Beautiful price of history! Nice plaque to explain historical significnce.

The John Ward House was beautiful and I loved everything about it. Well decorated during the holidays. This location is better than all the other house tours and I think I saw them all. Maybe because this house is larger and prettier than with Judges house and the latter. Well worth the money. I would definitely go again, I wouldnt say that about the other locations unfortunately. Each place has its own uniqueness I assume. This place was just better.

Such a cool, unique Salem home from the 1600s. Totally worth seeing from the inside but walking past it and enjoying its beauty is fun too.

A great experience! Haven’t been here since we did some filming with the History Channel year a ago and it was great to visit the site again.We were able to get some behind the scene tours and information not normally shared

This Post Medieval house originally stood on a 1 acre plot with a kitchen garden, an outhouse & a well on the east side of Prison Lane, later known as St. Peter Street, opposite the jail used for Salems witchcraft trials. the Peabody Essex Museum had the structure relocated to their Federal Garden area in 1910. The property was originally granted to Christopher Waller in 1649 who sold it to a James Browne in 1664. Upon Brownes death in 1676, the property had been split up into three parts which John Ward spent the several decades acquiring & restoring, starting in 1684. The house, which now faces east, was built facing south, like most 17th century houses. Johns son Benjamin, a mariner, inherited half the house at his fathers death in 1732, Benjamin passed it to his son in 1774. One generation of Wards later, the house was was sold at a public auction & for the next forty years it was both a bakery & house for Temple Hardy. After several other owners & countless remodels, the John Ward House stood considerably altered in 1910 when the association acquired it. It was painted yellow on the exterior, the gables had been removed, all the windows were double-hung sash, seemingly dating from different periods. It has been extensively restored & now serves as a museum. Employees themselves have reported strange happenings inside the home, some scared away for good.The John Ward House is a National Historic Landmark, it is listed in the National Register of Historic Places & it is a contributing property to both the Essex Institute Historic District (No. 72000147) &the Salem Common Historic District (No. 76000303)

One of the oldest houses in Salem. Tours are through the Peabody Essex Museum.

Great historic House

Love this beautiful house. I have to stop by every time im in town :)

Road was closed but can see from street

Fun place to visit for Halloween

A house dating back to the late 1600s. Moved from its original place, but now just around the corner from the Salem Witch Museum!