{"nrhp_refnum":"83000581","name":"Peabody, John P., House","other_names":["Hp-7"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"15 Summer St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salem","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.520396934000075,"lon":-70.89825141799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Literature","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wooden house at 15 Summer Street in Salem, Massachusetts, built in 1867-68 for merchant John P. Peabody. It is now used as offices.","why_significant":"The form argues the house anticipates the Colonial Revival style, appearing well before the style became popular around the 1876 Centennial. It is also tied to John P. Peabody, a prosperous dry goods merchant and publisher of a literary monthly. It is cited as meeting criteria B and C, with integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship.","narrative":"Built in 1867-68 at 15 Summer Street in Salem, this two-story wooden house was the residence of John P. Peabody, a prosperous dry goods merchant whose store stood in the center of Town House Square. Peabody also published a literary monthly, Peabody's Fireside Favorite. The house is notable for its early use of Colonial Revival design, appearing before the style gained popularity with the nation's Centennial celebration. A grey slate gambrel roof dominates the three-bay facade, which has pedimented dormers, a segmental pediment at the center, and a fanlit doorway beneath a square portico. Shiplap on the front and clapboard on the sides, together with the broken-pitch roof, set it apart from the Mansard style common at the time. Its deep setback from the street is unusual for a downtown site. The building is one of several similar structures just east of downtown, and it is now used as offices.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Present use is offices; originally built as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.188735-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/7898/63789883/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000581.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000581/b80fc640da-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000581/b80fc640da-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Fletcher6","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Peabody_House.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:John_Peabody_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789883","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._Peabody_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6251679"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/peabody-john-p-house-83000581/"}