Best Western At Historic Concord
3.5 Stars - 133 Opinions
740 Elm Street, Concord, Massachusetts, 01742, United States
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Travel Tips for Concord
Early artists
by Pawtuxet
The people who did gravestones in the 1700's were respected artists who did some very beautiful work. This was a particularly lovely stone. Again, as I mentioned earlier, I am wondering about the mint condition of these stones...and question if they are reproductions. No matter...they make wonderful examples and excellent candidates for grave rubbings.
THE STONE SAYS:
Here lies buried the body of John Meluen who Decd. Aug y 21st 1726 in y 74th year of His Age.
PLEASE ENLARGE SOME OF THESE GRAVESTONE PICS ... THEY TRULY ARE WORKS OF ART
MORE STONES FEATURED IN MY TRAVELOGUE
Garden elements
by Pawtuxet
Gardening has become quite fashionable once again...with the 100 garden catelogues I get in the mail every week. Concord has had its share of beautiful GARDENS for generations...obviously. This old wrought iron fence is beautifully done and striking in the street scape.
Again...you will note how close the cemetery comes to the houses along the main street. They are just about part of the back garden.
wander around central Concord....
by zChris
wander around central Concord. The centre of town is beautiful, exuding the feel of a New England town in the early 19th century. Most of the original buildings remain and house a wide array of shops- soem selling useful items and others tinkering junk to tourists. Anyway, it's a very quaint and compact town centre...there's a commercial area with a few streets bustling with brick buildings and stores, and the quieter Monument Square area which centers government buildings and churches along the town green. This is where you'll find most of the tourists in the autumn when the town is in high season. There's also a beautiful historic cemetary in the town centre as well with many graves dating to the 1700s.
Oldest operating inn....Wayside Inn
by Pawtuxet
Just down the road from Concord we come to Sudbury. Here you find Longfellow's Wayside Inn. After publication of "The Tales of a Wayside Inn" in 1863, the Red Horse Inn became Longfellow's Wayside Inn by popular acceptance. It started as a 2 room homestead-turned-inn in 1702, licensed as an inn from 1716.
Please see my Travelogue for more pics of the interiors at the Inn.
The Wayside Inn is a non-profit educational and charitable trust. The original trust was established by Mr. Henry Ford in 1946. After a disastrous fire the Inn was restored in 1956 by a grant from the Ford foundation.
Revenue from the Inn's operation is used to maintain and continue its restoration.
Gropius House
by frank_delargy
This is the house that Walter Gropius built for himself when he moved from Germany to the US. It is unlike any of the neighboring structures and played a significant role in the American architecture of the later 20th century Gropius founded the Bauhaus in Germany, the company famous for designs like the Breuer chair by Marcel Breuer and other simple designs using metal and wood.
Coincidentally, the people who live next door to this house have 'Brewer' on their mailbox.
Gropius House
68 Baker Bridge Road
Lincoln
Massachusetts 01773
USA
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Address: 740 Elm Street, Concord, Massachusetts, 01742, United States
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