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HISTORIC HOMES
OF NEW ENGLAND
[Illustration: PLATE I. The Old Pickering House, Salem, Mass. Built in
1651. Frontispiece. ]
HISTORIC HOMES OF
NEW ENGLAND
BY
MARY H. NORTHEND
AUTHOR OF "COLONIAL HOMES AND THEIR FURNISHINGS"
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
[Illustration]
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1914
Copyright, 1914,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
THIS BOOK
IS DEDICATED TO
THE BEST OF MOTHERS
PREFACE The study of old houses grows in interest with each additional discovery
of good material, such as can be found in the old New England towns and
cities, more especially those along the seacoast. The preservation of
these old houses has done much to give us correct ideas of the
interiors, though many of these, with the change of owners, have been
stripped of their colonial furnishings. Most of the houses that are shown in this book are private homes which
have been opened by the owners to allow pictured representations of
correct ancestral furnishing. Houses such as these possess the greatest
charm ancestral homes that have descended from generation to generation
in the same family since their founding. It has been a great pleasure to be allowed to visit these old mansions,
which show wonderful staircases, richly carved mantels, and colonial
windows, each one of which is an architectural gem. Through pictured
homes like these one is given a deeper interest in the early life of our
country and realizes more than ever before what the colonial period
stood for in home building. I wish to acknowledge the kindness of my many friends in helping me to
make this book possible, particularly Mrs. Charles M. Stark of
Dunbarton, New Hampshire, for use of the old Stark mansion; the Colonial
Dames of Massachusetts, for allowing correct representations in pictures
of the Quincy Mansion; the New Hampshire Society of the Sons of
Cincinnati, for the use of the Ladd Gilman House; Miss Caroline O.
Emmerton of Salem, for permission to show the historic House of Seven
Gables; the Historical Society of Marblehead, for the use of the Lee
Mansion; the Medford Daughters of the Revolution, for the old Royall
House; the Dalton Club of Newburyport, who have thrown open their
club house to be pictured; Mrs. Jacob C. Rogers of Boston and Peabody;
Mr. Jacob C. Peabody of Danvers; as well as many others, including Mr.
John Pickering of Salem, who have allowed me access to their houses. We of New England are deeply interested in our historic homes, and it is
to the lover of the colonial that I wish to show by picture and text the
wonderful old mansions that are still in our midst, which have done much
to bring New England into prominence in the architectural world of
to day. MARY H. NORTHEND.
AUGUST 15, 1914.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
PREFACE vii
I. HOMES OF LONG AGO 1
II. THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES 13
III. THE PICKERING HOUSE 27
IV. "THE LINDENS" 37
V. THE ROGERS HOUSE 49
VI. THE COLONEL JEREMIAH LEE HOUSE 59
VII. THE LADD GILMAN HOUSE 70
VIII. THE ADAMS HOUSE 83
IX. THE SPENCER PIERCE HOUSE 93
X. THE GOVERNOR DUMMER MANSION 109
XI. THE MACPHAEDRIS WARNER HOUSE 119
XII. THE WENTWORTH HOUSE 130
XIII. THE FRANKLIN PIERCE HOUSE 141
XIV. THE SAVORY HOUSE 157
XV. THE STARK MANSION 167
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