The research begins!
Date: August 25, 2016
As the construction phase of our Secret Room Project comes to completion, our staff is actively starting to get into the depths of research for the uses of the dining room chamber...
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A Walk Through Paradise
Date: May 27, 2016
When visitors come to The House of the Seven Gables they expect to find old houses, transformed by the passing of time and ownership, with weathered exteriors and eclectic, period-furnished...
Twisted Sisters
Date: April 13, 2016
We had a little issue this week…as bad as it sounds there was actually an incredibly easy solution thanks to our trusty team of Structures North and American Steeple and...
Secret Room Surprises!
Date: April 7, 2016
The things you debate on when putting a historic room back together! It’s a good thing we have a room full of professionals on the case with dozens of decades...
Room of Steel
Date: April 1, 2016
Today was a big day in the Secret Room Project at The House of the Seven Gables. We’re closing out March with the placement of the steel reinforcement in...
March Update for the Secret Rooms Project
Date: March 19, 2016
The Secret Rooms Project at The House of the Seven Gables is moving along well thanks to our dedicated team of staff and contractors. Structures North has been making a...
Secret Rooms Project Update – Dining Room Construction
Date: February 12, 2016
The first phase of the project was to remove the plaster ceiling in the dining room below. The removal of this recent material is required to gain access to the...
The Trustful Guardian: The Lost Letters of Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne
Date: January 28, 2016
by David Moffat A constant question from visitors in the Hawthorne Birth House, prompted by a line on a sign upstairs, is “Why did Hawthorne burn his wife’s letters?” The...
Corporate Membership
Date: January 6, 2016
What’s Happening in Preservation?
Date: December 29, 2015
The House of the Seven Gables is about to embark on phase two of the Secret Rooms project. This phase will entail the installation of needed reinforcement to achieve desired...