Derby Waterfront District


  • Address: Derby St
  • Vicinity: Herbert St to Block House Sq, waterfront streets, between Ko
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1808/01/00 Widely opposed in New England, Thomas Jefferson's Act of 1807 places an embargo on all foreign shipping. The Embargo, is nearly ruinous in Salem, where commerce ceases.
1809/00/00 Lt Gov William Gray Work Shunned for his support of the Embargo, Billy Gray moves his fleet of ships - one-third of Salem's tonnage - to Boston. Gray's move eliminates a huge amount of Salem wealth, shipping, import-export cargoes, and local employment.
1809/04/24 Hon Francis Boardman Crowninshield Born Francis Boardman Crowninshield is born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Hon Benjamin Williams Crowninshield and Mary Boardman.
1820/00/00 A foreign trade prospers Salem as a new market opens with Madagascar, bring in tallow and ivory.
1825/00/00 Trade opens with Zanzibar suppling Salem, Massachusettes, with coffee, ivory, and gum copal, used to make varnish. Coffee

Data »

Particulars for Derby Waterfront District:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Commerce
Architectural Style Federal Style
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling
Historic Use Specialty Store
Building Type Warehouse



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 76000297
Resource Type:
Owner: Private, Local
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Federal
Other Certification: Additional documentation
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Commerce, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1750-1799
Significant Year: c 1735
Historic Function: Domestic, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Specialty store, Warehouse
Current Function: Domestic, Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Specialty store

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