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Timeline[edit]

17th century[edit]

  • 1626
    • English settlers arrive.[1]
  • 1629
    • Town of Salem incorporated.[1]
Salem Common during the winter
Brick sidewalk Salem, Massachusetts
  • 1636
    • First muster on Salem Common. This was the first time that a regiment of militia drilled for the common defense of a multi-community area,[2] thus laying the foundation for what became the Army National Guard.[3]
  • 1644
Gedney & Cox Houses
  • 1649
    • Salem Custom House built. It collected taxes on imported cargoes. The 1st of what would be 13 Customs Houses in Salem. The final is located on Derby Wharf & built in 1819. Located on what is nlw the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, managed by the NPS and is open for tours.
  • 1651
  • 1655
    • The Retire Becket House is built and later moved in 1924 to the campus of the House of the 7 Gables.[4] Retire Beckett's ships were masterpieces and Cleopatra's Barge was the first oceangoing yacht built in the United States. It was built in 1816 at Salem, MA by shipbuilder Retire Becket for owner George Crowninshield Jr.
  • 1664
  • 1665
    • Gedney House built on High Street in downtown, at Summer Street. (approximate date) Operated as a non-profit museum by Historic New England. Rarely open to the public, though private tours can be arranged. Built in the First Period style.
  • 1668
    • First phase on the original construction by Captain John Turner the 1st. Now the House of the Seven Gables It remained in his family for three generations, descending from John Turner II to John Turner III and then was sold to Captain Ingersol in 1782. After this Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The House of the Seven Gables, a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Elizabeth Cate Upton (1840–1909) purchased the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion in 1883 and lived in the house with her family until 1908 when they sold the site to Caroline Emmerton.[5][6] When a relative died in 1912, her obituary read: "She was the richest woman in Salem, well known for her charitable disposition and ever ready to extend a helping hand to those who were desirous of helping themselves, and to those who were unable to help themselves."[7]
  • 1675
  • 1680
    • What would be the 1st phase of The Neal House is constructed at 12 Broad Street. Jonathan Neil was a carpenter who owned a waterfront warehouse in Salem. Enlarged in 1767.
  • 1682
    • The Hooper-Hathaway House at 23 Washington Street[8][9] (a former bakery) was spared demolition[10][11] moved next to the House of the 7 Gables (sparing demolition) in 1911 by a team effort of Caroline Emmerton and Historic New England.[12]
    • John Ward House built. The house was moved to its present site in 1910 and restored by the Peabody Essex Museum. It is open for viewing on guided tour. Rooms on the first floor feature 17th-century furnishings.[13]
  • 1688
  • 1692

18th century[edit]

Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace, Salem, Massachusetts.
Nathaniel Bowditch
Rufus Choate House, (National Register of Historic Places) 1787.
  • 1790
  • 1791
  • 1795
    • Antique Colonial built in 1795, 15 Beckford Street in what is now the Historic McIntire District.
  • 1796
    • Chestnut Street "laid out."[19]
  • 1797
    • Friendship of Salem built. She made 15 voyages during her career, to Batavia, India, China, South America, the Caribbean, England, Germany, the Mediterranean, and Russia; she was captured as a prize of war by the British in September 1812.
    • Salem and Danvers Aqueduct incorporated.[15]
  • 1799
East India Marine Hall in 2013, now part of the Peabody Essex Museum
(built, 1805) Customs House. Downtown Salem, MA
Topmast Studio (WORKSHOP) Salem Massachusetts

19th century[edit]

Hamilton Hall Chestnut Street, Salem Massachusetts
Cleopatra's Barge painted in 1818
Essex Register published in Salem 1807–1840
Map of Salem, 1820
City Hall, built 1838 (photo later 19th century)
Advertisements for Salem businesses, 1857[20]
12 Chestnut Street
Autumn leaves with two pumpkin on Chestnut Street
  • 1800
    • Impartial Register newspaper begins publication.
    • Ebenezer Shillaber Mansion is constructed at 128 Federal Street.
  • 1804


