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384 Essex St inventory form Inventory No:SAL.719 Historic Name:Dean, Capt. Joseph - Sprague, Colonel Joseph Sprague House Common Name:Stearns, Dr. William - East India House Inn and Tea Room Address:384 Essex St City/Town:Salem Village/Neighborhood:Central Salem Local No:25-205 Year Constructed:1706 Architect(s):McIntire, Samuel Architectural Style(s):Federal Use(s):Hotel or Inn; Multiple Family Dwelling House; Restaurant; Single Family Dwelling House Significance:Architecture; Commerce 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: Asphalt Shingle 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. 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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, October 22, 2020 at 5:45: PM Chestnut Street NRHD, 1982; Mclntire LHD, 1981 FORM B - BUILDING Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125 25-205 Salem HU 719 Recorded by: Susan Ceccacci and Dianne L. Siergiej Organization: Commonweal Collaborative Date: M *3 Town Salem Place (neighborhood or village) Central Salem ic Name 384 Essex Street Capt. Joseph Dean House East India House Present Residential Original " f Construction 1706, before 1793 See Bibliography* Form Federal ect/Builder or Material: Foundation Granite Wall/Trim Clapboard/Wood Roof Asphalt Shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures Carriage house (1851-1874, with later additions) Major Alterations (with dates) Condition Moved X no Acreage Fair yes Date 11,508 SF July 1995 HfcUbi SEP 2 9 1995 mass, hist, co;::.; Setting Set directly on sidewalk on the NE corner of Flint and Essex Streets, in a densely-settled neighborhood of large, ED 19th and 20th-century buildings. ( Sftvrw^ BUILDING FORM 384 Essex Street ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION X See continuation sheet. Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This 3 1/2-story, 5 x 4-bay, center-entry, gable-roofed house has two, rear ells and a Beverly jog on the east end. A secondary entrance is located on the west elevation in the third bay from the front. Eaves are close on the sides, but boxed and projecting on the front and rear. Some surviving, early, skived clapboards with a beaded edge, are attached with wrought nails. Fenestration consists of 6/6, double-hung sash with molded trim. Windows at the third floor level are smaller than those on the two, lower floors. A pair of chimneys are located somewhat centrally behind the roof ridge. Another chimney is positioned near the east end on the front slope of the roof. The major, ornamental feature of the house is the complex and imposing Federal portico at the main entrance. It has smooth-shafted, Doric columns supporting a full entablature including a frieze with fillet and triglyphs and a pediment with mutules. A pair of fluted, Doric pilasters on either side of the doorway rise to a filleted frieze and cornice that matches that of the portico. This ensemble serves as a backdrop to the portico and extends beyond it on each side by the width of one pilaster. Based on both the character and quality of the design and on a documented relationship between Mclntire and the owner of the house, Dr. William Stearns, architectural historian, Fiske Kimball, attributes this door frame to Samuel Mclntire. 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. According to tradition, this house was built c. 1706 for Captain Joseph Dean (d. 1709). Deed research and probate records indicate that a house was first built on this site between 1706 and 1709. In 1706, Dean acquired from his father-in-law, Captain Thomas Flint, a vacant lot at this location "containing 60 pole" of ground. That lot was 3/4 of the lot Flint had bought from Elizabeth Spooner of Salem in 1672. A house at this location passed to Captain Dean's son, Joseph "The Hatter". When the property was transferred to his sons, Joseph and John, the house and grounds were divided in two parts, easterly and westerly. The house was described in a 1774 deed for the sale of_the eastern end as being "divided from the remainder by the west side of the Great Entry till you come to the uppermost chamber or garret floor...." This description suggests that the house may have been enlarged by that date and that the present entrance on the west end of the house may have served as the entrance to the brother's western half. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES X See continuation sheet. Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places; If checked, see attached Nationat Register Criteria Statement form. {-s ML- I t t INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Salem 384 Essex Street Area HU Form No. 719 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION (continued) The entrance on the west elevation is elegant, but much less elaborate. It has Federal style proportions and is trimmed by a molded frame with a flat, unornamented frieze beneath a pediment. These door frames appear to date from the Federal period. It likely is also that the third floor, with its smaller windows in the manner of an Italian palace and its paired chimneys also date from that same period. The unusually-wide wall space between the last window and the corners on either end of the facade suggest a possible widening at some time. Salem maps and atlases showing building footprints were printed in 1851 and later making it possible to follow additions and changes to the plan during the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth- century. In 1851, the house is shown as a rectangle with a single, rear ell. By 1874, a second, rear ell had been added near the eastern end. The present Beverly jog, apparently constructed in connection with the new rear ell, appears also have been added to the east gable end by 1874. Other changes to the eastern end may have taken place between 1874 and 1897. The Colonial Revival style porch on the east side seems to have been added between 1897 and 1911. | A probate inventory of the estate of Captain Dean taken in 1710 indicates that by that date,! a four-room house with outbuildings, including a shop, had been built on this site. The inventory identifies the rooms as "hall", "kitchen", "hall chamber" and "kitchen chamber", suggesting that the house was two stories high with two rooms per story. It is unclear if that house has been incorporated into the present building. The suggested early date of this house and the attribution of at least one part of its design to Samuel Mclntire indicate that a more thorough documentary and physical study of its evolution is warranted. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE (continued) By 1775, Colonel Joseph Sprague (d.1808) had bought both halves of the house. Sprague was a patriot leader in Salem during the Revolutionary War. The house passed to his daughter, who married Dr. William Stearns, and remained in the possession of descendants of the Stearns family until 1930. It is believed that Samuel Mclntire may have added the existing front entrance through the influence of Dr. William Stearns. During the 1930's, the house was an inn and tea room known as the East India House and it is still known by that name today. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Salem 384 Essex Street Area HU Form No. 719 BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES *Powers, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J., Research report 384 Essex Street, 1976, Historic Salem, Inc., Salem, Massachusetts. *Tolles, Bryant. F., Jr. and Tolles, Carolyn K. Architecture in Salem. (Salem: Essex Institute, 1983), p. 155. 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 Citv of Salem, Mass, 1851. Richards, L. J., Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts...., 1897. Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company, Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts, 1911. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET SALEM 384 ESSEX ST MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 SAL.HJ, SAL.HU SAL.719 Supplemental photograph by Patti Kelleher, Salem Department of Planning & Community Development, April 2017 RECEIVED JUN 20 2017 MASS. HIST. COMM. MHC INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MHC Inventory scanning project, 2008-2010 MACRIS No. SAV.1 \°\ FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Senretarv. State HOIICP Rncton mi 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. |DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE USGS Quadrant [MHC Photo no. .Ill In Area no. Form no. 119 1. Town SALEM Address Name 384 Essex Street East India House Present use Residence Present ownerffp8£rc7~ J •> rlPlgy I.TOOJE^S 3. Description: Date 1706 SourceS.H.D.S.C.I.T969 Style REfi Fftrteral Architect Exterior wall fabric wood Outbuildings (describe) .Bam Other features portico added be said to Mclntire Altered Moved JL. Date Date 5. Lot size: One acre or less x Over one acre Approximate frontage _00 ' Approximate distance of building from street 0 _. 6. Recorded by V ft -Hi m ^ t Welch Organization S. H. C. 9/7/1969 (oyer) ,., • N < 1977 MASS. HIST. COMM, 7. Original owner (if known) .T^^ nQOri Original use Realdermft, f.hPn a hn^^n? ^1,aa Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Conservation Recreation Agricultural Education Religion Architectural x Exploration/ Science/ 1 The Arts settlement invention ' Commerce Industry ZZZ Social/ " " 1 Communication Military humanitarian Community development Political Transportation 9. 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