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[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search/X?search=be-witched+in+historic&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D Be-witched in Historic Salem] Salem Chamber of Commerce, p. 32 | [http://innopac.noblenet.org/search/X?search=be-witched+in+historic&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D Be-witched in Historic Salem] Salem Chamber of Commerce, p. 32 | ||
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- Located at 18 Broad Street, this house as been owned and lived in by ten successive generations of Pickerings, making it the oldest house in the United States to have been continuously occupied by one family. The most famous family member to reside here was Col. Timothy Pickering. Today the house is open to the public by the Pickering Foundation, a charitable organization established in 1951.
- The first part of the house was built in 1651 and the building was added on to many times over the years. The front facade was rendered Gothic-like in 1841 and the cut-out fence with finial-capped posts were added then also.
- The Pickering House is opened to the public on a limited basis.
See Also
Architecture in Salem by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p.222
Pickering House Pickering House website
Be-witched in Historic Salem Salem Chamber of Commerce, p. 32
