The Hawthorne Hotel, Salem, MA
post 8 by Sherman Brennan

This was the hotel I stayed in for 4 nights in Salem, MA while on vacation.  We were there to celebrate Halloween in Salem and it was a great time.  The people and places of the town were great.  The hotel itself is supposed to be haunted but we didn't experience anything other than loud bathroom pipes during the night.  The building was constructed in 1809 and after a fire in 1860 it took on the more Italianate-style facade it has today.  The architect who designed the building was Phillip Horton Smith of the Smith & Walker firm.  I thought this was an appropriate post considering tomorrow is Halloween!

This was the mantle piece in the lobby during our stay.  I highly recommend going to Salem just once, if only for the history of the place.