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Dec 22, 2011 · Whether or not the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion really became the inspiration for Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic 1851 Gothic Romance novel as he visited his cousin Susannah there or whether there were other houses in Salem that inspired him to write The House of the Seven Gables, it's really a moot point at this juncture in time as for those who ...
The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields of Boston. The novel follows a New England family and their ancestral home.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1851
Sep 14, 2020 · Hawthorne was born in a house on 27 Union Street in Salem. That house still stands, but it is now on the property of the House of the Seven Gables Historic Site. Hawthorne lived in three other houses in Salem during his lifetime, all of which are still standing.
- Rex Krajewski
- 2018
May 8, 2012 · Discover House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts: The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
Date: 1958. Type: Photograph. Categories: Hawthorne Birthplace, Structures and Grounds. Description. In 1958 the House of the Seven Gables Settlement Association purchased this home, the former residence of the Hawthorne family and the home in which Nathaniel Hawthorne, himself, was born.
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born July 4, 1804, on the second floor of this two-story house first located at 27 Union St. in Salem. Now at 115 Derby St., Hawthorne’s birthplace is one of seven structures on the National Historic District campus.
Dec 27, 2018 · This house is best known for being the inspiration for Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 novel The House of the Seven Gables, but it is also one of the oldest houses in the state, as well as one of the finest surviving 17th century homes in New England.
