Mission
The Museum seeks to engage the public in the life, times, writings, and home of Judith Sargent Murray, a pioneering advocate of women’s education and equality.
Leadership
Acting President:
Clerk:
Treasurer:
Director/Curator:
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Tom Manning
Professor Paul Lewis
Barbara Durgin
History Of the House
Timeline:
1782: The house was completed; it was built by John Stevens for his wife Judith Sargent Stevens
1787: John Stevens dies so the ownership goes to Winthrop Sargent, Judith’s father
1788: Judith marries Reverend John Murray in Salem
1794: The house is put up for sale when Judith and John Murray move to Boston after Judith’s parent die.
1797: The house is sold to Frederick Gilman
1801: The house sold to B.K.Hough, Sr., who adds the back half to house
1805-1917: The house had multiple owners and the house feel into disrepair; the last owner put the house up for sale
1917: The Metropolitan Museum offers to purchase the main staircase
1917-1919: The Universalist General Convention purchases the house and begins restoration and purchasing Main Street properties which become the front gardens.
1919: The Sargent-Murray-Gilman House Association is formed to run the Museum.
