Red Lion Inn (Stockbridge, Massachusetts)

Red Lion Inn

The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Massachusetts is one of the Historic Hotels of America of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The main building of the inn offers 82 guest rooms. In addition to the inn itself, the hotel operates nearby guest houses and other properties as alternative lodging options.

History

After operating for over 100 years, the inn was destroyed by fire in 1896. Rebuilt the following year, the inn was owned by the same family until 1968, when under threat of being razed, it was purchased by the current owners.

Famous guests of the inn include presidents Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt as well as noted authors Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Thornton Wilder.[citation needed] In August 1947, Judy Garland opted to check in to the inn, along with her maid and psychiatrist, rather than be admitted to the Austen Riggs Center down the street as had been planned; Garland ended up staying at the inn for 16 nights, after which she decided to return home to California.

The inn was included in Norman Rockwell's 1967 painting, Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas (Home for Christmas).

References

  1. ↑ "Discover The Red Lion Inn, which has existed as a colorful gathering place in Stockbridge for over 200 years, Massachusetts | Red Lion Inn | Historic Hotels of America". Historichotels.org. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ Margalit Fox (November 19, 2013). "Jane Pratt Fitzpatrick, 89, Savior of Pre-Revolutionary Inn, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "The Red Lion Inn History". Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ Shipman, David (1993). Judy Garland: The Secret Life of an American Legend. New York: Hyperion. p. 209. ISBN 978-0786880263.
  5. ↑ "Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas (Home for Christmas)". Norman Rockwell Museum.

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