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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Salem, Massachusetts
Lawrence and Salem are both the county seat for Essex County
Salem is in Essex County
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By 1780, the nearly 20-year-old brick Derby House behind you was small and out of fashion for a family growing in size and wealth. The Derbys hired noted architect Samuel McIntire to design and build an enormous 5,000 square foot, three-story . . . — — Map (db m186239) HM
Step Back In Time You stand on the threshold of possibly the finest collection of pre-twentieth century houses in America. A one-mile, 45-minute walking tour winds through the district bearing the name of one particularly famous architect and . . . — — Map (db m161193) HM
The Pedrick Store House, originally located on Marblehead Harbor, was built by Marblehead merchant Thomas Pedrick (1736-1802) in about 1770. It was first used as a store house for salt and goods from the cod fish trade, with a sail loft on the . . . — — Map (db m220593) HM
Built By John Pickering 1660
Here Was Born In 1745
Col. Timothy Pickering
In The Revolution He Was
Quartermaster General And
President Of The Board Of War
In Washington's Cabinet He Was
Secretary Of State, Secretary of War
and . . . — — Map (db m220805) HM
Salem's Point neighborhood was originally known as Stage Point for wooden fish-drying “stages” along the peninsula.
Stage Point was a center for Salem’s early maritime business, and key to her historic economic development.
. . . — — Map (db m115319) HM
In 1692, nearly two hundred people in the Salem area were accused of witchcraft, then considered a crime. Twenty of the accused were tried and executed – victims of fear, superstition, and a court system that failed to protect them.
This . . . — — Map (db m85901) HM
Hayden Hillsgrove Stonemason
This memorial is dedicated to the enduring lessons
of human rights and tolerance learned from
the Salem witch trials of 1692.
The Salem award foundation for human rights
and social justice gratefully . . . — — Map (db m162188) HM
The Second Corps of
Cadets serves in the Civil
War and provides the
leadership for volunteer
units from all parts of
Essex County. — — Map (db m220835) WM
The Second Corps of Cadets
serves as an artillery
battalion in the 26th Yankee
Division in France during
World War I. The corps
participates in six campaigns. — — Map (db m221819) HM
Three rods west of this spot
stood, from 1718 until 1785,
The Town House.
Here Governor Burnet convened
The General Court in 1728 and 1729,
a Town Meeting held here in 1765
protested against The Stamp Act,
and another in 1769, . . . — — Map (db m85899) HM
From 1775 to 1783, Salem played a significant
role in the American Revolutionary
War, from the first armed resistance at
"Leslie's Retreat" to privateers sailing out
of Salem accounting for more than half of
all captured British vessels. . . . — — Map (db m221272) HM
Here stood the Salem gaol
built in 1684, used until 1813
razed in 1957
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During the witchcraft
persecution of 1692, many
of the accused were
imprisoned here. One of
them, the aged Giles
Cory (b. 1611), was pressed
to . . . — — Map (db m85900) HM
This Ground
the first place set apart in
Salem
for the burial of the dead,
and, since 1637, known as
The Burying Point.
Contains the graves of
Governor Bradstreet,
Chief Justice Lynde,
and others whose virtues,
honors, courage, . . . — — Map (db m220590) HM
First Pastor of
the North Church in Salem
1772- 1814
This tablet placed here
on the occasion of the
one hundred and fiftieth anniversary
of the church — — Map (db m220818) HM
Revolutionary War Soldier & Patriot
Timothy Pickering
Col. - 1st Regt., Essex Co. Militia, MA
Quartermaster General &
Adjutant General Continental Army
Member Board of War
Born 6 July 1745 Salem, Essex Co., MA
Died 29 January 1829 . . . — — Map (db m220810) WM
In the late 1700s and early 1800s Salem’s ships reached out to the world. From this wharf alone between 1785 and 1799, shipowner Elias Hasket Derby dispatched 170 trading vessels on pioneering voyages to China, India, the East Indies, and the . . . — — Map (db m86538) HM
To commemorate the faithful service
of the
Twenty Third Regiment
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
at
Roanoke Island • New Berne • Kinston • Whitehall • Goldsboro • Wilcox Bridge • Wrenns Mills • Heckmans Farm • Arrowfield Church • . . . — — Map (db m186218) WM
Veterans of the Revolutionary
War realize the need for military
preparedness and civil order and
organize the Salem Cadets, later
the Second Corps of Cadets, on
July 10, 1786. The Cadets are one of
the first volunteer militia units
in the . . . — — Map (db m221816) HM
8 North Street, Salem
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1888 — — Map (db m220799) HM
Captain Henry Prince (1764-1846) built the store across the street about 1800 while living in the brick house next door, which he purchased from famed merchant Elias Hasket Derby. It is assumed Prince used the store as a warehouse for cargo. . . . — — Map (db m186246) HM
If you visited Salem’s waterfront in the late 1700s or early 1800s you would have been impressed not only by the ships and their exotic cargo, but also by the variety of artisans and craftsmen who worked on the wharf. Sail makers, riggers, rope . . . — — Map (db m220594) HM
Not until the later 1800s did we have photographs of sailing vessels berthed along wharves here, but by then we had declined as a world port. The shallow harbor could not accommodate the clipper ships and larger vessels that dominated the seas after . . . — — Map (db m62541) HM
The earliest photographs of Salem's wharves date from the late 1800s, as the great age of sail was coming to an end. Salem achieved its greatest trade successes in the early 1800, and saw a decline throughout the 19th century. One reason was the . . . — — Map (db m186242) HM
The historic cast iron
Poseidon Fountain (c.
1850-1857) next to the
Salem Public Library is
quickly deteriorating!
The fountain has been
covered while we raise
funds for the $200,000
restoration.
Fountain History
The fountain was . . . — — Map (db m220735) HM
With the need for greater
military organization, the
East Regiment, later the Essex
Regiment, is organized on
December 13, 1636. This date
marks the official birth of
the National Guard of the
United States. — — Map (db m221932) WM
Roll of honor 1917-1918
Then two rows of names
World War I
Donated by the city of Salem Rededicated by Mayor Anthony V. Salvo November 11, 1986 — — Map (db m97368) WM
Come tour this 16-bedroom
house moved from China and
re-erected in Salem.
During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), a
prosperous Chinese merchant from Anhui
Province built a stately sixteen-bedroom house
in China's southeastern Huizhou region, . . . — — Map (db m220849) HM
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