Hooper Hathaway House

Hooper Hathaway House (built 1683)

Now sited on the property of the House of the Seven Gables, this house was built in 1683, by Benjamin Hooper and was moved from 23 Washington Street. It was known as the Old Bakery when at the Washington Street location, as it was used as a bakery for years.

According to the Seven Gables website:

"The Hooper - Hathaway House is a building that was rescued through the combined efforts of Caroline Emmerton and the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Miss Emmerton purchased it and moved it from Washington Street to its present location in 1911 when it was threatened with destruction. It has been heavily restored in the Colonial Revival Style, and its wonderfully nostalgic diamond pane windows are a 1911 creation, but it still retains some very exciting Jacobian details. For instance, on the eastern overhang you can see an excellent example of first period projecting timbers. Normally, these exposed beams that hold the floor joists would simply be rounded off. In this case, the builders spent time creating a cyma, or double curved profile, and added a scalloped fillet, or banding."

See Also

• Postcard courtesy of CardCow.com

• Visitor's Guide to Salem 1916 ed., p.158

• Hooper Hathaway House House of the Seven Gables