Concord's Colonial Inn

Concord's Colonial Inn overlooks Monument Square in Concord, Massachusetts; its oldest section was built in 1716, three early buildings were combined into one in 1897, and the inn has operated since 1889. The property is rich in history: during the Revolutionary War a section stored arms for the Concord Minutemen, and after the fighting the local doctor, Timothy Minot Jr., is said to have used one room as a makeshift operating room and another as a morgue, where many wounded died. Henry David Thoreau later lived at the house with his family while attending Harvard in the 1830s. Its haunted reputation is long-standing: the first widely cited report dates to 1966, when a guest described waking to a greyish figure beside the bed that drifted toward the fireplace, and visitors and staff have since reported apparitions, including an older woman and a slim man in the Liberty Room, footsteps, and items that vanish and reappear. Given the real wartime deaths tied to the building, the history should be handled with respect and these accounts presented as guest reports and legend. Current room and booking details should be confirmed from the official site before publishing.