A late drawing of the first station in Salem, Massachusetts and based on an early dauguerrotype taken between 1839 and 1848. Drawn by George Elmer Browne (born in 1871) sometime before 1917
  • 1839
    • Salem Children's Friend Society organized.[15]
    • Salem Social Singing Society organized.[22]
    • The railroad in Salem received much more traffic than expected, and a branch line from Salem to Marblehead opened on December 10, 1839
  • 1840
  • 1841
    • Female Washington Total Abstinence Society formed.[15]
    • The Old Granite Courthouse built in the Greek Revival architectural style. Also known (circa 1862) as the County Commissioner's Building,
  • 1844
    • A large Federal Period house is built at 24 Winter Street.
  • 1845
    • A large Federal Period house is built at 16 Winter Street.
  • 1846
    • Salem Academy of Music formed.[22]
  • 1848
Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, c. 1900 – 1910 at the Essex Institute.
Salem Harbor, oil on canvas, Fitz Hugh Lane, 1853. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
  • 1854
    • Salem Normal School established.
    • With direct Railroad connections to most of the major cities of northeastern Massachusetts by 1850, Salem became a major railroad junction.
  • 1855
    • Salem Choral Society organized.[22]
    • Salem Musical Education Society formed.[22]
  • 1857
    • Plummer Hall built.[26]
  • 1858
  • 1860
    • A mixed use commercial & multi residential building is constructed at 116 Boston Street.
  • 1866
    • An Incredible high style Victorian is constructed at 170 Federal Street.
    • Caroline Emmerton[27] was born in Salem and in 1908 would purchase the House of the 7 Gables, The Hooper-Hathaway House (1682) was moved to the property in 1911. The Retire Becket House (1655) was saved in 1924.
    • John P. Peabody House built at 15 Summer Street
  • 1868
Derby Wharf Light, built in 1871
Map of Salem and Harbor, 1883
  • 1873
    • A Stunning Victorian is built at 7 Winter Street.
  • 1876
  • 1878
    • Salem Schubert Club organized.[22]
    • By the 1870s, a roundhouse, coaling tower, and water tank were located inside the wye to serve the three lines from the west.[29][30] The roundhouse was later rebuilt with more stalls and access from the south to serve commuter trains.[31]
  • 1881
    • North Street Fire Station built.
The southern end of the station in the 1880s
  • 1882
    • On April 7, 1882, a fire resulting from an explosion of a can of fusees destroyed the wooden trainshed, although the granite facade and towers were intact. A wooden replacement was built around the burnt section.[24][32] On December 2, 1884, the Eastern was acquired by the B&M.[24][25] For several decades until the 1930s, Salem was the turnback point for a limited number of short turn trains.[33]
  • 1883
    • Parker Brothers was founded by George S. Parker and Frederick Huntington "Fred" Parker in Salem. Parker Brothers is an American toy and game manufacturer and brand.
  • 1889
  • 1897
    • Society of St. Joseph founded.[34]
  • 1898

20th century[edit]

