The House of the Seven Gables

Salem, MA

The House of the Seven Gables was founded in 1910 as a historic site with a two-part purpose. Our founder, Caroline Osgood Emmerton, purchased seventeenth century Turner-Ingersoll Mansion and inspiration for Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, to preserve the legacy of this 19th century American author and to use tour revenue from The Gables to fund Settlement work in the immigrant community living in the neighborhood surrounding the site. Today, The House of the Seven Gables’ campus constitutes its own national historic district on The National Register of Historic Places and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2007.

Approximately 100,000 visitors from all over the globe visit and tour the mansion, other historic buildings on the campus and the seaside colonial revival gardens each year.
In the last century, The House of the Seven Gables has continued to focus on our founder's mission of preservation and community service and is one of the only museums in the country with such a dual mission.

Kara