William Pike House
The William Pike house is from the nineteenth century and whose is named after William Pike, an abolitionist and an associate of Nathaniel Hawthorne. William Pike played an important role in the Underground Railroad. The home is located on Crombie Street in Salem, Massachusetts.
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Famous quotes containing the words pike and/or house:
“Did you ever hear tell of Sweet Betsy from Pike.
Who crossed the wide mountains with her lover Ike,”
—Unknown. Sweet Betsey from Pike (l. 1–2)
“Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent; do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is nearby than kindred who are far away.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 27:10.