Nomination for Essex County Court Buildings

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATA SHEET FOR NPS USE ONLY NOV 1 4 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM RECEIVED DATE ENTERED MAY 17 1976 DB-76 000 299 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS 1 NAME Old Granite Courthouse HISTORIC Superior Courthouse Hup Corint -Gut Bruldings Registry of Deeds and Probate Building AND/OR COMMON O1d Granite Courthouse (Engineers Office) Superior Courthouse (Clerk of Courts Building) Registry of Deeds and Probate Building 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER 32 Federal Street CITY.

TOWN Salem STATE VICINITY OF CODE 025 NOT FOR PUBLICATION CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT sixth COUNTY Essex CODE 009 3 Massachusetts CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY -DISTRICT XBUILDING(S) _STRUCTURE SITE _OBJECT OWNERSHIP X_PUBLIC PRIVATE -BOTH PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS BEING CONSIDERED STATUS X OCCUPIED -UNOCCUPIED -WORK IN PROGRESS ACCESSIBLE XYES: RESTRICTED -YES: UNRESTRICTED -NO PRESENT USE AGRICULTURE _MUSEUM COMMERCIAL PARK _EDUCATIONAL _PRIVATE RESIDENCE -ENTERTAINMENT _RELIGIOUS XGOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC -INDUSTRIAL -TRANSPORTATION -MILITARY _OTHER: OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME County of Essex STREET & NUMBER 32 Federal Street CIYTWN Salem - VICINITY OF 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS; ETC. Registry of Deeds STREET & NUMBER STATE Massachusetts 01940 32 Federal Street CITY.

TOWN STATE Salem Massachusetts 01940 6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE Inventory of the Historic Assets of the Commonwealth DATE 1975 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Massachusetts Historical Commission CITY. TOWN _FEDERAL *STATE _COUNTY _LOCAL Boston STATE Massachusetts 02108 7 DESCRIPTION CONDITION -EXCELLENT & GOOD -FAIR -DETERIORATED _RUINS _UNEXPOSED CHECK ONE X UNALTERED X ALTERED CHECK ONE X ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The Essex County Court buildings are three county government buildings located on Federal Street in Salem. Built to meet the expanding needs of Essex County, the buildings illustrate changes in architecture over a period of 68 years. The Old Granite Courthouse (Engineers Office) was designed in 1839 by Boston architect Richard Bond and built in 1841 by contractors Samuel S. Standley and Henry Russell, Jr. of Salem. The cost of the building was about eighty thousand dollars and its work- manship throughout is excellent. The smooth-faced Rockport granite building was designed in the Greek Revival style with temple-fronted north and south elevations and a massiveness that belies its relatively small size. The classical fronts have - two fluted granite columns in antis. Each column.

is composed of a single shaft of granite 3 feet 10 inches in diameter and 32 feet high, including base and capital. Finely sculpted and proportioned Egyptian lotus capitals provide the main decorative element of this otherwise austere classical composition. Inside the building brick arches provide support for the floors, and granite steps cantilevered into the massive walls furnish access from the first to the second story. The Superior Courthouse (Clerk of Courts Building) adjoins the Old Granite Courthouse but provides a distinct contrast to it in style and material. The Superior Courthouse was designed by Enoch Fuller and dedicated on October 3, 1862. In 1889 the building was enlarged and altered to its present Romanesque Revival appearance. The architects of this metamorphosis were Wheelwright and Northend. The Superior Courthouse is brick with brownstone trim.

A three-story central pavilion projects from the Federal Street facade with its primary feature being a Richardsonian arched entranceway. Brownstone banding connects the tops of the first-floor windows and the bottoms of the second-story windows. The banding also links the arches of the second-story windows. Other features of the building include a stairtower on the east side and two turrets to the rear (north). On the interior, the first floor contains a courtroom and commo- dious rooms occupied by the Clerk of Courts. On the second floor is another courtroom and the law library which is dominated by a massive Richardsonian fireplace. The Registry of Deeds and Probate Building was officially opened in August 1909. Clarence H. Blackall of Boston was the architect, and the contractors were Woodbury and Leighton, also of Boston.

