![]() ![]() These alterations are preserved, very early examples of Georgian decor. In the first half of the 18th century, John Turner II remodeled the house in the new Georgian style, adding wood paneling and sash windows. The new wing featured double casement windows and an overhang with carved pendants it was capped with a three-gabled garret. Ceilings in this new wing are higher than the very low ceilings in older parts of the house. By 1676, Turner had added a spacious south (front) extension with its own chimney, containing a parlor on the ground floor, with a large bed chamber above it. Four windows of the original ground-floor room (which became a dining room) remain in the house's side wall.Ī few years later, a kitchen lean-to and a new north kitchen ell to the rear of the house were added. This portion now forms the middle of the house. ![]() Facing south towards Salem Harbor, it was originally a two-room, 2 + 1⁄ 2-story house with a projecting front porch and a massive central chimney. It remained in his family for three generations, descending from John Turner II to John Turner III. The earliest section of the House of the Seven Gables was built in 1668 for Capt. ![]()
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