Purchase Street

Newburyport Historic District

District Data Sheets

*Status Code: The contributing status of structures has been assigned based on the retention of pre-1930 designs.

C          –  Buildings which clearly have major identifiable elements of their original (pre-1930) designs.

INT       – Those structures built after 1930 have been designated as intrusions.

MC       – Structures which appear to pre-date 1930 and which are similar in scale and materials to their neighbors, but which have undergone

major alterations such that their period of origin cannot be readily determined, designated    minor contributing structures.

Purchase Street

Street Address	Map & Parcel	Historic Name	Date of Construction	Style/Comments	Status*
3-5	22-48	Former Purchase Street School House	Ca 1850	Greek Revival	C
7-9	22-69		Ca 1845	Greek Revival/Double House	C
11	22-70		Ca 1845	Sidehall Greek Revival	C
13	22-71	Thomas Silloway House	Ca 1845	Greek Revival cottage	C
15	22-84		Pre 1845	Greek Revival	C
17	22-85		Vacant Lot
19	22-111		Ca 1830-1890	Federalist/Greek Revival; late Victorian	C
21	22-112		Ca 1820	Federalist	C
23	22-113		Ca 1870	Italianate	C
25 ——————	—————- See	39 Bromfield St-	———————-	——————————	———————-
27	26-67		Ca 1845; ca 1870	Greek Revival; Second Empire	C
29-31	26-68		Ca 1880	Sidehall mid-Victorian	C
35	26-69		Ca 1810; ca 1870	Federalist; Victorian alterations/Double House	C
37	26-70		Ca 1810; ca 1870	Federalist; Victorian alterations/Double House	C
39	26-71		Ca 1845	Greek Revival	C
41	26-72		Ca 1870	Italianate/Double House	C
43	26-73		Ca 1870	Italianate	C
45	26-74		Ca 1890-1930	utilitarian	MC
B & M RR ——–	———————	———————–	———————	—————————-	———————-
47-47-1/2	26-75		Ca 1845	Greek Revival	C
49	26-76		Ca 1845	Greek Revival	C
51	26-77		Vacant Yard		INT
53	26-79		Ca 1750-1800	Central-chimney vernacular	C
55	26-80		Ca 1845	Greek Revival	C
57	26-81		Ca 1845	Greek Revival	C
61	26-82		Ca 1845	Greek Revival/Italianate	C
63	26-83		Ca 1845	Sidehall Greek Revival	C
65	27-25	Former St. Peters Chapel (Unitarian)	Ca 1932-1935	Arts & Crafts	MC
67	27-26		Ca 1850	Sidehall Greek Revival	C
69	27-27		Ca 1875	Mid-Victorian	C
71	27-28		Ca 1875	Sidehall Italianate	C
73	27-29		Ca 1890	Queen Anne	C
75	27-30		Ca 1890	Queen Anne	C
77	27-40		Ca 1875	Italianate	C
2-4	22-12	Commercial Bldg.	Ca 1870	Italianate	C
6	22-47		Ca 1840	Astylistic	C
8	22-46		Ca 1845	Sidehall Greek Revival	C
12	22-45		Ca 1875	Sidehall Italianate	C
14	22-44		Ca 1845	Greek Revival/Double House	C
16	22-43		Ca 1845	Greek Revival/Double House	C
18	22-42		Ca 1870	Italianate/Double House	C
20	22-41		Ca 1870	Italianate/Double House	C
22	22-40	Store	Ca 1870	Italianate	C
24-26 ————-	—————- See	42-44 Franklin St	———————	——————————-	———————
30	22-38		Ca 1830	Late Federalist/Greek Revival	C
32-34	22-37		Ca 1875	Italianate/Double House	C
36	22-36		Ca 1875	Sidehall Italianate	C
40	25-28		Ca 1845-1855	Sidehall Greek Revival/Italianate/Double House	C
42	25-27		Ca 1845-1855	Sidehall Greek Revival/Italianate	C
44	25-26		Ca 1875	Italianate	C
46-48	25-25		Ca 1810; ca 1870	Federalist; Italianate	C
50	25-24		Ca 1855	Italianate	C
52	25-23		Ca 1845	Sidehall Greek Revival	C
54	25-15		Ca 1845-1855	Greek Revival/Italianate/Double House	C
56	25-14		Ca 1850-1855	Greek Revival/Italianate	C
Nbpt. City RR	Branch ———–	———————–	———————-	—————————–	———————-
58-60	25-13		Ca 1700-1750; 1880’s	Timber frame vernacular; Victorian alterations	C
64	25-12	People’s Methodist Episcopal Church	1824; 1869-1871; 1888	Frame built; Italianate; tower added	C
66	25-11		Ca 1850	Greek Revival/Double House	C
68	25-10		Ca 1850	Greek Revival/Double House	C
70	25-9		Ca 1875	Italianate	C
74	25-8		Ca 1840; ca 1895	Sidehall Greek Revival; late Victorian alter.	C
76-78	25-7		Ca 1875	Italianate	C
	25-6		Yard
80 ——————	————— See	26-28 Madison	Street ————–	—————————-	———————-
82 ——————	————— See	25 Madison St —	———————-	—————————-	———————-
84	27-32		Ca 1875	Sidehall Italianate	C
88	27-31		Ca 1875	Sidehall Italianate	C

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