Peirce-Nichols House

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Peirce-Nichols House
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Jerathmeel Peirce Place
Jerathmeel Peirce Place
Location: Salem, Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°31′22″N 70°54′0″W / 42.52278, -70.9Coordinates: 42°31′22″N 70°54′0″W / 42.52278, -70.9
Built/Founded: 1782
Architect: McIntire,Samuel
Architectural style(s): Georgian
Designated as NHL: November 24, 1968
Added to NRHP: November 24, 1968
NRHP Reference#: 68000041[1]
Governing body: Private

The Peirce-Nichols House is a historic home located in Salem, Massachusetts. The home is owned by the Peabody Essex Museum.

Samuel McIntire designed the Peirce-Nichols House (80 Federal Street), circa 1782, in a transitional late-Georgian/early Federal style for Jerathmiel Peirce, co-owner of the merchant ship Friendship. McIntire remodeled portions of the house in the Federal style twenty years later. To the rear of the house are stables and, behind them, visible through an opening in the stable wall, a terraced lawn extends back to a small arbor. Originally the property swept down to the North River, where Captain Peirce could dock his ship at the foot of his own property. The house is a National Historic Landmark.

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Peabody Essex Museum online

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  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
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