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Four exterior views of the Old Witch / Corwin House, North and Essex Sts., Salem

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Salem: Witch / Corwin House: Mounted.

GUSN

GUSN-195050

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Description

This is a composite of four exterior views of the Jonathan Corwin House, also known as the Witch House, at 310 1/2 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. Jonathan Corwin served as a magistrate and judge during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The first image is a reproduction of an 1819 Samuel Bartoll painting, the original of which is in the Peabody Essex Museum. The second is a pre-1868 photograph of the house remodeled with the gambrel roof, which was done in 1746 by the widow of Corwin's grandson. The third image is probably a view of the back of the house. The fourth image is of the single-floor apothecary shop George P. Farrington added to the house around 1856.

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Descriptive Terms

gable roofs
gambrel roofs
façades
storefronts
drugstores
rear
side (positional attribute)
front (positional attribute)
frame construction
single-family dwellings
American Colonial
exterior views
pharmacists
backs (portions)
commercial buildings
photomechanical prints
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000143
AccessID 364
Other identifier HNEDID-000143

Physical Description

1 photomechanical print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.1520.001

Places

Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

photomechanical prints
photographs

Other People

Bartoll, Samuel, 1786-1837
Corwin, Jonathan, 1640-1718
Farrington, George P.
Andrew, Daniel

Subjects

Essex Street (Salem, Mass.)
North Street (Salem, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Salem: Witch / Corwin House: Mounted.

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