Seven Gables, opposite the former Police Station on York Street, traces its history back to the 1650s when a timber-framed house occupied by Hannah and Christopher Ming stood on the site. In 1662 the widowed Hannah married tailor Alexander Smith who moved into the house. Daniel Tucker had acquired the property by 1702 when it was granted to him with a building already standing. He evidently rebuilt the earlier building in stone on the same foundations, for timbers in the cellar bear the mortises where vertical wooden joists once slotted into place. Although Seven Gables appears to be a cruciform house, architectural evidence suggests that the original core was a rectangular hall and parlour house, possibly with a wing to the north. The southern room was added in the early 19th century. The massive chimney attached to the west side was originally outside, and only later when closets were added in the late 18th century was it brought inside the house.

Daniel Tucker was a very active St Georgian. As a surveyor, he was responsible for laying out most of the early house grants. He ran at least two shops, one near the Town Dock just south of Bridge House and one immediately to the east of Seven Gables on the lot in 2025 occupied by the Bermuda Government Visitor’s Centre. He was also a lieutenant in the militia and active in local politics.

After Daniel Tucker’s death in 1730, Seven Gables passed first to his son Henry and then to his granddaughter Margaret Trott. In the 1790s, ordnance storekeeper Simon Fraser lived here while he was building Ordnance Island. In the 1830s and 1840s, William and Elizabeth Outerbridge owned the house and were probably responsible for adding the southern wing. The small entry porch to the east and a matching room to the north were added between 1854 and 1876.

In the first decades of the 20th century, Seven Gables was owned by Ernest A McCallan, author of Life on Old St David’s. The 2025 owner is a direct descendant and responsible for a careful restoration undertaken in 1995.