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Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Preservation Alert: Public Hearing – Adaptive Reuse Zoning
City Council chambers – December 13, 2018 at 6:30pm. Proposed Zoning Changes: Use your voice to ensure positive changes.The City Council and Planning Board will hold a Joint Public Hearing...
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Hawthorne Memorialized
“Old and young, we dream of graves and monuments”— from “The Ambitious Guest” Historic Salem, Inc. is excited to celebrate Nathaniel Hawthorne in recognition of the 350th anniversary of The...
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Support for the Design Review Board
Since the initiation of the North River Canal planning process in 2000, Historic Salem, Inc. has participated in and supported the goals of the North River Canal Corridor (NRCC) Master...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Four Takeaways from Chip Piatti’s “Language of Architecture” Lecture
Last Saturday Professor Chip Piatti spoke to a full house about the “Language of Architecture.” Here are some of the things that stood out to me in the context of...
Monday, August 13, 2018
A Plaque for 7 Prescott Street
Halfway down a by-street of one of our New England towns stands a house on 7 Prescott. Behind the walls of this simple edifice, the history of one family can...
Monday, August 6, 2018
The Salem Handbook: A Re-Introduction
In 1977 Historic Salem released The Salem Handbook, as prepared by the architectural firm Anderson Notter, Inc. (now Finegold Alexander). At the time this book was one of the few...
Monday, July 16, 2018
Spotlight on Preservation Priorities: Salem Common Fence
The area we know today as Salem Common was swampland when the English arrived in Naumkeag in 1626. Over time, they adapted it for public use as a pen for...
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Too Far Gone?
The statement that a building is just too run down or outdated to be saved is not so much fact as platitude. It tends to be thrown out to...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
2018 Preservation Award Recipients
Each year, Historic Salem, Inc. (HSI) invites the community to celebrate excellence in preservation by nominating outstanding restoration and renovation projects for our Preservation Awards. Whether a meticulous home restoration,...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Welcome New HSI Board Members!
Our Annual Meeting on Friday was a fun and well-attended event with plenty of Flying Saucer pizza to go around! We’d like to thank our outgoing President Jennifer Firth for...
