Federal houses in Salem
Federal architecture is a restrained classical manner with flat wall surfaces, fanlights over the door and delicate ornament around openings and mantels. It was current in the United States roughly from 1780 to 1830.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1808 to 1811. 10 stops, 1.6 miles end to end. Of the stops, 4 are National Historic Landmarks.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Oct 16, 2026.
Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed October 17, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Nathaniel Bowditch HouseNHLNorth St.Building · listed 1966start
- 2Hamilton HallNHL9 Cambridge St.Building · listed 19700.1 mi from stop 1
- 3Joshua Ward House148 Washington St.Building · listed 19780.2 mi from stop 2
- 4Rufus Choate House14 Lynde St.Building · listed 19820.2 mi from stop 3
- 5Bessie Monroe House7 Ash St.Building · built 1811 · listed 19830.1 mi from stop 4
- 6First Universalist Church6 Rust St.Building · built 1808 · listed 1983116 ft from stop 5
- 7Gardner-Pingree HouseNHL128 Essex St.Building · listed 19700.2 mi from stop 6
- 8Joseph Fenno House–Woman's Friend Society12-14 Hawthorne Blvd.Building · built 1811 · listed 2008390 ft from stop 7
- 9Joseph Story HouseNHL26 Winter St.Building · built 1811 · listed 19730.2 mi from stop 8
- 10Thomas March Woodbridge House48 Bridge St.Building · listed 19750.6 mi from stop 9
1.6 straight-line miles over 9 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Local history books for Salem
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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Massachusetts
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.