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      Can you identify these old Salem Photos?

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        identified.   

       

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1

The former St. Joseph's Church near the intersection of Lafayette and Harbor Streets. The church was destroyed in the Salem Fire of 1914. The fire house in the foreground was also destroyed in the fire.

2 The former Tabernacle Congregational Church at the corner of Washington and Federal Streets.

3

Believed to be the First Unitarian Church on the corner of Washington and Federal Streets across from the district court.

4

Believed to be the corner of Front and Washington Streets.

5

Market Place in front of Old Town Hall

6

Photo taken from Town House Square toward the old Salem Train Station. The station was demolished in the 1950s. The tracks were relocated to an underground tunnel.

7 Derby Wharf

8

Photo was taken from in front of the former train station looking toward Town House Square. The Shribman Building is in the center of the photo. The tunnel entrance is in the foreground. The tunnel passed under the city and emerged at the end of Washington Street where the tracks split leading to Rockport/Newburyport and to Peabody.

9

109 Essex Street at the corner of Hawthorne Boulevard across from the Hawthorne Hotel.

10

Derby Wharf on left. Central Wharf on right.

11

Restaurant Row at the Willows. Restaurants included Ebsen's, the Chase House and Swenbecks

12 The old pier at the Salem Willows.

13

Central Street looking from Essex Street toward the Salem Laundry Building (Now Derby Lofts condominiums). The Old Custom House is to the right and Red's Sandwich Shop is to the left.

14

The Salem Armory, home of the Second Corps Cadets and the First Battalion, 102nd Artillery, Massachusetts National Guard. The armory was torn down in 1980.

15

16 The old Central or Second Baptist Church. It's now St. John the Baptist Church at Sikora Square (opposite Federal Street on St. Peter Street.

17

St. Peter's Church at the intersection of St. Peter Street and Church Street.

18

The Second Church - Washington Square. Later it was an antique car museum till it burned down in the early 1970's then it became the Witch Museum.

   

        Photos courtesy of Jean Dennis

            Many thanks to Bob Turner of Venice, Florida, (formerly of Salem) for identifying a number of these photos.

            Thanks, too, to Stephen Carr for identifying 109 Essex Street and the Second Church.

            And more thanks to Paul Plecinoga for identifying photos 2, 12 and 16.