LOCATION FILE
House of the Seven Gables (Turner-Ingersoll Mansion)
FOLLOWSalem, MA
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Built in 1668 for sea captain John Turner and later owned by the Ingersoll family, this waterfront mansion inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel. Hawthorne's cousin Susanna Ingersoll lived here during his visits. Preservationist Caroline Emmerton restored the house and opened it as a museum in 1910, adding the now-famous secret staircase; Hawthorne's birthplace was moved onto the grounds in 1958.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Staff and visitors report footsteps, a boy seen in the attic, and a woman's figure connected to the Turner and Ingersoll families.
VISITING
Open to the public as a museum, with tours of the mansion and grounds.
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