Owens House

The Owens House, located on Magnolia Street in Massachusetts, is the residence of the Owens family and was constructed many years ago by Maria Owens.

History
In the late 1600s after an affair with the witchhunter John Hathorne, the witch Maria Owens built the house using the money he gave her before he cast her aside. Since the house's construction it has been lived in by the many descendants of Maria.

Rooms and surroundings
The house is known to have a parlour, kitchen, at least two bedrooms, an attic and a cellar. Inside the house there a no clocks or mirrors and there are three locks on each and every door. Fifteen different types of wood had been used for the window seats and the mantels, including golden oak, silver ash, and a peculiarly fragrant cherrywood. It is dark and cool in every room, no matter the season or time of day. The green-tinted glass of the windows is so old and thick that everything on the other side seems like a dream.

Outside, a black wrought-iron fence circles the yard like a snake and on the porch grows wild ivy. Rosemary and lavender is planted by the back door and wisteria grows over the side of the house.

The garden is abundant in herbs and flowers. Many varieties of plants can be found in the garden such as spring onions, mint, cabbages, rue, basil, and Spanish garlic, lemon thyme, lemon balm, lemon verbena, foxgloves, and zinnias, purple echinaceas, clutches of daffodils, and several rows of lettuce; butterhead, red leaf, Boston, looseleaf, curly oak leaf, Red Riding Hood, and escarole. The more dangerous plants are grown in the greenhouse: wolfsbane, belladonna, hemlock, nightshade, henbane, mandrake, and thorn apple.

Known residents

 * Maria Owens
 * Isabelle Owens
 * Frances Owens
 * Bridget Owens
 * Vincent Owens (temporarily)
 * April Owens (temporarily)
 * Sally Owens
 * Gillian Owens
 * Antonia Owens
 * Kylie Owens

Appearances

 * Practical Magic
 * The Rules of Magic
 * Magic Lessons

Trivia

 * The entire house was a specially built architectural shell that was torn down after filming. It was built on rented land, and even the blossoms on the trees are fake - made of silk.