This lovely three-story frame houseon Winter Street in Salemwas built in the 1780s for mason, Thomas Hovey. The structures front-end, five-by-one-bay portion with stone foundation was built first, in the Federal style, likely with traditional finishes seen in the early Federal period. The buildings rectangular shape, hipped roof, molded corner boards, and foreshortened third-story windows are indicative of its Federal-era origins. By around 1870, the Italianate decorative features, including a hooded double-door entrance, two-over-two windows, a second-story bay window, a bracketed cornice, and bracketed window lintels, were added to the exterior in an effort to modernize the home by later owners. Like many other houses in Salem,this building was extensively documented by Historic Salem Inc.who compiled a detailed history of this and hundreds of other homes nearby.