Derby House and Wharf
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.
