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Historic building survey, Fruit Street survey report, Massachusetts Historical Commission

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Historic building survey

Massachusetts Historical Commission

Fruit Street survey report

This volume provides a detailed account on the houses on Fruit Street in Newburyport. Information provided through the historic building survey provides approximate year the houses were built, a historic name (if applicable), past and present uses, architectural style, architect/builder (if applicable), foundation, wall/trim, major alterations, if the house had been moved, acreage and setting. Detailed architectural description and a historical narrative are provided to give additional information"The short street extending from High Street at the southwest end to Prospect Street at the northeast end was called Fruit Street in deeds as early as 1801. Most of the houses on Fruit Street are good examples of the Federal period, three stories in hieght with foreshortened third stories and hip roofs. Some of the houses are set with a symmetrical five-bay street facade; others are set with their narrow end to the street. Fruit Street was not formally laid out and accepted by the town of Newburyport until May 1826." - Lisa Mausolf, Architectural Historian, November 2005