House of the Seven Gables (Turner-Ingersoll Mansion)
- Title:
- House of the Seven Gables (Turner-Ingersoll Mansion)
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Robb (Photographer)
- Creation Date:
- 1668 (building)
ca. 1931 (photograph)
- Location:
- Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 10046033
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00209
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10046033.jpg
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Architecture
historic house museums (buildings)
signs by form
Gables (Architectural elements)
Fences
townscapes (built environment)
streetscapes
House of the Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts
photographs - Measurement:
- 19.05 x 24.13 (centimeters)
- Description:
- The Turner-Ingersoll Mansion dates to 1668, and is one of the oldest surviving 17th-century wooden mansions in New England. The structure is believed to have been the inspiration for Nathaniel Hawthorne¿s novel, The House of the Seven Gables. The philanthropist Caroline O. Emmerton p urchased the property in 1908, restored the building and opened it as a museum in 1910.
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.