjamin D. House - Federal Apartments Address:92 Federal St City/Town:Salem Village/Neighborhood:Central Salem Local No:26-626 Year Constructed:c 1837 Architect(s): Architectural Style(s):Federal 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: Asphalt Shingle Wall: Wood; Wood Clapboard; Wood Shingle 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: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 2:56: PM FORM B - BUILDING NRDIS 8/28/73; LHD 3/3/81 Assessor's Number 26-626 USGS Quad Salem Area(s) HU Form Number 1639 Recorded by Leslie Donovan Organization Salem Planning Department Date (month/year) 2/96 Town Salem Place (neighborhood or village) Central Salem Address 92 Federal St. Historic Name Uses: Present Multiple-Family Dwelling Original Double House Date of Construction by 1837 Source Directories Style/Form Federal Architect/Builder Exterior Material: Foundation Granite facade: Brick sides Wall/Trim Wood Clapboard facade: Wood Shingle sides Roof Asphalt Shingle Outbuildings/Secondary Structures None Major Alterations (with dates) Victorian entrance, shed dormer at facade Condition Good Moved x no yes Date Acreage Less than 1 Acre Setting Set directly on sidewalk in 18th and 19th Century residential area JUL 0 8 1996 Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. MASS, UI0T. COMM. BUILDING FORM 92 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. 92 Federal Street is an example of a Federal style house that has been altered by the addition of a Victorian entryway and a shed dormer spanning the facade (south). The Federal style is well represented in the Mclntire district including similar houses at 88 and 94 Federal and along River and Andover Streets. Situated on a long, narrow lot. the two-and-a-half story house has no set-back from the sidewalk. The main rectangular block of the house is five bays wide by three bays deep with two three-story Beverly jogs, which extend the house one bay on each side. The east jog has a shed roof, the west jog has a gable roof with one slope longer than the other. The Beverly jog is a feature found on nearby buildings on Federal Street and on a number of buildings on River and Andover streets. Clad in asphalt shingles, the main side-gable roof is pierced by one chimney just off the ridge on the north slope. The facade walls are clad in clapboard and the side walls are wood shingle. The center entry is sheltered by a paneled recess and projecting hood supported by scrolled consoles. Two recent six-panel doors each surmounted by a narrow transom presumably provide access to separate apartments. Most windows have 6/1 sash with the notable exception of paired windows in the center of the dormer, which have 4/1 sash. Simple molded frames surround the principal windows, with the exception those on the facade at the second story, which feature individual cornices breaking into the main cornice. Secondary entrances, which probably service additional apartments, are located on the facades of each Beverly jog. 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 plaved within the community. ( . 92 Federal Street appears to be a Federal period structure dating to the early 19th century. By 1837, 92 Federal Street (then 22 Federal), was occupied by Caleb Warner and three members of the Sprague family ~ Edward Laura and Mrs. Margaret. On the 1851 map of Salem, this property appears to contain a double house owned by Henry Mansfield a clerk, on the west side and Caleb Warner, who made and/or sold spectacles, on the east. Federal Street was renumbered ca 1853-55 at which time this became 92 Federal. By 1874 Benjamin Shreve owned the house, which was still owned by the Shreve family in 1911. This is one of a number of investment properties owned by Shreve, a jeweler and importer, (see Pickman-Shreve-Little House, 27 Chestnut Street, Form 752). During the forty-plus years of Shreve ownership, the building footprint remained essentially the same. Residents included Ellen Lord (1884); Henry M. Robinson, a salesman who worked in Boston (1897 and 1910); J.J.K. Coker. a painter who worked at 297 Bridge Street (1910); Mrs. M. Z. Kennedy (1920). By 1930, the house had become a six-unit apartment budding housing Wilfred O. Canton (leather worker), Albert Charneuse (laborer), Arthur F. Conroy (sales), Nettie A.R. Johnson (widow of John), Annie I. Kelly (widow of Nicholas J), and George W. Mann (assistant pay master). The 1950 occupants included Morgan McSweeney, Mary Murphy, Helena Sawyer. Thomas Sullivan. Walter Trask, and Jean V. Tremblay. Known by 1960 as the Federal Apartments, it remains a multi-family dwelling. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES x see continuation sheet Salem City Directories. 1836-1970. Maps Hopkins. G. M. Adas of Salem. Philadelphia. 1874. - -Mclntyre. H. Map of the City of Salem. Philadelphia 1851. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property Address Salem 92 Federal St. Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125 Area(s) Form No. HU 1639 Phillips, James Duncan. Map of Salem about 1780. Based on Research by Sidney Perley and die 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. Adas of Salem. 1897. Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company. Adas 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. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 92 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.1639 Supplemental photograph by Patti Kelleher, Salem Department of Planning & Community Development, March 2017 RECEIVED JUN 20 2017 MASS. HIST. COMM. FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston ICS In Area no. Form no. van Town Address <y? g -fe^/^^ £T Name Present use /rPAr.c/aaec Present ownez%!>WV T» » XjyKQ^O'i- Description: "V • ^i^Wtt Date Source 3. ti.^b.S.C S Style 0> ^ y / A-* %s. <i's n 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location*' in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. Architect Exterior wall fabric y//Ol/j^ Outbuildings (describe)^ "I Other features gzkxjzcf - fvZh&^g£ o^gk/" y Altered_ Moved Date (?^C^r Date 0. 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