Ancient beginnings : before 1626 -- First period Puritans: 1626-1674 -- Troubling times: 1675-1691 -- Intense events and the illusions of 1692 -- Colonial kingdoms -- Forging an American identity -- The colonial revival comes of age -- Two influential architects of the 1930s : Walter Kilham and Samuel Chamberlain -- Preservation crises and restoring the Witch House in the 1940s -- The Witch House today -- Appendix: known biographical information on some of the key Witch House preservationists of the 1940s