Connected to the Superior Courthouse by an underground tunnel, this building is the largest of the three with a total of 44,220 square feet. Six huge fluted Ionic columns signal the entranceway to this classical edifice. Above the main doors elaborate ornamentation consists of shell-like patterns which encircle a Greek soldier's head. The projecting portico is flanked by two wings divided into five bays by granite pilasters. The cornice is adorned with dentils. The building presently houses the Essex County Southern District Registry of Deeds on the first floor. The second floor, consisting of two courtrooms and a large record room, is occupied by the Registry of Probate.

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD _PREHISTORIC 1400-1499 1500-1599 -1600-1699 -1700-1799 X1800-1899 X 1900- ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE XARCHITECTURE _ART _COMMERCE COMMUNICATIONS AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW _COMMUNITY PLANNING _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE _CONSERVATION _LAW _ECONOMICS _LITERATURE -EDUCATION MILITARY _ENGINEERING _MUSIC -EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT -PHILOSOPHY _INDUSTRY X_POLITICS/GOVERNMENT -INVENTION -RELIGION SCIENCE SCULPTURE -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN THEATER TRANSPORTATION _OTHER(SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE BUILDER

Statement of significance

/ARCHITECT The Essex County Court buildings illustrate the growth and the changing needs of the Salem and Essex County courts and represent impressive examples of three architectural styles. The Old Granite Courthouse replaced a 1785 courthouse and townhouse on a nearby site on Washington Street. The earlier courthouse was the work of noted architect Samuel McIntire and was the scene of a ceremonial visit by George Washington. Its demolition was necessitated by the construction of a railroad tunnel under Washington Street in The present Granite Courthouse housed all of Salem's courts as well as the county offices from the time of its opening in 1842 to 1862 when the Superior Courthouse was constructed next door. In 1889 the lower floor was remodelled to accomodate the Registry of Deeds and in 1910 it was again adapted for use as county offices.

Today the building is used by the County Engineers and County Commissioners.The architect, chard Bond, was one of the most progressive young architects in the area, and, with men like Solomon Willard and Alexander Parris, popularized granite as a building stone of great durability and impressive appearance. The Superior Courthouse (Clerk of Courts Building) also serves as a reminder of Salem's judicial past. The interior is embellished with a number of oil portraits of dis- tinguished members of the bar. Over the bench in the front courtroom hangs a fine full-length portrait of Chief Justice Iemuel Shaw painted by William M. Hunt and con- sidered a masterpiece of that distinguished artist. Among the other things preserved in the building are the manuscripts of testimony from the famous witch trials.

The Registry of Deeds and Probate Court Building contains records of wills and deeds dating from 1640, and - is a fitting complement to the other two county buildings.

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Arrington, Benjamin F. Municipal History of Essex County in Massachusetts, VoI. I. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1922. Essex Institute. Visitors' Guide of Salem. Salem, Massachusetts. Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Vol. XLVII. April 1911, No. 2. The Court Houses in Salem, Sidney Perley. Along the Coast of Essex County. Boston: Junior League, 1970. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY - 2.05 UTM REFERENCES A19 314,411,4,0 ZONE EASTING 14,710,914,0,01 NORTHING ZONE EASTING NORTHING LALLL VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Act LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE CODE COUNTY CODE STATE CODE COUNTY CODE FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Judy D. Dobbs, Nationa1 Register Editor and Kevin P.

Burke Massachusetts Historical Conmission STREET & NUMBER 294 Washington Street CITY OR TOWN Boston DATE November 1., 1975 TELEPHONE 617-727-8470 STATE Massachusetts 02108 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - STATE_ LOCAL As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE abuh Oecd Amadon Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Commission DATE NoV.

7,1975 FOR NPS USE ONLY 1 HEREBY CERTIFY TH INBLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER TASEIRE VD HYSTORIC PRESERVATION DATE S/12/96 DATE 5.03-2 KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED APR 27.1976 DATE ENTERED MAY 17 1976 CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 & 8 PAGE 1 F7: The O1d Granite Courthouse is two stories high and is three bays wide and six bays deep. The building has a ridge roof with the gable end facing the street. The entablature is devoid of ornamentation. The Superior Courthouse is a two story building with a hip roof. The facade is three bays wide and the central entrance is located in the projecting pavilion.

