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General Tips: see historic architecture....
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  • Written by zChris on Oct 4, 2002
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  • Favorite Thing: see historic architecture. Concord is filled with a wealth of colonial and early 19th century homes, thanks to laws that protect the town from encroaching suburban development. Biking through the countryside outside the town centre allows for the feel of a New England landscape just following the War of 1812, still bucolic and open, interspersed with whit clapboard or brick-sided homes. Many of Concord's historic homes were home to famous authors like Thoreau or Alcott, others are worth a look just for their obsolescent charm. This sprawling old farmhouse, which looks to have been built in the late 17th or early 18th century, is right near the famous Old North Bridge.


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    General Tips: wander around central Concord....
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  • Favorite Thing: wander around central Concord. The centre of town is beautiful, exuding the feel of a New England town in the early 19th century. Most of the original buildings remain and house a wide array of shops- soem selling useful items and others tinkering junk to tourists. Anyway, it's a very quaint and compact town centre...there's a commercial area with a few streets bustling with brick buildings and stores, and the quieter Monument Square area which centers government buildings and churches along the town green. This is where you'll find most of the tourists in the autumn when the town is in high season. There's also a beautiful historic cemetary in the town centre as well with many graves dating to the 1700s.


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    Comments for zChris about Concord
    Pawtuxet Mon Jun 26, 2006 04:38 UTC
     Hi there...just made another pass thru your page to remember a great day spent in Concord. Just finished my own page if you would care to have a look!
    londonlover Sun Feb 29, 2004 06:14 UTC
     I stayed at the Colonial Inn last July--very nice rooms (small but with old-world charm), and the restaurant was great. Good early-dinner prices, too.
    sumgai Wed Sep 3, 2003 09:28 UTC
     The Battle of Lexington and Concord was not a "Turning point" in the revolutionary war. It was the start of it. How could you visit Concord and post without getting that straight?
    nomorewars Mon Feb 10, 2003 08:22 UTC
     Walden Pond has always been one of my favorite getaway spots.

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