With a double porch that serves as Grafton’s most picturesque landmark, this venerable inn has played host to such notable guests as Rudyard Kipling, Theodore Roosevelt and Ralph Waldo Emerson. While the original brick inn is quite formal, many of the 45 guest rooms and suites – scattered around houses within the village – are less so.
The inn has tennis courts, a sand-bottomed swimming pond and cross-country skiing trails. The dining room is New England formal and the cuisine is refined New American with a seasonal menu, while fare at the attached Old Tavern and Pine Room pubs is lighter and more casual.