  • 1901
  • 1903
  • 1906
    • Parker Brothers publishes the game Rook. It quickly became the best-selling game in the country, and remains their most successful card game to this day.
    • Salem Laundry building built. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • 1907
  • 1908
    • Caroline Emmerton bought the Turner-Ingersoll house from the successful Upton family who sold the property after they moved to the Salem Willows neighborhood.[6] today the Upton neighborhood of 1908 is the Salem Willows Historic District. Emerton hired Joseph Everett Chandler as the architect.[35] Caroline O. Emmerton formed the House of Seven Gables Settlement Association & during a two-year restoration with Joseph Everett Chandler built back the exterior to have seven gables like the book. Clifford Pyncheon is Hepzibah's brother and Judge Pyncheon's cousin and for this designed a secret pasage from the 1st floor, with a false wall inside a closet off the first floor dining room. The secret staircase goes up two full floors and is cut inside a center chimney to represent part of the book The House of the Seven Gables, Caroline O. Emmerton built a secret staircase inside the House of the Seven Gables as a secret pasageway for the character Clifford Pyncheon. Hepzibah Pyncheon has a candy shop on the first floor facing Turner Street in representation with the book. An office for Colonel Pyncheon is on the 2nd floor.[6][36] The House of the Seven Gables opened to the public in April 1910 and has seen millions of visitors since.[36]
  • 1909
    • Registry of Deeds is built at 36 Federal Street.[37] Salem Probate and Family Court wins Build New England.[38]
  • 1914
  • 1915
  • 1925
    • Palmer's Cove Yacht Club formed[39] in Salem Harbor. It sponsors the Bowditch Race each August in the Harbor.
  • 1930
US Post Office in Salem
Coast Guard Air Station Salem patch
First page of Charles Darrow's patent submission for Monopoly, submitted and granted in 1935[40]
  • 1932
  • 1933
    • Salem Willows Yacht Club is incorporated.Home. It provides clubhouse facilities, dock, launch service, gas pump and dinghy storage.
  • 1935
  • 1938
  • 1944
    • Coast Guard Air Station Salem officially designated as the first Air-Sea Rescue station on the eastern seaboard. The Martin PBM Mariner, a hold-over from the war, became the primary rescue aircraft. In the mid-1950s helicopters came as did Grumman HU-16 Albatross amphibious flying boats (UFs).
  • 1956
    • Formation of the Salem Redevelopment Authority.[45]
  • 1958
    • The B&M extended the Salem tunnel to the south, and soon after built a station in the southern approach span.[46] However, the station lacked modern elements like parking capacity and elevators to make the below-ground-level platforms handicapped accessible. In 1987, the MBTA abandoned the station and built the present station at the north end of the tunnel. The 1959 station building remains at 89 Margin Street; it has been converted into a private school.[47] The platforms remain extant in the tunnel approach, as do rusted pieces of staircases from Mill Street and a pedestrian overpass behind the station building.[48]
  • 1962
    • Facing the ongoing drain of massive shopping centers off of nearby Route 128, leaders form the Salem Redevelopment Authority.[49]
  • 1964
    • Hawthorne Cove Marina[50] established, a 110-slip marina on Salem Harbor near the Salem ferry terminal.
  • 1965
    • The Nathaniel Bowditch House declared a National Historic Landmark.
    • By this time, urban renewal – a growing trend of redeveloping economically blighted areas in cities – had destroyed 87 buildings and displaced 160 families when Ada Louise Huxtable ran a feature in The New York Times titled "Urban Renewal Threatens Historic Buildings in Salem, Mass." The article was credited a decade later with spotlighting the loss of history in downtown Salem and the turning around and redeveloping of Salem's downtown core.[45]
  • 1968
  • 1969
    • Fort Pickering Light, also known as Winter Island Light, built in 1871, discontinued by the Coast Guard.
    • Pickman House restored by Historic Salem[51] and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
  • 1970
Hamilton Hall at 9 Chestnut Street – added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 & built in 1805 by Samuel McIntire -
Chestnut Street District brick sidewalk
Phillips House at 34 Chestnut Street added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 built in 1800 by Samuel McIntire -

1984

1987-built station viewed in 2010
  • 1988
  • Salem held its first[56] annual[57] Salem Maritime Festival[58] the Salem Maritime National Historic Site
  • 1990
  • 1991
  • 1992
    • Peabody Essex Museum was formed by mergeding with the Essex Institute to form the Peabody Essex Museum. Included in the merger was the legacy of the East India Marine Society, established in 1799 by a group of Salem-based ship captains.
  • Phillips Library established.
  • 1994
    • Winter Island Light is a constituent part of the Winter Island Historic District and Archeological District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1994, reference number 94000335.
    • Fort Lee was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
    • Salem Willows Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
    • St. Nicholas Orthodox Church and Rectory is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
  • 1997
    • Construction of the rigging shed (80-by-16-foot wooden building) at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, a carpentry workshop and storage space since for The Friendship.
  • 1999
    • The Salem Diner was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

