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388-390 Essex St inventory form Inventory No:SAL.636 Historic Name:Hale, James House Common Name: Address:388-390 Essex St City/Town:Salem Village/Neighborhood:Central Salem Local No:25-100 Year Constructed:r 1895 Architect(s): Architectural Style(s):Colonial Revival Use(s):Abandoned or Vacant; Multiple Family Dwelling House Significance:Architecture Area(s):SAL.HU: McIntire Historic District Designation(s):Local Historic District (03/03/1981) Building Materials(s): Roof: Asphalt Shingle Wall: Wood; Wood Shingle Foundation: Ashlar Random Laid; 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. 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: Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 9:40: AM FORM B - BUILDING Mclntire LHD, 1981 Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125 25-100 Salem HU 636 Town Salem 2>'^IS" Place (neighborhood or village) Central Salem 388-390 Essex Street ic Name Present Residential Original " f Construction Between 1890 & 1897 See Bibliography* Form Colonial Revival ect/Builder or Material: tion Rock-faced, Random, Granite Blocks (front); Brick (rear) Wall/Trim Shingles/Wood Roof Asphalt Shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures Major Alterations (with dates) Condition Moved X no \ Acreage Fair yes Date 2,920 SF •\\ \ • !,^=?=\\ \ SS\\ Recorded by: Susan Ceccacci, Sanford Johnson and Dianne L. Siergiej Organization: Commonweal Collaborative Date: July 1995 RbChlVED SEP 2 9 1995 MAS'b. HIST. 0OMM Setting Set directly on sidewalk with a narrow strip of land at each side elevation, in a densely-settled, mixed-use neighborhood of primarily 19th and 20th-century buildings. ! ( BUILDING FORM 388-390 Essex Street ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION See continuation sheet. Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This 2 1/2-story, gambrel-roofed house, is 2-bays wide and 6 bays deep. The street elevation is articulated by 2, semicircular, 2-story, bay windows and 2 windows in the gable. Shallow, gambrel-roofed pavilions project from each of the side elevations. Rising to a full, 2 1/2-story height from a 3-faceted bay window at the ground level, they are rectangular in plan at the second and third floor levels. An entrance for each apartment is located on each of the 2, long, side elevations. Fenestration consists of 2/2, double- hung sash with molded trim. Colonial Revival style features include the wood-shingled exterior, gambrel roofs, frieze and Classical trim on the facade bay windows including a cornice with oversized dentils. Heavy scroll-bracketed overdoors at the main entrances are also characteristic of the period and style. 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. Essex Street was originally the route to pastures and the brick kiln at the west end of town. It was named Queen's Highway in 1711, Great Street in 1713, Main Street in 1722, and Essex Street by 1796. Constant development on Essex Street began before the turn of the nineteenth century. The house at 388-390 Essex Street was built between 1890 and 1897 on a lot occupied by the pre-1874 residence of William P. Ives. The latter was removed prior to 1890. Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps show the lot to be empty in that year. A house with a footprint matching that of 388-390 Essex Street appears on the 1897 Richards Map of the City of Salem. The house appears to have been designed as a duplex. In that year, James P. Hale, a lawyer and court clerk, and J. F. Hale are noted as the occupants. James Hale lived here until the 1920's. By 1931, Charles Shepard owned the building and Anna Nichols was an occupant. By 1940, Nathaniel Daniels, a music teacher, resided in 388 Essex Street and 390 Essex Street was vacant. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES X See continuation sheet. Salem Directories, 1836-194\J7 Reardon, Elizabeth K. Salem Historic District Study Committee Investigation. Vol. 3. Report 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 City of Salem. Mass. 1851. *Richards, L. J., Atlas of the Citv of Salem, Massachusetts...., 1897. Perley, Sidney. Part of Salem in 1700. 1933 Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places; If checked, see attached National Register Criteria Statement form. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Salem 388 Essex Street Area HU Form No. 636 BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Perley, Sidney. Map of Salem about 1780. 1937 *Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Maps of the City of Salem, Mass. 1890*, 1906, 1951. Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company, Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts, 1911. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 388-390 ESSEX ST MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 SAL.HU SAL.636 Supplemental photograph by Patti Kelleher, Salem Department of Planning & Community Development, April 2017 RECEIVED JUN 20 2017 MASS. HIST. COMM. FORM B - STRUCTURE, SURVEY MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston to: the e) Street 2>%% ' &\ 0 X Name Original Use JA QUI 1 Present Use Present Owner 'City Date/ Q1$' ^CrOstyleCcLDM ( At |£-€lj / (7 . Source of Date c;vA O c> C - SesL OA Vg. Architect teriorated Moved Altered ittle None SITE endangered by_ IESCRIPTION WALL COVERi \Nooti_J Low Material: Brick Stone Other STORIES: 1 Q£> 3 4 CHIMNEYS: 12 3 4 ATTACHMENTS: Wings Ell Shed Dependency PORCHES: 1 2 3 4 Portico Balcony Center End Cluster Elaborate Irregular Simple/Complex Recessed ROOF: Ridge Gambrel Flat Hip Mansard Tower "TJlipula Dor mer windows Balustrade Grillwork FACADE: Ga^k^Ejid: F^onjyside Symmetrical/Asymmetrical Simple/Complex Ornament Entrance: Front/Side Centered Double Features: Windows: Spacing: Regular/irregular Identical/Varied *)QU.y'<' 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 Photo 2.5% - I - 2.53 NOTE: Recorder should obtain written permission from Commission or sponsoring organi- zation before using this form. (See Reverse Side) FORM - MHCB - 1 0M-6-66-94301 7 (, I 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) S.H.D.S.C. Investigation, vol. Ill, page. 58, Rating 3 ] period: 4th qtr. "This hou-e apcears to be Colonial Revival. It is an end-t>o-the-stre<t, gambrel roof bouse. It is wooden ma has a two story bowed bay windov on the street end. According to Thayer who called It a "new house in 1585, it was built by William Ives." REFERENCE (Where was this information obtained? What book, records, etc.) BIBLIOGRAPHY Original Owner: Deed Information: Book Number Page , Registry of Deeds