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McIntire Book 1The Wood-Caraer of Salem house, Number 38o Essex Street, of interest histori- cally as the birthplace alike of Francis Peabody, a close personal friend of the late J. Pierpont Morgan, and of S. Endicott Peabody, one of the trustees o{ George Peabody, the London banker for whom Pea- body, Massachusetts, was named. This hip-roofed, three-story, square house, erected in t/91, of which Mclntire was the architect, is one of his best designs executed in brick. Both the deck roof and the bel- vedere on a hip roof, as in this instance, are but archi- tectural modifications of the earlier enclosed cupoia so frequentllr a feature of the mansions of New England seacoast towns. In recent years the walls have been painted gray, but the keyed marble lintels and sills of the windows and the white-painted wood- work remain unchanged. Although strongiy Ionic in feeling, the porch is absolutely unconventional, and throughout the entablature shows Mclntire's bent for freshening classic motives with new detail, or with classic detail employed in new ways. And strangely enough, despite his daring innovations, this porch is generally regarded as one of the best in Saiem. Could there be a higher tribute to the genius and courage of its designer I The fluted, nicely tapering columns, with the acanthus-leaf enrichment of the neck of the capitals below the Iso]