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]
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| Location | 348 Lowell Street, Peabody, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°32′1″N 70°57′16″W / 42.53361°N 70.95444°W |
| Built | c. 1727[2] |
| Architectural style | Colonial |
| MPS | First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000253[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 9, 1990 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is not open to the public.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Dendrochronology results".
- ^ "NRHP nomination for John Proctor House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-19.