Year built 1768
Square feet 1,416
Bedrooms 2
Baths 2 full
Sewer/Water Public
Fee $350 monthly
Taxes $5,855 (2025)
Salem’s history isn’t only about witches.
Its ties to the Atlantic Ocean and international trade are so strong, the first National Park in US history honoring maritime history was created at Pickering Wharf in 1938. The park is just a three-minute walk from the large Georgian-style home seafarer Captain Edward Allen built in 1768.(The House of the Seven Gables — also not a witch thing — is even closer.)
Now a four-unit building, it has respected its historic role, having seen minimal cosmetic change over the centuries, according to studies of the structure by the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
Unit D is 1,416 square feet and occupies portions of the second and third floors. The main entry on the second floor opens to the 196-square-foot living room, where some Colonial facets found throughout the unit first appear: teal paint used on some of the walls, planked King pine flooring believed original to the home, and the first of four fireplaces (none are currently functional). Support beams — in this case enclosed — run across the ceiling. The two windows are six-over-six double-hung style with a window seat and interior folding shutters.
A doorway, framed by plain flat casing, leads to the 168-square-foot dining room, where the paint color shifts to a terracotta, but the flooring and exposed beams remain. The central light fixture mimics a candle chandelier. The fireplace is larger (once meant to accommodate cooking) and has a more formal appearance with a raised-panel mantle. There are storage cabinets on either side.
In a modern nod to the historic neighborhood, the mother of the current owner, an amateur painter, has used three walls as the canvas for murals of rural scenery in the 18th-century style.
The kitchen has black appliances and follows the dining room in the march toward the rear of the home. The terracotta flat paint is used here, too, and the cabinets are floating style. The countertops are granite, and the flooring is planked wood. Natural light comes from two double-hung windows in the corner of the 144-square-foot room. The range is gas.
A door between the kitchen and the final room on this level — the secondary bedroom — is for the 80-square-foot bathroom. There is a single vanity, built-in shelving on the opposite wall, and a shower/bath combination behind a curtain. The secondary bedroom is 120 square feet, carpeted, with built-in shelving installed on one wall and a single double-hung window.
The third floor is given over to the primary suite where, perhaps, the link to the Colonial era and the city’s maritime history is most apparent. The ceiling in the 196-square-foot bedroom has thick, rough hewn beams that look like they were crafted and installed by a shipwright. There is a fireplace and a double-doored closet. Flooring is planked wood.
The bathroom on this floor is white with blue trim.
Before arriving at the bedroom at the top of the stairs, there’s a 144-square-foot office area. It’s carpeted, has a large skylight, and triangular exposed beams. The office is also the terminus for the chimney. There is also a wood storage area.
The unit has a full-size appliance laundry closet and oil heat. On-street parking requires a city-issued permit.
Patrick A. Sargent of Herrick Lutts Realty in Beverly has the listing.
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