Salem Witch House
| Salem Witch House | |||
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 Salem Witch House |
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| location | Salem (Massachusetts) , Essex County , Massachusetts | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 31 '17.6 " N , 70 ° 53' 56" W | ||
| Built | 1660s or 1670s | ||
| NRHP number | 73000312 | ||
| The NRHP added | August 28, 1973 | ||
The Salem Witch House is a historic building in Salem, Massachusetts . As the former home of Judge Jonathan Corwin, it is the only remaining building with links to the Salem witch trials . The Witch House is part of the Chestnut Street District , recognized as a Historic District and listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
history
The witch's house was built 300 paces away from a water source on an old Naumkeag Indian trail . In the central square of the Salem settlement, a pump was later installed for use, reported by Nathaniel Hawthorne .
The house has a typical 17th century architecture. Jonathan Corwin bought the house in 1675.
Various assumptions have been made about the exact age since the 1830s. What is certain is that the house had stood for a long time before Corwin bought it. Corwin's descendants named 1642 as the date of completion without being able to provide any evidence. Victorian historians such as WC Upham believed that it was even earlier in the 1620s and 1630s, and that it served as a home for Roger Williams , the eventual founder of Providence . Today's historians assume that it was built in the 1660s or 1670s. It is certain that the Corwin family bought the house from the Davenports in 1675 and had renovations carried out, including a basement and additional chimneys. Until then, it had two floors with two rooms each. It is also unclear how many gables the witch house originally had. An impending demolition was prevented in 1944. The museum in the witch's house has existed since 1948.
On August 28, 1973, the Chestnut District including the Witch House was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a Contributing Property . The museum in the witch's house is frequented by around 20,000 visitors every year.
literature
- John Goff: Salem's Witch House . A touchstone to Antiquity. The History Press, Charleston 2009, ISBN 978-1-59629-519-3 ( Google Books ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John Goff: Salem's Witch House , p. 13
- ↑ http://www.salemweb.com/witchhouse/ . Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ John Goff: Salem's Witch House , p. 29
- ↑ a b Archive link ( Memento from June 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ↑ Entry Chestnut Street District on the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved December 9, 2012.