21st century[edit]

Friendship of Salem at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site.
  • 2001
    • Pickering Wharf Marina opens as a full-service marina in Salem Harbor.
    • Salem Water Taxi is founded in Salem Harbor.
  • 2002
  • 2003
    • The National Park Service acquired the Pedrick Store House from the town of Marblehead, this 1770 warehouse was built in Marblehead, just across the harbor from Salem, in 1770 by Thomas Pedrick, a successful member of the merchant community in pre-Revolutionary War Marblehead.[60]
    • The original Fame was a fast Chebacco fishing schooner that was reborn as a privateer when war broke out in the summer of 1812. She was arguably the first American privateer to bring home a prize, and she made 20 more captures before being wrecked in the Bay of Fundy in 1814. The new Fame is a full-scale replica of this famous schooner. Framed and planked of white oak and trunnel-fastened in the traditional manner, the replica of Fame was launched in 2003. She is now based at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site at Pickering Wharf Marina, where she takes the paying public for cruises on historic Salem Sound.[61]
      In celebration of Nathaniel Bowditch and his work writing the New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, is still carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel., in his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts there is the Salem Ferry, named after Bowditch, a high speed catamaran takes people to Boston and is pictured as it is approaching its dock off Blaney Street, Salem Maritime National Historic Site.
    • Pioneer Village underwent a major renovation from 2003 until Spring 2008 when Gordon College (Massachusetts) took over its management along with Old Town Hall An Immersive Salem Witch Trials Experience.
The Peabody Essex Museum
Interior Atrium (architecture) PEM
    • The Peabody Essex Museum completed a massive $100 million renovation and expansion resulting in the opening a new wing designed by Moshe Safdie, more than doubling the gallery space to 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2); this allowed the display of many items from its extensive holdings, which had previously been unknown to the public due to lack of capability to show them. At this time, the museum also opened to the public the Yin Yu Tang House, an early 19th-century Chinese house from Anhui that had been removed from its original village and reconstructed in Salem.[62]
    • Yin Yu Tang House[63] Yin Yu Tang, was built around 1800 in China. Over 200 years after construction the Yin Yu Tang House was disassembled in China, shipped to America and then reassembled in 2003 inside the Peabody Essex Museum.
  • 2005
    • A homeless shelter opens in downtown Salem.[64] as a result of the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston sex abuse scandal, a church is sold off and turned into a homeless shelter.[65] The Archdiocese of Boston closed the parish in 2003, according to Historic Salem Inc. "In 2005, the Salem Mission bought the closed St. Mary's Italian Church on Margin Street from the Archdiocese of Boston,"
  • 2006
Kimberley Layne Driscoll (born August 12, 1966) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the mayor of Salem, Massachusetts[66] and is the 73rd lieutenant governor of Massachusetts since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Driscoll was first elected mayor in 2005.[67] Before becoming mayor, Driscoll served as an elected member of the Salem City Council and worked as the deputy city manager and chief legal counsel for the city of Chelsea, Massachusetts.
    • Kimberley Driscoll becomes mayor.[68]
    • The Salem Ferry a 92-foot (28 m) high-speed catamaran that travels from Salem to Boston in 50 minutes from May to October and had its maiden voyage on June 22, 2006.[69]
    • Waterfront redevelopment – The first step in the redevelopment was in 2006, when the State of Massachusetts gave Salem $1,000,000.[70] The bulk of the money – $750,000 – was earmarked for acquisition of the Blaney Street landing, the private, 2-acre (8,100 m2) site off Derby Street used by the ferry. Another $200,000 was approved for the design of the new Salem wharf, a large pier planned for the landing, which officials said could be used by small cruise ships, commercial vessels and fishing boats.
