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Northshore October 2025
Famous more for its fictional history than for its real past, The House of the Seven Gables in Salem celebrates its storied 350-year history this year, earning it bragging rights in its venerable position among New England antiquities. Few places can offer glimpses of three centuries of architectural styles and the intimate histories of so many occupants in one building. Add the romance of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s compelling novel The House of the Seven Gables, and the real estate is matchless among America’s famous houses. Photos by Katie Noble Built in 1668 by Captain John Turner, a wealthy merchant, The Gables was home to three genera
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