Salem in Essex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Ropes Mansion & Garden
Photographed by Marc Posner, April 29, 2024
1. Ropes Mansion & Garden Marker
Salem botanist John Robinson planned this garden as an elegant Colonial Revival design, a landscape style popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In this style, geometric flower beds are arranged in concentric circles intersected with axial paths. Robinson included more than one hundred fifty original planting with many rare species provided by the Arnold Arboretum of Jamaica Plain. The rhododendrons lining the walkway fence and the massive copper beech tree in the side yard stand out as a few of the century-old plants that survive.
Three sisters - Sarah Putnam Ropes, Mary Pickman Ropes, and Eliza Orne Ropes - had ambitious plans for the house (circa 1727) that they inherited in 1893. Following extensive renovations, they began developing the Ropes Mansion as Salem's first historic house museum. The doors opened to the public in 192. Today, the Peabody Essex Museum continues this legacy of sharing.
We hope you enjoy your visit!
( photo caption )
Top to bottom: Sarah, Mary, and Eliza, the Ropes sisters.
Erected by Peabody Essex Museum.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Notable Buildings.
Location. 42°
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Regionally, this marker is on Massachusetts’ North Shore, in Greater Boston, and in the Merrimack Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The First Church In Salem 1629-1929 (within shouting distance of this marker); Nathaniel Bowditch House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); McIntire Historic District (about 300 feet away); Captain William Driver (about 300 feet away); Samuel Curwen House & Store (about 300 feet away); Doctor John G. Treadwell Medical Office (about 300 feet away); The McIntire District (about 400 feet away); Wesley United Methodist Church (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salem.
Also see . . .
1. Ropes Mansion (Wikipedia). (Submitted on July 5, 2024, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. Peabody Essex Museum. (Submitted on July 5, 2024, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
3. Peabody Essex Museum (Wikipedia). (Submitted on July 5, 2024, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
Photographed by Marc Posner, April 29, 2024
2. Ropes Mansion & Garden Marker
Photographed by Marc Posner, April 29, 2024
3. Ropes Mansion Garden
Photographed by Marc Posner, April 29, 2024
4. Ropes Mansion
Credits. This page was last revised on July 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 24, 2024, by Marc Posner of Somerville, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 609 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 24, 2024, by Marc Posner of Somerville, Massachusetts. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