  • 2007
    • Salem Arts Association incorporated.[71]
    • Doyle Sailmakers expanded into a new 31,000 square foot loft in Salem, Massachusetts
    • The City of Salem launched the Haunted Passport program which offers visitors discounts and benefits from local tourist attractions and retailers from October to April.[72]
    • On March 29, 2007, the House of the Seven Gables Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark.[73]
    • Pedrick Store House, a three-story building, constructed around 1770, is a historic rigging and sail loft, which the Park Service relocated from Marblehead to Salem in 2007 & construction began in the rebuilding of the Pedrick Store House, which had been in storage for many years disassembled – current location is Derby Wharf at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site.[74][75][76][77]
  • 2008
  • 2009
    • Start of the Salem Farmers Market, taking place every Thursday – starting in June and going thru to October at Derby Square on Front Street Salem Farmers' Market
  • 2010
    • The City of Salem's plans call for a total build-out of the current Blaney Street pier, known as the Salem Wharf project. When finished, the Blaney Street pier will be home to small to medium-sized cruise ships, commercial vessels and the Salem Ferry. This project is fully engineered and permitted.[78]
    • On July 28, 2010, Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick signed into law today a bill that transforms Salem State College into Salem State University. Salem and eight other Massachusetts state colleges have collectively formed a new Massachusetts state university system.[79]
    • Salem Harborwalk opened in July 2010 to celebrate the rebirth of the Salem waterfront as a source of recreation for visitors as well as the local community. The 1,100-foot (340 m) walkway extends from the area of the Salem Fire Station to the Salem Waterfront Hotel.[80][81]
    • The $57.5 million, 525-student residence hall on Central Campus at Salem State University opened.[82]
  • 2011
    • Opening of the $109 million J. Michael Ruane Judicial Centerin Salem, located at 56 Federal Street.[83]
    • A bike program called Salem Spins, that offers bicycles, free of charge, with a fleet of 20 bicycles, split between two hubs, at Salem State University and downtown, near the Hawthorne Hotel.[84]
    • Waterfront redevelopment – construction crews were building a long seawall at the Blaney Street landing, which runs from the edge of the ferry dock back toward Derby Street and along an inner harbor. This is one of the early and key pieces of the Salem Pier, which the city hopes to have completed by 2014 and is the key to eventually bring cruise ships to Salem.[85][86]
    • A master plan was developed for Winter Island in Salem, with help from the planning and design firm The Cecil Group of Boston and Bioengineering Group of Salem, and the City of Salem paid $45,000 in federal money.[87] In the long term the projected cost to rehabilitate just the barracks is $1.5 million. But in the short term, there are multiple lower-cost items like a proposed $15,000 for a kayak dock or $50,000 to relocate and improve the bathhouse. This is a very important project since Fort Pickering guarded Salem Harbor as far back as the 17th century.[88]
    • In 2011, a mahogany side chair with carving done by Samuel McIntire sold at auction for $662,500.[89] The price set a world record for Federal furniture. McIntyre was one of the first architects in the United States, and his work represents a prime example of early Federal-style architecture. Elias Hasket Derby, Salem's wealthiest merchant and thought to be America's first millionaire, and his wife, Elizabeth Crowninshield, purchased the set of eight chairs from McIntire.[90] Samuel McIntyre's house and workshop were located at 31 Summer Street in what is now the Samuel McIntire Historic District.[90][91]
  • 2012
    • Waterfront redevelopment – In June 2012, the $1.75 million was awarded by the state of Massachusetts and will launch a first phase of dredging and construction of a 100-foot (30 m) extension of the pier; a harborwalk to improve pedestrian access; and other lighting, landscaping and paving improvements. Dredging will allow the city to attract other ferries, excursion vessels and cruise ships of up to 250 feet (76 m).[92]
