John Proctor House (Peabody, Massachusetts) Explained

John Proctor House
Location:348 Lowell Street,
Peabody, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.5336°N -70.9544°W
Built:c. 1727[1]
Architecture:Colonial
Added:March 9, 1990
Mpsub:First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts
Refnum:90000253

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 [2] 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.[3]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historic John Proctor House for sale. Kelsey Bode. Salem News. October 11, 2018. subscription . https://web.archive.org/web/20221207195240/https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/historic-john-proctor-house-for-sale/article_0b4975d1-3065-514f-a738-b58be70e936e.html . 2022-12-07 . 2024-05-07.
  2. Web site: Dendrochronology results.
  3. Web site: NRHP nomination for John Proctor House. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-01-19.