Exeter Inn

The Exeter Inn
Alternative names The Inn at Exeter
General information
Architectural style Georgian
Address 90 Front Street, Exeter, New Hampshire, United States
Opened 1932
Owner Someplace(s) Different[1]
Technical details
Floor count 3
Other information
Number of rooms 43 guest rooms
3 suites
Website
www.theexeterinn.com

Coordinates: 42°58′40″N 70°57′15″W / 42.97778°N 70.95417°W / 42.97778; -70.95417 The Exeter Inn (also known as The Inn at Exeter) is an inn in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. Located on Front Street on the campus of Phillips Exeter Academy,[2] the Georgian style complex was built in 1932 and mirrors the school's architectural motif.[3] Guests, which include many parents of Academy students, enjoy its walking distance proximity to historic downtown Exeter.[4]

A previous Exeter Inn had been located on Water Street; one of the town's oldest buildings, it was demolished in 1959.[5][6] The hotel, which frequently hosts events for New Hampshire primary candidates,[7][8][9] is home to the Epoch Restaurant and Bar.[7]

History

The Exeter Inn was built in 1932 with a donation to Phillips Exeter from the wife and daughter of engineer and academy alumnus William Boyce Thompson. The land on which the inn sits was purchased by the academy's class of 1890 from alumnus William P. Chadwick in 1890.[2] For the first 75 years of its existence, the inn belonged to Phillips Exeter Academy, until it was transferred to the leasing company Someplace(s) Different on October 31, 1997. The inn will be returned to the academy in 75 years after the contract was signed, or in 2072.[10] In 2007 new owners undertook a sweeping renovation that significantly changed the 46-room inn's entrances, lobby, and decor.[7][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Academy Chronology". Phillips Exeter Academy.
  2. 1 2 "Our History" (PDF). www.theexeterinn.com.
  3. ↑ "Stepping into a new Epoch". New Hampshire Union Leader. 9 July 2008.
  4. ↑ Paul Karr (26 July 2010). Frommer's Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Hoboken: Frommer's. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-470-60224-9.
  5. ↑ Carol Walker Aten (2003). Postcards from Exeter. Portsmouth: Arcadia Publishing. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-7385-3481-7.
  6. ↑ "Slavery in New Hampshire". Boston Evening Transcript. 22 December 1894. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 Bricker, Lara (24 June 2008). "Epoch Restaurant and Bar set to open at Exeter Inn". Seacoastonline.com. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "Eisenhower Campaigns for Nixon". The Spokesman-Review. 18 February 1968. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  9. ↑ Seligson, Tom (15 July 1973). "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "Academy Chronology | Phillips Exeter Academy". www.exeter.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  11. ↑ Feals, Jennifer (17 July 2007). "Exeter Inn changes hands". Seacoastonline.com. Retrieved 8 April 2011.


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