Salem Witch Trials Memorial
Memorial | Salem, Massachusetts
Commemorating the 20 innocent people who were put to death in Salem in 1692, the Witch Trials Tercentenary Memorial is Salem's most eloquent evocation of the witchcraft tragedy—silently testifying to the power of landscape to touch our minds, emotions and values.
Halvorson joined Jim Cutler and Maggie Smith, whose concept for the memorial won an international competition, to provide landscape architectural input and construction supervision. Around a simple grass space, 20 granite slabs extend from a dry-laid wall; on each, the name of a victim and the date and manner of his or her execution.
RECOGNITION
1997 Honor Award,
Boston Society of Landscape Architects
1993 Honor Award "for art collaboration",
Boston Society of Architects
principal-in-charge
Project Manager
Cynthia Smith FASLA
size
4,500 sq ft
Team
Owner:
City of Salem, MA
Client:
Witch Trials Tercentenary Commission
Lead Designers:
James Cutler, FAIA
Maggie Smith
Stone Mason:
Hayden Hillsgrove
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