The Green Mountain Inn is located on Main Street (
Vermont Route 100
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) in
Stowe, Vermont
Stowe is a town in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. The population was 5,223 at the 2020 census. The town lies on Vermont Routes 108 and 100. It is nicknamed "The Ski Capital of the East" and is home to Stowe Mountain Resort, a ski faci ...
, United States. Built in 1833, it stands near the intersection of Route 100 and Mountain Road (
Route 108). The main inn building, the former Depot buildings and Sanborn House are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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as part of the
Stowe Village Historic District.
The inn has 104 rooms in its eight buildings,
up from 64 rooms in 1994
and 76 rooms in 1998.
It contains the Whip Bar & Grill restaurant, which features beams from a large stable that formerly stood on the site of the inn's annex wing and which was torn down in 1953 due to its being a fire risk.
History
The building's construction was completed in 1833 by Peter C. Lovejoy (1783–1874).
He later exchanged it with Stillman Churchill for a farm of . Churchill added wings, made of brick, a dance hall and a two-storey front porch. He named it Mansfield House. Churchill forfeited ownership in a foreclosure to W. H. H. Bingham, from whom he had previously borrowed money.
Mansfield House was run as a hotel. After it was sold to W. P. Bailey, it became known as the Brick Hotel. It received its current name in 1893, when it was bought by Mark C. Lovejoy (1862–1937).
The Depot Street building was added in 1897, becoming the home of the
Mount Mansfield Electric Railroad. Depot Street passes between the inn and the Depot building today. Sanborn House was purchased, and it became a blacksmith and livery.
Chester A. Arthur
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, 21st
U.S. president
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, once performed in a theatrical production at the inn. Another president,
Gerald Ford
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, visited as part of a ''
Look
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Look or The Look may refer to:
Businesses and products
* Look (modeling agency), an Israeli modeling agency
* ''Look'' (American magazine), a defunct general-interest magazine
* ''Look'' (UK ma ...
'' magazine feature on the town. He posed for photographs in various locations.
Marvin Gameroff, a Canadian who visited the town and fell in love with it, purchased the inn in 1982. It was later transferred to the Gameroff Trust, which still owns the inn.
Beginning in 1983, the building's 150th anniversary, a major renovation project was begun to restore the main inn and Depout Building.
Depot Street building
File:Depot_Building,_Stowe,_Vermont.jpg, The Depot Street building is on the left; the main inn's western section is on the right
File:Green_Mountain_Inn_2022.jpg, The bridge connecting the main inn (left) to the Depot Street building, looking back to Main Street from the inn's parking lot
References
External links
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{{NRHP in Lamoille County, Vermont
Buildings and structures in Stowe, Vermont
Hotels in Vermont
Hotels established in 1833
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont