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This is a timeline of the history of Salem, Massachusetts, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

17th century

  • 1626 - Settlers arrive.[1]
Salem Common during the winter
  • 1629 - Town of Salem incorporated.[1]
  • 1637 - The Burying Point is the oldest cemetery in the city.[4]

[7] [8] [9] [10][11] and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Gedney & Cox Houses
  • 1649 - The first Salem Custom House was built in 1649 and collected taxes on imported cargoes. This Customs House was established by the British Government. [137]
  • 1655 - Broad Street Cemetery is established in downtown Salem, Massachusetts in what is now the Salem McIntire Historic District. [138] [139]
  • 1664 - Pickman House built & is owned by the Peabody Essex Museum and is not open to the public & is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[13]
  • 1665 - Gedney House built (approximate date), now listed in the National Register of Historic Places and operated as a museum.[14][15][16]
  • 1667 - House of the Seven Gables is built for Capt. John Turner, remaining in his family for three generations, descending from John Turner II to John Turner III.[17]

[19]

The house was moved to its present site in 1910 and restored by the Peabody Essex Museum. It is open for viewing on guided tour. Rooms on the first floor feature 17th-century furnishings.[21]

  • 1688 - William Murray House was built and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

[22][23]

18th century

Samuel McIntyre, c. 1786, pastel portrait attributed to Benjamin Blyth

(July 17, 1745 – January 29, 1829), third United States Secretary of State, earlier an officer in the Massachusetts militia and Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.[27] Involved with the Hartford Convention, he and many other Federalists opposed the War of 1812.

  • 1760 - Salem Social Library organized. The residents of Salem established one of the first book-sharing networks in the country.
Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838, last and unfinished painting by Gilbert Stuart.
  • 1762
    • Derby House was built.[28]
    • Derby Wharf (1762, extended 1806) - Salem's longest wharf (nearly 1/2 mile). When in active use, it was lined with warehouses of goods from around the world. The Derby Wharf Light (1871) remains at the end of the wharf.
  • 1768 - Essex Gazette newspaper begins publication.
Nathaniel Bowditch
  • 1775 - On February 26, 1775, patriots raised the drawbridge at the North River, preventing British Colonel Alexander Leslie and his 300 troops of the 64th Regiment of Foot from seizing stores and ammunition hidden in North Salem. A few months later, in May 1775, a group of prominent merchants with ties to Salem, including Francis Cabot, William Pynchon, Thomas Barnard, E. A. Holyoke and William Pickman, felt the need to publish a statement retracting what some interpreted as Loyalist leanings and to profess their dedication to the Colonial cause.[32]
  • Salem native Captain John Derby sailed from Salem to England in April 1775 and was the first to tell the tale regarding the Battles of Lexington and Concord in what bacome the start of the Revolutionary War. [140]
  • 1776
    • Fort Lee built.
    • Daniel Bray House was built at 1 Brown Street by Daniel Bray who was a master mariner who sailed as ship’s master on several vessels owned by merchant John Derby. The Daniel Bray House is now owned by the Peabody Essex Museum.

1780s

[142]

  • 1784 - The Joshua Ward House, a three story Federal style brick house was built.[43] The interior woodwoork was done by noted Salem builder and woodworker Samuel McIntire, including an original staircase that is the oldest surviving staircase created by him. George Washington is reported to have specifically requested staying in this house when he visited Salem in 1789.[42]
Salem Mercury, 1786
  • 1789

The United States Congress established a customs district in Salem as one of its first acts under the newly ratified United States Constitution

1790s

  • 1790
    • Salem Gazette newspaper begins publication.
    • Salem Harbor was a world famous seaport and sixth-largest in the United States of America. [143]
    • 175 Federal Street is built by housewright Joshua Cross.
  • 1791 - Bakers Island Light established and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places as Baker's Island Light Station.

[45]

  • Central Wharf was built.
  • 1797
    • Friendship of Salem is built and made 15 voyages during her career, to Batavia, India, China, South America, the Caribbean, England, Germany, the Mediterranean, and Russia; she was captured as a prize of war by the British in September 1812.
    • Salem and Danvers Aqueduct incorporated.[31]
  • 1799
    • East India Marine Society established.
    • Samuel McIntyre went into business with his brothers, Joseph and Angier McIntyre, who erected the structures, while at the workshop he oversaw various ornamentations, including the swags, rosettes, garlands and sheaves of wheat which dominate their interior wooden surfaces. The workshop of Samuel McIntyre was located on Summer Street, in an area that is now called the Samuel McIntyre Historic District.

[49]

    • Salem native Nathaniel Bowditch revised John H. Moore's New Practical Navigator, the standard navigation manual of the 18th century. Bowditch discovered and corrected over 8,000 errors in Moore's manual.

19th century

Salem Gazette, 1802
Essex Register published in Salem 1807-1840
Map of Salem, 1820
City Hall, built 1838 (photo later 19th century)
Advertisements for Salem businesses, 1857[50]

1800s

  • 1800
    • Impartial Register newspaper begins publication.[51][52][53]
    • Forrester's Warehouse [54] stood on Central Wharf, and unfortunately had to be taken down, and a warehouse built by Henry Prince c. 1800 and today known as the West India Goods store.
  • 1801
    • Howard Street Burying Ground is a historic cemetery with more than 300 gravestones in downtown Salem. Here, during the Salem Witch Trials, Giles Corey was pressed to death over a period of three days.[55] Benjamin Ropes was the first person to be buried there on August 5, 1801. A second mate on the ship Belisarius, he was crushed to death while launching its foretopmast.
    • Numerous European white willow trees were planted at Salem Willows [56] and over 200 years later are still thriving.
    • The Benjamin Carpenter House was built in 1801 at 135 Federal Street and owned by Michael Shepard and designed by Samuel McIntire.

[68][69] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[42][42][70][71]

    • The Jonathan Hodges House, a brick three story Federal Mansion was designed by Samuel McIntire at 12 Chestnut Street for sea captain Jonathan Hodges.
    • Derby Wharf is extended, Salem's longest wharf (nearly 1/2 mile). When in active use, it was lined with warehouses of goods from around the world. 1762 Original construction.[77]
  • 1807
    • The Sprague-Peabody-Silsbee house, a three story, square brick Federal mansion is built at 380 Essex Street.

1800s

  • 1810
    • Salem Athenaeum founded, this was a merger of the Salem Philosophical Library that was founded in 1781. The Salem Athenaeum is located at 132 Essex Street in the McIntyre Historic District thanks to a generous bequest from Caroline Plummer. The collections include over 50,000 volumes on diverse topics.[80][81]
    • Bible Society of Salem instituted.[31]
    • Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, a prominent Salem merchant, builds a mansion at 180 Derby Street on the Salem Waterfront with Salem’s premier architect, Samuel McIntire. The house is located at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site and is in the National Register of Historic Places.
    • Saunders built the famous McIntire-designed double house next door at numbers 41-43 Chestnut Street.
  • 1814
    • Construction of the Pickering-Northey house at 23 Chestnut Street, a grand Federal Mansion built with red brick, in total 6,568 Sq Ft.

[83] [84] now houses the Salem Museum. [144]

  • 1818
    • Salem Evangelical Library formed.[31]
    • John Forrester built a Federal Mansion abutting the Salem Common that is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

1820s

  • 1823 - Salem Observer newspaper begins publication.[31] as a weekly newspaper published in Salem, Massachusetts and finished publication in 1919.
  • 1825
    • East India Marine Hall built.[31]
    • Mozart Association organized.[82]
  • 1826
    • Constructed on Chestnut Street is a grand Federal Mansion at 26 Chestnut St. 6,394 Sq Ft. Central entry, hip roof, three floor with central entrance in traditional brick with a two story brick carriage house.
    • Sarah Parker Remond was born in Salem, Massachusetts [92] She also had a sister Nancy, the eldest and wife of James Shearman, an oyster dealer. Their brothers were Charles, abolitionist; and John Remond, who married Ruth Rice.[93] and was an African-American [93] lecturer,[94]abolitionist, and agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Late in life she became a physician in Italy, in 1866, where she started medical training and became a physician. She practiced medicine for nearly 20 years in Florence and married there, never returning to the United States. Salem in the 1840s was a center of anti-slavery activity
  • 1829
    • Construction of a scale house behind the Custom´s House at Derby Wharf at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site. The scale house was used as a storage facility for the equipment required for weighing cargo that was unloaded from a ship.

1830s-1840s

  • 1830
    • Salem Lyceum formed.[31]
    • Bowker Place is built [95] and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[145]
    • Lye-Tapley Shoe Shop is built and is owned by the Peabody Essex Museum
  • 1831
    • Salem Dispensary incorporated.[31]
    • Salem Mercury newspaper begins publication.[31]
    • The largest customs duty bill collected at the Port of Salem was $140,761 when the ship Sumatra returned from Canton in 1831.
  • 1832
    • Samaritan Society formed.[31]
    • Salem Advertiser and Argus newspaper begins publication.[31]
    • Salem Glee Club formed.[82]
  • 1839
    • Salem Children's Friend Society organized.[31]
    • Salem Social Singing Society organized.[82]
  • 1840 - Harmony Grove Cemetery established. One of the stones moved from the old burial ground was for Robert Buffum who arrived in 1634, from Yorkshire, England, and was buried in 1669. His is the oldest grave in Harmony Grove.[101]
  • 1841
    • Female Washington Total Abstinence Society formed.[31]
    • The Old Granite Courthouse circa 1862 also known as the County Commissioner's Building, was built in 1841 in the Greek Revival architectural style.
    • Vilate Young (Kinsman) House, a Greek Revival residence built by Salem housewright John Kinsman was built and is now owned by the Peabody Essex Museum. Vilate Young, daughter of Brigham Young and early leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lived in the house with family friends for several years before moving to Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • 1842
    • There was a lot of money in Salem for the Customs House in the 1840´s, for example the Customs duty on most silk imports was thirty percent or $2.50 per pound if not otherwise identified in the tariff.
  • 1843
    • The Joseph Winn Jr. House was built in the Greek Revival style at 121 Federal Street and is in the National Register of Historic Places. Joseph Winn, Jr. was in the wholesale shoe businessman and the former captain of the St. Paul, the largest Salem trading vessel of its era.
  • 1846
    • Salem Academy of Music formed.[82]
    • April 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne was officially appointed as the "Surveyor for the District of Salem and Beverly and Inspector of the Revenue for the Port of Salem" at an annual salary of $1,200.

1850s

Salem Harbor, oil on canvas, Fitz Hugh Lane, 1853. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
  • 1857 - Plummer Hall built.[107]

1860s

  • 1865 - The Peabody Essex Museum reconstructed the Quaker Meeting House from beams thought to be original to the First Church.
    • John Prentiss Benson (1865–1947), architect and maritime artist who was born in Salem, Massachusetts.

1870s

  • 1871 - Derby Wharf Light built.
    • Construction of the Putnam-Balch mansion at 329 Essex Street.
Map of Salem and Harbor, 1883
  • 1876 - Summer School building was built an is now owned by the Peabody Essex Museum

[147]

  • 1877 - Alexander Graham Bell gave one of the first public demonstration of the telephone at 43 Church Street in Salem at The Lyceum Hall.[111]
  • 1878 - Salem Schubert Club organized.[82]
    • Constructed just off the Salem Common is 20 Winter Street, a 3,546 Sq Ft, five bedroom with carriage house in what is today the Salem Common Historic District.

1880s-1890s

  • 1881 - The North Street Fire Station was built at 142 North Street by Salem architect William Denis.
  • 1883 - Parker Brothers was founded by George S. Parker and Frederick Huntington "Fred" Parker in his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts in 1883. Parker Brothers is an American toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games;[112] among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo (licensed from the British publisher and known as Clue in North America), Sorry!, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe. Parker Brothers is currently a subsidiary of Hasbro. Parker's philosophy deviated from the prevalent theme of board game design; he believed that games should be played for enjoyment and did not need to emphasize morals and values. He created his first game, called Banking, in 1883 at the age of 16.[109] Parker founded his game company, initially called the Parker and Parker Company,
  • 1889
    • Wesley Methodist Church was built and is now in the National Register of Historic Places.
    • The Salem Public Library opened its doors on July 8, 1889 and is in the National Register of Historic Places. This was made possible by the widow of Captain John Bertram. When John Bertram died in March 1882, his widow donated their home ( The John Bertram Mansion ) and this became the Salem Public Library. [148] The Salem Public Library is located in a High Style Italianate brick and brownstone mansion was built at 370 Essex Street in 1855 by Captain John Bertram
  • 1890
    • Salem Commercial School established.[113]
    • Albert Goodhue House in the Colonial Revival style is constructed in what is now the McIntire Historic District.
  • 1894 - The Ropes Mansion at 318 Essex Street (Home to three generations of the Ropes family & originally built in 1727 in the Georgian style) was renovated in the Colonial Revival style by the firm Stone, Carpenter & Wilson. Owned by the Peabody Essex Museum and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
  • 1895 - Dr. William Mack gave a gigantic stone house & 25 acres of landscaped grounds that is now base of operations of the Salem Little League’s softball program. Dr. Mack stated in his gift to the City of Salem that this property is “to be used for the benefit and enjoyment of its citizens.” [149]
  • 1896 - Ames Memorial Hall was designed by architect Walter J. Paine in 1896 and construction was able to take place because of $40,000 gift from Colonel George L. Ames.
  • 1898 - The YMCA in Salem is constructed at 284-296 Essex Street in the Downtown Salem District and is now in the National Register of Historic Places. In an article published on February 7, 1898, the Salem Gazette claimed, “The money, placed in such hands, will be a constant power for good in this community.” As a tribute to his generosity,
  • 1899 - The YMCA of Salem officially opened the Ames Memorial Hall on February 2, 1899. The building was a community gathering point for the citizens of Salem and the surrounding communities to congregate and enjoy the arts.[117]

20th century

1900s-1920s

is founded and is now in the National Register of Historic Places.

  • 1906
    • Parker Brothers, based in Salem, Massachusetts published the game Rook, their most successful card game to this day and it quickly became the best-selling game in the country.
    • Salem Laundry building was built and is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • 1907 - The Salem Athenaeum was founded in 1810 and is one of the oldest private library organizations in the United States. The Athenaeum is located at 337 Essex Street in Chestnut Street District. In 1905, the Athenæum sold the building at 132 Essex Street to the Essex Institute (now the Peabody Essex Museum), and with the proceeds constructed the building it currently occupies, at 337 Essex Street. Dedicated in 1907
  • 1908 - House of the Seven Gables was purchased by Caroline O. Emmerton, founder of the House of Seven Gables Settlement Association, and she restored it from 1908 to 1910 as a museum whose admission fees would support the association.
  • 1909 - St. Joseph Hall - Original home of The St. Joseph Society (1897), a polish fraternal society. The building now serves as park headquarters for the National Park Service in Salem and is located at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site [151]
  • 1910 - Under the direction of curator and early preservationist George Francis Dow, the Peabody Essex Museum moved the John Ward House - split in two and rolled on ox-drawn logs — from its original site three blocks away.
  • 1911 - The John Ward House opened to the public, becoming the first outdoor museum of architecture in the country.
  • 1912 - The Ropes Garden at the Ropes Mansion located at 318 Essex Street was designed and laid out by John Robinson. It is a Colonial Revival garden ’ open to the public free of charge ’ ( owned by the Peabody Essex Museum) that also includes a greenhouse.
  • 1917 - Salem Hospital moved from a brick mansion on Charter Street to the current location on Highland Avenue.
  • 1925
    • Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club is formed [153] and is located in Salem Harbor and sponsors the Bowditch Race that is held each August in Salem Harbor.
    • The 93 room Hawthorne Hotel is opened [154]

1930s-1940s

US Post Office in Salem
Coast Guard Air Station Salem patch
First page of Charles Darrow's patent submission for Monopoly, submitted and granted in 1935[125]
  • 1932 - The Salem Post Office [126] in downtown Salem at Riley Plaza, constructed at 2 Margin Street and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[42]
  • 1933 - Salem Willows Yacht Club is incorporated [156] and provides clubhouse facilities, dock, launch service, gas pump and dinghy storage.

[131] placed on the office. He found that all Essex County Sheriffs as far back as he could trace either died in office of heart problems or retired due to "an ailment of the blood". In 1978, Cahill, who suffered from a rare blood disorder himself, retired after he suffered a heart attack and stroke and lived another 26 years.[129]

  • 1944 - In October 1944, Air Station Salem was officially designated as the first Air-Sea Rescue station on the eastern seaboard. The Martin PBM Mariner, a hold-over from the war, became the primary rescue aircraft. In the mid-1950s helicopters came as did Grumman HU-16 Albatross amphibious flying boats (UFs).

1950s-1970s

[160] [161] [162] [163] [164][165]

  • 1963
    • The Narbonne House (built in 1675 for butcher Thomas Ives) was added to Salem Maritime National Historic Site.
  • 1963
    • Hawthorne Cove Marina [166] - 110-slip marina on Salem Harbor, near the Salem ferry terminal. 270 seasonal moorings are available atop winter storage for 150 boats.
  • 1968
  • 1969
    • Fort Pickering Light, also known as Winter Island Light, is a lighthouse built in 1871 and discontinued by the Coast Guard in 1969.
    • Pickman House was restored by Historic Salem[134] and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
  • 1970
    • Hamilton Hall was and added to the National Register of Historic Places.
    • Coast Guard Air Station Salem moved to Cape Cod.

The air station's missions included search and rescue, law enforcement, counting migratory waterfowl for the U.S. Biological Survey and assisting icebound islands by delivering provisions.[135][136] The station's surviving facilities are part of Salem's Winter Island Marine Park.[167] [168] [169] [170]

Hamilton Hall at 9 Chestnut Street - added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 & built in 1805 by Samuel McIntire -
    • Charter Street Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
    • At the backyard of the Narbonne House at Salem Maritime National Historic Site, archaeologists found over 130,000 artifacts. [171]
  • 1976
    • Essex County Court Buildings weere added to the National Register of Historic Places.
    • Bakers Island Light [45] was added to the National Register of Historic Places
    • Derby Waterfront District [138] was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
    • Salem Common was added to the National Register of historic Places.
    • An early 19th century warehouse slated for demolition was moved from Front Street in Salem to Central Wharf. This building now serves as the Orientation Center for the National Park Service in Salem and is located on Derby Wharf at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site.

[172]

    • A fountain is built at the corner of [173] Washington & Essex Street at the site of the town water supply that Nathaniel Hawthorne once wrote about in his short story [174][175] “A Rill From the Town Pump.” It hasn’t been renovated since, and for years, officials have discussed eliminating or altering its stone-lined pool, a frequent target for pranksters who dump in soap to create bubbles.
  • 1977 - The Dodge Wing completed at the Peabody Essesx Museum [176] [139]
  • 1978 - Joshua Ward House was added separately to the National Register of Historic Places.

1980s-1990s

  • 1981 - Chestnut Street District was created in 1981 and containing 407 buildings and is the city's largest district. This historic district is named after Samuel McIntire. Samuel McIntire had a house and workshop that was located 31 Summer Street.
Phillips House at 34 Chestnut Street added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 built in 1800 by Samuel McIntire -
  • 1988 - St. Joseph Hall was added to the Salem Maritime National Historic Site.[143]
  • 1987 - Derby Wharf Light Station is added to the National Register of Historic Places.

[178] Essex Institute to form the Peabody Essex Museum. Included in the merger was the legacy of the East India Marine Society, established in 1799 by a group of Salem-based ship captains.

  • 1994
    • Winter Island Light is a constituent part of the Winter Island Historic District and Archeological District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1994, reference number 94000335.
    • Fort Lee, Salem Willows Historic District, and St. Nicholas Orthodox Church and Rectory is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
    • The U.S. Congress designated Essex County a National Heritage ( Salem is the county seat in Esssex County ) This was done by U.S. Congress because of the rich historical and natural resources of the region.
    • A Visitors Center was created in downtown Salem, in a building that was originally used at the Salem Armory, an 1880s gothic revival building that is managed by the National Park Service. Located across the street from the Peabody Essex Museum on New Liberty Street.[180] At the Visitors Center, visitors can explore nearly 400 years of history in Essex County through the permanent exhibits at the Visitor Center! See a model of the Salem waterfront during the Age of Sail, and look at the faces of the men and women who built the industries of Essex County.
    • The Salem Education Foundation (SEF) is founded and is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting community involvement and investment in the public schools of Salem, Mass.[153] awards competitively selected micro-grants to teachers with projects in the areas of sciences, math, the arts and humanities.[154]
  • 1995
    • Fort Pickering Light, also known as Winter Island Light was converted to solar power by the City of Salem and the Fort Pickering Light Association.[155][156]
  • 1997
    • Construction of he rigging shed (80-by-16-foot wooden building) at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, a carpentry workshop and storage space since for The Friendship.
  • 1999 - The Salem Diner was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[157]

21st century

The Friendship docked at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site.

2000 to 2005

  • 2000 - Friendship of Salem is a 171-foot replica of a 1797 East Indiaman, built in the Scarano Brothers Shipyard in Albany, New York, in 2000. The ship usually functions as a stationary museum during most of the year, however the ship is a fully functioning United States Coast Guard certified vessel capable of passenger and crew voyages, and will set sail during various times of the year. The first American National Historic Site is run by the National Park Service at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site where the Friendship of Salem is docked. There is over 17 miles of line makes up the rigging of the Tall Ship, Friendship of Salem.[158]
  • 2001
    • Pickering Wharf Marina opens as a full-service marina in Salem Harbor.
    • Salem Water Taxi is founded in Salem Harbor.
In celebration of Nathaniel Bowditch and his work writing the The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, is still carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel., in his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts there is The Salem Ferry, named after Bowditch, a 92 foot High Speed Catamaran (purchaed by the City of Salem) takes people to and from Boston, pictured as it is approaching its dock off Blaney Street, Salem Maritime National Historic Site.
The Peabody Essex Museum
  • 2003
Salem Maritime National Historic Site - National Park Service logo - who manages all U.S. national parks[159] It was created on August 25, 1916, by Congress through the National Park Service Organic Act.[160]
    • The National Park Service acquired the Pedrick Store House from the town of Marblehead, this 1770 warehouse will make a significant contribution to Salem Maritime's ability to interpret the important maritime heritage of Salem and its surrounding ports. Pedrick Store House was built in Marblehead, just across the harbor from Salem, in 1770 by Thomas Pedrick, a successful member of the merchant community in pre-Revolutionary War Marblehead. [181]
    • The original Fame was a fast Chebacco fishing schooner that was reborn as a privateer when war broke out in the summer of 1812. She was arguably the first American privateer to bring home a prize, and she made 20 more captures before being wrecked in the Bay of Fundy in 1814. The new Fame is a full-scale replica of this famous schooner. Framed and planked of white oak and trunnel-fastened in the traditional manner, the replica of Fame was launched in 2003. She is now based at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site at Pickering Wharf Marina, where she takes the paying public for cruises on historic Salem Sound.[182]
    • Pioneer Village underwent a major renovation from 2003 until Spring 2008 when Gordon College (Massachusetts) took over its management along with Old Town Hall [183].
    • The Peabody Essex Museum completed a massive $100 million renovation and expansion resulting in the opening a new wing designed by Moshe Safdie, more than doubling the gallery space to 250,000 square feet (23,000 m²); this allowed the display of many items from its extensive holdings, which had previously been unknown to the public due to lack of capability to show them. At this time, the museum also opened to the public the Yin Yu Tang House, the only complete Qing Dynasty house outside China. Accessible off the main part of the modern wing, The Yin Yu Tang house is an early 19th-century Chinese house from Anhui Province that had been removed from its original village and reconstructed in Salem.[145]
    • During the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), a prosperous merchant surnamed Huang built a stately sixteen-bedroom house in China’s southeastern Huizhou region, calling his home Yin Yu Tang House. [184] Over 200 years after construction the Yin Yu Tang House was disassembled in China, shipped to America and then reassembled in 2003 inside the Peabody Essex Museum.
  • 2004 - The 86-room Salem Waterfront Hotel & Suites opened [185]
  • Opening of Atlantic Hall at Salem State University, a 450-bed dormitory. [186]
  • 2005 — Salem State University redevelop the Alumni field.

2006 to 2009

[171][172]

    • Waterfront redevelopment - The first step in the redevelopment was in 2006, when the State of Massachusetts gave Salem $1,000,000.

[173][174][175] [176][177]The bulk of the money - $750,000 - was earmarked for acquisition of the Blaney Street landing, the private, 2-acre (8,100 m2) site off Derby Street used by the ferry. Another $200,000 was approved for the design of the new Salem wharf, a large pier planned for the landing, which officials said could be used by small cruise ships, commercial vessels and fishing boats.[178][179][180]

  • 2007
    • Salem Arts Association incorporated.[181]
    • Doyle Sailmakers expanded into a new 31,000 square foot loft in Salem, Massachusetts[182]
    • The City of Salem launched the Haunted Passport program which offers visitors discounts and benefits from local tourist attractions and retailers from October to April.[183]
    • On March 29, 2007, the House of the Seven Gables Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark.[184]
    • Pedrick Store House, a three-story building, constructed around 1770, is a historic rigging and sail loft, which the Park Service relocated from Marblehead to Salem in 2007 & construction began in the rebuilding of the Pedrick Store House, which had been in storage for many years disassembled - current location is Derby Wharf at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site[185]
    • Start of the annual Salem Jazz and Soul Festival, now held every August at Salem Willows.

