Pickering House

The Pickering House is a First Period Colonial residence placed on Broad Street, Salem inside the McIntire Historic District. The residence was owned and occupied with the aid of ten successive generations of the Pickering circle of relatives inclusive of Colonel Timothy Pickering. This house is assumed to were the oldest residence within the United States continuously occupied with the aid of one circle of relatives. However, in 1998, the Goodhue circle of relatives moved into the house, with Albert Goodhue as the number one caretaker. You can come here and explore this place.

It is placed at 18 Broad Street, Salem, Massachusetts and is open to the public underneath the auspices of the nonprofit Pickering Foundation. Across the road is the Broad Street Cemetery, one of the 3 oldest in Salem.Although the core house is first period, it has developed significantly through the years. The unique residence became tales tall, with a unmarried room on every ground, and an access bay. The left aspect was then added circa 1682 with the aid of his son, John Pickering II. In 1751, Deacon Timothy Pickering raised a rear lean-to up to a complete testimonies, which is how the house exists these days.