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Salem Merchants and Mansions Guided Architecture Walking Tour

By Witch City Walking Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is €31 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
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Overview

All ages
Spring/summer only

Merchants & Mansions Architecture Tour

Salem has one of the most naturally varied collections of historic structures in the country, spanning nearly 400 years. Come learn about how the inhabitants of Salem have kept their city comfortable, liveable, and beautiful for centuries! From First Period to Georgian, Federal to Brutalist, Salem has some of everything. Your guide will wind you through the cobblestoned streets, discovering hidden gems, and viewing dozens of historic buildings and structures, as well as learning the fascinating stories behind them, from Salem's days as the wealthiest city in the country in the 18th century, to the great fire that nearly destroyed it all!

Tours run RAIN or SHINE. We do NOT cancel for weather. For a full refund, you must cancel 24 hours prior.

Activity location

  • Salem Old Town Hall
    • 32 Derby Sq
    • 01970-3704, Salem, Massachusetts, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 32 Derby Square
    • 32 Derby Square
    • 01970, Salem, Massachusetts, United States

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Salem Merchants and Mansions Guided Architecture Walking Tour
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 11:00
Price details
€30.71 x 1 Adult€30.71
Total
Price is €30.71
Until Fri, 8 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Architectural Guide of Salem
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Licensed Guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge not included

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by ticketed adult
  • Our Tours run rain or shine, we do not cancel for weather. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress accordingly.
  • Dog friendly!
  • Wheelchairs and scooters are welcome, however, be aware that salem has brick pavements, uneven surfaces and narrow areas. Visitors assume all responsibility with wheelchairs and WCWT will not be held liable.
  • By choosing to purchase a ticket, you and your ticketed guests will be agreeing to our liability waiver which includes a release of liability on our tours as well as a photo release.
  • We do not enter any buildings or cemeteries on this tour, this is an outdoor activity only.
  • Tour group size may be up to 40 guests per group
  • There are no public bathrooms on the tour route. Please plan accordingly.
  • Not recommended if not able to stand for long periods of time
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Salem Old Town Hall

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
Start of the tour

Salem

  • 5m
Duration of the tour

The Custom House

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
This is where we touch on Salem's history of spice trade, her motto (and why we have it), point out where the old ship building yard used to be (near where the Adirondack chairs are located at the far end of the open space) and then discuss the mansions visible from near Derby Wharf.

The Derby House

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
This is a discussion of Georgian architecture, and how this simple building reflects the burgeoning wealth and power of Salem and New England merchants as a whole.

Narbonne House

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
a perfect way to show how 17th century (First Period) architecture could be (and was) added to and modified to enlarge it.

The Daniels House Historic Site

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
Discussion

Salem Common

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
We point out the Hocus Pocus location (the old school) but then talk about how Salem Common evolved, from a series of marshy pools and unusable ground in the 17th and early 18th centuries, to the manicured pleasure park of the 19th century, and how it became the new fashionable district starting in the mid-to-late 19th century, Salem's last gasp of wealth and mansions, with Second Empire and Greek Revival style buildings.

Hawthorne Hotel

  • 5m
Architecture

Peabody Essex Museum

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Variety of collection homes

Church Street

  • 5m
Architecture

Saint Peter's Episcopal Church

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
We touch on the unique religious heritage of Salem.

Witch City Mall

  • 5m
Architecture

Bewitched Statue of Elizabeth Montgomery

  • 5m
Discussion

Location

Activity location

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    Salem Old Town Hall
    • 32 Derby Sq
    • 01970-3704, Salem, Massachusetts, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    32 Derby Square
    • 32 Derby Square
    • 01970, Salem, Massachusetts, United States

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