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Great House (Cape Ann)

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to establish a fishing colony, they arrived with the necessary provisions to become self-sustaining and to ship seafood product back to England. The area turned out to not allow easy success at the endeavor, but a little-known accomplishment of the small group was to build a house that was the first
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of its kind in New England. One author wrote that it was quaintly described by an early writer as "of the model in England first called Tudor, and afterwards the Elizabethan, which was essentially Gothic." It was of two stories with a sharp pitch-roof.
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Information about its origin is scanty, but much of the material came with the party. Some material, such as lumber pieces, may have been produced locally. One later observer mentioned that the framing looked to be designed for transportation. When
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ordered for the house, which was to become known as the Governor's House, to be disassembled, moved from Cape Ann, and reassembled on what is now Washington Street, north of Church Street. When Reverend
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The house went through several transitions; a third story was added in 1792. Tradition has it that some pieces of the old house may have been used for some extant structures.
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by dining on venison and beer. Also, according to Winthrop's diary, the party enjoyed fresh strawberries brought from plantings done at Cape Ann.
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Letter from Endicott descendant. Endicott, C.M. (1860) "The Old Planters' House" Hist. Coll. of the Essex Institute. Vol II, pg 39 (via
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arrived at Cape Ann in 1625, the house was already there. Roger's son, Lot, is thought to have been born in the house.
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There has been a lot written about the house. Unfortunately, sketches were done after the later modifications.
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and his party, on their arrival in 1630, partook of their first meal in the
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Memoir of John Endicott, first governor of the colony of Massachusetts Bay
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was a seventeenth century structure built by colonists in present-day
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Governor's house, Cape Ann, after move to Salem and 1792 alterations
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A history and genealogy of the Conant family in England and America
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did a detailed study of the house and included a replica in the
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Image depicts house in mid 1700s, after extension renovation
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Another view of the governor's house after 1792 alterations
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built up for the 300th anniversary of Salem's founding.
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Index

Cape Ann
Gloucester
Salem
Thomas Gardner
old planters
Cape Ann


Roger Conant
John Endecott
Francis Higginson
Salem
John Winthrop
New World
George Francis Dow
Pioneer Village
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Conant 1887
Goff 2009
archive.org
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A history and genealogy of the Conant family in England and America
Salem's Witch House: A Touchstone to Antiquity
ISBN
9781596295193

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