What’s New in the Settlement House?
Date: February 2, 2021
Did you know that The House of the Seven Gables maintains two Little Free Libraries in Salem? Little Free Libraries play an important role in building community, inspiring readers, and...
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What’s New in Preservation?
Date: January 27, 2021
The Joshua Phippen House’s (c.1782-1785) chimney is quickly deteriorating. Bricks are missing from the top and have most likely fallen down the inside the chimney. The structure is weak and...
Grant Gratitude
Date: January 25, 2021
Thank you to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for supporting The House of the Seven Gables. We received notice that we were awarded a Cultural Organization Economic Recovery Grant of $100,000...
Programs and work go on as The Gables suspends winter tours
Date: January 19, 2021
The House of the Seven Gables News Release January 11, 2021 For additional information, please contact: Julie Arrison-Bishop 978-744-0991 jarrison@7gables.org Although The House of the Seven Gables has closed for...
Member-Exclusive: Archives Show and Tell
Date: January 1, 2021
Join our collections staff to learn about our 2020 archives project and see what treasures we unearthed. We plan to host this event in-person. If our state guidelines do not...
January 2021 Settlement Programs Update
Date: December 31, 2020
What’s New in Settlement? The Gables is conducting bilingual student surveys and putting final details in place for this year’s adult ESL and citizenship classes. It was a challenge to...
What’s the Story?
Date: December 31, 2020
Stories are at the core of what we do at The House of the Seven Gables. They are not just a part of our past, but also our present and...
Happy New Year from The House of the Seven Gables
Date: December 31, 2020
A message from the Executive Director Happy New Year! Finally, the year 2020 is behind us and a new year has begun. And while we know 2021 will continue to...
A Final Plea
Date: December 30, 2020
Help us reach our goal! This year has not gone as planned. In March we closed our historic campus to the public for the first time in many years. In...
Archival Advice: Your Family Memories
Date: December 1, 2020
by Will Demick In 2020, The Gables was able to inventory, organize, digitize a large portion of our archives thanks to funding from the NEH CARES program. We all know...