Salem Historic Architecture, MA Photos

Salem, MA has a rich collection of architecture dating back to the 1600s. Important clusters of these buildings are found along the former waterfront, the town center and along Essex Street.

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Salem Custom House on Derby St. Salem, MA.Hawkes House now NPS offices. Salem, MA.Front door of Hawkes House. Salem, MA.Georgian symmetry of Derby House now NPS site. Salem, MA.
Salem Custom House on Derby St. Salem, MA. Hawkes House (1780) now NPS offices. Salem, MA.Front door of Hawkes House (1780). Salem, MA.Georgian symmetry of Derby House (1762) now NPS site. Salem, MA.
West Indian Goods Store now NPS site. Salem, MA.Captain Simon Forrester House. Salem, MA.Heritage building opposite West Indian Goods Store. Salem, MA.Thomas Downing Cooper Shop on field leading to Salem's Central Wharf. Salem, MA.
West Indian Goods Store (c1800) (164 Derby St.) now NPS site. Salem, MA.Captain Simon Forrester House (1790) (188 Derby St.). Salem, MA.Heritage building (1830) (159 Derby St.) opposite West Indian Goods Store. Salem, MA.Thomas Downing Cooper Shop (1701) on field leading to Salem's Central Wharf. Salem, MA.
Pink & yellow heritage houses on field leading to Salem's Central Wharf. Salem, MA.Brookhouse Home. Salem, MA.In a Pig's Eye Restaurant in former grocery store. Salem, MA.Pink & Yellow heritage buildings. Salem, MA.
Pink & yellow heritage houses on field leading to Salem's Central Wharf. Salem, MA.Brookhouse Home (1861) (180 Derby St.). Salem, MA.In a Pig's Eye Restaurant in former grocery store (1916) (148 Derby St.). Salem, MA.Pink & Yellow heritage buildings (c1900-10) (135 & 137 Derby St.). Salem, MA.
Heritage buildings. Salem, MA.Joshua Phippen House of Cooper. Salem, MA.Stephen Whipple & Sons Worker Housing. Salem, MA.House of Seven Gables. Salem, MA.
Heritage buildings (Hardy St.). Salem, MA.Joshua Phippen House of Cooper (1782-85) (25 Hardy St.). Salem, MA.Stephen Whipple & Sons Worker Housing (1855) (53-55 Turner St.). Salem, MA.House of Seven Gables (1668) (54 Turner St. at Derby). Salem, MA.
Jonathan Whipple House. Salem, MA.Penn Townsand House of Mariner. Salem, MA.David Ropes House of Cooper. Salem, MA.Captain William Lane House. Salem, MA.
Jonathan Whipple House (1843) (49 Turner St.). Salem, MA. Penn Townsand House of Mariner (1771) (43 Turner St.). Salem, MA.David Ropes House of Cooper (1771) (111 Turner St.). Salem, MA.Captain William Lane House (1800) (110 Derby St.). Salem, MA.
Caroline O Emmerton Settlement Hall. Salem, MA.America's oldest candy store. Salem, MA.Capt. Edward Allen House. Salem, MA.Shingled Captain Nathaniel Brown House. Salem, MA.
Caroline O Emmerton Settlement Hall (1806) (114 Derby St.). Salem, MA.America's oldest candy store (1864) (122 Derby St.). Salem, MA.Capt. Edward Allen House (1768) (125 Derby St.). Salem, MA. Style: Georgian.Shingled Captain Nathaniel Brown House (1780) (17 Hardy St.). Salem, MA. Style: Georgian.
Gray heritage house. Salem, MA.George Bowditch Jr. House of Mason. Salem, MA.Captain Nathaniel Brown House. Salem, MA.Benjamin B. Sanborn House of Housewright. Salem, MA.
Gray heritage house (Hardy St.). Salem, MA.George Bowditch Jr. House of Mason (1854) (19 Hardy St.). Salem, MA.Captain Nathaniel Brown House (1780) (17 Hardy St.). Salem, MA.Benjamin B. Sanborn House of Housewright (1838) (Hardy St.). Salem, MA.
Captain Daniel Sage Shop of Shipmaster. Salem, MA.Stephan Daniels House. Salem, MA.Abigail Berry House. Salem, MA.John Berry House of Mariner. Salem, MA.
Captain Daniel Sage Shop of Shipmaster (c1805) (54 Essex St.). Salem, MA.Stephan Daniels House (Daniels St. at Essex St.). Salem, MA.Abigail Berry House (1803) (Bentley St.). Salem, MA.John Berry House of Mariner (1784) (Bentley St.). Salem, MA.
Joseph Cabot House. Salem, MA.Mary Ann Ropes House. Salem, MA.James Ford & Nathan Gifford House. Salem, MA.Detail of upper story of James Ford & Nathan Gifford House. Salem, MA.
Joseph Cabot House (aka Cabott-Endicott-Low House) (c1744) (365 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Georgian.Mary Ann Ropes House (1844) (373 Essex St.). Salem, MA.James Ford (1764) & Nathan Gifford (1893) House (377 Essex St.). Salem, MA.Detail of upper story of James Ford (1764) & Nathan Gifford (1893) House (377 Essex St.). Salem, MA.
Grace Episcopal Church. Salem, MA.Grace Episcopal Church Parish House. Salem, MA.Lemuel Higbee House a leather maker. Salem, MA.David Kiley House. Salem, MA.
Grace Episcopal Church (1924) (385 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Gothic Revival.Grace Episcopal Church Parish House (385 Essex St.). Salem, MA.Lemuel Higbee House (1858) a leather maker (387 Essex St.). Salem, MA.David Kiley House (1882) (389 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Second-Empire.
