An organization of historic homes in Salem, Massachusetts, announced plans to relocate several buildings to protect them from future flooding.
What’s happening?
The House of the Seven Gables operates today as a museum campus of historic buildings on Salem Harbor. It recently revealed that it is working on a plan to move multiple structures farther inland due to rising sea levels and flooding risks from climate change, according to a report by Salem News.
The campus includes the birthplace of famous author Nathaniel Hawthorne as well as The House of the Seven Gables mansion, which inspired Hawthorne’s classic novel of the same name. Some of the buildings date back to the 1600s.
The Gables organization said it is seeking grants and donations to make its plan a reality. Long-term, it wants to move five buildings away from the water’s edge and also complete short-term site improvements…