THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
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The house in Salem that sheltered the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The House of the Seven Gables in 1851
If you walk past this house without knowing its history, you're likely to think it's inhabited by ghosts and ghouls... Yet when it was built, it was no different from the sumptuous mansions of the day. In the 17th century, Salem was one of the wealthiest cities on the east coast of the United States. Merchant marine captain John Turner had this house built in 1668. His son, John Turner II, had the house remodeled in the early 1700s according to the Georgian architectural codes then in vogue, adding panelling and sash windows. Occupied by three generations of Turners, the house and its 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century furnishings bear witness to the heyday of New England.
The Ingersolls, who bought the house from John Turner III, in turn renovated it. The house later became home to the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The House of the Seven Gables in 1851 - he used the site as inspiration for his novel. In 1910, an association took over the building, renovated it and opened it to the public. In 2007, the house was designated a National Historic Landmark. A model inside the house shows its architectural evolution over the centuries - indeed, the famous gables are no longer visible. In October, on Fridays and Saturdays, a re-enactment of Hawthorne's history takes place in the house.
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