Chestnut Street District

Chestnut Street District
Looking east on Chestnut Street in the fall
Chestnut Street District is located in Massachusetts
Chestnut Street District
Chestnut Street District is located in the United States
Chestnut Street District
LocationRoughly bounded by Bridge, Lynn, Beckford, and River Sts., Salem, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°31′13″N 70°54′8″W / 42.52028°N 70.90222°W / 42.52028; -70.90222
Area45 acres (18 ha) (original size)
2.5 acres (1.0 ha) (size of 1978 increase)
Built1651
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival, Colonial, Federal
NRHP reference No.73000312[1] (original)
78000468 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 1973
Boundary increaseOctober 4, 1978

The Chestnut Street District is a historic district bounded roughly by Bridge, Lynn, Beckford, and River Streets in Salem, Massachusetts. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and enlarged slightly in 1978. The district contains a number of architecturally significant works of Samuel McIntire, a builder and woodworker who had a house and workshop at 31 Summer Street, and who designed and built a number of these houses, and others that display the profits made in the Old China Trade by Salem's merchants. The district is a subset of a larger locally designated McIntire Historic District.[2]

Samuel McIntire, 1786 painting by Benjamin Blyth
  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "McIntire Historic District". salemweb.com. Retrieved July 11, 2017.