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Designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2007, The House of the Seven Gables is best known today as the setting of world-renowned American author Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 novel. But it is so much more!
Included in your ticket. A 45-minute guided tour of the Turner Ingersoll Mansion (The House of the Seven Gables) A self-guided visit in the Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace. Family Fun at the Kid’s Cove. A stroll through the Colonial Revival seaside gardens and access to The Museum Store.
Our American story starts in 1668, when Salem sea captain and merchant John Turner I and his wife Elizabeth built The House of the Seven Gables. Three generations of the Turner family lived in the seaside mansion before it was sold to Captain Samuel Ingersoll in 1782.
Up to a 45-minute tour of The House of the Seven Gables with a professional interpreter. Access to a 30-minute audio tour for your own electronic device about the historic grounds. Exploration time in the Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace, Counting House, and Museum Store.
The seaside mansion known as The House of the Seven Gables was built in 1668 for Captain John Turner I, the head of one of the most successful maritime families in the New England colonies. The industriousness of Turner and his descendants in the fishing, trading and mercantile businesses came to define the economy of Puritan New England and ...
Sep 14, 2024 · The House of the Seven Gables has been a center of Salem’s community for over a century – sharing a rich history with visitors from around the globe and providing educational resources for people in Greater Salem.
Matthew Maule’s Bloody Curse at The House of the Seven Gables. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s descriptions of The House of the Seven Gables, in his novel of the same name, are dark and ominous. His fictional house is old, weather-beaten, in terrible disrepair.
The Grounds Pass includes: Access to a 30-minute audio tour for your own electronic device about the historic grounds. Exploration time in the Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace, Counting House, and Museum Store. Links for virtual experiences. A unique map of our historic site.
May 12, 2022 · Russell will assume his responsibilities as executive director of The House of the Seven Gables on June 6, 2022. Kara McLaughlin announced her June 2022 resignation from the job of executive director in 2021, giving The Gables’ trustees a year to locate its next executive director.
Apr 30, 2020 · Even though you can’t come in person quite yet, we hope you’ll take our Virtual Tour and show some love for The House of the Seven Gables. The Virtual Tour is about a 15-minute experience that takes visitors on a narrated journey through six rooms of the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion.
