Single Sisters House

The construction of this place was delayed a year because the bricks being made for it were used to rebuild the Salem Tavern after it burned.  (SEE!  They DID make their own bricks!)  So, it was 1786 before the Single Sisters had a house.  I think it's interesting that "teens" didn't live at home after a certain age - the town had them move into other housing and begin to learn a trade or get higher education.  What's REALLY interesting is that the GIRLS got a chance at higher education, too.

  The Salem Female Academy was formally established in 1772.

Seriously.  1772.  That's four years before the American Revolution.  I think that's really amazingly cool.  Most folks back then didn't think women even had a brain!  My daughter-in-law was reading the blog posting about how house paint was made back then.  She wondered who ever thought to put those ingredients together.  My opinion?  a woman.  WE know what binds the ingredients of a cake together:  eggs.  WE know there's a chemical reaction between yeast and sugar that makes flour rise to make leavened bread.  WE know milk is much better than water for elasticity and permanence.  WE know what herbs are good remedies and what plants might kill you.  We CARE if something gets painted or not, and WE know that genius is the ability to avoid work by doing it right the first time!!!  (Besides, we had to think of SOMETHING to do with those burned-to-a-crisp baked potatoes.  Waste not, want not.)

The Single Brothers house is made of logs.  John had good pictures of it - but his new camera's Wizard somehow made it magically disappear  (some wizard...)  Erks me every time I think about that!  I know.  I know.  It's not the software, it's the dummy trying to use the software...  I'm still erked.