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What’s Happening This Week?

Date: August 25, 2019

It’s a calm before the October storm at The House of the Seven Gables. If you’re one of those lucky families who aren’t going back to school until after Labor...

We couldn’t do it without you!

Date: August 22, 2019

Our thanks to these generous supporters who have sponsored the 7th annual Taste of The Gables! You will be helping us to be a welcoming, thriving, historic site and community...

What’s Happening This Week

Date: August 18, 2019

Our interpretive planning project is anticipated to take us 3-5 years to complete, but there is always routine maintenance for our visitor services staff to take care of to ensure...

Sharing our stories – an update

Date: August 17, 2019

We want to keep our friends and fans abreast of our interpretive planning project which is in full swing this summer! If you are not familiar with the term, interpretation...

Announcement: The Luckiest Lineup!

Date: August 15, 2019

[Drum roll, please!] We’d like to announce our tasty lineup for this year’s Taste of The Gables!                          ...

Early Irish influence on baseball changed the game

Date: August 13, 2019

There was a time, early in the 19th century, when baseball was a gentlemanly game played by the upper class. Things changed when second-generation Irish immigrants took an interest. “The Irish...

What’s Happening This Week

Date: August 12, 2019

Tickets are still available for The Emerald Diamond tomorrow night at The Gables. Sports historian Brian Sheehy will discuss the immigrant influence on baseball from the Irish immigrants of the...

Madeline Duppenthaler joins The Gables’ Development team

Date: August 8, 2019

  Madeline Duppenthaler is the new Development Associate at The House of the Seven Gables. She joins a busy and growing Development Department. The team’s work supports the National Historic...

Caribbean Connections Summer 2019

Date: July 31, 2019

The Gables offers a five-week summer enrichment program that aims to help Salem students and their families discover untold stories and hidden connections between Salem and the Caribbean. Caribbean Connections...

Exclusive Member Perk: The House of the Seven Gables Research Library.

Date: July 31, 2019

Located in the historic Hooper-Hathaway House (1682), this intimate space contains over 600 books, and nearly as many periodicals and documents pertaining to the unique cross-section of literary and historical...