One of Salem‘s best examples of Federal-style architecture is the Pickman-Shreve-Little House at 27 Chestnut Street. It was constructed about 1819 by master builder Jabez Smith for Dudley L. Pickman. One of Salem’s wealthiest merchants, Pickman was a partner in the firm Devereux, Pickman & Silsbee and served as a state senator. The house was in his family until 1865 and was then owned, from 1872 to 1898, by Benjamin Shreve, a founder of the Boston jewelers Shreve, Crump, & Low, which is still in business. After Shreve‘s death, the house was then home to David Mason Little, a naval … Continue reading Pickman-Shreve-Little House (1819)