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The Nathaniel Felton Senior House – 47 Felton Street

The Nathaniel Felton Senior House was among the first homes built on Mount Pleasant in the Brooksby area of Salem (now Peabody) around the year 1644. The house was occupied for almost two centuries by the Felton family, most notably by Nathaniel Felton and his son of...

The Peabody Firehouse Museum – 38 R Felton Street

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The Peabody Fire Department was officially recognized in 1860. Engine 3, located in the Endicott Street neighborhood, protected the lives and property of people in that area for more than one hundred and fifty years with courage and dedication. In the 1980s, the City...

The Osborn-Salata House – 33 Washington Street

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Osborn-Salata House, circa 1940 Osborn-Salata House, August 1999 This circa 1852 Italianate house was built for Thorndike and Sarah Daniels and later occupied by Dennison Osborn and his family. In the early 20th century, it was converted to a boarding house for local...

The Life and Times of Dr. Alice Patterson

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First Lady Friday Returns Alice Maria Patterson, M.D. was born on November 27th, 1869, in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel C. Patterson and Mary Harrington. She had a twin brother, Augustus and two older sisters Mary and Caroline. The family lived in Peabody, and...

Saying I Do

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We are delighted so many of you enjoyed “First Lady Friday”! We will be back with that series in our next Postcard. Today, we wanted to delve into our wedding collection. We were inspired after our Smith Barn being named one of the top orchard wedding...

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