Sanborn map, Oct. 1914. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection
Fair Street · No. 26
26 Fair Street
From the City’s assessors’ records · not in the state inventory · not yet researched
- Built, per assessors
- c. 1914
- Use, per assessors
- Apartments, four to eight units
- State inventory
- Not recorded
- Neighborhood
- South End District
Not yet researched
Nobody has looked into this building for oldnbpt.com yet, and the Massachusetts Historical Commission's inventory has no form for it. What this page shows comes from the City's assessors' records: the address, the lot (parcel 7-34-A), the use and a year built, which is an estimate that clusters on round years and often dates the oldest part. The site lists it because that year makes it 75 or more years old. The dot on the map marks the middle of the lot, not the house; the map opens on the newest fire-insurance map that covers the block, if one does.
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Planning work on this building?
Reviews that may apply
Newburyport Historic District (National Register, listed 1984) · Downtown Overlay District (DOD) · Parcel 7-34-A · Zone B2
Planning Board decides
Downtown, new construction, alteration or demolition of a historic building (individually listed or contributing in 1984) needs a DOD special permit, judged against the Secretary of the Interior's Standards; the Historical Commission sends an advisory report. Replacing windows, doors, signs, awnings or fences is reviewed by the Planning Office at staff level, with a window inventory; a new opening in a wall needs the Board. The demolition delay ordinance does not apply downtown except to work the Zoning Administrator excludes from DOD review.
Zoning Administrator first stop
Every project starts with a zoning determination from the Zoning Administrator, which says which of these reviews apply and whether the work also needs zoning relief (a special permit for a non-conformity, or a variance). Fees, forms and filing deadlines are on the City’s site.
Not legal advice, not an official City publication, and not the position of the Historical Commission or any board. Says what the ordinances say as of September 30, 2026; the Zoning Administrator decides what applies. Boundaries: Merrimack Valley Planning Commission / City of Newburyport GIS (MIMAP); 1984 status from the National Register nomination's district data sheets. City's quick guide to the DCOD and demolition delay ↗ · Do I need approval? Project by project →
Researched houses built 1900–1945
Sources
- City of Newburyport assessors' records, FY2026 (MVPC / City of Newburyport GIS, MIMAP, "Assessing Information"): address, parcel, year built and use (parcel 7-34-A)