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Inn at Crystal Lake Description:
In 1884 Nathaniel G. Palmer built his spacious home around the site of a smaller home believed to be the residence of his father. His unique, Greek-Revival home, overlooking Crystal Lake and Eaton’s famous Little White Church, was documented in the North Country Council’s Historic Buildings Inventory. Nathaniel soon began taking in travelers, as well as the many visitors that came to spend their summers enjoying the mountains and lakes – his house became known as The Palmer House. After Nathaniel’s death in 1899, his wife, Mary, continued to take in guests and their son, Frank continued this until the 1940’s.
In the late 1940’s, The Palmer House was purchased by the Buckelew family who started Camp Star Acres. It was later turned into a co-ed boarding school and was incorporated as The Palmer House School in 1961. The school closed in 1974. In 1976 the original building was purchased by Frank and Mary Gospodarek who converted it back to an inn and called it The Palmer House Inn. In 1986, the inn once again changed hands and was purchased by Walter and Jacqueline Spink, who renamed it the Inn at Crystal Lake. Your hosts, Bobby Barker and Tim Ostendorf, have owned the inn since 2001 and are extremely honored to be continuing the tradition started by Nathaniel Palmer in 1884. Welcome to the Inn at Crystal Lake located in a breathtaking village in the white mountains with a seriously delicious restaurant offering dining room and pub menus. Please join us at our comfortable bed and breakfast occupying the historic 1884 Palmer House minutes from North Conway all tucked away in an unspoiled lakeside village. Keeping watch over charming Eaton Center, this award-winning, New England inn has quickly become the touchstone vacation destination for service and hospitality in the Mt. Washington Valley.
Eaton Village is located in the white mountain close to all of the activities to make your stay here fun and memorable including; tax-free shopping, the Stone Mountain Arts Center, wonderful restaurants, hiking, biking, fishing, kayaking, swimming and canoeing in our cool and refreshing Crystal Lake, downhill and cross country skiing, snowshoeing, snow tubing, ice skating. Travelers have been visiting the white mountains for hundreds of years, become part of history and enjoy some of the same activities they enjoyed.
At A Glance:
- 12 Rooms
- Non-Smoking
- No Pets