The Witch House

The Witch House of Salem is a historic building in Salem ( Massachusetts). It is the only surviving building relations with the Salem Witch Trials as a former home of Judge Jonathan Corwin. The witch's house is part of the Chestnut Street District, which is recognized as a Historic District and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

The witch's house was built 300 steps away from a person lying on an old Indian trail Naumkeag the water source. In the central square of the village Salem a pump was later put to use, reported by the Nathaniel Hawthorne.

The house has a typical for the 17th century architecture. Jonathan Corwin bought the house 1675th

About the exact age has been around since the 1830s, various assumptions. What is certain is that the house has been standing for long periods of time prior to the acquisition by Corwin. The descendants Cowins named the 1642 not able to produce this evidence as the date of completion. Historian of the Victorian period as W. C. Upham went from an even earlier construction in the 1620s and 1630s and that it as a home for Roger Williams, later founder of Providence, was used. Today's historians from a building built in the 1660s or 1670s. What is certain is that in 1675 the family Corwin the house bought up by the Davenports and let conversion work, including a basement and additional fireplaces perform. Until then, it had features two floors with two rooms each. It is also unclear how many gables the witch's house originally owned. The threat of demolition in 1944 could be prevented. Since 1948, the museum is in the witch's house.

On August 28, the District Chestnut was recorded including the witches house as a contributing property in the National Register of Historic Places. The museum in the Witch House is frequented annually by about 20 000 visitors.