Salem Audio Walking Tour

Highlights

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  House of the Seven Gables

  Captain John Turner's 1668 mansion, the House of the Seven Gables, also goes by the Turner House or Turner-Ingersoll Mansion. This is the 1668 colonial mansion built for Captain John Turner, a wealthy sea captain and merchant born in Salem in 1644.

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  Peabody Essex Museum

  Here in Salem, the Peabody Essex Museum holds 1.3 million pieces. This institution is the successor to the East India Marine Society, established in 1799, and it combines the collections of the former Peabody Museum of Salem — which acquired the Society's collection — and the Essex Institute.

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  Pickering House

  Ten generations of the Pickering family lived in the Pickering House at 18 Broad Street, in Salem's McIntire Historic District between Cambridge and Summer Street. Built circa 1664, this First Period Colonial house has evolved considerably over the centuries.

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  Pioneer Village

  Salem 1630: Pioneer Village, or simply Pioneer Village, is the living history museum you have reached, a recreation of the city of Salem in the 17th century. Opened in June 1930 as the first museum of its kind in the United States, it was created so visitors could experience the lives of early English settlers rather than merely read about them.

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  Chestnut Street District

  Bridge, Lynn, Beckford, and River Streets roughly frame the Chestnut Street District, the Salem neighborhood you have entered. This is a compact neighborhood of carefully carved stories: it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and was enlarged slightly in 1978.

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• Salem Willows Park (Salem)

  Notice the European white willow trees of Salem Willows, an oceanfront park in Salem, Massachusetts.

• Winter Island (Salem Neck)

  Winter Island reaches out from Salem Neck on a causeway, about 45 acres of shore and marine park.

• Fort Pickering (Winter Island)

  Picture this 17th-century fort site on Winter Island in Salem, Massachusetts, watching over Salem Harbor for centuries.

• Fort Pickering Light (Winter Island)

  Fort Pickering Light, also called Winter Island Light, has kept its post here since 1871.

• Salem Harbor (Salem)

  Picture the sweep of water spanning north and south of Salem, once a world-famous seaport.

• Salem Maritime National Historical Park (Salem Harbor)

  About 9 acres of Salem Harbor waterfront in Salem, Massachusetts, make up the Salem Maritime National Historical Park, and you have just walked into it.

• Derby Wharf Light (Derby Waterfront District)

  Out along Derby Wharf in Salem, the white square tower of Derby Wharf Light Station marks the end of your walk onto the water.

• Derby Waterfront District (Derby Waterfront District)

  Derby Street runs parallel to the water here, the spine of the Derby Waterfront District in Salem, Massachusetts.

• Peabody Essex Museum (Salem)

  Here in Salem, the Peabody Essex Museum holds 1.3 million pieces.

• Yin Yu Tang House (Salem)

  Picture Yin Yu Tang House, the Hall of Plentiful Shelter, a late eighteenth-century Chinese house re-erected here in Salem.

• Andrew–Safford House (Washington Square)

  At 13 Washington Square, the Andrew–Safford House raises its massive vertical façade, owned today by the Peabody Essex Museum.

• Cotting-Smith Assembly House (Federal Street District)

  Built in 1782, the Cotting–Smith Assembly House at 138 Federal Street is the graceful Federal‑style building facing you.

• Essex Institute Historic District (Essex Institute Historic District)

  Along Essex Street at 134-132, 128 and 126, plus 13 Washington Square West, a compact row of historic buildings in Salem forms the Essex Institute…

• Peirce-Nichols House (Federal Street)

  Jerathmiel Peirce's home, the Peirce–Nichols House at 80 Federal Street, faces you here in Salem.

• Gardner-Pingree House (Essex Street)

  Flemish bond brick and white marble trim greet you at the Gardner–Pingree House in Salem, Massachusetts.

• John Tucker Daland House (Essex Institute Historic District)

  Gridley James Fox Bryant designed the John Tucker Daland House at 132 Essex Street, the Italianate brick house in front of you.

• Salem Athenaeum (McIntire Historic District)

  Founded in 1810, the Salem Athenaeum keeps its books at 337 Essex Street in the McIntire Historic District of Salem, Massachusetts.

• Salem Public Library (Chestnut Street Historic District)

  Picture the Italianate mansion built in 1855 for sea captain John Bertram, here at 370 Essex Street.

• Hawthorne Hotel (Washington Square West)

  Novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, a Salem native, lends his name to the Hawthorne Hotel rising here on Washington Square West.

• City Hall (Downtown Salem District)

  Greek Revival in every line, City Hall anchors the Downtown Salem District right in front of you.

• United States Post Office–Salem Main (Salem)

  Two stories of brick at 2 Margin Street make up the US Post Office—Salem Main in Salem, Massachusetts.

• Hamilton Hall (Salem)

  Between 1805 and 1807, Hamilton Hall rose at 9 Chestnut Street in Salem, Massachusetts, and this National Historic Landmark has held its corner ever since.

• Chestnut Street District (Chestnut Street District)

  Bridge, Lynn, Beckford, and River Streets roughly frame the Chestnut Street District, the Salem neighborhood you have entered.

• John Ward House (Salem)

  A currier named John Ward raised the John Ward House at 9 Brown Street in Salem, today a National Historic Landmark.

• Pickering House (McIntire Historic District)

  Ten generations of the Pickering family lived in the Pickering House at 18 Broad Street, in Salem's McIntire Historic District between Cambridge and Summer Street.

• Stephen Phillips House (McIntire Historic District)

  Samuel McIntyre designed the Stephen Phillips House, the historic house and museum in the McIntire Historic District where you have paused.

• Nathaniel Bowditch House (Salem)

  Three names cling to this house at 9 North Street: the Nathaniel Bowditch House, the Bowditch-Osgood House and the Curwen-Ward-Bowditch House.

• Pickman House (Charter Street Historic District)

  Tucked behind the Peabody Essex Museum on Charter Street, the Pickman House is the First Period structure you see here in Salem.

• House of the Seven Gables (Salem Harbor)

  Captain John Turner's 1668 mansion, the House of the Seven Gables, also goes by the Turner House or Turner-Ingersoll Mansion.

• Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace (House of the Seven Gables)

  Nathaniel Hawthorne, the American author, was born in this very house, the Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace.

• Pioneer Village (Salem)

  Salem 1630: Pioneer Village, or simply Pioneer Village, is the living history museum you have reached, a recreation of the city of Salem in the…

• Salem Common Historic District (Salem Common)

  Established in 1667 and once partly swamp, the Salem Common is the open green at the heart of the Salem Common Historic District where you…

• Harmony Grove Cemetery (Salem)

  Harmony Grove Cemetery spreads its 57 acres from 30 Grove Street here in Salem.

• Broad Street Cemetery (Salem)

  Laid out in 1655, Broad Street Cemetery is the second oldest cemetery in the city of Salem, and its stones lie just ahead of you.

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