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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Salem, Massachusetts
Lawrence and Salem are both the county seat for Essex County
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Born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, Catherine M. Larkin was a 1938 graduate of Salem Hospital School of Nursing. In 1941 as WWII erupted, she voluntarily enlisted in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. In the rank of Chief Nurse, 1st Lieutenant Larkin . . . — — Map (db m233304) HM WM
Historic Collins Cove in Salem was once ringed with salt marsh. Restoration began in spring 2019.
Historic Collins Cove in Salem was once ringed with salt marsh. Starting in 1845, Boston and Maine railroad filled the tidelands to transport . . . — — Map (db m233294) HM
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor of the apparatus which first transmitted speech through long lines of electrified wire lived from 1873 to 1876 in a house on this spot owned by Mrs. Mary Ann (Brown) Sanders
In these years but not chiefly in . . . — — Map (db m230062) HM
In memory of those who lived and labored at the almshouses and hospitals on this land, and in honor of those known and unknown who are quietly resting here in unmarked graves. — — Map (db m233301) HM
This park is dedicated to the
patriotism of the citizens of the
cities and towns of Essex County.
This walkway contains the names of
some of those citizens whose
names are most honored, but they
are representative of all those
who have . . . — — Map (db m220823) WM
Born in Salem Mass., March 1836. Died February 14th 1906
Captain Salem Light Infantry 1859
Entered the service of the United States as its captain.
The company being known as the "Salem Zouaves" April 18th 1861
Lieut. Colonel 19th Mass. . . . — — Map (db m220808) HM WM
Built
1875 as a double house for
Arthur S. Rogers (352)
Treasurer, Atlantic Car Co.
- and -
Benjamin W. Russell (350)
Teller at Salem National Bank — — Map (db m220793) HM
As part of the strategic
reserve, the Second Corps of
Cadets expands to three
battalions as the 102d Field
Artillery Regiment. In 1988
the 102d is inactivated and
the corps is reduced to a
battery. — — Map (db m220838) WM
As part of the total force,
the 102d Field Artillery
(Second Corps of Cadets) is
reorganized as the nation
returns to its traditional
reliance on the volunteer
citizen soldier. — — Map (db m221823) WM
As the 102d Field Artillery
Battalion, the corps engages
in six major campaigns in the
European Theater in World
War II, including the Battle
of the Bulge. — — Map (db m220837) WM
Born in Salem, Massachusetts on December 17, 1821
An accomplished Soldier, Poet, Explorer, and Engineer who surveyed and completed the famed
Lander Trail and scouted the central route for the Union Pacific Railroad across the West. . . . — — Map (db m223344) HM WM
Notable Internees:
George Corwin, Jr. d. 1696
High Sheriff during Salem Witch Trials
Jonathan Corwin d. 1718
Salem Witch Trial Judge
Capt. John Felt d. 1796
Played key role in Leslie's Retreat
Jonathan Haraden d. 1803
Legendary . . . — — Map (db m223343) HM
This house was built in 1750 by
Capt. John Hodges, a West Indies
trader. In 1788, it passed to his son,
Capt. Benjamin Hodges.
Benjamin Hodges (1754 – 1806) was one of Salem’s most distinguished sea captains of the . . . — — Map (db m115326) HM
Captain William Driver
1803 — 1886
In 1831 he named our Flag
Old Glory
A Gift to the City by the
Patriotic School Children of Salem
1968 — — Map (db m161189) HM
Formerly
U.S. Custom House
Built For
Wm S. Gray, &
Benja. H. Hathorne
Merchants
1805
Attributed To Samuel McIntire, arch.
Central St
(Formerly Market Street) — — Map (db m221814) HM
The grassy strip of land extending into the harbor in front of you was once a busy commercial wharf. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, cargoes from around the world were unloaded on the wharf and stored in warehouses until they were sold.
Central . . . — — Map (db m86465) HM
The grassy strip of land extending into the harbor in front of you was once a busy commercial wharf. In the late 1700’s and early 1800s, trade goods from around the world were loaded, unloaded and stored here.
Build in 1784, Central Wharf was . . . — — Map (db m86467) HM
National Register Of Historic Places
This historic burying ground is a place of honor and history.
Gravestones & tombs are fragile and their condition
is the result of time & the effects of weathering.
Preserve this site for future generations . . . — — Map (db m220841) HM
In 1629, along with the royal charter, the fledgling settlement at Salem in Massachusetts
Bay received a shipment of green and red uniforms, drums, and weapons for the purpose of forming
a defensive militia. In 1636 the General Court organized . . . — — Map (db m220824) HM
A Polish patriot in exile, first arrived
in America at Salem Harbor, July, 1777.
His military skills and devotion to
the ideals of liberty and justice led
him to offer his services to the cause of
the American Struggle for Independence,
he is . . . — — Map (db m221820) HM
These quiet backyards of historic houses once formed a neighborhood—and a history—all their own.
