by History By the Sea | Feb 24, 2019 | The Kiosk
32 Forrester StreetHistoric Salem Inc. – 32 Forrester StreetBuilt for Lizzie and Samuel Frank MasuryTobacconist1884The house at 32 Forrester Street was constructed in 1884 in the Queen Anne style. Queen Anne architecture reached the peak of its popularity...
by History By the Sea | Feb 13, 2019 | The Kiosk
“His infatuation for the green cloth and wonderful maintenance of nerve was noted and quoted, it making no apparent difference in his demeanor whether luck favored him or fortune on him frowned.” – The Boston Globe on Clarence Murphy (February 18,...
by History By the Sea | Feb 6, 2019 | The Kiosk
Massachusetts National Guard outside the Hawthorne Hotel. 1978The Blizzard of ’78 formed on Sunday, February 5, 1978 with most of its snowfall occurring between the morning of February 6th and the evening of February 7th. In total, the Greater Boston area...
by History By the Sea | Feb 1, 2019 | The Kiosk
Still shot of Bewitched in front of The Witch HouseIn June 1970, Hollywood came to Salem with the filming of Bewitched. The cast and crew stayed at the Hawthorne Hotel while filming in the city and nearby Gloucester. They filmed some interiors in the Hotel, most...
by History By the Sea | Jan 9, 2019 | Blogs, The Kiosk
Spenser: For Hire scene in front of the West India Goods Store Spenser: For Hire (1985-1988) starring Robert Urich (Spenser) and Avery Brooks (Hawk) chronicled two fictional detectives as they solved crimes in the Greater Boston area. In Fall 1986, the show filmed in...
