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Dark clapboard house with steep gabled roofs and brick chimney seen from the street, with a hanging "Witch House" sign and a red informational sign on the lawnPhoto: chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0
Front facade of a three-gabled gray clapboard house with diamond-paned windows, a plank door with a wreath, and a stone path leading to the entrancePhoto: RoastedGarlic2018, CC BY-SA 4.0
Gray clapboard house with overhanging second story and multiple gables, photographed from the corner in autumn, with a red maple at left and a wooden "Witch House" sign with corn stalks at rightPhoto: massmatt, CC BY 2.0
Dark gray clapboard house with snow on its gabled roofs, bare shrubs along the sidewalk, a street lamp in front and a parked black car at rightPhoto: Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Witch House

Historic house, Historic house museumMcIntire Historic District, Salem
Open to the public10 AM to 5 PMSee hours
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Open to the public10 AM to 5 PM

The Witch House is a city-owned museum open to ticketed visitors during posted hours. Photography, video and electronics are prohibited inside, and visitors are asked not to touch the furnishings or the outdoor exhibits.

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The Witch House is a 17th-century house museum at 310 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts, and one of the only structures still standing in the city with direct ties to the witchcraft trials of 1692 1. It was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin, who investigated the 1692 accusations and sat on the Court of Oyer and Terminer 1. Visitors commonly describe a felt presence in the upper chambers and sudden cold in the narrow stairways, along with footsteps and door sounds in rooms they have just left.

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