For a hundred years, a cluster of flats and tenements lined a 200 foot dead-end alley called Custom House Place. Though predominantly Irish in . . . — — Map (db m186240) HM
Built for
Deacon John Stone
Gentleman
1828
Childhood home of
Ernest Fenollosa
(Born 1853)
Japanese Imperial Commissioner
of Fine Arts — — Map (db m220803) HM
The Derby House is the oldest brick house still standing in Salem, and one of the finest examples of Georgian colonial architecture in the United States.
Merchant and fleet-owner Richard Derby built the house in 1762 as a wedding present for . . . — — Map (db m62546) HM
The Derby House is the oldet surviving brick building in Salem, and one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in the city.
Wealthy merchant Richard Derby, Sr. built this house in 1762 as a wedding present for his second son, Elias . . . — — Map (db m186237) HM
The wharf in front of you was Salem’s longest, and was once one of the busiest in the nation. During the War of Independence, American privateers sailed from here to prey on British ships on the high seas. After the war, fleets of trading vessels . . . — — Map (db m86544) HM
The wharf in front of you was Salem’s longest, and was once one of the busiest in the nation. The first 800 feet of the wharf was begun in 1762 and completed about 1770 by Capt. Richard Derby, Sr. (1712-1783), one of the wealthiest merchants in . . . — — Map (db m86545) HM
The Gedney Street area was once a 17th- century shipbuilding community located on the South River and known then as "Knocker's Hollow because residents could hear the shipbuilders knocking the sides of ships throughout the community as they . . . — — Map (db m220733) HM
East India Marine Hall was constructed as the first
permanent home of the East India Marine Society,
which is the founding institution of the Peabody
Essex Museum.
Designed by Boston architect Thomas Waldron
Sumner, the hall was formally . . . — — Map (db m221267) HM
Built
1824
Peter Edgerly
Truckman & Trader
& his wife
Vashti "Vesta" C. Boynton
The Edgerly Family Home
1824 - 1833
Timothy Brooks III — Grocer
Asa Brooks, Jr. — Hardware
Luke Brooks, Jr. — . . . — — Map (db m186231) HM
This 90-mile roadway links 14 coastal communities from Lynn to Salisbury and features scenic views, period architecture, historic sites and recreational opportunities throughout.
1. Lynn
Lynn, the southernmost community on the Essex . . . — — Map (db m220845) HM
Essex County Militiamen
respond to the Lexington
Alarm of April 19, 1775 and take
part in the fiercest fighting
of the day in Arlington. Essex
Militiamen later fight at
Bunker Hill and help form
units of the Continental Army. — — Map (db m220833) WM
In the Revolution the first armed resistance to the Royal authority was made at this bridge 26 Feb. 1775 by the people of Salem. The advance of 300 British troops, led by Lt. Col. Leslie and sent by Gen. Gage to seize munitions of war, was here . . . — — Map (db m48471) HM WM
The Friends Burying Ground is Salem's third oldest and smallest cemetery. Its earliest existing gravestone is dated 1702 for Cestofor Foster. Members of the locally well-known Southwick family are also buried here. On this site in 1718 the Religious . . . — — Map (db m197170) HM
Friendship of Salem is a full-size, fully
operational replica of Friendship, a cargo ship
built in Salem, Massachusetts in 1797 for
merchants Jerathmiel Peirce and Aaron Waite.
Friendship was an East Indiaman, built for
international trade. The . . . — — Map (db m221273) HM
Gardner-Pingree House
has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America 1974 National Park Service United States Department of the . . . — — Map (db m230069) HM
Designed by Samuel McIntire and built for the merchang Gideon Tucker in 1808. Purchased by the Father Theobald Mathew Total Abstinence Society in 1894. Restored by Moses Alpers in 1982 "to preserve this piece of Salem history." — — Map (db m186229) HM
Tomb •
Tomb •
Jonathan Ward
Lib'N Harvard College •
Nathaniel Silsbee •
Mary Corry
First Wife Of Ciles Corry
Of Witchcrait Times
1684 •
Mary Cromwell
1683 •
Doraty Cromwell
The Oldest Stone
1673 •
1781 Benjamin . . . — — Map (db m220842) HM
In commemoration of the enterprise and resolute spirit with which Salem arose from her ashes looked calamity in the face and rebuilt her walls on this spot in the pathway of the great fire of June 25, 1914. Which swept from the west to the water’s . . . — — Map (db m230548) HM
At 1:37 PM on June 25th, 1914, Box 48 was pulled for a fire in the Korn Leather Factory on this site at number 57 Boston Street in an area known as Blubber Hollow, followed at 1:41 PM by a general alarm.