Above the broad archway of the entrance, the second floor opening is divided into four parts by three columns and above are interlaced brownstone arches. On the third floor, in the gable of the projection, the window is divided into two parts by a single column and above is an arch in which is written 1861-1891 (representing the two periods of construction on the building). Three ridge roof dormers project from either side of the roof and this main section of the courthouse extends back six bays to another three-bay section where it meets a rear ridge roof section perpendicularly. At this juncture on the east side of the building (next to the Granite Courthouse) is a tower. Also contributing to the assymetrical and picturesque quality of the building is the placement of two turrets on the northeast and northwest corners of the building.

Another section of the building projects one bay and has a chimney which runs from the street to just above the gable. The overall massing of the building is complex, but provides a pleasing con- trast to the symmetry and regularity of its classical neighbors. The projecting portico of the Registry of Deeds and Probate Building, with its six two-story columns, is quite the opposite of the in antis treatment of the more modest and severe Granite Courthouse. On either side are five bay wings with windows of eight-over-eight sash. Between the first and second floor windows are blank panels. Although the largest of the three courthouses, this building continues the scale of its two neighbors and does not overwhelm them. #8: Architecturally the Essex County Court Buildings are significant because they form a record of the development of styles of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

In contrast to the well-known Federal residences of the era of Salem's maritime prosperity and the other fine nineteenth century residential streets in the city, these monumental court buildings form a distinct unit, representing a more regional history. As one crosses the North River in approaching the center of Salem, the three buildings are the most prominent aspect of the view. Each building contrasts with its neighbor in style and in materials, but the streetscape presented by the three together provides a cohesiveness of scale and rhythm. MANE OF PROPERTV ÉSSEK County Court Bldgs COptEE STATE Mass The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for clarification of the information indicated below. PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATION IS RESUBMITTED.

Description: Please provide a pore detailev description of each of the 3 buildings = #t of bays, alterations, types of openings, ete. 8 statement of significance: Dlease prepare a more detailed statement of significance on each of these three buildings and of the complex as a whole. The architectural importance Of the comples is not really addressed in this section. 9 10 Bibliography: Geographical Data -- Acreage: UTM Reference(s): Verbal Boundary Description: 12 Certification: Photographic Coverage: Map Coverage: Other: RECEVED MAR 1 6 1976 MASS. HIST, CUMM. Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Ward Jand on the National Register staff, telephone 202/523 -5183. Thank you for your attention to the above items. chaclwlteen Date: 3^12.26 Chief, Branch of Registration United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No.

8 INT:2105-74 Probere E sses Cunty Court Bubhings Compld StateMass. Working Number 1. 14. 75.2052 TECHNICAL Photos - 5 Maps to tnadequate description, inadeguate statement of signijieance CONTROL OK 1 19.75 HISTORIAN Retung Then Accept Quce 16/76 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN RETURN tezand ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER HAER Inventory - Review - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Return Cole 1/30/76 BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry - Send-back 3.12.26 Re-submit 4,21,74 Entered MAY 171976 INT:2106-74 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 Dnd contaal Shect Property Frset County Caunt Bunldings Com Mass. Working Number ale gis Essex TECHNICAL CONTROL Photos Maps OK 4.3.2. 6 Il don 't think we use "complex" "rildinga"shone d le appesprate categig. HISTORIAN Accept E.smith 5-11-76 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Shouldn't thi Gea destrict? Why only ! address?

=think the information is adeguate sioa. iccept Soldham 5/4/76 ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER HAER Inventory Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Colz 5-12-76 BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 7-6-76 Send-back Re-submit Entered United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 KEEPER 51B-76 MAY 1719/6 IN T:2106- 74 Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED OV 1 4 1975 MAY 17 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH NAME HISTORIC Old Granite Courthouse Superior Courthouse Registry of Deeds and Probate Building AND/OR COMMON Old Granite Courthouse (Engineers Office) Superior Courthouse (Clerk of Courts Building) Registry of D Probate Build LOCATION CITY. TOWN Salem -VICINITY OF COUNTY Essex STATE PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Ronald A. Barnes DATE OF PHOTO 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT Essex County Engineering Department 32 Federal Street, Salem 01940 IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO Looking down Federal Street west from Washington Street.

