Abstract
Although the House of Seven Gables Historic Site is principally associated with Nathaniel Hawthorne, the excavations at the Turner House site revealed a wealth of information about the Turner and Ingersoll families, who lived in the house later made famous by Hawthorne's novel. The rich array of documents contributes not only to the further understanding of the households that occupied the site, but also suggest the ways in which the surrounding community perceived the residents and their home through time. This article describes the excavations that took place on the site during the 1991 field season. The documentary evidence acts as a guide to how the image of the site changed with each successive generation, from its construction as a fashionable home and business place in the 17th century, to its recreation as a historic site in the 20th century.
DOI
10.22191/neha/vol23/iss1/2
Recommended Citation
Goodwin, Lorinda B.R.
(1994)
""A Succession of Kaleidoscopic Pictures": Historical Archaeology at the Turner House, Salem, Massachusetts,"
Northeast Historical Archaeology:
Vol.
23
23, Article 2.
https://doi.org/10.22191/neha/vol23/iss1/2
Available at:
https://orb.binghamton.edu/neha/vol23/iss1/2
