Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Main Inn building at The Stowe Village Inn is one of Stowe’s most cherished architectural treasures. Earliest records date back to 1814 where a small framed house was the first structure on the property. The first house was taken down and, circa 1833, the four-chimney brick structure, which still stands today, had been built by a brick mason from Boston. 

In the mid 1800’s the second owner of the property, Morris H. Cady, built a factory behind his home for the manufacturing of carriages. In 1888, long after Cady closed his carriage shop, the property was purchased by C.L. McMahon and Van R. Chase. These men, along with the help of 800 cows from supporting dairy farms, established the Mt. Mansfield Creamery as one of Vermont’s first creameries. The successful, popular creamery made home churned butter nearly obsolete. At one time, the creamery produced nearly one ton of butter a day!

It wasn’t until 1945 that the property was first operated as an inn and has continued to the present.

The restaurant and bar were an addition in the late 1980’s. The 35-foot-long antique mahogany bar was found in an old warehouse basement on Harlem’s 131st Street, across from Ulysses S Grant’s tomb. Legend has it, President Grant used to drink and smoke cigars at the bar. It was transported back to the property in numerous highly distressed pieces to 123 Mountain Road, where it was then carefully restored and installed by local craftsmen, Dan Moody, Dave King and Brian O’Toole in 2003. The placement of this bar creates a conversation starter for all visitors and honors U.S. Grant, a great American General, past President, and avid whiskey drinker.

For almost two centuries, the property continues to support the community and its guests, visitors and residents alike, with superior beauty, hospitality, and charm.