Left to right: Registry of Deeds and Probate Building, Superior Courthouse, Old Granite Courthouse PROPI NPS Nul Title: Loc. Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY NOV 1 4 19 RECEIVED 3 4 MAY DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH NAME HISTORIC old Granite Courthouse Superior Courthouse Registry of Deeds and Probate Building AND/OR COMMON Old Granite Courthouse (Engineers Office) Superior Courthouse (Clerk of Courts Building) Registry Probate Bu LOCATION CITY, TOWN Salem VICINITY OF COUNTY Essex STA PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Ronald A.

Barnes DATE OF PHOTO 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT Essex County Engineering Department 32 Federal Street, Salem 01940 IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET View looking north across Federal Street at front (southern) and eastern side of the Old Granite Courthouse. PHOTO Essul Co., mnine L Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY NOV 1 4 19/5 RECEIVED NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED MAY 1 7 1976 NAME HISTORIC AND/OR COMMON SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH Old Granite Courthouse Superior Courthouse Registry of Deeds and Probate Building Old Granite Courthouse (Engineers Office) Superior Courthouse (Clerk of Courts Building) Registry of D Probate Build LOCATION CITY.

TOWN Salem _VICINITY OF COUNTY Essex STATE MA PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Ronala A. Barnes DATE OF PHOTO 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT Essex County Engineering Department 32 Federal Street, Salem 01940 IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET View looking north across Federal Street at the front and western side of the Superior Courthouse. PHOTO NO 3 Siperai Cauethi Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECE/VED NUV 4 197 NPS N Title Loc.

DATE ENTERED MAY1 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORM TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH NAME HISTORIC AND/OR COMMON Old Granite Courthouse Superior Courthouse Registry of Deeds and Probate Building Old Granite Courthouse (Engineers Office) Superior Courthouse (Clerk of Courts Building) Registry Probate LOCATION CITY.TOWN Salem VICINITY OF COUNTY Essex PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Ronald A. Barnes DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT Essex County Engineering Department 32 Federal Street, Salem 01940 IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET View looking south across Bridge Street at the north elevation of the Superior Courthouse. 1975 PHO PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTÉR Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED 1 4 197 MAY OPRIY NPS Numbe Title: DATE ENTERED NAME HISTORIC SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORN TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH Old Granite Courthouse Superior Courthouse Registry of Deeds and Probate Building AND/OR COMMON Old Granite Courthouse (Engineers Office) superior Courthouse (Clerk of Courts Building) Registi Probate LOCATION CITY. TOWN Salem _VICINITY OF COUNTY Essex PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Ronald A. Barnes DATE OF PHOTO 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT Essex County Engineering Department 32 Federal Street, Salem 01940 IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC.

IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET View looking northwest across Federal Street at front facade of the Registry of Deeds and Probate Building. PHC Loc. Veei Lont/oadef Reguty y rabate Bels Form No. 10-301 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED/10/ 1 4 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTOPE AN ERY HRSO MPLLOSE MITHNA REGISTEAT FORMB TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP 1 2 3 4 NAME HISTORIC AND/OR COMMON LOCATION CITY TOWN Old Granite Courthouse Superior Courthouse Registry of Deeds and Probate Building Old Granite Courthouse (Engineers Office) Superior Courthouse (Clerk of Courts Building) Salem VICINITY OF COUNTY Essex MAP REFERENCE SOURCE USGS, salem Quadrangle SCALE 1:24000 DATE 1970 REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3.

