318 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts
Ropes Mansion (late 1720s)
I WORKED HERE! As a guide -- for 35 cents an hour. That was a few years ago!
Built for Samuel Barnard, a merchant, it was purchased in 1768 by Judge Nathaniel Ropes, Jr. The Ropes family lived in the house until 1907, when it was given to Ropes Memorial Trust for public benefit. There is a beautiful garden in the back.
Site Content
318 Essex Street
Promote current deals
Promote current deals
The house was built for Samuel Barnard, a merchant. In 1768, Judge Nathaniel Ropes, Jr., purchased the house from Barnard's nephew. The Ropes family then inhabited the house until 1907, when the house was given to the Trustees of the Ropes Memorial for public benefit.
Although altered through the years and then restored, the house looks much like its original form, with a symmetrical facade of two stories, three small pedimented gables through the roof, roof balustrade, and modillioned cornice. (Compare it to the Crowninshield-Bentley House and the Peirce-Nichols House, also in Salem.) In 1807, however, its interior was extensively renovated. In the mid-1830s five rooms and the central hall were remodelled, and today's doorway installed (with details inspired by Asher Benjamin's pattern book. In 1894 the house was moved away from the street and further modified internally. A large, fine garden was added behind the house in 1912.
It was featured in the 1993 Disney film "Hocus Pocus".
Promote current deals
Promote current deals
Promote current deals
Running a holiday sale or weekly special? Definitely promote it here to get customers excited about getting a sweet deal.
OLD ADS GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF THE CITY
You can walk down Essex Street...and just
