Architectural

The New Urban Fabric: Balancing Growth and Heritage

Urban planning today looks very different than it did even twenty-five years ago, shaped by shifting demographics and a nationwide housing shortage. Communities like Salem are grappling with an important question: how do we preserve our historic fabric and character while also responding to the pressures of growth? Join HSI at the historic Hawthorne Hotel in downtown Salem for a...

Women at War: Salem as the Home Front in 1776

What was it like to be a woman in a world at war? How did Salem’s women live their daily lives in the months leading up to the Declaration of Independence? Join SHS and Ladies’ Association of Revolutionary America at the Pickering House on Saturday, May 16 from 11am-4pm to encounter a history that often slipped between the pages and...

Tour en Español

¡Un recorrido por La Casa de los Siete Tejados en español!

Manalone: Architect Joseph Everett Chandler & Queer History

Joseph Everett Chandler, the architect who restored The House of the Seven Gables for Caroline Emmerton, was an early historian of American architecture. He restored dozens of other important buildings that became museums, including the Paul Revere House and the Old State House in Boston, the Royall House in Medford, the Sargent-Murray-Gilman House in Gloucester, and the Stevens-Coolidge House and...

Tour en Español

¡Un recorrido por La Casa de los Siete Tejados en español!

On the Move: Relocating Historic Houses at The Gables

The House of the Seven Gables invites you to hear about the history of relocating historic houses to save them, both in our past and in our near future! Relocation of historic buildings was once a common occurrence. Three of our historic buildings were moved to the site from 1910 to 1958, and one building was moved multiple times. Learn...

Tour en Español

¡Un recorrido por La Casa de los Siete Tejados en español!

Historic New England Open House

Join Historic New England on June 6 for a region wide Open House! Explore 38 distinctly different historic sites for FREE from Connecticut to Maine. In the North Shore, connect with stories linked with the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Visit farm animals in Newbury. Check out antique cars and carriages on the “most beautiful street in America” and...

Tour en Español

¡Un recorrido por La Casa de los Siete Tejados en español!

Tour en Español

¡Un recorrido por La Casa de los Siete Tejados en español!

Tour en Español

¡Un recorrido por La Casa de los Siete Tejados en español!

Tour en Español

¡Un recorrido por La Casa de los Siete Tejados en español!