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Looking for a vacation hotel to visit Marblehead,
Boston or Salem MA, or attend a graduation exercise? Stay
with us instead! One of the last resort hotels in Marblehead,
“The Snow Crest”, was right next door in the
1910’s. It’s
long gone now, but we’re still here,
since 1717.
THE MARBLEHEAD SUMMER HOUSE
Seasonal
accommodations, in the heart of the Historic
District of Marblehead Massachusetts
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(ethernet
and wireless internet access, cable and A/C)
Front
St. 1910
In this turn of the century postcard, 27 Front is
the gray house on the right. Of
course that was 1910! The color has
been changed to a pale lavender and the Front porch is open now. Oh
yes, the street is paved too.
Located
just 3 miles from Salem, you'll be in the heart of Old
Town Marblehead just 200 yards from the Boston
Yacht Club, co-sponsor of the Halifax Race.
Surrounded by houses built in the 1700’s
and 1800’s it's one of the nicest parts of the old village.
The house you’ll be staying in
was built prior to 1717. We
weren’t the USA then you know! Walk
through the back gate onto Crocker
Park
and enjoy swimming off the park’s float, fishing off the
rocks,
viewing the harbor and its 5 yacht clubs or take in one of the many
Marblehead cultural events which take place on the park during the year.
During the week of July 4th Crocker
Park is one of the centers of activity for the Marblehead
Arts Festival.
This is where I grew up and my parents lived for 50
years. Each unit
includes a private full bath, some also include a kitchenette.
With the exception of the 3rd Floor Suite the baths do not have showers. They
have the original long claw-foot soaking tubs. So,
enjoy the bath! (all but unit "N-1" have European faucets with a shower wand)
All the rooms are non-smoking. (No pets
please, unless pre-arranged, $125 sanitation fee)
More information can be found under
“Accommodations”!
Crocker
Park 1910
Crocker
Park is just out the back gate!
  
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Out
the front door to the left you can stroll about 200 yards to the Boston Yacht Club,
The
Lafayette House, The
Lee Mansion, The
King Hooper Mansion and Marblehead Arts Association,
or the little Marblehead
Museum. Abbot Hall, home
of the “Spirit
Of 76” painting is just up the hill on the green.
Down the other side of the hill and your
in the newer part of town with restaurants, shops, the
“Y”, a bank or two, and other commerce.
There are NO
GAS STATIONS in Marblehead, so better show up with gas in
your tank if you’re driving.
If you go to the right out the front door about 300
yards you’ll find the wharf and several restaurants, all good, all
eclectic; The Landing, The
Driftwood, Maddies,
and Jack-Tar
American Tavern (Dinning
Discounts at Jack-Tar's for our guests! Just take
"The Admiral's Club Card" with you from the foyer when you go) !
Just up the street is the old center of town
filled with little shops, stores, and of course the “Old
Court House”. Walk some
more and you’ll find yourself at Fort
Sewall, beside Screaming Lady Beach. By
the way, our beaches in this part of town have no sand! They
are made of small rocks. Large
rocks too!
From
there you’re within spitting distance of the Barnegat area,
Gas House Beach,
Graves Boatyard (one
of them, the other is in back of The Landing
Restaurant),Fountain
Park and
Old Burial Hill, the oldest graveyard in New England.
(Redd’s
Pond is just over Old Burial Hill and you might see some
folks sailing elaborate model sailing
yachts there!) If you
decide to walk that way and you’re in the mood for some
lobster to take back to the house, (the shell crackers are in the
kitchen), call my friend Mike at Marblehead Lobster, 781-631-0787, tell
them “John” sent you. He
won’t give you a discount but he’ll probably say
I’m a nice guy! Call them
before you go and have them cooked for you. They
are the best for boiled lobster in my book.
If
you venture this way you’re close to a few more sights,
one’s the view of Little
Harbor and little beach in front of Marblehead Lobster.
