. The wood-carver of Salem; Samuel McIntire, his life and work . Oh U 3o o o U Boo Pi £ > XXX w H< Oh CHAPTER VIITHE PIERCE-JOHONNOT-NICHOLS HOUSE OF Salems many splendid old mansions, thePierce-Johonnot-Nichols house, Number 80Federal Street, has generally come to be regardedas the architectural gem, the finest wooden house inNew England, and also the principal monument tothe genius of Samuel Mclntire now in it boasts no direct association with personsor events of great national importance, over thisimposing residence the pathos of financial adversityand a romantic f
. The wood-carver of Salem; Samuel McIntire, his life and work . Oh U 3o o o U Boo Pi £ > XXX w H< Oh CHAPTER VIITHE PIERCE-JOHONNOT-NICHOLS HOUSE OF Salems many splendid old mansions, thePierce-Johonnot-Nichols house, Number 80Federal Street, has generally come to be regardedas the architectural gem, the finest wooden house inNew England, and also the principal monument tothe genius of Samuel Mclntire now in it boasts no direct association with personsor events of great national importance, over thisimposing residence the pathos of financial adversityand a romantic friendship sheds a golden glow. In the planning, and later in the building of thehouse and development of the grounds, this estatewas the pride and joy of Jerathmel Pierce, a wealthyEast India merchant. Here were centered virtuallyhis every life-interest both in home and in the rear the land sloped away to a wharf and ware-house on the North River, then a navigable stream,to which his ships came heavy laden with fragrant [7] The ff^ood-Carver of Salem spice
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