[186][187]

2008 — Salem State University builds a new baseball field [188]

  • 2009 - Start of the Salem Farmers Market, taking place every Thursday - starting in June and going thru to October at Derby Square on Front Street [189]
  • Opening of Marsh Hall at Salem State University, a 525-bed dormitory.[190]

2010s

  • 2010
    • The City of Salem's plans call for a total build-out of the current Blaney Street pier, known as the Salem Wharf project. When finished, the Blaney Street pier will be home to small to medium sized cruise ships, commercial vessels and the Salem Ferry. This project is fully engineered and permitted.[191]
    • On July 28, 2010 Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick signed into law today a bill that transforms Salem State College into Salem State University. Salem and eight other Massachusetts state colleges have collectively formed a new Massachusetts state university system.[192][193][194]
    • Salem Harborwalk opened in July 2010 to celebrate the rebirth of the Salem waterfront as a source of recreation for visitors as well as the local community. The 1,100-foot (340 m) walkway extends from the area of the Salem Fire Station to the Salem Waterfront Hotel.[195][196]
    • Thursday, August 19, 2010 - Governor Deval Patrick today signed HB1145, "An Act Designating the City of Salem as the Birthplace of the National Guard." Joined by Major General Joseph C. Carter, the Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard, military members and local officials at Salem City Hall.[197]
    • The $57.5 million, 525-student residence hall on Central Campus at Salem State University opened.[198]
Logo of Salem State University

[199] [200] [201] announced it had raised $550 million with plans to raise an additional $100 million by 2016.[146][202]

    • Opening of the $109,000,000 [203] J. Michael Ruane Judicial Center in downtown Salem at 56 Federal Street.[204]
    • A bike share program called Salem Spins, that offers bicycles, free of charge, for use around the city. The program started in 2011 with a fleet of 20 bicycles and is split between two hubs, at Salem State University and downtown, near the Hawthorne Hotel.[205] In 2011, Salem was awarded $25,000 from the Green Communities grant program, which went toward the purchase of the bike fleet. Fees are charged to a participant's credit card only if they return the bike late or damaged. Right now, Salem Spins is open only to people over the age of 18. But the city is considering changing that, Marquis said, as well as producing a bike map for participants and offering a "seasonal pass" where bikes could be used for more than one day at a time.
    • Waterfront redevelopment - construction crews were building a long seawall at the Blaney Street landing, which runs from the edge of the ferry dock back toward Derby Street and along an inner harbor. This is one of the early and key pieces of the Salem Pier, which the city hopes to have completed by 2014 and is the key to eventually bring cruise ships to Salem.[206][207]
    • A master plan was developed for Winter Island in Salem, with help from the planning and design firm The Cecil Group of Boston and Bioengineering Group of Salem, and the City of Salem paid $45,000 in federal money.[10] In the long term the projected cost to rehabilitate just the barracks is $1.5 million. But in the short term, there are multiple lower-cost items like a proposed $15,000 for a kayak dock or $50,000 to relocate and improve the bathhouse. This is a very important project since Fort Pickering guarded Salem Harbor as far back as the 17th century.[11]
    • Doyle Sailmaker is working with a New Hampshire company to fashion an efficient underwater turbine to harness steady, underwater currents for power. The design of the turbine's blades relies on Doyle's deep understanding of how sails power boats.[187]
  • 2012
    • Waterfront redevelopment - In June 2012, the $1.75 million was awarded by the state of Massachusetts and will launch a first phase of dredging and construction of a 100-foot (30 m) extension of the pier; a harborwalk to improve pedestrian access; and other lighting, landscaping and paving improvements. Dredging will allow the city to attract other ferries, excursion vessels and cruise ships of up to 250 feet (76 m).[211]
    • $1,500,000 in Federal grant money will fund Bentley [212][213] school with $500,000 a year for the next three years.[214][215]
    • Salem has eight stations where drivers can charge their electric cars. Four are located at the Museum Place Mall near the Peabody Essex Museum and the other four are in the South Harbor garage across the street from the Salem Waterfront Hotel.[220] The program started in January 2013 and will be free of charge for two years, allowing people to charge their electric cars and other electric vehicles for up to six hours. This program was paid for by a grant from the state of Massachusetts due to Salem's status as a Massachusetts Green Community.[221]
    • A two year, $20 million modernization of the The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum will be complete in 2013.[222] The Phillips Library has over 400,000 printed volumes and there are over a mile in linear feet of manuscripts and an extensive collection of ephemera, broadsides, pamphlets, and a substantial run of periodicals and is located in two historic homes; The John Tucker Daland House and Plummer Hall. For people working in the library there is wireless internet access & the documents are available to curators, the general public & researchers are allowed access.
    • Salem State University campus - $74 million, 122,000-square-foot library which[223] will have more than 150 public computers and 1,000 seats of study space, from tables and desks to lounge chairs scattered throughout the building.
    • Salem State University campus - $15 million 40,000-square-foot,[224] two-story, glass-walled facility at the existing athletic O’Keefe Center complex. The new fitness facility will provide—in addition to more exercise equipment, two basketball courts, a yoga studio, and a conference/lecture hall that can accommodate an audience of 1000—a place where students can gather, connect and find a bit of respite from the rigors of their academic studies.
    • Salem State University campus - Construction announcement of a $36 to $42 million Dorn for 350 to 400 students. A construction start in the spring of 2014 is the goal and to have the new residence hall open in 2015. [188] [189]
    • Salem will be getting a new state-of-the-art, 20,000-square-foot Senior Center. In March 2013, The Salem Senior Center was finalized in March 2013 by the Mayor of Salem & the Salem city councilors it is official with a $4.9 million bond — the final OK needed to build a community/senior center as part of a private/public development at Boston and Bridge streets.[190] [191] The Salem Senior Center will include parking for 374 automobiles. [192]
    • Waterfront redevelopment & Expansion of the Salem Ferry Terminal, a seasonal restaurant with a liquor license for Boston Harbor Cruises, operator of the Salem Ferry who is building a 600 sq. foot seasonal restaunt, plus patio seating. [193] The design is so that the redevelopment of the waterfrnt will now have a comfortable place by the ferry landing.
    • The Peabody Essex Museum's $30 million phase of renovation started in 2013 & grand improvements and systems upgrades in Dodge wing, & where a new suite of galleries will open in November 0f 2013.
    • The City Council in Salem Approved $1,900,000 for renovation of the existing Bertram Field for renovation of the existing Bertram Field, which is named after Captain John Bertram.[225] Over the Summer of 2013, there will be a complete renovation of the entire Bertram Field complex. Construction crews will be installing a brand new artificial turf field. There will be a brand new track for running, a brand new state of the art scoreboard, a new flagpole and many other smaller improvements for Bertram Field which is used by the Salem High School Ahletics program in addition to various youth sports programs across from the City of Salem.
National World War II Memorial
    • Salem State University opens a Center for The Holocaust, Genocide Studies plus an interdisciplinary program of research, education and community outreach. Under the agreement, archival material from the Peabody center, which includes video interviews with more than 100 Holocaust survivors and a number of artifacts, will move to Salem State University.[226]
    • Salem Veterans Agent Kim Emerling [227] has begun work to rededicate veteran’s squares around the city. It’s estimated Salem lost 190 young men and women in World War II & Salem has almost 80 veteran’s squares to honor their memory. The new signs are black with gold lettering and gold stars, bearing the veteran’s name, the war in which he or she served and other details.[228]
    • On the 1st of July in 2013, The City of Salem moved to a mandatory recycling program for trash pick up in the City of Salem. [194]
    • In July it is announced of the renovation of the North Street Fire House that was built it 1881. [195]
    • On Saturday, August 3 12-4PM, Salem celebrated Four Centuries of Salem's Maritime Heritage with the 25th Salem Maritime Festival at the Salem Waterfront. [196]
    • 7th-annual Salem Jazz and Soul Festival took place at Salem Willows on August 17–18 where over 6,000 attended the free concerts [197]
    • Over the summer of 2013, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority started building a station and parking garage. According to the MBTA, the downtown Salem train station is the second-busiest in the MBTA’s commuter rail system where 2,400 passengers use it every day. The MBTA is building a $44.5 million facility that will include an updated station, a five-story parking garage with 714-spaces that is expected to be finished in October 2014.