This was the start of the Great Salem . . . — — Map (db m103628) HM
This house was built about 1811 for Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 1772-1851, member of Congress and Secretary of the Navy under Madison and Monroe.
Here was born William Crowninshield Endicott, 1826-1900, Justice of our Supreme Judicial Court and . . . — — Map (db m155203) HM
This house, formerly located at 10 Liberty Street, was once the home of Mormon pioneer and local church leader Nathaniel Henry Felt (1816-1887).
Born and raised in Salem, Nathaniel and his brother John ran a tailoring business at 217 Essex . . . — — Map (db m33724) HM
"--In conflict with the enemy distinguished
himself conspicuously by gallantry and
intrepidity at the risk of his life above
and beyond the call of duty"
At Cienfuegos, Cuba, May 11, 1898. — — Map (db m220732) WM
Built by
John Pickering II
Carpenter
c. 1660
Occupied by 10 generations
of the Pickering family
Birthplace in 1745 of
Colonel
Timothy Pickering — — Map (db m223342) HM
John Ward House
Has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating or illustrating
the history of the . . . — — Map (db m221269) HM
This National Historic Landmark was built
by leather dresser John Ward between 1684
and 1732. It originally stood three blocks to
the north on Prison Lane (now St. Peter's
Street) and was moved to this site in 1910.
Typical of a First Period . . . — — Map (db m221270) HM
Built in 1811-1812 as a single family McIntire style brick double house of Federal Period construction for the Joseph Fenno family. In 1822 the northern and southern houses were split into separate ownerships and each experienced ownership changes . . . — — Map (db m186226) HM
Joseph Story House
has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses National significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1975
National Park Service
United States . . . — — Map (db m230065) HM
A Cooperative Project Between the City of Salem, the Town of Marblehead, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts PARC Grant Program
Conserved 2013
This 4.23-acre public green space lies on the Salem-Marblehead boundary at the mouth of the . . . — — Map (db m221283) HM
Here, in defiance of King George III, local minutemen hid 17 cannons, and were confronted by 300 British troops under command of Colonel Leslie. The Redcoats were routed, with only Joseph Whicher of Salem being wounded. This was the first open . . . — — Map (db m47991) HM
This Liberty Tree and Plaque were dedicated on Patriots' Day, 1976 to the memory of Benjamin Peirce, a baker, the only Salem Minuteman killed on April 19, 1775 at Menotomy (Arlington). — — Map (db m230437) HM WM
Nearly opposite this spot stood, in the middle of the street, a building devoted, from 1677 until 1718, to municipal and judicial uses. In it, in 1692, were tried and condemned for witchcraft most of the nineteen persons who suffered death on the . . . — — Map (db m230537) HM
In this building on February 12, 1877
Alexander Graham Bell
presented the first public demonstration
of long distance telephone conversations.
Following the demonstration the first
news dispatch sent by telephone originated
. . . — — Map (db m115324) HM
Cur non?
In memory of Major General Marquis de Lafayette
soldier, statesman,
citizen of France
and of the United States.
On August 31, 1824
Lafayette was the guest
of honor
at a banquet held
in this building. . . . — — Map (db m220801) HM
On the northwest corner of Essex and North Streets sits the Jonathan Corwin House ("Witch House") (1642-1675), a high style First Period house built for a late 17th c. merchant who served as a judge for the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Nearby at 9 . . . — — Map (db m161190) HM
The modest house in front of you is one of the oldest in Salem. Built here in 1672, the Narbonne House is also one of America’s few surviving middle-class homes of the 1600s.
The builder and first owner was a”slaughterer,” or butcher, Later, . . . — — Map (db m62543) HM
The modest house in front of you is one of the oldest in Salem. Built in 1675, the Narbonne House is one of America's few surviving middle-class homes from the 17th century.
Thomas Ives, the building's first owner was a "slaughterer" or . . . — — Map (db m233306) HM
Nathaniel Bowditch House
Has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
this site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating and illustrating
the . . . — — Map (db m220797) HM
For decades, the main attraction on the line was the Willows Pavilion. This unusual looking structure boasted a roller skating rink and a 300-seat, second-floor restaurant. In the rear tower, a camera obscura projected scenes from the surrounding . . . — — Map (db m85995) HM
Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States — — Map (db m85822) HM
Elias Hasket Derby, Salem’s prosperous ship-owner, and his bride Elizabeth Crowinshield began their married life in the brick house behind you in 1762. Seven children later, in 1780, Derby began building a much larger structure on the site in front . . . — — Map (db m220597) HM
African American family
Advocated for Equal Rights
and Women's Suffrage.
