This odd old house is as strange as fiction

The secret staircase at the House of the Seven Gables was so secret because it was a chimney that had a makeover. But 100 years later, it’s one of the most memorable pieces of the house. This video covers the Salem Witch Trials, The House of the Seven Gables, the Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Joseph Chandler and Caroline Emmerton, and what is fiction versus reality in historic preservation and restoration. You can listen to my podcast, Someone Lived Here, on these two houses. S3, EP3 and EP4 ​​ 0:00 Intro 1:00 New England and Restorations 1:58 House of the Seven Gables Book 3:45 Salem Witch Trials 8:04 Rebecca Nurse Homestead 9:20 Colonial Revival in US 11:00 House of the Seven Gables and Caroline Emmerton 12:40 Fiction and Reality 15:23 Thank you Sources: A Storm of Witchcraft by Emerson W. Baker Caroline Emmerton: An Unbounded Vision by David Moffat