JOSEPH FENNO HOUSE/WOMAN'S FRIEND SOCIETY

JOSEPH FENNO HOUSE/WOMAN'S FRIEND SOCIETY
Built in 1811-1812 as a single family McIntire style brick
double house of Federal Period construction for the Joseph
Fenno family. In 1822 the northern and southern houses were
split into separate ownerships and each experienced ownership
changes until 1878 when Philanthropist John Bertram then
purchased the northern house and assigned it in trust to his
daughter, Jennie M. Emmerton, for the use of The Woman's
Friend Society of Salem. In 1884 the Society was given sole
ownership, and by 1889, through private fund-raising. the
Woman's Friend Society was able to purchase the southern
half of the house in order to expand its' programs which have
provided significant services to the women of Salem.
National Registry of Historic Places
2008