The Pickering House
The Pickering House, 18 Broad St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
The Pickering House at 18 Broad Street is one of Salem's oldest surviving buildings, owned by the same family for 365+ years — built as a two-room frontier farmhouse in 1660, expanded into a Gothic Revival mansion by 1841, and renovated in the mid-1900s. Now a living museum operated by the Pickering Foundation, with tours and community programming.
Upcoming events
- Music
Sun, May 10 · 1:30 PM
Broadsides, Ballads and Fife Tunes of Salem
Salem Massachusetts has a rich and diverse maritime past which played a major role in the early part of the Revolutionary War. The broadsides, ballads and fife tunes discussed during this presentation all have a connection to Salem, Massachusetts. The presentation draws on materials from his two published books, Old Salem at Sea in Ballad and Song and Old Salem in Ballad and Song. In the presentation, original documents, broadsides, ballads, and several primary sources will be used to support the maritime influence Salem had on the Revolutionary War.