The John Ward House is a National Historic Landmark at 9 Brown Street in Salem, Massachusetts, United States.

The house remained in the hands of the Ward family until 1816, when it was sold at auction as part of an estate.

[4] The buyer at auction was Temple Hardy, who lived in the house for forty years, and operated a bakery on the premises.

In 1912 the house underwent a careful restoration under the direction of antiquarian George Francis Dow.

[4] The house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a large central chimney and a side-gable roof.

The right-side chamber was left unrestored by the 1912 work, and exhibits faded wallpaper and a plastered ceiling, much as it would have at that time.

The roof, although many of its framing elements are numbered in a traditional way, shows evidence of having been extensively reworked during the restoration.