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This 17th century dwelling is located in downtown Salem on 21 High Street. It is maintained by | This 17th century dwelling is located in downtown Salem on 21 High Street. It is maintained by | ||
Historic New England and is open to visitors some Saturdays in the summer months. | [[Historic New England]] and is open to visitors some Saturdays in the summer months. | ||
Historic New England's website states, "built in 1665, the well-crafted and sophisticated timber framed house -- complete with binding and bridging summer beams, a large number of connecting joints, and interior finish trim -- attests to the wealth and social standing of the home's builder and first owner, Eleazor Gedney. Gedney was a successful shipwright related by marriage to John Turner, builder of the House of Seven Gables." | Historic New England's website states, "built in 1665, the well-crafted and sophisticated timber framed house -- complete with binding and bridging summer beams, a large number of connecting joints, and interior finish trim -- attests to the wealth and social standing of the home's builder and first owner, Eleazor Gedney. Gedney was a successful shipwright related by marriage to John Turner, builder of the House of Seven Gables." | ||
The Gedney House was put on the list of ''National Register of Historic Places'' in 1974. | |||
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Vertical File in the Salem Collection - '''Gedney House''' | Vertical File in the Salem Collection - '''Gedney House''' | ||
[http:// | [http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2264429?locg=63 Architecture in Salem] by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p.100 | ||
[http://www.historicnewengland.org/collections-archives-exhibitions/collections-access/collection-object/capobject?gusn=GUSN-200583&searchterm=gedney%20house Gedney House] Historic New England website (photograph) | [http://www.historicnewengland.org/collections-archives-exhibitions/collections-access/collection-object/capobject?gusn=GUSN-200583&searchterm=gedney%20house Gedney House] Historic New England website (photograph) | ||
Latest revision as of 11:20, 21 August 2014
This 17th century dwelling is located in downtown Salem on 21 High Street. It is maintained by Historic New England and is open to visitors some Saturdays in the summer months.
Historic New England's website states, "built in 1665, the well-crafted and sophisticated timber framed house -- complete with binding and bridging summer beams, a large number of connecting joints, and interior finish trim -- attests to the wealth and social standing of the home's builder and first owner, Eleazor Gedney. Gedney was a successful shipwright related by marriage to John Turner, builder of the House of Seven Gables."
The Gedney House was put on the list of National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
See Also
Vertical File in the Salem Collection - Gedney House
Architecture in Salem by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p.100
Gedney House Historic New England website (photograph)
