Elisha Crowell House, 44-46 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA. Surveyed as HABS MASS,5-GLO,5-, with 1 photograph and a 1,195-word written history.
“The house substantially reinforces the scale, setbacks, and of the street.”
Written record, HABS MASS,5-GLO,5- survey. Machine-read text.
surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS MASS,5-GLO,5- · the record runs 1195 words · one of 230 surveyed structures published for this county.
1 photograph from the federal survey record, Library of Congress.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS MASS,5-GLO,5-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
The house substantially reinforces the scale, setbacks, and of the street. It also represents one of the few remaining homes built during the center City's most active period of growth between and Descnption: The structure consists of a wood frame house with a full basement, half out of the ground, two full floors, and an attic floor under a pitched roof. In a two story rear section of the house was demolished and replaced with a new, larger flat roofed addition comprised of a full base- ment and two floors of function rooms. This addition is comprised of steel and wood framing, with the exterior walls, facias, and soffits covered with aluminum siding.
History: The house was built by Captain Elisha Crowell 2nd in on the site of Gloucester's first Baptist Meeting House, which had been moved in Fish Dealer Michael Walen bought the house in remaining in the family until when his daughter willed it to Dr. Charles Morrow ( Luella Morrow (widow) sold it to the Elks in who sold it sold it to the Knights of Columbus in In the Knights of Columbus contracted with Cook and Geary (Gloucester) to build a major rear addition. remove the front entry porch. and sheath the entire structure in aluminum siding.
Acquired by Lee and Kevin Harrington in the property was foreclosed in and sold to a Texas investment group Cape Ann Preservation Enterprises purchased the property in October with plans to remove most of the addition, restore the house's exterior, erect a new rear addition, and reconfigure the house as a duplex residential condominium. Construction began in December
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City of Gloucester Assessors records from identify the land as being owned by Crowell, no mention of Crowell or land appears on the records. but Crowell and a house on the lot is recorded in Deed transfers from to present are on file at the Essex County South Registry of Deeds. Salem, Massachusetts. Historic Photo from the Gloucester Historical Association Library, 27 Pleasant Street. Gloucester, Massachusetts
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| Gloucester, Massachusetts | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Essex County, Massachusetts | 300 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report, and the sheets the survey produced. Those published here appear above. |
The federal surveyors worked through Gloucester building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Annisquam Bridge | HAER MASS,5-GLO,4- | 4,805 words |
 | Schooner Adventure | HAER MA-173 | 1,906 words |
 | Elks Hall | HABS MASS,5-GLO,6- | 1,536 words |
 | Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory | HAER MA-166 | 825 words |
 | Our Lady of Good Voyage Church | HABS MA-1317 | 603 words |
| White-Ellery House | HABS MA-1342 | 256 words | |
 | First Universalist Church | HABS MASS,5-GLO,1- | 37 words |
 | Cape Pond Ice Company | HAER MA-162 | 36 words |
 | Beacon Marine Basin | HAER MA-163 | 36 words |
 | Schoolhouse | HABS MASS,5-GLO,2- | 29 words |
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