Salem's Witch House
Subtitle: a touchstone to antiquity
By: John Goff.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781596295193
Subjects: Witch House (Salem, Mass.) -- History; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History; Historic buildings -- Massachusetts -- Salem; Architecture, Domestic -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History; Dwellings -- Conservation and restoration -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History; Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Massachusetts -- Salem; Historic preservation -- Massachusetts -- Salem; Salem (Mass.) -- Buildings, structures, etc; Salem (Mass.) -- History; Salem (Mass.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Ancient beginnings : before 1626; title: First period Puritans, 1626-1674; title: Troubling times, 1675-1691; title: Intense events and the illusions of 1692; title: Colonial kingdoms; title: Forging an American identity; title: The colonial revival comes of age; title: Two influential architects of the 1930s : Walter Kilham and Samuel Chamberlain; title: Preservation crises and restoring the Witch House in the 1940s; title: The Witch House today; title: Appendix: Known biographical information on some of the key Witch House preservationists of the 1940s.