The Gables will be closed through February 14 for annual maintenance. We will reopen Saturday, February 15 at 10 A.M.

Letter from E.B. Hinman, 1907

Date: 1907

Type: Letter

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Description

Before Caroline Emmerton and Joseph Chandler’s restoration of the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion there was a great deal of speculation as to where in Salem Hawthorne’s fictional seven-gabled house was located. This letter describes one such structure, the Hunt House, once located on Washington Street.