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170 Federal St inventory form Inventory No:SAL.616 Historic Name:Braden, James House Common Name: Address:170 Federal St City/Town:Salem Village/Neighborhood:Central Salem Local No:25-71 Year Constructed:c 1867 Architect(s): Architectural Style(s):Italianate Use(s):Single Family Dwelling House Significance:Architecture Area(s):SAL.HD: Federal Street SAL.HU: McIntire Historic District Designation(s):Local Historic District (03/03/1981) Building Materials(s): Roof: Asphalt Shingle Wall: Wood; Wood Clapboard; Wood Flushboard 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. 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: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 2:12: PM FORM B - BUILDING LHD 3/3/1981 Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125 25-71 Salem HU 616 Town Salem Place (neighborhood or village) Central Salem 170 Federal Street James Braden House Residential Wall/Trim Wood treated as ashlar (facade), Clapboard (Side elevations)/Wood Roof Asphalt Shingles Recorded by: Susan Ceccacci, Lisa Hartmann and Dianne L. Siergiej Organization: Commonweal Collaborative Date: July 1995 3: NI§T: mm.. Outbuildings/Secondary Structures 1-bay rockfaced cement block garage with a slate, hip roof (early 20th C.) Major Alterations (with dates) Condition Good Moved X no yes Date Acreage 8,192 SF Setting Set close to the sidewalk behind a small, landscaped enclosed by a 19th C. cast iron fence in a densely-settled, neighborhood of mostly 19th-century residences. [ BUILDING FORM 170 Federal Street ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION See continuation sheet. Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This two-and-a-half-story, three-bay, center-entry, hip-roofed house is three bays deep and is set on a high stone basement. A one story ell is attached to the rear. Central emphasis is created by the segmented-arched recessed entry with a large, highly-ornamented overdoor on scroll brackets supporting a rectangular bay window above it at the second floor level. This house is notable for its profuse, high-quality ornament in the Italianate style. Italianate features include the square-plan, hip roof, broad, bracketed eaves with a shaped frieze and linked-arch-with-dentil ornament, projecting cornice window caps on brackets, cornice with lunette window caps on brackets, faux ashlar wood facade and corner quoins. An outstanding Italianate element is the elaborate overdoor with pendants on large, heavy, scroll brackets and highly-ornamented bracketed eaves. Part of the same element is the rectangular bay window above it with panelled pilasters, Roman arched windows with keystones, and the same richly-ornamented, eave cornice as seen on the overdoor. 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. The James Braden House is located on upper Federal Street which developed as a residential neighborhood in the early and mid-nineteenth century. Many of the residents were tanners and curriers in the nearby leather district on Boston Street. During the early nineteenth century, Salem's shoe and leather industry expanded rapidly, becoming the dominant manufacturing concern by the late industrial period. Around 1867, James Braden built this Italianate house at 170 Federal Street on a plot which at the time bordered the North River. The new house was constructed on the site of an older dwelling. In 1868, the house was valued at $8,000, a considerable amount in this neighborhood of modest houses. Braden had lived at 169 Federal Street for several years (see Form No. 651) before building his new house. He was a tanner and currier who developed a successful company located at 67 Boston Street. A prominent member of the community, Braden served on the Board of.Directors at the Merchants National Bank. After James Braden's death in 1895, Braden's widow moved out of the house. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES X See continuation sheet. Boston Evening Transcript. February 26, 1895. Massachusetts Historical Commission Reconnaissance Survey Report for Salem. 1985. Boston Evening Transcript. February 26, 1895. Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places; If checked, see attached National Register Criteria Statement form. I INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Salem 170 Federal Street Area HU Form No. 616 BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (continued) Massachusetts Historical Commission Reconnaissance Survey Report for Salem. 1985. *Bailey, Paula and Walsh, Karen. Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Form. 170 Federal Street, Salem. No. 616. March 30, 1978. Salem Directories, 1851-1901/02. 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 City of Salem, Massachusetts...., 1897. Sanborn Map Company, Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Salem, Massachusetts 1890 New York, Sanborn Map Co., 1890. Sanborn Map Company, Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Salem, Mass., 1906, New York, Sanborn Map Co., 1906. Sanborn Map Company, Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Salem, Mass., 1906 to Feb., 1950, New York, Sanborn Map Co., 1950. Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company, Atlas of the Citv of Salem, Massachusetts, 1911. c Sflu.(HU> HP FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston ____ In Area no. Form no. -11 ess no ^gjft-€.vx\\ -S>V; sent use Qf> j fj e.voVl od sent owner pription: ource Ihitect Altered Moved 5. Lot size: in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. 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