Across the water is the back of Fort
Sewall. Among other sights are Black
Joe’s Pond, Black
Joe’s Tavern, and another little beach.
By the way, if you went into the
Barnegat area 200 years ago you’d find;
“the roughest
neighborhood. During "Election Week" in May, slaves were given their
only legal holiday on Wednesday, and the schools closed so that all
citizens could turn out to see the soldiers training…
According to Marblehead Historian Joseph Robinson, "a more uncouth
assemblage of ruffians could not be found anywhere.", web, Pp; 11 & 13:
http://www.legendinc.com/Pages/MarbleheadNet/MM/Articles/BlackJoe.html
Well,
that was then. Now it’s a
sleepy little neighborhood of old houses. Black
Joe’s Tavern is still there on Gingerbread Lane
although now a residence it has a sign marking it.
"Joe
Frogger" cookies, Black Joe's namesake, are still sold around
town. The pond you’ll see as you
approach the top of “Gingerbread Hill”.
The old tavern is just on the down side.
At the end of the lane is Grace
Oliver Beach, just
to the left. There’s some
good exploring on the road that goes around "Peache's
Point"
to the left of the beach, but mind you, you’re about 1.5
miles
from your bed now and the end of that road is the width of Marblehead,
2 miles. It’s a nice walk
but up hill.
Local Colleges
and
Universities:
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Bay
State
College - 122
Commonwealth Ave, Boston,
MA - (617) 236-8000
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Bentley
College - 175 Forest St,
Waltham,
MA - (781) 891-2273
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Berklee
College
of Music - 1140 Boylston St,
Boston,
MA - (617) 266-1400
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Boston
Architectural College -
320 Newbury St, Boston,
MA - (617) 262-5000
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Boston
College - 140
Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill,
MA - (617) 552-8000
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Bunker Hill
Community College -
101 School St, Revere,
MA - (617) 228-2408
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Cambridge
College - 1000
Massachusetts Ave # 31, Cambridge,
MA - (617) 868-1000
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Catherine
Laboure College -
2120 Dorchester Ave, Boston,
MA - (617) 296-8300
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College
Application Education -
16 Union St, Lynn,
MA - (781) 595-1022
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Constables
of Massachusetts , 23 Central Avenue, Lynn, MA -
(800) 781-6514
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Curry
College - 1071 Blue Hill
Ave, Milton,
MA - (617) 333-2210
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Eastern
Nazarene College -
23 E Elm Ave, Quincy,
MA - (617) 773-6350
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Emerson
College - 120 Boylston Street, Boston, MA - (617)
824-8500
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Emmanuel
College - 400
The Fenway, Boston,
MA - (617) 277-9340
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Explorers
Lifelong Learning - www.explorerslli.org - (978)
744-0804 -
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Fisher
College - 118
Beacon St, Boston, MA - (617) 236-8800
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Fletcher
School-Law & Dplmcy -
160 Packard Ave, Medford,
MA - (617) 627-3700
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Gibbs
College
- Boston - 126 Newbury
Street, Boston,
MA - (888) 309-0444
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Gordon
College - www.gordon.edu - (978) 927-2300 -
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Gordon
Conwell Theological Sem - 130 Essex St, South Hamilton,
MA - (978) 468-7111
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Harvard
Medical School -
25 Shattuck St, Boston,
MA - (617) 432-1000
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Harvard
School-Public Health -
665 Huntington Ave, Boston,
MA - (617) 432-1184
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Harvard
University - 160 Herrick Rd,
Newton
Center, MA - (617) 232-8710
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Harvard
University - 30 John F
Kennedy St, Cambridge,
MA - (617) 876-6278
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Harvard
University - 48 Quincy
Street, Gund Hall, Cambrige,
MA
02138 - (617) 495-1000
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Harvard
University - 51 Brattle St,
Cambridge,
MA - (617) 495-4024
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Hellenic
College - 50 Goddard Ave,
Brookline,
MA - (617) 731-3500
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Lasell
College - 1844
Commonwealth Ave, Auburndale,
MA - (617) 243-2000
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Lesley
College - 29 Everett St,
Cambridge,
MA - (617) 349-8690
