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17 Beckford Street inventory form Inventory No:SAL.1548 Historic Name:Goodhue, Abner House Common Name:Northend, William D. House Address:17 Beckford St City/Town:Salem Village/Neighborhood:Central Salem Local No:26-529 Year Constructed:c 1830 Architect(s): Architectural Style(s):Federal Use(s):Multiple Family Dwelling House; Single 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 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, March 28, 2017 at 12:57 PM g= NRDIS 8/28/73; LHD 3/3/81 Assessor's Number TJSGS Quad 26-529 Salem r-H> Area(s) HU Form Number 1548 Recorded by Leslie Donovan Organization Salem Planning Department Date (month/year) 2/96 Town Salem Place (neighborhood or village) Central Salem Address 17 Beckford St. Historic Name Abner Goodhue House Uses: Present Single-Family Dwelling Original Single-Family Dwelling Date of Construction by 1830 Source HSI Research Style/Form Federal Architect/Builder Exterior Material: Foundation Granite. E; Brick S Wall/Trim Wood Clapboard Roof Asphalt Shingle Outbuildings/Secondary Structures Garage Major Alterations (with dates) 20th c. clapboard N elev. Condition Fair Moved x no yes Date Acreage Less than 1 Acre Setting Set directly at sidewalk in 19th Century residential area. RECEIVED JUL 0 8 1996 Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. MASS. .HIST. COMM. BUILDING FORM 17 Beckford Street, Salem ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This is modest example of a three-story Federal style residence. This style is well represented in the district and other examples can be found nearby on Federal, River and Andover streets. This house has the facade facing south and is rectangular in plan, 5 bays wide by 3 bays deep with a side (W) ell. The clapboard walls rise to an asphalt shingle ridge hip roof which is penetrated by a large low interior brick chimney at the south slope of the roof. Early, narrow clapboard is found on the S and E elevations and the N elevation is sheathed with new wider clapboard. The foundation is granite along Beckford Street, and brick at the south elevation. Detail is minimal including cornerboards, simple molded window surrounds and a simple cornice. The 3rd story windows have a plain panel above the windows. The entry is centered in the symmetrical facade and has a granite stoop. The shallow enclosed portico has plain pilasters and cornice and appears relatively crude. Windows have 6/6 sash, except there are 8/8 sash at the 3rd story. At the north elevation, there is one 12/8 sash and one 6-light casement sash at the 2nd story. There is a new secondary door in the N elevation at the second bay with a simple surround. A two story full width ell on the west elevation has a flat roof pierced by a parged brick chimney, clapboard siding, a wood belt course and sits on a brick foundation. A hip-roofed bay sits atop the ell and a 2nd story porch projects from the west elevation of the ell. The 1874, 1897 and 1911 maps all show this building as L-shaped in plan suggesting there was smaller ell on the west elevation. The end of the house sits at the sidewalk along Beckford Street with the sill at grade. There is a paved drive along the south side of the building leading to a two-bay garage at the west side of the lot. It is a two bay stucco garage with an asphalt shingle hip roof and 20th c. overhead garage doors. 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. 17 Beckford Street was constructed by 1830 for Abner Goodhue, a blacksmith. Goodhue purchased the property' in 1793 from William Pickman. It was originally part of a parcel of land owned by Edward Kitchen Turner. Goodhue was first taxed for this house in 1830. He sold it to his son Abner Goodhue, Jr. in 1834. Captain Abner Goodhue. Jr. lived here with his family until 1846, when he died on a voyage between Marseille and Gibraltar. His widow sold the property in 1850 to William D. Northend Goodhue and her children moved to 2 Liberty Street. Northend was a prominent criminal lawyer and lived here with his family until 1858 when it was sold to Sidney Bancroft. Bancroft owned many properties in the area and likely bought this property for an investment. In 1861 the house was occupied by Capt. James T. Hiltz. Bancroft sold to John Grant, a grocer, in 1861. Grant died soon after moving here and the property transferred in 1865 from the Grant heirs to John Dwyer, a wealthy Boston merchant. He sold the property to his daughter, Mary Louisa Ashton, wife of William F. Ashton, in 1866. The Ashtons lived here with their children, William's parents and a servant until they moved to Mary Louisa's father's house after 1876 and leased this property. In 1880 there were two families living here including Joseph and Elizabeth Parsons. Joseph Parsons was a builder-contractor. In 1907, Charles Conway, a bookkeeper, and his family leased the house. When Mary Louisa Ashton died in 1920, the property was sold to Sarah W. Symonds, who owned the property until 1968. It was sold at least three times in the 1970s. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES X see continuation sheet King, Joyce. 17 Beckford Street House Report. Historic Salem, Inc. July, 1978. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property Address Salem 17 Beckford St. Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125 Area(s) Form No. HU 1548 Massachusetts Historical Commission. Historic Resources Inventory: Salem. Reardon, Elizabeth K. Salem Historic District Study Committee Investigation. Typescript. 1968. Maps 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. ISSION oston in nd In Area no. Form no. ^ ^6 cs i. Town SgNro Address \1 ^D^WK ^WPV Name Present use V.Q 0 DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE USGS Quadrant MHC Photo no. (over) m Present ownerftxoWttX 9 A^vVv\ So,\i\A<Y 3. 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