Proctor’s Ledge Memorial design presentation
Address
Public Presentation of Proctor’s Ledge Memorial Design
6:00 p.m., Monday, December 12, Salem Five Community Room, 210 Essex Street
The City of Salem and landscape architect Martha Lyon will present the memorial design plans for Proctor’s Ledge in a public meeting that will take place on Monday, December 12, 6:00 p.m, in the Salem Five Community Room at 210 Essex Street.
In 2016 the City requested and received a Community Preservation Act grant to fund improvements at the City-owned parcel to help preserve the historic integrity and better facilitate any visitors to the site. Some improvements, including cleaning of the site and construction of an accessible sidewalk space and street trees were begun in 2016. Tree plantings along the site perimeter and a fence are being finalized for installation in the near future. The memorial components themselves will be constructed in early spring 2017, with a planned completion date of June 2017.
At the December 12 meeting landscape architect Martha Lyon, who was retained by the City to develop the plans for the site, will present the memorial design, which was developed following public feedback meetings and comments from neighbors, members of the Salem Award Foundation, historians and preservationists, and descendants of those executed at the location nearly 325 years ago.