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Breakfast Inn is an Elegant Experience. Welcome to Penrose Inn. Common Areas Grounds. Rates Reservations. Local Attractions Links. Visitors have commented: it's like a museum but without the ropes., delightfully unusual... providing sweet memories, a home of warm hospitality, the lodging accommodations furnishings are beyond compare. The Penrose Bed
Breakfast Inn... Is located in the scenic Pioneer Valley, minutes west of Northampton Massachusetts. The village of Haydenville is at the foot of the Hampshire Hilltowns; gateway to the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. Penrose Bed
Breakfast Inn is known for Victorian elegance, and was selected for a national Christmas
television special with the Mark Twain House. Locals refer to the Inn as The Painted Lady. Penrose was voted Best in The North, Best Bed
Breakfast Near a College or University Best Antiques by. Arrington's Bed
Breakfast Journal. It was Wilbur and Eleanor Purrington... Who had the Victorian vision to lift up the entire house to create first floor accommodations with high, stately ceilings in 1900.
Showered in Victorian details and carefully chosen paintings and antique pieces, the parlor's elegance remains the same as it did back then. The magnificent fireplace is set off by tall Corinthian columns featuring ornate ram's head capitals. Your Hosts Nancy Dick Zimmer... Have created a splendid lodging environment. They have provided positive lodging experiences to hundreds of happy customers. Visitors to the Inn partake in a unique Bed and
Breakfast experience within the elegance of a Victorian Inn setting. The attention to Victorian detail is evident from the moment you walk through the door until you lay your head down for a restful sleep in a richly appointed Victorian era
guest room. Guests Choose From 3 Authentically Decorated Victorian Era
Rooms... highspeed
wireless internet available throughout the inn. Each spacious
room comes with a large private Victorian accented
bathroom. The Penrose Bed
Breakfast Inn has a colorful fountain
garden, antiques through out, 7 fireplaces, rare chandeliers, lamps and welcoming candles in all the windows. Play
croquet, swim, read on the gazebo front porch, relax in the hammock, or stroll along the perennial
gardens. The 5 College Area, The Berkshires, Northampton, Amherst, Tanglewood... Penrose Inn provides bed
breakfast lodging accommodation alternatives for visitors to the 5 College Area as well as visitors that seek day
trips to Tanglewood, Lenox Massachusetts, and Mass MOCA. Local Universities Colleges Include: Smith College, Hampshire College, Amherst College, University of Massachusetts (UMASS, Amherst), and Mount Holyoke College. Visitors to the Penrose Bed and
Breakfast Inn receive the best of both worlds - the charm of a rural area in the context of a culturally rich environment. Directions to Penrose. Penrose BB Inn - Site Map. Bed
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Breakfast Inn is located minutes west of Northampton Massachusetts at the foot of the hilltowns, the gateway to the Berkshire region of Western Massachusetts. Northampton, Massachusetts. Noho is in the heart of New England's scenic Pioneer Valley. With a population of 30,000, Northampton combines small-town charm with metropolitan cultural opportunities. There are plays, music and dance;
shops both trendy and traditional; a smorgasbord of ethnic eateries; and three
movie theaters showing first-run, art and foreign films. You can relax at a sidewalk
cafe or take in a concert at the
Iron Horse
Cafe or at the Calvin Theater. A Night on the Town or Food... Food.. Food. Noho offers heaven on a plate -- from gourmet dining to foods from around the globe. Get in your licks in at Herrell's for the best homemade ice cream title. Indulge in homemade candy creations or munch a just-baked croissant at the Country Deli. For a weekend treat, indulge in
dinner Chinese, Indian or Mexican style. Eat informally by ordering a famous pizza from Joe's, dance the night away or go to a foreign or art film. Northampton doesn't roll up the sidewalks at night, so there's always something going on. History Highlights - Northampton Massachusetts. On a
tour of historic Noho, you can visit the law
offices of Calvin Coolidge, who was mayor here before he became president; the home of Sylvester Graham, the dietary reformer who gave his name to the Graham cracker; the site where 18th-century preacher Jonathan Edwards stirred his congregations; and the Academy of Music, on whose stage the Barrymores acted, Anna Pavlova danced, John Philip Sousa conducted and Harry Houdini escaped. Arts Entertainment in Western Massachusetts. Jacobs
Pillow, Becket. Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood.
