Nathaniel Silsbee House

For over a 100 years, the Knights of Columbus Salem has made its home in the historic Nathaniel Silsbee House overlooking the Salem Common. The three story brick mansion was built in 1818/1819 for Captain Nathaniel Silsbee, Ship master and later U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. According to Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., in his book Architecture in Salem; “When Silsbee’s son, Nathaniel Silsbee Jr., moved into the house in c. 1850, he made extensive changes in the Revival Style Home, so it was difficult to know how the house appeared before that time. Some changes included the Italianate windows on the façade and the square columned balustrade porch.

Photo 37, June 2013