--- title: Salem Witch Trial Victim John Proctor House for Sale description: The house of John Proctor, a victim of the Salem Witch Trial, is now on sale in Salem, Massachusetts for $600,000. canonical: https://time.com/5424718/john-proctor-house/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-15T16:56:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:27.857Z og:title: House of Salem Witch Trial Victim Is Up for Grabs og:description: For a cool $600,000 og:url: https://time.com/5424718/john-proctor-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ea149f92e1a1adf/69893ca1fb4eac2956897ebf/salem-witch-trial-victim-house-for-sale.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Salem, Massachusets on an Antique map og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: House of Salem Witch Trial Victim Is Up for Grabs twitter:description: For a cool $600,000 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ea149f92e1a1adf/69893ca1fb4eac2956897ebf/salem-witch-trial-victim-house-for-sale.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Just in Time for Spooky Season, You Can Be the Proud Owner of a Famous Salem Witch Trial Victim's House  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 15, 2018 4:56 PM UTC  Salem, Massachusets on 1880's map. Selective focus and Canon EOS 5D Mark II with MP-E 65mm macro lens. Salem, Massachusets on 1880's map. Selective focus and Canon EOS 5D Mark II with MP-E 65mm macro lens.nicoolay—Getty Images/iStockphoto  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 15, 2018 4:56 PM UTC The house of John Proctor, a victim of the [Salem Witch Trials](http://time.com/3398176/salem-witch-trials/), is now on the market for the price of $600,000. Proctor was a prominent part of the Salem Witch Trials, where he was accused of witchcraft, convicted and hanged in 1692; his role in the trials served as loose inspiration for one of the characters who shares his name in [Arthur Miller](http://time.com/4064644/arthur-miller-marilyn-monroe-wedding/)‘s dramatized and fictionalized account of the trials, _The Crucible_. According to [_The Salem News_](http://www.salemnews.com/news/local%5Fnews/historic-john-proctor-house-for-sale/article%5F0b4975d1-3065-514f-a738-b58be70e936e.html), the nearly 4,000 square-ft. house is a First Period colonial and has six bedrooms and two baths; it’s located in the town of Peabody, which used to be a part of Salem. Members of the Peabody Historical Society have expressed interest in purchasing the property, including historical society president, Dick St. Pierre, who thinks that the landmark could be used for the benefit of the public. “We would love to get the house because it was a big part of the Salem Witch Trials,” St. Pierre said. “Money is tight, and a lot of people want it. So we have to present a really strong case. What we’re worried about is if it becomes privately-owned, it denies the public from seeing the building.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5424718/john-proctor-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5424718/john-proctor-house/"},"headline":"Just in Time for Spooky Season, You Can Be the Proud Owner of a Famous Salem Witch Trial Victim's House","datePublished":"2018-10-15T16:56:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:27.857Z","description":"For a cool $600,000","url":"https://time.com/5424718/john-proctor-house/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","halloween 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ea149f92e1a1adf/69893ca1fb4eac2956897ebf/salem-witch-trial-victim-house-for-sale.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ea149f92e1a1adf/69893ca1fb4eac2956897ebf/salem-witch-trial-victim-house-for-sale.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Salem, Massachusets on an Antique map","caption":"Salem, Massachusets on an Antique map","creditText":"nicoolay—Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5424718/john-proctor-house/","name":"Just in Time for Spooky Season, You Can Be the Proud Owner of a Famous Salem Witch Trial Victim's House"}}]}] ```