Federal Street District
The original court was built in 1785. The Old Granite Courthouse, also known as the County Commissioner's Building, was built in 1841 in the Greek Revival architectural style. Adjacent to that is the Superior Court, pictured below. Built in 1862, the Superior Court is an Italianate structure that was later remodeled into the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture. A large new court has been constructed down the street.
Most of the residential properties on this block of Federal Street were built between 1810 and 1900. The notable exception is #47, which is a Georgian gambrel-roofed house built in the second half of the 18th century. Most of the houses are either Italianate or Second Empire in their styling; there is one Colonial Revival house, #62, built 1900. The Tabernacle Church, which abuts Federal Street but faces Washington Street, is a Georgian Revival structure built in 1923.
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Old Granite Courthouse (c. 1841)
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Superior Court (1889)
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Registry of Deeds (1909)
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New law library converted from a Baptist church (1806)
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem, Massachusetts
- List of historic houses in Massachusetts
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Federal Street District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ "Courthouse Project". Historic Salem Inc. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2010.