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.