Salem Village meetinghouse
E14316
The Salem Village meetinghouse was the central Puritan church and gathering place in Salem Village, Massachusetts, and a primary setting for the events of the 1692 Salem witch trials.
Aliases (6)
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
church building
→
historic site → meetinghouse → |
| associatedWith |
Reverend Samuel Parris
→
Salem Village church congregation → |
| associatedWithEvent |
examinations of accused witches
→
testimony of afflicted girls → witchcraft accusations in 1692 → |
| centralRoleIn |
Salem witch trials
→
|
| communityRole |
center of Salem Village civic life
→
center of Salem Village religious life → |
| country |
Colonial America
→
|
| culturalSignificance |
symbol of Puritan authority in Salem Village
→
symbol of the Salem witch trials in American memory → |
| denomination |
Congregational
→
|
| functionedAs |
central Puritan church of Salem Village
→
central gathering place of Salem Village → |
| governedBy |
Salem Village church authorities
→
|
| heritageContext |
colonial New England religious architecture
→
|
| historicalEra |
Colonial period in Massachusetts
→
|
| languageOfServices |
English
→
|
| locatedIn |
Massachusetts
→
Province of Massachusetts Bay → Salem Village → |
| notableFor |
association with mass hysteria during Salem witch trials
→
role in colonial legal proceedings → role in early American religious history → |
| partOf |
Salem Village civic institutions
→
Salem Village religious institutions → |
| presentDayLocation |
Danvers, Massachusetts
→
|
| primarySettingOf |
1692 Salem witch trials
→
|
| religiousTradition |
Puritanism
→
|
| subjectOf |
Salem witch trials historiography
→
studies of Puritan New England → |
| timePeriod |
late 17th century
→
|
| usedAs |
church
→
gathering place → village meeting place → |
| usedFor |
pre-trial hearings
→
public gatherings → religious services → village meetings → witchcraft examinations → |
Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Francis Nurse
("Salem Village church community")
→
Salem Village meetinghouse ("Salem Village church congregation") → Samuel Parris → Sarah Cloyce ("Salem Village church") → |
associatedWith |
|
Salem Village meetinghouse
("Salem Village religious institutions")
→
Salem Village meetinghouse ("Salem Village civic institutions") → |
partOf |
|
Ann Putnam Jr.
("Salem Village church")
→
|
apologyLocation |
|
Town of Danvers
("Salem Village Parsonage archaeological site")
→
|
hasHeritageSite |