Originally called Howe’s Tavern and later Red Horse Tavern, in 1863 it was named “The Wayside Inn.” It was here that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the “Tales of a Wayside Inn.” The house and grounds are now owned and maintained by Mr. Henry Ford. At the gatehouse you will find the stage coach used to bring General LaFayette to Boston for the laying of the cornerstone of Bunker Hill Monument in 1825.
WAYSIDE INN
Register, step up to the bar and order your lunch, after which you may wander through the Inn until you are called by the host. After you have eaten in the dining room (built in 1800) walk out through the gardens. You will find the old grist mill interesting and unique. Also, don’t fail to visit the Old School House spoken of in the famous poem “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”
After you have seen everything on this historic estate get back in the car and visit the old country store. Drive back to Boston over Route 20 to Commonwealth Avenue and Clarendon Street where you turn right crossing Newbury and Boylston Streets. Turning left at St. James Avenue will bring you back to the door of the Hotel Statler.
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THE CITY OF CULTURE
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Ask the people at your hotel to direct you to the nearest subway and ride to Park Street. As you leave the car at Park Street, you are in the oldest subway in the world, except, perhaps, the one in Budapest which always has disputed with Boston this particular claim. This subway was opened in Boston in September, 1897. Going up the stairs, you will emerge from the subway onto the famous Boston Common. Turn left, and you will have no trouble in finding the