CHAPTER PAGE PREFACE vii I. HOMES OF LONG AGO 1 II. THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES 13 III. THE PICKERING HOUSE 27 IV. "THE LINDENS" 37 V. THE ROGERS HOUSE 49 VI. THE COLONEL JEREMIAH LEE HOUSE 59 VII. THE LADD-GILMAN HOUSE 70 VIII. THE ADAMS HOUSE 83 IX. THE SPENCER-PIERCE HOUSE 93 X. THE GOVERNOR DUMMER MANSION 109 XI. THE MACPHAEDRIS-WARNER HOUSE 119 XII. THE WENTWORTH HOUSE 130 XIII. THE FRANKLIN PIERCE HOUSE 141 XIV. THE SAVORY HOUSE 157 XV. THE STARK MANSION 167 XVI. THE SALTONSTALL HOUSE 178 XVII. THE DALTON HOUSE 189 XVIII. THE KITTREDGE HOUSE 204 XIX. THE ROYALL HOUSE 216 XX. THE LONGFELLOW HOUSE 230 XXI. THE QUINCY MANSION 241 XXII. "HEY BONNIE HALL" 252 INDEX 265 LIST OF PLATES I. The Old Pickering House, Salem, Mass. _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE II. Doorway, Oliver House, Salem, Mass. 8 III. Hallway, Oliver House; Living Room, Oliver House 9 IV. Hallway, Cabot Low House; Fireplace, Oliver House 14 V. The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, Mass. 15 VI. Hallway, House of the Seven Gables; Hepzibah's Shop, House of the Seven Gables 18 VII. Dining Room, House of the Seven Gables; Parlor, House of the Seven Gables 19 VIII. Attic, House of the Seven Gables. 22 IX. The Pickering House, Salem, Mass. 23 X. The Pickering House, Side View 26 XI. Entrance Doors, Pickering House 27