[229] [230] [231]

    • In August 2013, Salem State University announced official plans to construct a parking garage for 800 automobiles that will be located on either the north or central campus. The estimated cost of the new parking garage will $16 million and will be the first parking garage on the campus of Salem State University.[198] [199]
    • In August, the State of Massachusetts made official plans on what is now a $60,000,000 renovation of the Salem Family and Probate Court building on Federal Street in downtown. Construction set to start in March 2014 and will be paid for by the State of Massachusetts.[232][233]
    • In August,[234]$45,000,000 development is planned for downtown for a

[235]$45,000,000 Hotel development in downtown Salem 100-room hotel,[236] parking garage and apartments [237] $45,000,000 Hotel development in downtown Salem[238]

    • In October 2013, North Shore Medical Center which is located a mile from downtown Salem announced a $170,000,0000 expansion. Construction is expected to be finished by 2017 and will include a brand new emergency room, over 70 private beds and numerous upgrades within the hospital.[239][240]
    • In October 2013, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced that $32,900,000 has earmarked in order for the Science Laboratories at Salem State University will be upgraded in the coming fiscal year.[241]
    • In November 2013, The City of Salem received $4,000,000 [243] from the Massachusetts Seaport Advisory Council

[243] to build an extension to Salem Wharf, a pedestrian walkway on the waterfront that will be handicap accessible, funding for a deep water dock that will eventually accomidate Cruise ships to Salem Harbor along with other improvements.[244][245]

    • In November 2013, The City of Salem received a $1,200,000 Grant from the State of Massachusetts for traffic and roadway improvements in North Salem.[246]
    • In December 2013 the final plans were announced by Salem State University for a new dorm, that was originally announced earlier in the year. What was originally going to be a $36 to $42 million Dorn for 350 to 400 students. Final plans are for a $52 million dorm for 354 students and be located on the central campus. Construction is scheduled to begin in April 2014 & finished in time for the start of the new academic year in September 2015.[247]
    • The Salem Chamber of Commerce estimated restaurant business in Salem to be around $100,000,000 for 2013.[248][249]
  • 2014
    • The [250] Mainstage Theatre at Salem State University[251] was originally built in the 1950s and in January 2014 a $18,600,000 project was announced with development [252][253] starting in the Summer of 2014 and will continue for around a year and a half and be completed around the end of 2016. [254] Mainstage Theatre will go from 700 to about 470 seats. The smaller, more “intimate” theater, as Leers called it, will have raised seating, a balcony, an orchestra pit and a floor with a hydraulic lift, a full-sized rehearsal stage, a larger glass-walled lobby, a box office, shop rooms and offices. [255] An outdoor landscaping courtyard will be a formal point at the new entrance Mainstage Theatre. Salem State has about 250 students in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts programs in theater. It is the only state college in Massachusetts with certification from the National Association of Schools of Theatre.
    • The Citey of Salem is in the process of a big renovation of the fountain in Town House Square, the fountain was installed in 1976 at the site of the town water supply that Nathaniel Hawthorne once wrote about in his short story, “A Rill From the Town Pump.” [200] Designers will make oncrete blocks that will be inscribed with text from Hawthorne’s story. Custom cast blocks will encircling the base of the fountain, installed precast concrete blocks that will be inscribed with text from Hawthorne’s story and [201] underwater lights will provide illumination in the evening.
    • State of Massachusetts health officials stated that the City of Salem will be one of the first 20 licenses to open medical marijuana[202] dispensaries in Massachusetts [203]
    • The Salem YMCA has raised $1,100,000 in donations for renovations for the Ames Memorial Hall that was designed by architect Walter J. Paine in 1896 and dedicated to Ames on Feb. 2, 1899.[256] In the years since, it has hosted musical performances, public meetings, lectures, ballroom dancing, a basketball court and even a 1916 speech by William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States.[257][258] A campaign co-chaired by former Salem State College President Nancy Harrington and local businessman David Ives raised the $1,100,000 million in donations for the project.[259] Renovations include a restoration of the original balcony, central air-conditioning, a brand new state of the art lighting and sound system, an expanded front stage and backstage, complete restoration of the original plaster moldings and ornate decorative details and the marble staircase and original stained-glass windows have been restored.
    • A $12,000,000 expansion at the Salem Waterfront Hotel that will include a six-story building along the South River with 32 hotel rooms, 14 residences, a ballroom and conference space, a restaurant with outdoor dining, and a locker room and showers for marina guests.[260]
    • Pediatric Associates of Greater Salem [261] is spending $6,000,000 to redevelop on nearly 2 acres of land in downtown Salem at Boston to Goodhue streets. The buildings will have 28 exam rooms, numerous doctors offices, an outdoor “respite garden” and almost 100 parking spaces.[262]
    • The City of Salem was awarded $100,000 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the money is part of a Working Cities Challenge grant.[263][264] The Boston Fed's partners on the Working Cities Challenge include Living Cities (a collaboration of 22 of the nation's largest philanthropies), the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership (a coalition of the state's largest employers), and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[265] The Working Cities Challenge will provide multi-year support to promising initiatives that advance cross-sector collaboration among the public, private, and non-profit sectors, and among organizations within these sectors.[266] In particular, we are seeking to catalyze and accelerate initiatives that will create new and/or stronger working relationships between key institutions, agencies, organizations, and businesses within these cities.
    • In April 2014, Salem State University announced a $25,000,000 fund, and at the announcement, there was already $15,000,000 committed from donations and the money will be used for a variety of things from expanding international study programs, more faculty, brand new computers, scholarships and continued support of professional development for the staff.[268]

