in 1821, four intact rooms from an earlier house were transported by ox sled to salem's fashionable chestnut street to form the core of a new federal-style mansion being constructed by captain nathaniel west. nearly a century later, anna phillips bought the house and launched a fourteen-month renovation in the colonial revival style. when she, her husband stephen willard phillips, and their five-year-old son moved in, they brought with them a family collection that spans five generations and blossomed during salem's great age of sail.