UTM REFERENCES Registry of Deeds and Probate Building STATE MA INT: 2986-75 ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE MASSACHUSETTS Date Entered MAY 1 7 1976 Name Essex County Court Bulldings Comptex Location Salem Easex County Also Notified Hon. Edward M. Kennedy Hon. Edward W. Brooke Hon. Michael J. Harrington cc: Regional Director, North Atlantic Region PR: MMott: cam:5/18/76 State Historie Preservation Officer Mrs. Elizabeth R. Amadon Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Conmission 294 Washington Street Boaton, Massachusetts 02108 INT: 2950-75 NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET E as it appears on federal register: OTHER NAMES: 3) date of entry: 4) county code: Essex County Court Buildings 5-17-76 009 ©LOCATION street & number 32 Federal St. VOWIVER DPRIVATE CISTATE OMUNICIPAL EXISTING SURVEYS CHABS CHAER -NHI city / town Salem X COUNTY -MULTIPLE - FEDERAL (agency name) ) FUNDED?

OYES 11)CONGRESS. DISTRICT 6th vieinity of state MA 6)NPS REGION: North Atlantic (12)SOURCE Of NOMINATION SYES ICONDITION - deteriorated Saltered Dexcellent Oruins Xgood Dunexposed Xunaltered Ofair -reconstructed -unexcavated Dexcavated BACCESS XYES-Restricted DYES -Unrestricted - No Access -AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : CENGINEERING-11 -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 -COMMERCE-6 CENTERTAINMENT-26 -ARCHEOLOGY- historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 DAGRICULTURE-3. - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 X-ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 Xoriginal site Omoved Ounknown -Unknown - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - LAW- 16 - LITERATURE - 17 - MILITARY - 18 - MUSIC - 19 - PHILOSOPHY -20 Dfeatures: OSUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 9ONOT INTACT-O -*UNKNOWN-4 20 NOT APPLICABLE -7 (19) ADAPTIVE USE DYES SAVED?

DYES - POLITICS/ GOVT.« 21 ORECREATION -28 - RELIGION- 22 &SETTLEMENT-29 - SCIENCE- 23 -URBAN PLANNING-31 'oldest' o - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - TRANSPORTATION-25 county Essex BADMINISTRATOR: XSTATE - FEDERAL if state who prepared form? ACREAG 2.05 OLOCAL -PRIVATE ORGANIZATION ZSUBSTANTIALLY INTACT - 2 2OSUBSTANTIALLY INTACT - 3 9O NOT INTACT-O QONOT INTACT - O WO UNKNOWN-5 5SUNKNOWN-6 WO NOT APPLICABLE-8 ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?&yesOno @CLAIMS: explain "first'O 3functions WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: GOUERNHENTAL.

CURRENTLY: DITTO Barchitectural style(s): GREEK PEVIVAL , architeet: RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE, NEO-CLASSKaL REVIVAL *SEE REVERSE landscape architect / garden designer: interior decorator: dates of initial construction: 1031 - 1909 major alterations : historic events: ETHNIC GROUP ASSOCIATION @master builder: engineer: artisan: builder/contractor: NAMES give role & date PERSONAL: EVENTS: INSTITUTIONAL: - OUT @NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP COUNTY GOVRRNMENTAL COMPLEX INCLUDING: THE GREEK REVIVAL MASONRY, 2-STORY TEMPLE-PORM OLD GRANITE COURTHOUSE WITH DISTILE PORTICOTMTANTIS; THE RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE BRICK, 2'L-STORY SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE WITH PROMINENT SIDE TOWER AND CORNER TURRETS; AND THE NEO-CLASSICAL REUIVAL REGISTRY OR DEEDS AUD PROBATE BULLDINE WITH MASSIVE GRANITE HEXASTTLE PORTICO. FINE EXAMPLE OF THE PROGRESSION OF LATE 19TL E.

STYLES INTO THE MONUMENTAL NEO-CeASsICaL PENIVAL; IMPORTANT COMPLEX REFLECTING THE GROWTH OF 19th, SALEM. Ireviewers initials geoffdare 8.23 TIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE *2I ARCHITECTS: RICHARD BOND- OLD GRANITE COUPTHOUSE (1839) A ENOCH FULLER- SUPEROR COURTHOUSE (1862) - REMODELED 1889) WHEELWRIGHT AND NORTHEND CLARENCE H. BLACKALL- REGISTRY OR DEEDS/ PROBATE BLDG. (1909) NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET ONOMEas it appears on federal register: 2) OTHER NAMES: )date of entry: 4 county code: Essex County Court Buildings 5-17-76 009 SLOCATION street & number city / town vieinity of state county 6)NPS REGION: 32 Federal St. Salem MA Essex North Atlantic O OWIVER COPRIVATE COSTATE COMUNICIPAL XCOUNTY COMULTIPLE -FEDERAL(agency name) 8ADMINISTRATOR: 9) EXISTING SURVEYS CHABS CHAER OONHL (10) FUNDED? DYES X NO (11)CONGRESS.