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  143. ^ [50] St. Joseph Hall was added to the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in 1988.
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  146. ^ a b Peabody Essex announces $650 million campaign, WickedLocal.com, November 14, 2011
  147. ^ Peabody Essex vaults into top tier by raising $550 million, Boston Globe, November 6, 2011.
  148. ^ PEM announces $650 million advancement, Peabody Essex Museum press release, November 7, 2011.
  149. ^ Boston Globe, Mar 28, 2004
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  153. ^ [51] Salem Education Foundation (SEF) is founded and
  154. ^ [52] Salem Education Foundation (SEF) is founded in 1994 - a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting community involvement and investment in the public schools of Salem, Mass.
  155. ^ [53] Fort Pickering Light was converted to solar power in 1995
  156. ^ [54] 1995 - Fort Pickering Light, also known as Winter Island Light was converted to solar power by the City of Salem and the Fort Pickering Light Association
  157. ^ [55] Salem Diner was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
  158. ^ [56] National Park Serice, Friendship of Salem ' a 171-foot replica of a 1797 East Indiaman ' Salem Maritime National Historic Site
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  160. ^ "The National Park Service Organic Act". National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
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  162. ^ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  163. ^ "The Salem Harbor Plan". The Salem Partnership. 2006-06-22. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  164. ^ "Salem ferry cuts back to three days a week » Local News » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA". Salemnews.com. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  165. ^ "Salem may dump ferry operator". Salemnews.com. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  166. ^ "Salem ferry operator: 'It's not working out' » Local News » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA". Salemnews.com. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  167. ^ "The Salem Ferry". The Salem Ferry. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
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  169. ^ "Salem ferry delayed » Local News » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA". Salemnews.com. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  170. ^ "Ferry to run between Salem and South Shore for Halloween » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA". Salemnews.com. 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
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  173. ^ "Salem gets $1M for waterfront » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA". Salemnews.com. 2006-12-18. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  174. ^ "State awards $1.75M to Blaney Street wharf project » Local News » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA". Salemnews.com. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  175. ^ "Dominion to Sell Blaney Street Property to City of Salem - SALEM, Mass., June 7 /PRNewswire/". Massachusetts: Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  176. ^ "Salem is focusing its sights on shore » Local News » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA". Salemnews.com. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  177. ^ City of Salem, MA. "City of Salem, MA - City to purchase Blaney Street parcel today". Salem.com. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  178. ^ "Salem pier work under way » Local News » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA". Salemnews.com. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  179. ^ "Salem Harbor Power Station To Close In 2014 « CBS Boston". Boston.cbslocal.com. 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  180. ^ "Grant of $2.5M to aid wharf makeover » Local News » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA". Salemnews.com. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  181. ^ "Salem Arts Association website". Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  182. ^ [59] Doyle Sailmakers
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  184. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings: April 13, 2007". National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
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  186. ^ [65] Salem Jazz and Soul Festival
  187. ^ [66] Salem Jazz and Soul Festival
  188. ^ [67] Salem State University builds a new baseball field in 2008
  189. ^ [68] Salem Farmers Market
  190. ^ [69] Opening of Marsh Hall at Salem State University
  191. ^ City of Salem, MA. "City of Salem, MA - City to purchase Blaney Street parcel today". Salem.com. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  192. ^ [70] On July 28, 2010 Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick signed into law today a bill that transforms Salem State College into Salem State University.
  193. ^ [71] On July 28, 2010 Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick signed into law today a bill that transforms Salem State College into Salem State University.
  194. ^ [72] On July 28, 2010 Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick signed into law today a bill that transforms Salem State College into Salem State University.
  195. ^ Galang, Stacie N. (July 16, 2010). "Salem Harborwalk opens amid appreciative crowd". The Salem News. Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
  196. ^ Glasset, Meaghan (November 8, 2007). "Grants will transform Peabody Street lot into park, harbor walk destination". Salem Gazette. GateHouse Media, Inc. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
  197. ^ [73] GOVERNOR PATRICK SIGNS LEGISLATION DESIGNATING SALEM AS BIRTHPLACE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD
  198. ^ [74] Construction is finished at Salem State University on the $57,500,000 residence hall for 525 students on Central Campus
  199. ^ [75] The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem has raised $550 million toward a $650 million goal
  200. ^ [76] The Peabody Essex
  201. ^ [77] The Peabody Essex Museum - renovation
  202. ^ [78] P.E.M. 175,000-square-foot expansion
  203. ^ [79] $109,000,000 J. Michael Ruane Judicial Center
  204. ^ [80] Opening of the $109,000,000 J. Michael Ruane Judicial Center in downtown Salem at 56 Federal Street
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  208. ^ [81] $662,500 was the price at auction for a mahogany side chair with carving done by Samuel McIntire - a world record for Federal furniture
  209. ^ "THE ELIAS HASKET DERBY FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR | CARVING ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL MCINTIRE (1757–1811), SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1790-1798 | American Furniture & Decorative Arts Auction | side chair, Furniture & Lighting | Christie's". Christies.com. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  210. ^ "World Auction Records At Christie'S «". Antiquesandartireland.com. 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  211. ^ "State awards $1.75M to Blaney Street wharf project » Local News » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA". Salemnews.com. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  212. ^ [82] $1,500,000 in Federal grant money will fund Bentley School over three years
  213. ^ [83] $1,500,000 in Federal grant money will fund Bentley school
  214. ^ [84] Bentley school - Bentley school, grant money
  215. ^ [85] $1,500,000 in Federal grant money will fund Bentley Schol
