Historic Salem, Inc.

09/01/2026

An event from our friends in Salem: the 6th annual Preservation in a Changing Climate Conference returns to the Peabody Essex Museum on Wednesday, 9/23. This one-day conference tackles a question that matters everywhere in MA, not just the North Shore: how do we adapt historic buildings, landscapes, and neighborhoods to rising seas, stronger storms, and increasing heat and humidity, without losing what makes them historic?

Keynote Lori Ferriss, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Built Buildings Lab, will speak on using existing and historic buildings for climate mitigation and adaptation. Sessions include retrofitting historic buildings for energy efficiency to disaster preparedness planning.

If climate resilience is part of your preservation work, and increasingly, it should be for all of us, this is worth the trip to Salem.

Historic Salem, Inc. Historic New England National Park Service The House of the Seven Gables

09/01/2026

People's Choice starts now! Check out the Facebook album "People's Choice: Salem 400+ Photo Contest" and "like" your favorites.

📸 Find the album here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1CNadkPGAT/?

We'll check back in on September 6th to see who won! 🏆

Salem 400+

09/01/2026

09/01/2026

09/01/2026

The People's Choice vote for the Historic Salem, Inc. / Salem 400+ Photo Contest starts tomorrow! 🤩

Come back to Facebook to "like" your favorite photos between September 1st and 5th. The submission with the most likes will win. The winner of People's Choice will join the other category winners for a photo contest ceremony at the Preservation Awards on September 22nd. Following this, all the winning photographs will be exhibited at the Peabody Essex Window display at 179 Essex Street. 🖼

Share, like, and vote (for real, too!) 🗳

08/30/2026

This September, we're giving you the "scoop" on preservation! 🍨 🩶

Join us at the Hawthorne Hotel as we...
🏡 Recognize the outstanding preservation projects happening all around Salem
📸 Announce the winners of the Historic Salem, Inc. / Salem 400+ Photo Contest
⚒️ Showcase local contractors and artisans who specialize in historic home renewal
😋 And enjoy an ice cream treat!

Preservation Awards & Photo Contest Ceremony
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Hawthorne Hotel, Salem, MA

🎟 Get your ticket today: https://historicsalem.org/news.../preservation-awards-expo/

$10 for members; $20 for non-members

Judge Jonathan Corwin House (Witch House)
1945
Citation: The Salem News Historic Photograph Collection,
Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts

08/23/2026

Every year Historic Salem, Inc. invites community members to nominate recently completed renovation projects for a Preservation Award. This year, we invite you all to get the “scoop” on preservation! 🍨

Join us at the Hawthorne Hotel as we:
🏡 Recognize the outstanding preservation projects happening all around Salem
📸 Announce the winners of the Historic Salem, Inc/Salem 400+ Photo Contest
⚒️ Showcase local contractors and artisans who specialize in historic home renewal
😋 And enjoy an ice cream treat!

Tuesday, September 22, 2026
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Hawthorne Hotel, Salem, MA

Get your ticket today: https://historicsalem.org/news.../preservation-awards-expo/ (in our bio)

$10 for members; $20 for non-members

08/15/2026

Today is your last chance to enter the Historic Salem, Inc. / Salem 400+ Photo Contest! Don't miss your chance to win prizes, join an award ceremony, and have your photos displayed on Essex Street. ⏳

You could win...
🥇1st: $100
🥈2nd: $50
🥉3rd: $25
🏅 Grand Prize: $100 + 2 tickets to Historic Salem, Inc.'s "Christmas in Salem"!

📸 Free to enter and you don't have to be Salem resident! Submit your photos today: https://historicsalem.org/news.../salem-400-photo-contest/

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𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔
1. 🕰 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚
𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘮’𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵. 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳.
2.🕵️ 𝙃𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙢
𝘍𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴; 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘮’𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.
3. 🏡 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮
𝘈𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘮—𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.