Built in 1892 in the Gothic architecture. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1997. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
“The Peabody Institute is the public library of Danvers, Massachusetts, established in 1854. The current building at 15 Sylvan Street was constructed for the Peabody Institute in 1891 by Little & Browne.”
Wikipedia article Peabody Institute (Danvers, Massachusetts), CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 350 National Register listings in Essex County · listed in 1997 · category: Building · built in 1892, Gothic architecture, by Gridley James Fox Bryant · one of 2 National Historic Landmarks in Essex County.
National Register reference number.97001559- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
The ground it stands on
190,092 words
The chapter on Danvers Town in South Danvers Wizard Newspaper, 1865, published 1865 names Danvers. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Whereas, works are now being commenced ; by the Salem and Danvers Aqueduct Company that will, if allowed to be completed, divert ; from the inhabitants of this town a supply of water that was the origin, and is now one of the principal supports of our moet important i and flourishing manufactures, i
Reeolved, That a committee of five persons j be appointed, with full power* to take such j measures as they shall consider expedient to ; prevent the further diversion of water from the . sources of Tapley's Brook ; and also to do all i in their power to protect the inhabitants of the j town from the encroachments of all parties in their attempts to benefit the Salem and Dan¬ vers Aqueduct Company at the expense of, and to the detriment of the business of South Danvers.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Peabody Institute between
2003 and 2020, burning about 258 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson.
Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted
here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Reported cause
Fires
Recreation and ceremony
29
Smoking
20
Debris and open burning
17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
13
Equipment and vehicle use
9
Fireworks
5
Misuse of fire by a minor
5
Arson/incendiarism
2
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
Natural
1
Railroad operations and maintenance
1
Other causes
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 8,820 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Peabody Institute between 1800 and
1975: 3,390 Plantae, 2,903 Animalia, 1,187 Fungi, 740 Chromista, 413 Unrecorded, 140 Bacteria, 47 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A B. Proper, A H HIGGINSON, A. A. Eaton and others. Each is a
physical object with a catalogue
number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was
collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be
concluded from a species being absent.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
11 workings within 5 miles of Peabody Institute: 4 past producers, 4 plants, 2 producers, 1 occurrence.
6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Danvers, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
From the nomination file
5,163 words on record
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Statement of significance
Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) XA Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. _B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, ormethod of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. _ D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.
Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: _A owned by religious institution or used for religious purposes. _ B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or grave. _ D a cemetery. _E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. _F a commemorative property. -Gless than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years.
Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Essex County, Massachusetts County and Siate Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) ARCHITECTURE SOCIAL HISTORY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING Period of Significance 1857-1947 Significant Dates 1891-92 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) N/A Culturai Affiliation N/A Architect/Builder Little & Browne, architects Joshua Silvester, landscaper 9.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 97001559, 21 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
Block
