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Built in 1670, this early colonial house sits on the corner of Essex and Daniels Streets. It was built by Stephen Daniels, the master of a ketch, and was originally a small four roome house. A great grandson, also Stephen Daniels, enlarged the house in 1750, adding a third story and parlor and enclosed the old house in the new. It now had 15 rooms and 13 fireplaces.
Built in 1667, this federal-era house sits on the corner of Essex and Daniels Streets. It was built by Stephen Daniels, a shipwright, and was originally a small four room house. A great grandson, Stephen Silsbee, enlarged the house in 1756, adding a third story and parlor and enclosed the old house in the new. It now had 15 rooms and 13 fireplaces.


It was renovated in period style by the Haller family who bought it from the 86 year old owner, Mrs. Wilkins. It opened in Sept. 1945 as the Haller-Daniels house, as a guest house.
It was renovated in period style by the Haller family who bought it from the 86 year old owner, Mrs. Wilkins. It opened in Sept. 1945 as the Haller-Daniels house, and operated as a guest house. Now known as the Daniels House, it still serves as an inn and dining establishment.
==See Also==
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2264429?locg=63 Architecture in Salem] by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p.39.


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*Vertical File in Salem Collection - '''Daniels House'''
 
*[http://salem.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/3460570?locg=63 Legendary locals of Salem] Curley, Malcolm, Dionne, p. 91 (article on Kay Gill, owner of Daniels House)
 
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Latest revision as of 11:50, 19 July 2018

Built in 1667, this federal-era house sits on the corner of Essex and Daniels Streets. It was built by Stephen Daniels, a shipwright, and was originally a small four room house. A great grandson, Stephen Silsbee, enlarged the house in 1756, adding a third story and parlor and enclosed the old house in the new. It now had 15 rooms and 13 fireplaces.

It was renovated in period style by the Haller family who bought it from the 86 year old owner, Mrs. Wilkins. It opened in Sept. 1945 as the Haller-Daniels house, and operated as a guest house. Now known as the Daniels House, it still serves as an inn and dining establishment.

See Also

  • Vertical File in Salem Collection - Daniels House