Collection	Old Houses etc. School Research Project
Date	circa 1663
Abstract	Marblehead Junior High Archives Historical Building Survey Historical Importance: Ambrose Gale lived there from 1665-1708. He was one of the first selectmen and owned all the land now called Fort Sewall. Thomas Bartol also lived there and supposedly painted some of the murals on the walls of the house and many paintings now hanging in the Lee Mansion. Ambrose Gale also testified against Mammy Redd at the Salem Witch Trials.
Home Location	Pink Room (4th floor north end of building)
Object ID	2006-075-00396B
Object Name	House
Search Terms	Marblehead Buildings
Title	17 Franklin Street - Ambrose Gale House

Rev. 2.0 2/2013 Contact the Historical Commission at 781-639-3425 or e-mail us (please include the "Object ID" number, not the Record Number)     historic@marblehead.org
Last modified on: February 22, 2013