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The Historic Derby Street Neighborhood, also known as the Derby Waterfront District in
Salem, Massachusetts Salem ( ) is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, located on the North Shore of Greater Boston. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 with English colonists. Salem would become one of the most significant seaports tr ...
encompasses a historically significant portion of the waterfront area of the city. It encompasses properties along Derby Street, which parallels the waterfront, eastward from the Salem Maritime National Historic Site to its junction with Fort Avenue, and includes properties on the side streets between Derby and the waterfront. In addition to the National Historic Site, it includes the House of Seven Gables, a
National Historic Landmark District National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...
. The district features Federal architecture and was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1976.


Gallery

File:Derby House - Salem, Massachusetts.JPG, Derby House - circa 1762 File:Narbonne House - Salem, Massachusetts.JPG, Narbonne House - circa 1675 File:Custom House - Salem, Massachusetts.JPG, Salem Customs House - circa 1819 File:Benjamin Hawkes House - Salem, Massachusetts.JPG, Hawkes House - circa 1780, 1800 File:Old Customs House Salem Massachusetts.jpeg, Custom House, ca. 1880 File:Derby Wharf Lighthouse MA.JPG, Derby Wharf Light File:1820 Salem Massachusetts map bySaunders BPL 12094.png, Salem - 1820 File:House of Seven Gables, Salem MA 1.jpg, House of Seven Gables, 2015 File:Brookhouse Home.jpg, Brookhouse Home, 2015 File:Captain William Allen House.jpg, Captain William Allen House, 2015 File:Hooper-Hathaway House.jpg, Hooper-Hathaway House, 2015 File:Morning Glory Bed and Breakfast.jpg, Morning Glory Bed and Breakfast, 2015 File:Nathaniel Hawthorne's Birthplace.jpg, Nathaniel Hawthorne's Birthplace, 2015 File:Penn Townsend House 1.jpg, Penn Townsend House, 2015 File:Retire Beckett House.jpg, Retire Beckett House, 2015 File:West India Goods Store - Salem, MA.jpg, West India Goods Store, 2015


See also

* List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts *
List of the oldest buildings in the United States This article lists the oldest buildings in the United States and its territories. The list includes sites in current states and territories which were not part of the original Thirteen Colonies when the United States of America was founded in 1776 ...
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List of historic houses in Massachusetts This is a list of historic houses in Massachusetts. Western Massachusetts Berkshire County * Lenox ** The Mount ( Lenox) – author Edith Wharton's estate; 1902 ** Ventfort Hall ( Lenox) – Jacobean style mansion, built 1893 – George & ...
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem, Massachusetts *
National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts This list is of that portion of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) designated in Essex County, Massachusetts. The locations of these properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may b ...


References

Historic districts in Essex County, Massachusetts Salem, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Salem, Massachusetts Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts {{EssexCountyMA-NRHP-stub