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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1664/04/00 Eleazor Gedney Owner Shipwright, Eleazor Gedney buys an unimproved lot close to the shore and the "buildplace" for his boats.
1665/02/00 Timber from the Gedney House are felled in the Spring of 1664 and the Winter 1664-1665.
1665/07/00 Eleazor Gedney Home Gedney House is built for Eleazor Gedney.
1665/08/00 Elizabeth Turner Gedney Home Elizabeth and Eleazor Gedney make a new home in Salem.
1692/10/00 Licensed to sell drink out-of-doors from her home, Widow Mary Gedney, (2nd wife Eleazer Gedney), bills the Province for entertainment of jurors and witnesses for refreshments provided during the examinations and trials. Salem Witch Trials
1693/02/00 Mary Gedney receives 40 pounds as partial payment for what the government says are extraordinary charges left by the Court of Oyer and Terminer. Salem Witch Trials
1967/00/00 Historic New England Owner Under threat of demolition, Historic New England acquires the Gedney House.

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Particulars for Gedney and Cox Houses:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Period Colonial American First Period
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 74000389
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1650-1699, 1700-1749, 1750-1799
Significant Year: c 1665, c 1700, c 1775
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Museum Single dwelling

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