Gifts at The Gables
Date: June 30, 2017
by Everett Philbrook Shopping for a great gift ? Eye catching colorful patterns available in porcelain teapots, cups & saucers or mugs, all are gift boxed and are sure to...
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What’s New in Preservation?
Date: June 30, 2017
The House of the Seven Gables recently partnered with the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners for a six-month project to measure environmental conditions around our National Historic Landmark District museum...
Launching Caribbean Connections 2017
Date: June 30, 2017
by Ana Nuncio Caribbean Connections, The Gables’ summer enrichment program strives to serve English Language Learners in grades K-6 who are at the earliest levels of English proficiency. We are...
The Chamber Over The Little Parlor
Date: June 30, 2017
by Alyssa Conary On July 4, 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in the house at 27 Union Street in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1958, the house was saved from destruction and...
Enjoy an audio tour of our stunning gardens and grounds
Date: June 7, 2017
Think you know it all about The Gables? Can you tell us about the importance of the boulder or bell on our property? What about the unique garden furnishings? Our...
Slavery was once common in Essex County
Date: June 6, 2017
Before the Revolutionary War, many rural households in Essex County owned enslaved workers. If the workers’ mothers were not enslaved, as was often the case, they could petition the court...
Gifts at The Gables
Date: June 1, 2017
The warm spring weather has finally arrived, and so too has our annual order of t-shirts. Comfortable and made of 100% cotton, our t-shirts come in a variety of colors...
The Settlement Legacy — Renewed and Rising
Date: June 1, 2017
Lishbeht Ramos, intern at The Gables during this past year, proudly graduated from Salem State University in May with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Early Childhood Education. While at...
What’s New in Preservation?
Date: June 1, 2017
Monitoring the conditions of our collections and historic architecture is no easy task. Last summer, The House of the Seven Gables was fortunate to form two partnerships to help us...
Is mise Shiobhain Ní Shúilleabháin
Date: June 1, 2017
by Diana Dunlap In her first language, Joan Sullivan could introduce herself in two different ways: “Siobhain Ní Shúilleabháin is ainm dom” (“Joan O’Sullivan is the name at me”) or...