John Proctor House (Peabody, Massachusetts)

The John Proctor House is a historic First Period house in Peabody, Massachusetts, United States. According to local tradition, this wood-frame house was occupied by John Proctor, who was convicted and hanged for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials of 1692. However, dendrochronology has determined the house was built c.1727[3] by Proctor's son Thorndike, who purchased the property from Charles Downing around that time. The house remained in the Proctor family into the mid-19th century.[4]

John Proctor House
Location348 Lowell Street,
Peabody, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°32′1″N 70°57′16″W
Builtc. 1727[1]
Architectural styleColonial
MPSFirst Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts
NRHP reference No.90000253[2]
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1990

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is not open to the public.[2]

See also

References

  1. Kelsey Bode (October 11, 2018). "Historic John Proctor House for sale". Salem News. Archived from the original on 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  3. "Dendrochronology results".
  4. "NRHP nomination for John Proctor House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-19.


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