DISTRICT 6th (12)SOURCE OF NOMINATION XSTATE -FEDERAL if state WITHIN MATIONAL REGISTEI ORIE BISTRICT1 who prepared form? LANOMARK? DYES D1 YES XI0 AGAEA 2.05 OLOCAL -PRIVATE ORGANIZATION CONDITION - deteriorated Saltered Soriginal site 17 teatures: @OSUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 HOUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-2 2SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT - 3 Dexeellent Oruins Xgood Xunaltered Omoved OONOT INTACT-O 9CNOT INTACT-O OO NOT INTACT - O Dunexposed Oreconstructed Ounknown WBUNKNOWN-44 WOUNKNOWN-5 5SUNKNOWN-6 Ofair Dunexcavated Dexcavated 20 NOT APPLICABLE-7 BO NOT APPLICABLE-8 ZONOT APPLICABLE - 9 ACCESS XYES-Restricted DYES -Unrestricted - No Access - Unknown (19) ADAPTIVE USE CYES XNO SAVED? OJYES PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?Syes Ono 21) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : CENGINEERING -11 - LANDSCAPE ARCH.-15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.

21 -RECREATION -28 @CLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric -2 first' -COMMERCE-6 DENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW - 16 -RELIGION-22 &SETTLEMENT-29 -ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 J COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 CURBAN PLANMING-31 'oldest' O DAGRICULTURE-3 - CONSERVATION - 8 CHEALTH-27 - MILITARY-18 -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24OTHER(SPECIFY) XARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 O INDUSTRY-13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 -ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION-14 - PHILOSOPHY- 20 - TRANSPORTATION-25 'only' D funetions WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: GOUERNHENTAL CURRENTLY: DITTO architectural style(s): GREEK REVIVAL, RICHAROSONIAN ROMANESQUE, NEO-CLASICAL REVIVAL * SEE REVERSE DER landseape architect / garden designer: a interior decorator: dates of initial construction: 183/ --1909 major alterations : N historic events: ETHNIC GROUP ASSOCIATION master builder: engineer: artisan: @builder/contractor: NAMES give role & date DEDCAMAI- quo16 8:23 County governmental complex including the Greek Revival masonry, 2-story temple-form Old Granite Courthouse with distyle portico in antis; the Richardsonián Romanesque brick, 2½-story Superior Courthouse with prominent side tower and corner turrets; and the Neo-Classical Revival Registry of Deeds and Probate Building with massive granite hesastyle portico.

Fine example of the progression of late 19th C. styles into the monumental Neo-Classical Revival; illustrates the growth and changing needs of the Essex County courts from the 19th to early 20th C. vaL MaSONKY, 2-StOKY TEMPLE-PORM SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE F DEEDS AMD PROBATE BULLDINE .. STYLES INTO THE MONUMENTOL AUG |6 1978 SECTION 1- APPLICANTTE DATA 101-FEDERAL 1 ACTION SECTIOR I~CERTIFICATION OMB Approval No. 29-RO218 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 1. TYPE PREAPPLICATION OF ACTION APPLICATION (Mark ap- NOTIFICATION OF INTENT (Opt.) bospriate REPORT OF FEDERAL ACTION 2. APPLI- CANT'S APPLI- CATION 3lani a. NUMBER none b. DATE 19 8 month 3. StniE APPLICA- TION IDENTI- FIER 4. LEGAL APPLICANT/RECIPIENT a. Applicant Name State of New Jersey b. Organization Unit Dept. of Environmental Protection c. Street/P.O. Box Box 1390 d. City Trenton -. County : Mercer f. State New Jersey g.