  216. ^ [86] The National Park Service who runs the Salem Maritime National Historic Site released figures and statistics for 2012 stating that there were 756,038 visitors in Salem who spent an estimated $40,000,000. For Halloween, the crowd estimates were close to 100,000.
  217. ^ [87] The 44th President of the United States Barack Obama signed into law on the 10th of January 2013 signed executive order HR1339 "which designates the City of Salem, Mass., as the birthplace of the U.S. National Guard
  218. ^ [88] signed into law on the 10th of January 2013 signed executive order HR1339 "which designates the City of Salem, Mass., as the birthplace of the U.S. National Guard
  219. ^ [89] signed into law on the 10th of January 2013 signed executive order HR1339 "which designates the City of Salem, Mass., as the birthplace of the U.S. National Guard
  220. ^ [90] Salem has eight stations where drivers can charge their electric cars
  221. ^ [91] Salem has eight stations where drivers can charge their electric cars
  222. ^ [92] A two year, $20 million modernization of the The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum will be complete in 2013.
  223. ^ [93] Salem State University campus - $74 million, 122,000-square-foot library
  224. ^ [94] Salem State University campus - $15 million 40,000-square-foot, two-story, glass-walled facility at the existing athletic O’Keefe Center complex. The new fitness facility will provide—in addition to more exercise equipment, two basketball courts, a yoga studio, and a conference/lecture hall that can accommodate an audience of 1000—a place where students can gather, connect and find a bit of respite from the rigors of their academic studies.
  225. ^ [95] $1,900,000 renovation for Bertram Field
  226. ^ [96] Salem State University opens a Center for The Holocaust
  227. ^ [97] Salem Veterans Agent Kim Emerling work on the rededication of veteran’s squares around the city of Salem
  228. ^ [98] Salem Veterans Agent Kim Emerling work on the rededication of veteran’s squares around the city of Salem
  229. ^ [99] Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority started building a station and parking garage in Salem
  230. ^ [100] $44.5 million facility - Salem train station Garage
  231. ^ [101] Salem train station is the second-busiest in the MBTA’s commuter rail system
  232. ^ [102] In August, the State of Massachusetts made official plans on what is now a $60,000,000 renovation of the Salem Family and Probate Court building on Federal Street in downtown. Construction set to start in March 2014 and will be paid for by the State of Massachusetts.
  233. ^ [103] In August, the State of Massachusetts made official plans on what is now a $60,000,000 renovation of the Salem Family and Probate Court building on Federal Street in downtown. Construction set to start in March 2014 and will be paid for by the State of Massachusetts.
  234. ^ [104] a $45,000,000 Hotel and retail development in downtown Salem
  235. ^ [105] a $45,000,000 Hotel and retail development in downtown Salem
  236. ^ http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1746081675/-45M-project-proposed
  237. ^ [106]$45,000,000 Hotel development in downtown Salem
  238. ^ [107]$45,000,000 Hotel development in downtown Salem with retail, apartments and a 277 car parking garage
  239. ^ [108]North Shore Medical Center $170,000,0000 expansion.
  240. ^ [109] North Shore Medical Center $170,000,0000 expansion.
  241. ^ [110] Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced that $32,900,000 has earmarked in order for the Science Laboratories at Salem State University
  242. ^ [111] In October 2013, Visitor spending at restaurants and businesses was estimated at $30,000,000
  243. ^ a b [112] The City of Salem received $4,000,000 from the Massachusetts Seaport Advisory Council to build an extension to Salem Wharf
  244. ^ [113] The City of Salem received $4,000,000 from the Massachusetts Seaport Advisory Council to build an extension to Salem Wharf
  245. ^ [114] The City of Salem received $4,000,000 from the Massachusetts Seaport Advisory Council to build an extension to Salem Wharf
  246. ^ [115] In November 2013, The City of Salem received a $1,200,000 Grant from the State of Massachusetts for traffic and roadway improvements in North Salem.
  247. ^ [116] Salem State University, $52,000,000 dorm for 354 students
  248. ^ [117] The Salem Chamber of Commerce estimated restaurant business in Salem was approximately $100,000,000 in 2013.
  249. ^ [118] The Salem Chamber of Commerce estimated restaurant business in Salem was approximately $100,000,000 in 2013.
  250. ^ [119] Mainstage Theatre at Salem State University
  251. ^ [120] Mainstage Theatre at Salem State University
  252. ^ [121]
  253. ^ [122]
  254. ^ [123] Mainstage Theatre at Salem State University will go from 700 to about 470 seats. The smaller, more “intimate” theater, as Leers called it, will have raised seating, a balcony, an orchestra pit and a floor with a hydraulic lift, a full-sized rehearsal stage, a larger glass-walled lobby, a box office, shop rooms and offices.
  255. ^ [124] Mainstage Theatre at Salem State University will go from 700 to about 470 seats. The smaller, more “intimate” theater, as Leers called it, will have raised seating, a balcony, an orchestra pit and a floor with a hydraulic lift, a full-sized rehearsal stage, a larger glass-walled lobby, a box office, shop rooms and offices.
  256. ^ [125] The Salem YMCA has raised $1,100,000 in donations to renovate a performance hall built in 1896
  257. ^ $1,100,000 in donations for renovations for the Ames Memorial Hall
  258. ^ [126] Ames Memorial Hall and the Creative Arts Center, $1,100,000 renovation
  259. ^ [127] $1,100,000 was raised for Ames Hall in 2014 renovastion
  260. ^ [128] $12,000,000 expansion at the Salem Waterfront Hotel
  261. ^ [129] Pediatric Associates of Greater Salem, redevelop on nearly 2 acres of land in downtown Salem
  262. ^ [130] Pediatric Associates of Greater Salem, redevelop on nearly 2 acres of land in downtown Salem - $6,000,000 to redevelop
  263. ^ [131] The City of Salem was awarded $100,000 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the money is part of a Working Cities Challenge grant.
  264. ^ [132] The City of Salem was awarded $100,000 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the money is part of a Working Cities Challenge grant.
  265. ^ [133] The City of Salem was awarded $100,000 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the money is part of a Working Cities Challenge grant.
  266. ^ [134] The City of Salem was awarded $100,000 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the money is part of a Working Cities Challenge grant.
  267. ^ [135] In March of 2014 it was announced that Salem State University will share in the $5,000,000 to upgrade their life science labs and equipment, a grant provided by the State of Massachusetts.
  268. ^ [136] In April of 2014, Salem State University annouced a $25,000,000 fund, and at the announcement, there was already $15,000,000 committed from donations and the money will be used for a variety of things from expanding international study programs, more faculty, brand new computers and scholarships.

Further reading

Published in the 19th century
Published in the 20th century
  • Benjamin F. Arrington, ed. (1922). "City of Salem". Municipal History of Essex County in Massachusetts. Vol. 1. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  • Federal Writers' Project (1937), "Salem", Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, American Guide Series, Boston: Houghton Mifflin {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  • Trudy Ring and Robert M. Salkin, ed. (1995). "Salem". Americas. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 577+. ISBN 978-1-134-25930-4. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
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