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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: June 1, 2017
The Gables will once again host members, friends and family as we celebrate the Fourth of July and the birthday of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Guests should bring their own picnic, blanket,...
Date: June 1, 2017
Things don’t just happen. Someone has to work towards them; labor to bring about their completion. For almost 350 years people have labored in and around The House of The...
