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John Proctor House (Peabody, Massachusetts)

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Location
  
Peabody, Massachusetts

NRHP Reference #
  
90000253

Architectural style
  
American Colonial

Built
  
1700

Opened
  
1700

Added to NRHP
  
9 March 1990

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MPS
  
First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR

Similar
  
Edward Harraden House, Macy‑Colby House, The Witch House, George Peabody House M, Wellfleet Drive‑In Theater

The John Proctor House is a historic First Period house at 348 Lowell Street in Peabody, Massachusetts. According to local tradition, this wood frame house was occupied by John Proctor, who was convicted and hanged for witchcraft in the 1692 Salem witch trials. However, stylistic analysis of house's construction suggests it was more likely built c. 1700 by Proctor's son Thorndike, who bought the property from Charles Downing around that time. The house remained in the Proctor family into the mid 19th century.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

References

John Proctor House (Peabody, Massachusetts) Wikipedia