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391 Essex St - 27 Flint St - inventory form Inventory No:SAL.713 Historic Name:Fogg, Stephen House and Store Common Name:Peabody, Capt. Brackley Rose House and Store Address:391-391 1/2 Essex St City/Town:Salem Village/Neighborhood:Central Salem Local No:25-199 Year Constructed:1826 Architect(s): Architectural Style(s):Federal; Greek Revival Use(s):Apartment House; Market or Grocery Store; Single Family Dwelling House; Speciality store 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: Brick; Brown Stone; Stone, Cut Foundation: Granite 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, May 3, 2017 at 8:55: AM NRDIS 8/28/73; LHD 3/3/81 Assessors' USGS Quad Number ^ 25-199 Salem Area(s) Form Number HU 713 Recorded by Kim Withers Brengle Organization Salem Planning Department Date Recorded 5/96 Town Salem Place (neighborhood or village) Central Salem Address 391-391 1 /2 Essex St. Historic Name Stephen Fogg House & store Uses: Present Store, residence Original Store, single-family dwelling Date of Construction 1826, 1840 Style/Form Federal/Greek Revival Architect/Builder Exterior Material: Foundation granite Wall brick Roof asphalt shingle Outbuildings/Secondary Structures no Major Alterations (with dates) Condition fair Moved x no yes Date Acreage less than 1 acre Setting Close to a busy street in a dense area of 18th &19th century residential buildings. JUL 0 8 1996 MASS. HIST. COMM. BUILDING FORM 391-391 1/2 Essex St., Salem ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. Constructed in the Federal and Greek Revival styles, 391-391 1/2 Essex Street is a rare survivor, an early nineteenth century commercial structure with associated residence. Occupying most of its small corner lot, and set directly on the street, it was built in two rectangular, two-story sections forming an L. The eastern portion (391) was built as a store, with its long axis on Flint Street. It is two bays wide (N) by four bays deep. The residential section at 391 1/2 extends along Essex Street, and is five bays wide by two bays deep. A small two story section extends at the southwest. Each section has a gable roof clad in asphalt shingles. Chimneys exist at the front slope near the junction of the two sections, at the west end, and two in the rear. The foundation is granite and the walls are brick. 391 has a center entry consisting of a multi-light door (not original) with narrow sidelights and a brownstone lintel. It is flanked by multi-light storefront windows. 391 1/2 has a center entry recessed within a panelled vestibule, consisting of a panelled door with sidelights and a transom. Windows have 8/12 and 6/6 sash, with reeded rectangular brownstone sills and lintels. Other features include a large lunette in the south gable end (391) and two side entries on Flint Street. A driveway extends along the west side. 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. Grocer Stephen Fogg (1783-1859) had the brick store surviving as 391 Essex Street constructed in 1826. It replaced a grocery and dwelling occupied by John Kimball and later by John N. Sleeper. According to Oliver Thayer, the businesses at that site were known for an active business in West India and other foreign goods. The first Salem directory listed Francis Fogg, grocer at this address in 1836. The house (391 1/2) was constructed in 1840, and occupied by 1842 by Fogg's step-daughter Lucinda and her husband Brackley Peabody, while Fogg lived in the abutting property at 25 Flint Street. Brackley Rose Peabody (1798-1874) was a master mariner, whose shipping career began in 1812, and included work in the Sumatra pepper trade, and an 1849 gold rush foray to San Francisco. Following his retirement in 1856 Peabody was involved with a variety of civic activities. Following Fogg's death in 1859 the Peabodys purchased 391-391 1/2 and moved into the house at 25 Flint Street, remaining there until their deaths (1874 and 1885). The Essex Street property continued to be operated as a grocery. At various times it was operated as Sheridan's, Ham & Hobbs, Ham & Friend. The house was occupied by tenants with such varied occupations as clerk, machinist, and leather dealer. In 1907 the grocery became Blood & Bailey, proprietor Louis A. Blood. The Peabody estate was settled in 1916, and Louis and Ellen Blood purchased the building in which they had been doing business. They moved into the house soon after, and remained there for several decades. When the grocery closed in 1943, the commercial space was occupied by Eaton Drug Store, which remained there as late as 1976. The buildings continues to be used as commercial and residential space. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES x see continuation sheet Hopkins, G. M. Atlas of Salem. Massachusetts. Philadelphia, 1874. King, Joyce. House Report for 391-391 1/2 Essex Street. Prepared for Historic Salem, Inc. Salem, 1979. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property Address Salem 391-391 1 /2 Essex St. Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Area(s) Form No. Boston, MA 02125 HU 713 BIBLIOGRAPHY (Continued) Mclntyre, Henry C. E. Map of the City of Salem. Philadelphia, 1851. Reardon, Elizabeth K. Salem Historic District Study Committee Investigation. Typescript, 1968. Richards, L. J. Atlas of the City of Salem, Massachusetts.... 1897. Salem City Directories, 1836-1970. Thayer, Oliver. "Early Recollections of the Upper Portion of Essex Street." Essex Institute Historical Collections. July-September, 1884. Tolles, Bryant F. Tolles, Jr. Architecture in Salem. Salem: Essex Institute, 1983, p. 152. Walker Lithograph and Publishing Co. Atlas of the City of Salem. Massachusetts. Boston, MA, 1911. Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. // checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. 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