Salem ยท McIntire District
The Salem Inn
Sea captain Nathaniel West's 1834 house plus houses from 1854 and 1874: 40 rooms, working fireplaces, breakfast and free parking.
- Built
- 1834Main building, the West House, built 1834 by Capt. Nathaniel West (inn; MACRIS SAL.1484 also 1834). The inn adds the 1854 Curwen House and the 1874 Peabody House.
- Type
- Inn
- Rooms
- 40
- Area
- McIntire District
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Local landmark
The story
The inn’s main building, the West House, was built in 1834 by Capt. Nathaniel West, whom the inn calls the first Salem captain to sail around the globe. The inn also takes in the 1854 Italianate Curwen House and the 1874 Dutch Colonial Peabody House, for 40 rooms in three historic houses. Rooms keep working fireplaces, and the breakfast room has beehive ovens.
The ghost story
Room 17 in the 1834 West House, which the inn itself calls 'the Haunted Room', is said to be visited by a woman known as Katherine, a little boy and a cat.
Source: northofboston.org
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Parking: on-site free
- Pets welcome
- Address: 7 Summer Street, Salem, MA 01970
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.