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Governor Roger Conant's "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_House_(Cape_Ann)" class="extiw" title="en:Great House (Cape Ann)">Great House</a>", originally at what is now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_Fort_Park" class="extiw" title="en:Stage Fort Park">Stage Fort Park</a> in Gloucester in 1625, relocated in 1628 by his successor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Endecott" class="extiw" title="en:John Endecott">John Endecott</a> to Salem, on Washington Street north of Church Street.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> When <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Higginson" class="extiw" title="en:Francis Higginson">Rev. Higginson</a> arrived in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem,_Massachusetts" class="extiw" title="en:Salem, Massachusetts">Salem</a>, he wrote that "we found a faire house newly built for the Governor" which was remarkable for being two stories high.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> This drawing shows the house after renovations of 1792 that added another floor and facing material. Artist: Edward Scrope Shrapnel.</div>
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