{"nrhp_refnum":"02000694","name":"Salem Common Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"3-25 Pleasant St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salem","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.52740550000004,"lon":-70.88983443098155,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Salem Common Historic District in Salem, Massachusetts, adding 16 properties (15 contributing, one non-contributing) at 3-25 Pleasant Street, mostly residential buildings dating from 1809 to 1909.","why_significant":"The added properties are significant as an integral part of one of the centers of Salem's early development and for retaining classic examples of architectural styles spanning more than two centuries. They match the original district in period, style and scale. The area also has archaeological potential for historic and, to a lesser degree, Native American resources.","narrative":"Pleasant Street's northern end, covering numbers 3 to 25, was added to the Salem Common Historic District, bringing the total to 282 properties. The 16 added properties, one of them non-contributing, are mainly houses built between 1809 and 1909. The oldest is the John Rhodes House of 1809, a gambrel-roofed Federal dwelling. Others include the Greek Revival David Lord Double House, two Second Empire houses, several Italianate houses, a Queen Anne house of 1889 and a double house of 1909. Many were built for local carpenters, tradespeople and long-established neighborhood families, and a few buildings housed small grocery stores, a bakery and a fish market. Some have been altered with vinyl or aluminum siding and replacement windows, but they remain similar in period, style and scale to the original district. The area was also judged to have a high potential for historic archaeological resources, including outbuildings and household features, and a low to moderate potential for Native American sites. The period of significance runs from 1725 to 1920.","period_of_significance":"1725-1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate, Greek Revival, Second Empire, Federal, Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Mostly residential; 5 Pleasant Street was converted to commercial use about 1960, and 3 Pleasant Street has long served commercial purposes (an upholstery and furniture store is in operation).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.208922-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/7948/63794804/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/02000694.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000694/8962e3b635-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000694/8962e3b635-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Fletcher6","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salem_Common.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Fletcher6</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salem_Common.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794804","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_Common_Historic_District_(Salem,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7404077"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/salem-common-historic-district-boundary-increase-02000694/"}