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Shepard Block

Coordinates: 42°31′17.7″N 70°53′54.3″W / 42.521583°N 70.898417°W / 42.521583; -70.898417
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Shepard Block
Shepard Block at the corner of Essex and Summer Streets
Shepard Block is located in Massachusetts
Shepard Block
Shepard Block is located in the United States
Shepard Block
LocationSalem, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°31′17.7″N 70°53′54.3″W / 42.521583°N 70.898417°W / 42.521583; -70.898417
Built1851
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSDowntown Salem MRA
NRHP reference No.83000584 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 29, 1983

The Shepard Block is a historic rowhouse at 298–304 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. It consists of a row of four brick residences, which were built in 1851 by Michael Shepard as an investment. Each unit is three bays wide and 3.5 stories high; windows on the second and third floors feature granite lintels, while the ground floor of each was modified in the 19th century to accommodate retail storefronts. The roofline of each unit is punctured by two clapboarded gable end dormers, and there are slender rectangular brick chimneys that rise between the units, and on the end facing Summer Street.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Shepard Block". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-09.