Sitting between Derby’s and the Customs House, it’s designed by famed architect Samuel McIntire from Salem, for Elias Hasket and Elizabeth Derby. (nps)Construction began on the building in 1780 and never finished it. Benjamin Hawkes, who owned a shipyard next to Derby Wharf purchased it in 1800.
The grey Narbonne House is behind the Derby’s, on Essex Road (nps). It’s built in 1675 for butcher Thomas Ives, illustrating how the midddle class lived. It’s limited opening time which I missed.
160 Derby Street
Salem, MA 01970
This house was built in 1762, as a wedding gift to Elias Hasket and Elizabeth Crowninshield Derby.
It’s looking out to the namesake wharf, east of Pickering Wharf. Behind the house is a rectangle garden. One yellow house over is the Customs.
Richard Derby and his son Elias Hasket Derby began construction of Derby Wharf in 1762. Over the years, as the Derby family’s trade expanded, they extended the wharf. In 1806, it reached its current length extending 2,045 feet into the Salem Harbor.
Derby Whraf is 1/2 mile long jetty with the chubby light station at the tip.
211 Centre St,
Milton, MA 02186
Milton Cemetery was established in 1672 for the town – the only municipal burying ground; added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. It’s less than a mile from Forbes House.
205 Washington Street
Peabody, MA 01960
978-531-0355
George Peabody was born here in 1795. The area is industrial. We saw the sign while driving, so made a pit stop – unfortunately it’s not open at the time. He was the American banker in London, and forged a close relationship with William Wetmore who named his son George Peabody Wetmore in 1846.
According to Essex Heritage, aside from museum, it’s also the Peabody Leather Workers Museum – Peabody Visitor Center. The city of Peabody has about 52k population, is known for its rich industrial history. It’s part of Salem. It left Salem in 1752, and named to Peabody in 1868, to honor George Peabody, a resident, and the father of modern philanthropy.
George Peabody had no son, so took on Junius Spencer Morgan as a partner in 1854. Ten years later, after Peabody retired, the business could eventually became J.P. Morgan &. Co. – commercial and investment banking. John Pierpont Morgan was the oldest child of Junius. J.P. Morgan had given birth to JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank.