ZIP Code: 08625 h. Contact Person (Name Deputy Commissioner Betty Wilson 6. PRO- GRAM (From Federal Catalog) & telephone No.) (609) 292-2885 7. TITLE AND DESCRIPTION OF APPLICANT'S PROJECT Essex County Court House: This proposal is to clean &Suetatte the bronze statues and doorways. The match is County budget appropriations. -. NUMBER OSRC-FY77-708 b. DATE Year month day ASSIGNED 19 77 2 25 5. FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO. 216001242 -. NUMBER b. TITLE 11/5/190/4 Historic Preservation 8. TYPE OF APPLICANT/RECIPIENT A-State +-Community Action Agenc - Higher Educational institutio J- Indian Tribe K-Other (Specifu) : D-County E-City F-School District G-Special Purpose District Enter appropriate letter 9. TYPE OF ASSISTANCE A-Basic Grant D-Insurance B-Suppiemental Grant E-Other C-Loan Enter appro priate letter (e 12.

TYPE OF APPLICATION A-New C-Revision E-Augmentation B-Renewal D-Continuation Enter appropriate letter 15. TYPE OF CHANGE (FoT 12c or 12c) A-Increase Dollars FOther (Specify): B-Decrease Dollars C-Increase Duration D-Decrease Duration E-Cancellation A 10. AREA OF PROJECT IMPACT (Names of cities, counties, 11. ESTIMATED States, etc.) BER OF NUM- PERSONS BENEFITING Essex County 3,000,000 13. PROPOSED FUNDING 14. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF: 8. FEDERAL $ 3,000 .00 a. APPLICANT b. PROJECT b. APPLICANT 3,000 .00 4th 10th c. STATE .00 PROJECT START 17. PROJECT DATE Year month day DURATION d. LOCAL .00 19 78 1 18. 12 Enter appro- Montha mriate letter(s) -. OTHER .00 Year month day 19. EXISTING FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 6,000 34-77-00123-00 20. FEDERAL AGENCY TO RECEIVE REQUEST (Namo, City, State, ZIP code) Dept. Of the Interior, 21.

REMARKS ADDED heritage conservation and Recreation Service, Washington, D.C. 2021,0 O res E No a. To the best of my knowledge and belief, b. If required by OMB Circular A-35 this application was submitted, pursuant te in- Response data in this preapplication/application are structions therein, to appropriste clearinghouses and all responses are atbached: attached true and correct, the document has been duly authorized by the governing body of CERTIFIES the applicant and the applicant will comply (1) Tri-State Regional Planning Commission THAT - with the attached assurances if the essist- (2) ance is approved. Statewide Clearinghouse (3) 23. -. TYPED MAME AND TITLE Deputy State Tb. SIGNATURE c. DATE SIGNED CERTIFYING REPRE. Historic Preservation Officer SENTATIVE Betty Wilson 2%.

AGENCY NAME Agey wesn Year month day 118-8-1 APPLICA- Yeer month day TION Department of the Interior RECEIVED 1978-08-16 26. ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT Heritage 27. ADMINISTRA:IVE OFFICE Grants 8. FEDERAI Conservation & Recreation Service Administration Division Washington, D. C. 2024.3 31. ACTION TAKEN 32. 8. AWARDED a. FEDERAL FUNDING $ 3,000.00 b. REJECTED b. APPLICANT 3,000.00 c. RETURNED FOR c. STATE .00 Year month day 33. ACTION DATE- 1978 12 22 35. CONTAC FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA- (Nane and telephone number) AMENDMENT d. LOCAL .00 30. FEDERAL GRANT IDENTIFICATION4-8B05 34. Yeer month day STARTING DATE 19 78 12 01 36. Year month day ENDING DATE 19 79 11 37. REMARKS ADDED 30 - 4. DEFERRED -. OTHER .00 Stephen D. Newman 202- 343-4941 . WITHIRAWN f. TOTAL $ 6,000.00 - Yes 1ENo 38. FEDERAL AGENCY A-95 ACTION a.

