This hotel is listed in the "Historic Hotels of America, National Trust for Historic Preservation" 2013 Annual Directory. The directory's description is that that it is a beautifully restored, stately Federal-style hotel and is named for author Nathaniel Hawthorne. He spent his childhood in Salem and returned in 1846. He served 3 years as Surveyor of the Port at Custom House. In 1849, he wrote the
Scarlet Letter at his home in Salem. Other books he wrote were:
The Custom House (short stories)
The House of Seven Gables
The Blithedale Romance
The Mable Faun
The Television Show, Bewitched" was also filmed in Salem. Elizabeth Montgomery and her husband the TV Producer stayed at the Hawthorne Hotel. Jim and I took pictures at the Bewitched Statue of Samantha.
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