Exterior view of the Old Witch / Corwin House / Roger Williams House , North and Essex Sts., Salem

Item Information

Title:
Exterior view of the Old Witch / Corwin House / Roger Williams House , North and Essex Sts., Salem
Description:
This exterior view shows the Jonathan Corwin House, also known as the Witch House, and the single-story apothecary George P. Farrington added to the house around 1856 on 310 1/2 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts from the North Street side. Jonathan Corwin served as a magistrate and judge during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.Several stores and their signage are seen, including the Wah Sing Laundry, J. N. Gould, plumber, and C. Marcell, fine shoe repair.
Photographer:
Boston Post Card Co.
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
PC001: General photographic collection
Subjects:
business (commercial function)
gambrel roofs
storefronts
laundries (businesses)
drugstores (built works)
side (positional attribute)
frame construction (wood frame construction)
exterior views
pharmacists
shop signs
bicycles
commercial buildings
Castoria laxatives (Brand name)
Chinese American businesspeople
Chinese Americans
Essex Street (Salem, Mass.)
North Street (Salem, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Colonial North American
Corwin, Jonathan, 1640-1718
Andrew, Daniel
Gould, J. N.
Marcell, C.
Wah Sing Laundry
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Salem
Extent:
1 photograph
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/195052
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Identifier:
195052
Call #:
PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.1500.001