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Goodall House at 4 Federal Street, c. 1900 Frank Cousins Collection (Peabody Essex Museum) |
In 1935, Goodall’s grandson, Alfred and his wife began offering tours of the home in which visitors could view artifacts such as unpaid bills of the accused and articles of clothing belonging to prisoners. The handbills below show advertising from c. 1940 of the Goodall’s Old Witch Jail and Dungeon exhibits.
In 1956, the New England Telephone Company razed the house at 4 Federal Street in order to construct their new headquarters. During demolition, remnants of the "Witch Dungeon" and jail, which was used to hold prisoners until 1813 was discovered below the building. A bronze plaque now adorns the Federal Street location and artifacts such as first period timbers can be viewed at the modern Witch Dungeon Museum on nearby Lynde Street.
Ephemera from Goodall's Old Witch Jail and Dungeon Museum
4 Federal Street
(Salem State University Archives and Special Collections)
4 Federal Street
(Salem State University Archives and Special Collections)
*This article was written by Jen Ratliff for use by Salem State University Archives and Special Collections.
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Does anyone know if this is the dungeon where Elizabeth Hart was held? She was my Great Grandmother. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSent to Boston Wedensday the 18'th May. 1692
Delete. Thomas Farror of lyn
. Eliz Hart
. John Willard of Salem village
. Roger Toothaker of bilrica
http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n166.html#n166.2
http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n65.html
DeleteDo you have any records of my 8th time grandmother Ann Foster she died in the Salem jail being accused of a witch during salem witch trails Thank you
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