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+1 978-774-8799
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| 149 Pine St, Danvers, MA, 01923 | |
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160 ftPine St @ Adams St
790 ftPine St @ Holten St
0.2 miPine St @ opp Hyde St
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Specialties
We offer guided tours focusing on 17th century life and the Witchcraft hysteria of 1692.
The Rebecca Nurse Homestead sits on 25+ acres of an original 300 acres occupied by Rebecca Nurse and her family from 1678 – 1798. The property holds the 17th century Nurse family home. This is the only home of a person executed during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 open to the public. It has been historically restored and furnished, and also included artifacts found during recent archaeological digs.
Other unique features include a reproduction of the 1672 Salem Village Meeting House where many of the early hearings surrounding the Witchcraft Hysteria took place and the Nurse Family Cemetery. Tradition says Rebecca was secretly buried here after her execution. Another victim of the Hysteria, George Jacobs, was buried here after being found on his former land. This is the only known burial site of anyone convicted of witchcraft during the Salem trials.
Group and school tours are available on request.
History
Established in 1907.
The Nurse homestead was initially saved in 1907 by group of locals led by Sarah Hunt. Shortly after they formed the Rebecca Nurse Memorial Association. Following financial difficulties they gave the property to SPNEA (now Historic New England). In 1976 the Danvers Alarm List company, a revolutionary war reenactment group, began managing the property and purchased it in 1981. We are a completely volunteer private non-profit group.
