The West Cogswell House is a historic house at 5-9 Summer Street 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 ...

. It is an example of the

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style of architecture that was common in 19th century Salem. The house is a group of three brick Greek Revival rowhouses that were built in 1834 by Nathaniel West, one of Salem's leading sea captains and merchants. Each building is three window bays wide, with a recessed side entry framed by a wooden portico; the right two unit entries are adjacent, and sheltered by a single portico. The buildings were at one time the home of

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general, and later Mayor of Salem

William Cogswell William Cogswell (August 23, 1838 – May 22, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was appointed to the grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers. Biogr ...

. The building was added to the

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in 1983. It is now operated as a hotel called the Salem Inn, which also owns the nearby John P. Peabody House.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem, Massachusetts This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem, Massachusetts. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Salem, Massachusetts, United Stat ...

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1820 Salem Massachusetts map bySaunders BPL 12094

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

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