Follow Route 129, passing the Civil War Monument on your left, to Puritan Road and bear right, soon passing on your left the New Ocean House famous for its cuisine and genuine New England hospitality. Now you begin to pass many beautiful summer estates, coming out once more at Route 129 where you turn right and follow along, admiring these lovely homes. Swing right at Commercial Street in Marblehead, following to Gregory Street where you turn left, passing on the right the Hotel Marblehead and the Fo’cas’le, plainly marked by a huge anchor by the side of the road. You are now in historic Marblehead a typical old New England town with its narrow streets winding around like the cow paths of old. Here are interesting old houses and doorways and the rustic cottages of the fishermen which attract artists from all over the world. Turn right and then left through these narrow streets, pausing where you will at gift shops, antique shops and boat yards. Ride to the end of the town so that nothing may be missed in this quaint New England fishing village. When you come to a sign saying “Fort Sewall” park your car and walk down the narrow lane to view this fort built in 1742 for defense against French Cruisers. The U. S. S. Constitution sought shelter under the fort’s guns when chased by His Majesty’s ships Tenadoes and Endymion on April 3, 1814. The fort was named after Samuel Sewall of Marblehead, who was Chief Justice of Massachusetts in 1814. Retrace your ride, admiring the Marblehead Yacht Club on the opposite side of the bay, to a sign which says “One Way Street” on the corner of which is a drugstore owned by H. Gilbride. Follow this street to the end, and turn left around the old Town House built in 1727. Then turn right and follow what was formerly Academy Way, now called Pleasant Street, through the center of the more modern town of Marblehead. Take Route 129 to the historic town of Salem. Follow the car tracks on Lafayette Street to Washington Street where we bear left, following Washington to Essex. At this point, turn left coming soon to the Old Witch House on the right. It is the oldest house in Salem, and is said to have been the home of Roger Williams as early as 1635. Continue down Essex Street, admire the old doorways which are numerous and have been the inspiration for many paintings, to Boston Street. Turn around the Joseph Hodges Choate Monument and go back up Essex Street. At No. 393 Essex Street