House of the Seven Gables
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The House of the Seven Gables is a 1668 colonial mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, named for its gables. It was made famous by Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel The House of the Seven Gables. The house
The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts. View of front and side.
Side view
Before 1908–1910 restoration
Same view in 1915
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.
Hawthorne in the 1860s
Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Charles Osgood, 1841 (Peabody Essex Museum)
Nathaniel Hawthorne's childhood home in Raymond, Maine, built in 1804
Boston Custom House, Custom House Street, where Hawthorne worked c. 1839–40