In 1821, four intact rooms from an earlier house were transported by ox sled to Salem's fashionable Chestnut Street to form the core of a new Federal-style mansion being constructed by Captain Nathaniel West. Nearly a century later, Anna Phillips bought the house and launched a fourteen-month renovation in the Colonial Revival style. When she, her husband Stephen Willard Phillips, and their five-year-old son moved in, they brought with them a family collection that spans five generations and blossomed during Salem's Great Age of Sail.
Phillips House
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Gloucester Schooner Festival 2025
Where: Downtown Gloucester, Where: Gloucester Harbor, Where: Gloucester Harbor Walk, Where: Ocean Alliance
Babson Farm Quarry Self-guided Walking Tour at Halibut Point
Where: Halibut Point State Park
Saturday, August 30
Gloucester Schooner Festival 2025
Where: Downtown Gloucester, Where: Gloucester Harbor, Where: Gloucester Harbor Walk, Where: Ocean Alliance
7:00 am to 10:00 pm
Babson Farm Quarry Self-guided Walking Tour at Halibut Point
Where: Halibut Point State Park
7:00 am to 6:00 pm
The Lady of Salem: Maritime Art
Where: Destination Salem Visitors Center, Where: Downtown Salem
8:00 am to 10:00 pm
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