Two Dozen Women & Children of the Colonel Lee & King Hooper Mansions

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Two Dozen Women & Children of the Colonel Lee & King Hooper Mansions

Date & Time

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Time(s):

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

2-hr. street parking only, Unlimited behind Abbot Hall (188 Washington St.) 2 blocks away.

Description

Rare opportunity! An interior tour of the c.1728 & c.1750 King Hooper Mansion in Marblehead with a focus on King Hooper’s family of 4 wives (in sequence), 11 children (by just one), 3 step-children (plus some architecture), and Jeremiah & Martha Lee’s tragic family story. Tour involves four levels and stairs, from 1st-period cellar kitchen to 3rd-floor Federal-era ballroom (most likely added by a developer who was turning the Mansion into a hotel in 1805-6, but went mad and had to be institutionalized.) Restrooms. Takes place following the Lee Mansion Trails & Sails event.

Special Instructions

Meet outside King Hooper Mansion. Involves stairs.

Host

Marblehead Architecture Heritage & Cultural History Tours

https://www.MarbleheadTours.com

marbleheadtours@aol.com

781-631-1762

Address

8 Hooper Street, Marblehead, MA 01945

8 Hooper Street, Marblehead, MA 01945

Directions

Accessibility

Restrooms Available

Event Category

  • Architecture
  • Arts & Culture
  • Historic House
  • History

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