In takine above action, sidered.a ti agatcy eesponse iadueumet preeceiond of Parl , ogh Gieruker A-9S, b. FEDERAL AGENCY A-95 OFFICIAL (Name and telephone no.) it has been or is being made. Same as #35 4241. STANDARD FORM 424 PAGE 1 (10-75) MASITEP t/mtm-xacried10ad:en82so afreeorited by GSA, I Mansgement Circular 147 - NR Data Sheet DATE: 5/4/16 Reviewer INITIALS: SO DOE MAY 17 1976 NAMEAS IT APPEARS IN FEDERAL REGISTER: Essex County Lourt Buldengs Ermptt Ild Granite Courthouse (Engineers Office) kyustry of dud. LOCATION: STREET & NUMBER Superior Cousthouse (Clerk of Courts Building) and Probate Bida 32 Federal Street CITY.

TOWN CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT STATE Salem MA 025 VICINITY OF 6th code OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) COUNTY Esser 009 PRIVATE STATE LOCAL GOV'T MUNICIPAL COUNTY OTHER FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : ADMINISTRATOR (underline) NPS REGION: (CIRCLE)( N.ATLANTIC SOUTHWEST ROCKY MOUNTAIN MID ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST MIDWEST WEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST FEATURES: INTERIOR Substantially intact-1 - unknown - _ not applicable - CONDITION - _EXCELLENT XGOOD -FAIR EXTERIOR ENVIRONS Substantially intact-2 VSubstantially intact-3 _ unknown -5 _. unknown -6 not applicable - 8 Not applicable-9 -Interior, exterior, cnvirons not intact-0 _DETERIORATED XUNALTERED RUINS _UNEXPOSED XALTERED _Reconstructed XORIGINAL SITE -MOVED _Unknewn _Unexcavaten _Excavated ACCESS- Yes-restricted Yes-unrestricted historic district? YES NO WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? IF YES, NAME: WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?

IF YES, NAME: YES No access Unknown YES NO ADAPTIVE USE: YES) Saved?

YES NO FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) then- Courthouse Gout, county now- Courthouse Gout, county SIGNIFICANCE: -ARCHEULOGY-PREHISTORIC _ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC -ART _COMMERCE _COMMUNICATIONS Claims "first" YES _CONSERVATION _ECONOMICS -EDUCATION _ENGINEERING _EXPLORATION _INDUSTRY LINVENTION NO _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTUR SLAW/Gov't/politic -LITERATURE _MILITARY MUSIC _PHILOSOPHY _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT re oldest"' YES NO _RELIGION _SCIENCE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _TRANSPORTATION _OTHER (SPECIFY) -entertainment _health -recreation -settlement -socio/cultural _urban & commur planning "only" YES NO Sreek Revival with Egyptan Reviial eloments comanesque Rurial C ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: neo-Classical Revwal arehitect/m.builder: Enband Bond-Qpocuito Couthouse Fuller Supeio Corusthouro Whelwight ad Northendengineeri lousthaue 1889 renooation landscape/garden designer: H.BlackMlartist/artisan: interior decorator: Old brauito Cowthouse Reqistiy o, lkeck...

builder/contractor: Samuul S Standley an Henry Ruasell, fu ETHNIC GROUP: voodbury and heightor cuntractens to Registua beeds NAMES: (1abel role appropriate date) per sonal events institutional DATES: Old Gramte Courthouse 1841 SOURCE: (OF NOMINATION) - OTHER PRIVATE FEDERAL AGENCY: STATE LOCAL GOV"T MUNICIPAL COUNTY - ACREAGE: (to nearest tenth of an acre) 2.1 COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) Cout- Graniti, 2stories, gabl rectangular, gabled roof, distyle postico ii antia, hows, lover flese semodelen nt, centr entrance with shouldeed architrave; , remodilled again 1910.

Superion Couuthouee, brick with brownstoue trim, 2'estries, modifud rectagle, hypped ad gabled roof sections, Gabled dormers, projectin 3Kst oweraaned section with sound concentuc arahed entrence, ¡ rear corners fuith rounded turrets aboue Ist stry; enlereed alalterd fo necent pornanceu fcevvas appeerance, 1889. SIGNII 2 8fruea, elifeet ne Cha yer, yelled ad lot gritcd eom y ksranute?) duticuead cnnt fneajo. hexastyle Sonie pedimented porlico, Fese luildings illustrate the groutte ad changing needs of the