Welcome to the Buildings and Houses Section

The John Tucker Daland House, formerly the Essex Institute (in Hawthorne's time known as the Essex Historical Society) is now part of the Peabody Essex Museum. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum)

This section of the site offers information on the following topics related to buildings and houses important to the life and work of Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Salem Custom House (subtopics: Construction, Descriptions and Depictions, Federal Style) Houses in Salem (subtopics: Houses Where Hawthorne Lived, The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site, the Robert Manning House, Other Salem Houses) Buildings in Salem (subtopics: Government Buildings; Churches; Museums, Libraries, and Schools; Other Buildings) Houses in Concord (subtopics: The Wayside, The Old Manse)

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