House of the Seven Gables Historic District | |
Location | Salem, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°31′18.453″N 70°53′0.702″W / 42.52179250°N 70.88352833°W |
Built | 1668 |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Colonial, Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 73000323[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 8, 1973 |
The House of the Seven Gables (also known as the Turner House or Turner-Ingersoll Mansion) is a 1668 colonial mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, named for its gables. It was made famous by Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel The House of the Seven Gables. The house is now a non-profit museum, with an admission fee charged for tours, as well as an active settlement house with programs for the local immigrant community including ESL and citizenship classes. It was built for Captain John Turner and stayed with the family for three generations.[2]