Grocery Store of Stephen Fogg. Salem, MA.Rev. Thomas Barnard House who on Feb. 25, 1775 made peace between Salem defenders & British at North Bridge Affair. Salem, MA.Clarence S. Clark House. Salem, MA.Salem Public Library. Salem, MA.
Grocery Store of Stephen Fogg (1826) (391 Essex St.). Salem, MA.Rev. Thomas Barnard House (393 Essex St.) who on Feb. 25, 1775 made peace between Salem defenders & British at North Bridge Affair. Salem, MA.Clarence S. Clark House (1894) (376 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Colonial Revival.Salem Public Library (former Bertram-Waters House) (1855; 1888-9) (370 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Italianate.
Sunflower on Essex St. Salem, MA.Smith-Crosby-Endicott House. Salem, MA.Z. Augustus Gallup House. Salem, MA.Z. Augustus Gallup House. Salem, MA.
Sunflower on Essex St. Salem, MA.Smith-Crosby-Endicott House (1789) (359 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Federal.Z. Augustus Gallup House (1890) (357 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Colonial Revival.Z. Augustus Gallup House (1890) (357 Essex St.). Salem, MA.
Heritage house with brown quoins on Essex St. Salem, MA.Georgian heritage house. Salem, MA.Heritage house. Salem, MA.William Pickering House. Salem, MA.
Heritage house with brown quoins on Essex St. Salem, MA.Georgian heritage house (358 Essex St.). Salem, MA.Heritage house (350-52 Essex St.). Salem, MA.William Pickering House (1733) (343 Essex St.). Salem, MA.
Robert Cowan House. Salem, MA.John Warden House. Salem, MA.Caroline Emmerton House. Salem, MA.Caroline Emmerton House. Salem, MA.
Robert Cowan House (1795) (346 Essex St.). Salem, MA.John Warden House (1777) (344 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Georgian.Caroline Emmerton House (1818) (328 Essex St.). Salem, MA.Caroline Emmerton House (1818) (328 Essex St.). Salem, MA.
Side of Caroline Emmerton House. Salem, MA.Col. John Page & Ruth Holman House. Salem, MA.James B. Curwen & Samuel R. Curwen House. Salem, MA.James B. Curwen & Samuel R. Curwen House. Salem, MA.
Side of Caroline Emmerton House (1818) (328 Essex St.). Salem, MA.Col. John Page & Ruth Holman House (1793) (335 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Colonial.James B. Curwen & Samuel R. Curwen House (c1854) (331&333 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Italianate.James B. Curwen & Samuel R. Curwen House (c1854) (331&333 Essex St.). Salem, MA.
James S. Putnam - Frank Balch House. Salem, MA.First Church in Salem. Salem, MA.Tower of First Church in Salem. Salem, MA.Jonathan Corwin House. Salem, MA.
James S. Putnam - Frank Balch House (1871) (329 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Italianate.First Church in Salem (1835) (316 Essex St.). Salem, MA.Tower of First Church in Salem (1835) (316 Essex St.). Salem, MA.Jonathan Corwin House (aka Witch House) (c1642 restored 1946) (310 1/2 Essex St.). Salem, MA.
Priscilla Abbot House. Salem, MA.Mary Lindall House. Salem, MA.Salem Inn. Salem, MA.Daniel Wright House. Salem, MA.
Priscilla Abbot House (1786) (313 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Federal.Mary Lindall House (1755) (314 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Georgian.Salem Inn (7 Summer St.). Salem, MA.Daniel Wright House (1795). Salem, MA.
Salem Athenaeum, a membership library. Salem, MA.Essex Street Pedestrian Mall. Salem, MA.Wesley United Methodist Church. Salem, MA.Wesley United Methodist Church. Salem, MA.
Salem Athenaeum, a membership library (1907) (337 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Classical Revival.Essex Street Pedestrian Mall. Salem, MA.Wesley United Methodist Church (1888) (8 North St.). Salem, MA.Wesley United Methodist Church (1888) (8 North St.). Salem, MA.
Sculpture of Roger Conant first settler of Salem in 1626 on Washington Sq. Salem, MA.Henry Russel House. Salem, MA.John Ward House. Salem, MA.Crowninshield-Bentley House. Salem, MA.
Sculpture of Roger Conant (1592-1679) first settler of Salem in 1626 on Washington Sq. Salem, MA.Henry Russel House (1844) (6 Brown St. at Howard). Salem, MA.John Ward House (after 1684) (at Peabody Essex Museum). Salem, MA. Style: New England Colonial Saltbox. Crowninshield-Bentley House (c1727-30) (126 Essex St. at Peabody Essex Museum). Salem, MA. Style: Georgian.
Gardner Pingree House. Salem, MA.Peirce-Nichols House. Salem, MA.Ropes Mansion of Peabody Essex Museum. Salem, MA.Fence & entrance of Ropes Mansion. Salem, MA.
Gardner Pingree House (1805) (128 Essex St.). Salem, MA. Style: Federal. Peirce-Nichols House (1782-1801) (80 Federal St.). Salem, MA. Style: Federal. Ropes Mansion (c1729 & 1893) of Peabody Essex Museum (318 Essex St.). Salem, MA.Fence & entrance of Ropes Mansion. Salem, MA.
Ropes Museum & First Unitarian Church. Salem, MA.Phillips House Museum. Salem, MA.

Ropes Museum & First Unitarian Church (Essex St.). Salem, MA.Phillips House Museum (1821) (34 Chestnut St.). Salem, MA.

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