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Lesley
University - 29 Everett
Street, Cambridge,
MA - (617) 868-9600
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MA Institute
of Technology -
77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge,
MA - (617) 253-2750
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Marian
Court
College -
www.mariancourt.edu - (781) 595-6768 -
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Massachusetts
College
of Art - 621 Huntington
Ave, Boston,
MA - (617) 232-1555
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Massachusetts
Community Clg -
294 Washington St # 301, Boston,
MA - (617) 542-2911
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Massachusetts
Institute of Technology - 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge,
MA - (617) 432-1738
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Massachusetts
Institute of Technology: WMBR -
142 Memorial Dr, Cambridge,
MA - (617) 253-4000
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Merrimack
College - 315 Turnpike
St, North Andover,
MA - (978) 837-5000
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Middlesex
Community College -
590 Springs Rd, Bedford,
MA - (781) 280-3200
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Montserrat
College
of Art - www.montserrat.edu - (978)
922-8222 -
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National
Center-Montessori Ed , 243 Essex St, Beverly, MA -
(978) 927-9600
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New England
School
of Law - 154 Stuart St,
Boston,
MA - (617) 451-0010
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Newbury
College - 129 Fisher Ave,
Brookline,
MA - (617) 277-3855
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North
Shore
Community College -
112 Sohier Rd, Beverly,
MA - (978) 927-9424
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North Shore Community
College - www.northshore.edu - (781)
593-6722 -
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Northeastern University
- 360 Huntington
Ave, Boston,
MA - (617) 373-2000
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Northeastern
University Marine, 430 Nahant Rd, Nahant, MA - (781) 581-7370
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Pine Manor
College - 400 Heath St,
Chestnut Hill, MA - (617) 731-7145
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Quincy
College - 34 Coddington St,
Quincy,
MA - (617) 984-1600
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Radcliffe
Institute-Advanced -
10 Garden St, Cambridge,
MA - (617) 495-8601
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Roxbury
Community College -
1234 Columbus Ave,
Roxbury Crossing, MA - (617) 427-0060
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Sackler
School
of Biomedical -
136 Harrison Ave # 814, Boston,
MA - (617) 636-6767
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Salem
State
College - www.salemstate.edu - (978)
542-6000 -
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Simmons
College - 300
The Fenway, Boston,
MA
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St
Elizabeth's Medical Center -
736 Cambridge St,
Brighton,
MA - (617) 789-3000
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Suffolk
University - 73 Tremont St,
Boston,
MA - (617) 723-0301
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Suffolk
University - 8 Ashburton Pl,
Boston,
MA - (617) 573-8000
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Tufts
University - 28 Capen St,
Medford,
MA - (781) 395-8487
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Tufts
University School-Med -
136 Harrison Ave, Boston,
MA - (617) 636-6565
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Tufts
University:
Oral Pathology -
711 Washington St # 9, Boston,
MA - (617) 556-3000
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Tufts
University-Boston Campus -
136 Harrison Ave, Boston,
MA - (617) 636-7000
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Tufts
University-Medford -
169 Holland St, Somerville,
MA - (617) 628-5000
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Tufts-New
England
Medical
Center
Main Number - 750 Washington
St, Boston,
MA - (617) 636-5000
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University of Massachusetts - 100 William T
Morrissey Blvd, Dorchester, MA - (617)
287-5000
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Urban College
of Boston
- 178 Tremont St,
Boston,
MA - (617) 292-4723
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Weston Jesuit
School-Theology -
3 Phillips Pl, Cambridge,
MA - (617) 492-1960
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Wheelock
College - 200
Riverway, Boston,
MA - (617) 879-2000
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Wylie
Conference
Center -
www.wyliecenter.com - (978) 867-1800 -
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