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The Salem Marine Society ran a bethel at the foot of Turner Street.
The Salem Marine Society ran a bethel at the foot of Turner Street.


Later, this bethel was used by Caroline O. Emmerton when she first organized her settlement program for Polish immigrants. Later, this formally became the House of the Seven Gables Settlement.




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*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1702718?locg=63 Salem Massachusetts, Vol. II] ed. Schier and Turino, p. 48 (photograph of Bethel on Herbert St.)
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1702718?locg=63 Salem Massachusetts, Vol. II] ed. Schier and Turino, p. 48 (photograph of Bethel on Herbert St.)
*[https://streetsofsalem.com/2016/02/04/the-wayfaring-chapel/ The Wayfaring Chapel] D. Seger "Streets of Salem" blog

Latest revision as of 10:39, 18 May 2016

A bethel was a seaman's chapel or a hostel for sailors. Salem had many such buildings during the "Age of Sail".

The Salem Marine Society ran a bethel at the foot of Turner Street.

Later, this bethel was used by Caroline O. Emmerton when she first organized her settlement program for Polish immigrants. Later, this formally became the House of the Seven Gables Settlement.

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