Government Buildings in Salem Related to Hawthorne: Introduction
Government Buildings in Salem: Introduction
Old Town Hall and Market House, 32 Derby Square between Essex Street Mall and Front Street, 1816
(courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
In addition to the Salem Custom House, which is treated separately, this section of the Website presents images and information on the government buildings in Salem listed below. In some cases the buildings are related to Nathaniel Hawthorne; in other cases buildings are included to give a sense of Hawthorne's world and also of the Salem a visitor would encounter today. All of these buildings also appear on the 1840 and/or modern map of Salem.
Essex County Courthouses, 32-36-42 Federal St
Salem City Hall, 93 Washington St.
Salem Jail and Sheriff's House, 50 St. Peter Street and Bridge
Old Town Hall and Market, Derby Square, 32 Derby Square between Essex Street
Mall and Front St.
Old Custom House, 4-10 Central Street and Essex Street Mall
All of these buildings also appear on the 1840 map of Salem.
