27 Summer Street
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Record 3339/5355
Copyright Marblehead Historical Commission
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Collection Old Houses etc. School Research Project
Date circa 1727
Abstract Marblehead Jr. High Archives Historical Building Survey

This one family residence at 27 Summer Street has a cordwainer's shop in back yard, bay window on left side, bull's eye windows and a half-pitched, half-flat roof line. The interior has a front staircase, H & L hinges on first floor and original floor boards.
This house has been owned by a cordwainer (Thomas Proctor), a mariner (Francis Hiter) and many fishermen. Owners of the land have often been associated with St. Stephen's Church across the street.
St. Michael's and St. Stephen's churches are located on this street; the gravestones and sepulcher of St. Michael's Church and the Shirley Smethurst House.
Home Location Pink Room (4th floor north end of building)
Object ID 2006-075-00510
Object Name House
Search Terms Marblehead Buildings
Title 27 Summer Street
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Rev. 2.0 2/2013 Contact the Historical Commission at 781-639-3425 or e-mail us (please include the "Object ID" number, not the Record Number)     historic@marblehead.org
Last modified on: February 22, 2013