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Northshore October 2025
In 1789, Salem merchant Joshua Ward was granted the rare honor of a visit to his home by then-president George Washington. The home where Washington spent a night was originally constructed in 1784, centrally located on Salem’s Washington Street. Remarkably, the building has remained under the control of private owners throughout its lifetime. “I’m constantly surprised that a building with so much rich history is privately-owned, and not a museum,” says current owner. Waller and his wife, Kim, opened the home to the public in November 2015 in its current incarnation: the historic Merchant Inn, which honors Ward’s
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