    • The District, superior courthouses have was emptied and remained so since 2019 when the building was demolished.[93][94]
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Bilevel rail car approaching Salem
  • 2013
    • President Barack Obama on January 10, 2013, signed executive order HR1339 "which designates the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the birthplace of the U.S. National Guard.[3]
    • Salem has eight stations where drivers can charge their electric cars. Four are located at the Museum Place Mall near the Peabody Essex Museum and the other four are in the South Harbor garage across the street from the Salem Waterfront Hotel.[95] The program started in January 2013 and will be free of charge for two years, allowing people to charge their electric cars and other electric vehicles for up to six hours. This program was paid for by a grant from the state of Massachusetts due to Salem's status as a Massachusetts Green Community.[96]
    • Dominick Pangallo was the Salem Chief of Staff for Salem from 2013 until 2023.[97][98]
    • Salem State University campus – $74 million, 122,000-square-foot library at.[99] The new library will have more than 150 public computers and 1,000 seats of study space, from tables and desks to lounge chairs scattered throughout the building.
    • Salem State University campus – $15 million 40,000-square-foot, two-story, glass-walled facility at the existing athletic O’Keefe Center complex. The new fitness facility will provide—in addition to more exercise equipment, two basketball courts, a yoga studio, and a conference/lecture hall that can accommodate an audience of 1000—a place where students can gather, connect and find a bit of respite from the rigors of their academic studies.[100]
    • Salem State University campus – Construction announcement of a $36 to $42 million Dorn for 350 to 400 students. A construction start in the spring of 2014 is the goal and to have the new residence hall open in 2015.[101][102]
    • Salem will be getting a new state-of-the-art, 20,000-square-foot Senior Center. In March 2013, The Salem Senior Center was finalized in March 2013 by the Mayor of Salem & the Salem city councilors it is official with a $4.9 million bond – the final OK needed to build a community/senior center as part of a private/public development at Boston and Bridge streets.[103][104] The Salem Senior Center will include parking for 374 automobiles.[105]
  • 2014
    • The Coal-Fired Power Plant is Decommissioned, paving the way for a total transformation of the harbor in Salem.[106]
    • In October 2014, the much anticipated Salem MBTA Parking Garage opened.[107]"This project has been 20 years in the making," said Mayor Kim Driscoll. "I was an intern in the planning department, this would've been 1988 ... people were talking about it then. Seriously, that long ago. That's a long time ago." The 714-space garage, built on a former MBTA parking lot, is just one part of the $44 million project to remake the station that began in July 2013.[108] The 714-space garage, built on a former MBTA parking lot, is just one part of the $44 million project to remake the station that began in July 2013 "This project has been 20 years in the making," said Mayor Kim Driscoll. "I was an intern in the planning department, this would've been late 1988.[107]
(river stones with the brick sidewalk) Chestnut Street, In 1981 the City of Salem named its largest historic district after Samuel McIntire. Encompassing Broad, Chestnut, Essex, Federal and connecting streets. Chestnut Street is one of the oldest planned streets in America. Initially laid out in 1796, and then widened in 1803 to 80-feet
  • 2015
    • Footprint Power has cleared the last major hurdle on its way to building a $1 billion natural gas-fired plant on Salem Harbor.[109][110]
    • In June, officials hold groundbreaking for Salem's $1B Footprint power plant.[111][112]
    • Tourists from all over the world make up the over one million people visit Salem annually, and bring in over $100 million annually in tourism spending.[113]