Sarah spoke at 1858 National
Woman's Rights Convention. — — Map (db m223341) HM
In the wake of the Boston Tea Party, the British Crown enacted punitive measures against the colonies. These action created considerable unrest, particularly in Massachusetts. In Essex County, colonial militias began to drill, stockpile stores of . . . — — Map (db m220826) HM
“I was a means, through grace assisting me, to stop the flight of those few that then were here with me, and that by my utter denial to go away with them, who would have gone either for England, or mostly for Virginia.” — — Map (db m230547) HM
The first congregation of the Church of England gathered in Salem in 1626. Driven underground by the puritans, it re-emerged in 1733 as Saint Peter's Parish, built on land given by Philip English, one of the accused Salem witches. Just before the . . . — — Map (db m47989) HM
Ota City is located in the southeast of Japan's capital, Tokyo, and is home to the Tokyo
International Airport (Haneda Airport) which is linked to numerous major cities around the
world. Ota City is known for its highly skilled factory towns, . . . — — Map (db m221821) HM
Salem Common was originally a nine-acre parcel of swampy land used for grazing livestock and training the local militia. In 1637, the first regiment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony militia to muster (train) was the East REgiment. This volunteer . . . — — Map (db m186220) HM
If Salem was once a prosperous world seaport, it was not due to the geography of the harbor, but to the enterprise of her seamen, tradesmen, and merchants.
Unlike other major ports such as New York, Salem Harbor had no major river to link it . . . — — Map (db m86541) HM
If Salem was once a prosperous world seaport, it was not due to the geography of the harbor, but to the enterprise of her mariners, tradesmen, and merchants. Unlike other major ports such as New York, Salem Harbor had no major river to link it . . . — — Map (db m220595) HM
Welcome to Salem Maritime National Historic Site. The site was established in 1938 to preserve the wharves and historic buildings associated with Salem's contributions to the economic development of the young United States.
From its founding in . . . — — Map (db m86459) HM
Salem Maritime National Historic Site-Welcome to Salem Maritime National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park System. Since 1938, this park has preserved the wharves and historic buildings associated with Salem’s prosperous years of overseas . . . — — Map (db m86463) HM
Salem Willows is named for the European white willow trees planted here in 1801 to form a shaded walk for patients convalescing at the old smallpox hospital. Later the area became a park. During the first half of the 20th century Restaurant Row on . . . — — Map (db m85992) HM
Salem Willows Park is truly one of the city’s treasures. The 35-acre waterfront site, located at the tip of the Salem peninsula, is named for the European white willow trees that were planted in 1801 for the benefit of patients at the nearby . . . — — Map (db m86190) HM
In 1785, following the Revolutionary War, veteran Stephen Abbott assembled a
group of Salem citizens at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern for the purpose of forming an elite
volunteer militia. In July 1786, the group was formally recognized as the . . . — — Map (db m220828) HM
There are three sides of inscription:
Time will not dim the glory of their deeds
Then a panel that says Erected by Laurier Associates and dedicated to the 2105 volunteers of St. Joseph Parish — — Map (db m97367) WM
The home in which author Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 once stood near this spot. The Georgian-style house, two-and-a-half stories high and two byas wide, was built for blacksmith Jonathan Phelps between 1745 and 1750. In 1772, . . . — — Map (db m186223) HM
Here are buried
Capt. Richard More Mayflower Passenger · Justice John Hathorne of the Witchcraft Court
· Samuel McIntire Architect · Gov. Simon Bradstreet ·
Chief Justice Benjamin Lynde · Rev. John Higginson — — Map (db m51923) HM
The Oldest Burying Ground In
The City Of Salem
Here Are Buried
Capt. Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
Justice John Hathorne
Of The Witchcraft Court
Samuel McIntire
Architect
Gov. Simon Bradstreet
Chief Justice Benjamin Lynde
Rev. . . . — — Map (db m220840) HM
When the Civil War broke out in 1861, an unprepared federal government was forced to rely on emergency recruits. The Salem Light Infantry was mustered into service no less than three times, while members of the elite Second Corps Cadets served as . . . — — Map (db m221818) HM
Inside this impressive building were the offices of the United States Customs Service collectors, inspectors, and other officials. It was here that ship’s captains and owners paid duties on imported goods, ordinarily about 5% of their value. . . . — — Map (db m23857) HM
Inside this impressive building were the offices of the United States Customs Service collectors, inspectors, and other officials. It was here that ship’s captains and owners paid duties on imported goods and conducted other business.
Before . . . — — Map (db m86927) HM
On a day of Fasting and Prayer, appointed by Governor John Endicott
for the purpose, after a Covenant
and Confession of Faith had been
read and Consent thereto solemnly
professed by the church members,
the Rev. Francis Higginson, . . . — — Map (db m221936) HM
Here stood from 1634 until 1673
The First Meeting House
erected in Salem.
No structure was built earlier
for congregational worship
by a church formed in America.
It was occupied
for secular as well as religious uses.
In it . . . — — Map (db m85825) HM
