The roadside inn has seen many travelers passing through HoCo
over those years, including rumored visits of George Washington and John Adams.
I know for certain that it was at least visited by Jim Robey.
According to the Inn ’s website, in 2004, to
celebrate the latest “reopening” following an extensive renovation, then county
exec Jim Robey cut the ceremonial ribbon.
The inn is now listed with rock-star HoCo realtor, Creig Northrop. The asking price
is $1.2 million and the listing says it “May also be purchased for
single-family or multi-family use.”
In other words you don’t have to run the property as bed and breakfast anymore if you buy it. After 232 years, it's days of hosting HoCo visitors may now be coming to an end.
In a way, it really isn’t much of roadside inn anymore. Before they
built the hulking sound barrier right across the street, the inn with its
candles in the windows was a HoCo loco landmark, visible to all travelers
passing by on the county’s main artery.
Nowadays, the only traffic that passes its door are the
members of the Forest Hill Swim Club and HoCo locos taking the back way to
Dorsey’s Search. Folks passing through HoCo on their way from Point A to Point B wouldn't even know it was there.
