House of the Seven Gables by Lélia and Corentin

We left Boston Latin School at 8:15 and arrived to Salem an hour and fifteen minutes later.
We walked around town because we had to wait for the House to open (at 10:00) .
At ten we separated in two groups and prepared ourselves to visit.

The House of the Seven Gables is a well preserved old wooden house that was built in 1667. It inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne for his eponymous novel.
Through time the house changed ownership because of John Turner III, a descendant who lost the family's fortune gambling, and extensions were added to the house. 
In 1908 Caroline O. Emmerton bought the house and restored it during two years and added, for example, the little shop that was present in the novel but not before. She then transformed it into a museum.

During the visit we talked about the owners of the house, who were all wealthy merchants because Salem was a important port we also talked about the way of life at the time and we talked about the architecture of the house that was unusual for the time. 
Inside of the house can be found objects that were already there before and we also have a great view on the ocean.

Interview with an attendent of the museum:

-What do you know about the author of the book "The House of the Seven Gables"? He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massasuchetts and died in 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. He was a famous american writer. He's most known for his novel "The Scarlett Letter" ; "The House of the seven gables" ; "The marbel faun" To write is novels he spend most of his time in Salem. One of his ancestor , John Hathorne was a judge involved in the salem witch trials. All his life , Nathaniel Hawthorne carried this guilt arroud and that's mostly what led him to writing his famous books. That's also why he added a "w" at his name, he wanted to hide his origins.

-And why that Titel for his book/ what does the house of seven gables comes from? Nathaniel Hawthorne was inspired by the house you just visited, witch actually was the house of his cousin, Susana Ingersoll. She kept entertaining him there and this hole place turned out to be the inspiration for his book. That way he created the Pyncheon Family, who are the main characters of his novel and live, in his book, in the house of the seven gables. There actually are seven gables on the the top of the roofs of the house ; that's where the name comes from.

-Could you tell us a summery of the book to give us a first impression? The book is about the Pyncheon Family living in that house. One of them, Culonel Pynchon, wants to buy some land from Mathew Mall but he won't sell it to him. So, after Culonel accused him from witchcraft, Mathew put a curse on the Pyncheon family. The story is about Pheobe Pyncheon, a descendant of the family, and her issues witch the curse.

-Did you like the book? What do you think of it? I liked the book but I would recommend to read the abridge version of it because the other ones gives really a lot details. Back then when Hawthorne wrote that book, authors got payed for how much they were writing, so if you're passionate, read the hole version but with the other version you can still get the same information.

-Why are you working here? I come from a little town called "Lin" and I am a college student in Salem. Since I'm passionate from history, and my mother is a former tour guide from here , I could get the job.