The Harraseeket Inn is a historic inn on Main Street, U.S. Route 1, in Freeport, Maine, United States. Although today's business was established in 1984, the building it occupies was built in 1854.

Harraseeket Inn
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General information
LocationFreeport, Maine, U.S.
Address162 Main Street
Coordinates43°51′37″N 70°06′02″W / 43.8604158°N 70.1006157°W / 43.8604158; -70.1006157
Opening1984 (40 years ago) (1984)
Technical details
Floor count3 (main inn)
Other information
Number of rooms94
Number of restaurants2
Number of bars1
ParkingYes
Website
www.harraseeketinn.com

History

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Nancy Dyer Gray established the Harraseeket Inn in 1984 in an old Cape Cod-style structure, dating to the late 18th century, known as Conant Farm. It was used a stage station, for travelers between Portland and Brunswick, and run by Deborah Rose Dillingham and her husband, a blacksmith. Gray redeveloped the property into an eight-room building now called the Carriage House.[1]

The main inn, situated adjacent to the north, was built in 1854[2][3] and originally had fifty-four rooms and included a Greek Revival building formerly called the Sullivan House. This building is now the Broad Arrow Tavern, one of the inn's two restaurants. Its southern wing was built in 1997.[1]

The inn's other restaurant is the Maine Harvest Dining Room.[4]

It has ninety-four rooms, including nine townhouses.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About". Harraseeket Inn. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  2. ^ Brown, Karen (2006). Karen Brown's New England: Exceptional Places to Stay and Itineraries. Karen Brown's Guides. p. 104. ISBN 9781933810119.
  3. ^ "Nancy Gray - The 2006-2007 Gatekeepers of History". www.preserveamerica.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  4. ^ a b "Harraseeket Inn". Harraseeket Inn. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  5. ^ The New York Times Magazine (1996), part 3, p. 76