    • Joshua Ward House, a historic Federal style brick house,[114] built in 1784 and interior woodwoork was done by noted Salem builder and woodworker Samuel McIntire[115] is turned into an 11-room boutique[116] Hotel. The building is owned by Salem residents Kimberly and Todd Waller.
Main entrance to Salem station, January 2016
  • 2016
    • Peabody Essex Museum's $49 million expansion proposal got critical support from the Design Review Board Wednesday night as the project draws closer to breaking ground.[117]
    • Salem Harbor has four stops for 2016 new Salem Water Shuttle: Blaney Street, Congress Street, Salem Willows and Winter Island.[118][119][120][121][122]
  • 2017
    • The Registry of Deeds is proposed to be moved to the old Superior Court and County Commissioner buildings downtown.[123] But the proposal has opposition.[124]
    • A Boutique 44-room hotel to open on the pedestrian mall in downtown with a roofdeck restaurant and street level café & bowling alley and a ground-floor coffee shop in the hotel's lobby with seasonal outdoor seating off the Essex Street entrance.[125][126][127]
    • Salem State University will open its $18 million Sophia Gordon Center[128] for the Creative and Performing Arts on April 2.[129][130][131][132][133][134]
    • John Legend was honored by Salem State University with an Advocate For Social Justice Award.[135][136] Based on his extensive efforts to make a difference in the lives of others, Legend will be the inaugural recipient of the Salem Advocate for Social Justice award, presented by Salem Award Foundation for Human Rights and Social Justice.
    • The City of Salem launched a new and improved bike sharing program with Zagster.[137][138][139]
  • 2018
    • The City of Salem received a federal grant for $3,400,000 for a second ferry to operate out of Salem Harbor.[140] The grant was provided by the United States Department of Transportation[141]
    • A$50 million development project on the corner of Washington and Dodge Streets to build a 110-Room Hampton Inn[142] City officials estimate a $200,000 boost in new hotel occupancy tax revenues from the project with City Planning Director Tom Daniel said Maine Course Hospitality Group is seeking foundation and building permits for the project, which is being built on property bordering Dodge and Washington streets.[143]
  • 2019
    • Opening of the Peabody Essex Museum's $200 million[151]‘Gallery Expansion Project.’ the PEM opened the 40,000-sq-ft Wing and 13 New Galleries and Exhibitions in September 2019,[152][153][154] allocated from the museum's ambitious $650 million Advancement Campaign, launched in 2011.[155]
    • Urban Spaces/Diamond Sinacori Break Ground on Salem Condo Complex is a $20 million project titles[156] 'BRIX' will have 61 Residences and a mix of Retail to Former Courthouse location at 65 Washington Street, a few minute walk to the Salem Commuter Rail Station with train and bus service to Boston.[157][158]
Topmast Studio at the Custom House in Downtown Salem off Essex Street (built, 1805). En plein air artist, Gold leaf & Wood carver John Pydynkowski at his studio
  • 2020
    • Hilton Hotels & Resorts under the brand Hampton Inn Salem with apartments opens in downtown.[159][160]
    • The City of Salem launched a microtransit network called the Salem Skipper in December 2020.[161][162] an on-demand transit network is operated by Via allowing riders to share the same vehicle for approximately the same price as a MBTA bus ticket. Passengers can hail a ride on their mobile device with the Salem Skipper app, or by calling a dispatcher.[162]
  • 2021
    • An on-demand transit network is operated by Via and allows riders to share the same vehicle for approximately the same price as a MBTA bus ticket. Passengers can hail a ride on their mobile device with the Salem Skipper app, or by calling a dispatcher.[162][163] a brand new ridesharing service serving the entire historic city.[164][162]
    • Salem's historic courthouse and commissioner's building, as well as plans to add 110 units of housing in an 8-story building next to the Salem MBTA Commuter Rail station. Winn won a bid awarded by the Salem Redevelopment Authority to revitalize and incorporate Salem's historic courthouse buildings in the redevelopment project.[165][166]

[167] Recent documents submitted to the Community Preservation Committee show the entire project – the court buildings, crescent lot, and everything between – will cost more than $63 million to build.

    • A New Luxury Condo Building named BRIX opens with a lottery for the 6 affordable homeownership units being built at Brix Condominiums.[168][169][170][171]
  • 2022
    • The Governor of Massachusetts, Charlie Baker, made a statement that $30 million[172] will go to Salem State University to redesign the campus and modernize areas.[173]
    • The City of Salem now required to provide ballots in Spanish with 20% of the population Spanish speaking, a first for the Witch City.

"The director of the Census has determined that the city of Salem is subject to the bilingual election requirements of Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act ... with respect to persons of Hispanic heritage," wrote Bert Russ, a deputy chief at the DOJ, in a recent letter to the city.[174]

    • Pickleball is now at the Salem Willows with new tennis courts and covered parking.[175] This project was funded paid by the Witch City's $30 million "Signature Parks" program that was launched in 2020 to boost Salem's most prominent Open space reserve ahead of its 400th anniversary in 2026.
    • The House of Seven Gables on Turner Street received a state grant on a coastal resilience plan thanks to the Governor of Massachusetts Charlie Baker. This $509,919 grant "Preserving History: Assessments and Climate Adaptations at the House of Seven Gables".[176]
    • In October 2022[177] 42 acres on the Salem waterfront is sold for $30 million. This is latest milestone toward the development of the state's second major offshore wind port terminal.[178][179] The Salem Harbor Wind Terminal is a public-private partnership between Crowley and the City of Salem, with AVANGRID serving as the port's anchor tenant for Offshore wind power construction. Commonwealth Wind and Park City Wind projects are the main companies.[180][181]
    • In November[182] Kim Driscoll the Mayor of Salem[183] won a desk on Beacon Hill[184] as Massachusetts Brand New[185] Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.[186][187][188][189] Gov.-elect Maura Healey and Lt. Gov.-elect Kim Driscoll plan to hold their inaugural celebration at TD Garden on the night of Thursday, January 5, 2023."The January 5th inauguration will mark the first time an all-women ticket is sworn in to lead a state in American history, and make Healey the first lesbian Governor in the country," Healey's inaugural team announced. "Through their inaugural events, Healey and Driscoll plan to honor the people and movements that helped pave the way to make this historic moment possible." Healey and Lt. Governor-elect Driscoll attached the theme "Moving the Ball Forward" to their 2022 Inauguration, a reference to their time as college and professional basketball players.
  • 2023
    • Robert McCarthy, a three-time City Council president is now the acting Salem Mayor. This City position was vacated by[190] Kim Driscoll.[191] resignation to become lieutenant governor of Massachusetts.[192][193][194] Salem Mayor Robert McCarthy was the 51st and then Dominick Pangallo was voted in, 52nd Mayor of Salem on May 16, 2023.
    • October tourism in Salem 2023 was up 35% from 2019. about one million people visited Historic downtown Salem.[195]
  • 2024
    • In April[196] of 2024, a city[197]ordinance[198]banning camping on public property passed the[199]City Council.[200]"It’s had an undeniable impact on the surrounding community, and it’s been a significant impact on city resources," Mayor Dominick Pangallo said. "Police. Fire. Medical response. Public works for cleanup on the regular. But most importantly, it’s been bad for the people who live there." The Salem City Council passed the ban on camping on city property by a 10–1 vote but removed fines for unhoused individuals. At the end of June 2024 Salem & Massachusetts State Police cleared camp.
    • The Derby Wharf stabilization and repair project is being funded by the National Park Service.[201][202]The wharf stabilization and repair project will make repairs necessary to stabilize Derby and Central wharves and provide additional protection against future erosion. Work on this project is scheduled to begin on May 28 along the east side bulkhead of Derby Wharf and will continue throughout the summer and early fall. The project is anticipated to be completed by winter 2024. Derby Wharf, built in 1762, and Central Wharf, constructed in 1790, are on the National Register of Historic Places and are National Historic Landmarks.
    • The Salem station on the Salem is the busiest commuter rail station outside of Boston and is now building a 2nd[203] Commuter Rail station in South Salem.[204]This is a $25,000,000 station will be situated between Canal Street and Jefferson Avenue to service Salem State University, Mass General Brigham Salem Hospital and over 30 acres of underutilized property that can support transit-oriented development.[205]
    • Overwheled with the number of walking tours & the tsunami of tourists every October, The Mayors Office with the City Council increased from $10 to $350 the cost of a Walking Tour Guide to be licensed. 35x cost of a Guide should allow to have some extra money to enforce the volume of Tourists that overwhelm the city annually.

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