Iron Horse, Northampton. Pearl Street, Northampton. Calvin Theatre, Northampton. UMASS Fine Arts
Center, Amherst. Mullins
Center, UMASS Amherst. The Miniature Theatre, Chester. Academy of Music, Northampton. Western Massachusetts Museums Historic Preservation Sites. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton. Words and Pictures Museum, Northampton. William Cullen Bryant Homestead, Cummington. Bisbee Mill Museum, Chesterfield. Historic Northampton Museum, Northampton. Dickinson Homestead, Amherst. Mead Art Museum, Amherst. Pratt Museum of Natural History, Amherst. Art Museum At Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley. Historic Deerfield, Deerfield. Stirling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge. Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, Shelburne Falls. Chesterwood, Stockbridge. Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield. Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Williams College Museum of Art. The Eric Carle Museum Of Picture Book Art - Amherst Massachusetts. State Parks Natural Wonders. Notchview Reservation, Windsor. D. A. R. State Forest, Route 112, Goshen. C. M. Gardner State Park, Huntington. Mt. Greylock State Reservation, Lanesborough. Elwell State Park- Norwottuck Rail Trail, Northampton. Savoy Mountain State Forest, Savoy. Skinner State Park, Hadley. Mt. Tom State Reservation, Holyoke. Mt. Sugarloaf State Reservation, South Deerfield. Natural Bridge State Park, Clarksburg. Dubuque Memorial State Forest, Plainfield. October Mountain State Forest, Washington. Wahconah Falls State Park, Dalton. Windsor State Forest, Windsor. Chester Blandford State Forest, Chester. Chesterfield Gorge, Chesterfield. Colleges, Prep-Schools
Conference Halls. Smith College, Northampton. Amherst College, Amherst. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Hampshire College, Amherst. Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley. Deerfield Academy, Deerfield. Eaglebrook School, Deerfield. The Williston Northampton School, Easthampton. Academy at Swift River, Cummington
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Guest Room Tour - All three spacious
guest rooms feature large private
baths,
air conditioning, queen size beds, oriental rugs, antiques, unique lighting, amish quilts, down comforters, and a Victorian theme. The Eleanor Purrington
Room Private Bathroom... Named after the lady of the house, The Eleanor Purrington
Room is set off by large, ornate windows featuring a bay window with a window seat. It is decorated in the Victorian theme with many antiques. The queen size bed is covered by an Amish quilt. The
room measures 24' x 12' and includes an ornamental fireplace and a giant old Christmas cactus located in the same spot that, Eleanor Purrington once had hers. The Bride's
Room Private Bathroom... Is located in the front tower. This
room features an ornate crystal chandelier found in Jerome, a copper mining town in Arizona. The Victorian theme in this
room revolves around the bride and
weddings. Bridal gowns, toasting goblets,
wedding albums, and an Amish
wedding quilt on the queen size bed. The
room measures 17' x 13' and has many beautiful antiques throughout. The Painted Lady
Private Bathroom... Is just that, an exciting array of pink and lavender mixed with antiques and items fitting for a true lady of Victorian times. The bed is queen-size and has an Amish quilt. The
room measures 17' x 14'. The
bath for this
room speaks of Victorian times with a brass clawfoot
bathtub, as well as a separate
shower stall, tank top
toilet, tile floor and antiques.
Site Map Penrose Inn. Visitors have commented: it's like a museum but without the ropes., delightfully unusual... providing sweet memories, a home of warm hospitality, the furnishings are beyond compare. SITE MAP PENROSE VICTORIAN BED AND
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Penrose Victorian Inn brings you back in time to an era of elegance. Our
guest rooms,
private bathrooms, shared living areas, and our grounds reflect meticulous attention to detail. We encourage you to step inside and visit us online. The Victorian Parlor Fireplace... Features high stately ceilings, a magnificent fireplace that is set off by tall Corinthian columns featuring ornate ram's head capitals. A year round Christmas tree decorated with roses, cherubs and bows takes it's place in one corner while an exquisite staircase showcasing antique family photographs leads the way to the
guest rooms in the other corner. The entire
room is decorated with antiques. There is high speed
wireless internet access throughout the inn!! The Formal
Dining Room... Is a wonderful setting for
breakfasts. The
dining room is richly appointed with Victorian decor. The decorations feature a strauss crystal chandelier, a fireplace, a grandfather clock, and glass-leaded china cabinets. The Music
Room Working Pump Organ... Located at the front of the first floor, overlooking the main entrance to the Penrose Bed and
Breakfast Inn. This
room showcases a turn-of-the-century pump organ, a Victorian doll house, antiques, and of course, a fireplace. The Grounds, Gazebo Porch
Pool Areas... Enjoy
Breakfast on the gazebo porch, stroll through the Fountain
Garden, play
croquet, lay on the hammock, swim in the
pool, or just relax with a good book on the comfortable front porch. Penrose Inn offers relaxation as well as an inviting array of things to do.