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Exterior view of the Richard Derby House, Salem, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Salem: Derby House

GUSN

GUSN-195475

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Description

A view of the front façade of the brick Georgian-style Richard Derby House in Salem, Massachusetts. Icicles hang from the eaves of the gambrel roof, and snow covers the ground in front of the house. The door surround is in the Doric order and crowned with a pediment. Two stringcourses demarcate the first and second floors. The oldest surviving brick house in Salem, Captain Richard Derby built the residence in 1761-1762 for his son, Elias Hasket Derby, and his new wife, Elizabeth Crowninshield.

Details

Descriptive Terms

façades
stringcourses
houses
brick (clay product)
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)
snow (precipitation)
exterior views
winter
dwellings
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000588
AccessID 819
Other identifier HNEDID-000588

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.0810.001

Date Notes

1920s-1940s

Places

Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Haskell, Arthur C. (Arthur Cushman), 1890-1968 (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Derby, Richard, 1712-1783
Derby, Elias Hasket, 1739-1799

Subjects

Derby Street (Salem, Mass.)
icicles
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Salem: Derby House

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