. The wood-carver of Salem; Samuel McIntire, his life and work . oX CI,CI-. TS c Salem Architecture No longer does the ring of the hammer resoundin the shipyard of the Beckets; no longer arerich cargoes from all the great ports of the worlddischarged at Derby and Crowninshield wharves;no longer do anxious merchants scan the horizonto seaward from the belvederes and cupolas of theirbeautiful homes. Salem is no longer mistress of theseas; her splendid merchant marine, said to com-prise one hundred and ninety-eight ships in 1825,gradually began to decrease in number upon thecoming of the railroad
. The wood-carver of Salem; Samuel McIntire, his life and work . oX CI,CI-. TS c Salem Architecture No longer does the ring of the hammer resoundin the shipyard of the Beckets; no longer arerich cargoes from all the great ports of the worlddischarged at Derby and Crowninshield wharves;no longer do anxious merchants scan the horizonto seaward from the belvederes and cupolas of theirbeautiful homes. Salem is no longer mistress of theseas; her splendid merchant marine, said to com-prise one hundred and ninety-eight ships in 1825,gradually began to decrease in number upon thecoming of the railroads, which built up the ports oflarge cities at the expense of smaller towns. Theforeign commerce of Salem is a thing of the past, butmost of the homes of her former distinguished menstand intact to-day, compelling universal admira-tion for their refined, substantial beauty, and com-prising in many respects the most notable collectionof early American architecture. In terms of the so-called Colonial style, our nationalheritage, Salem is the architectural center of NewEngla
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