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the National Historic Register. You can read more historical details on the INN’ s website, streamlined by its current proprietors, Maryann and Jack Orlando. The Orlandos have remained true to the historical vision of this welcoming bed and breakfast since 2016, and in that time, they have changed remarkably little— which is, it turns out, exactly the point. What they have done is cared for a house full of storied history, and made it feel like home.
Stewardship
I was delighted to finally have an opportunity to see the interior of this impressive estate and congratulate its innkeepers on 10 years of stewardship.
Jack, a native New Yorker, spent decades in accounting and finance. Maryann hails from Connecticut, her vision shaped by years in interior design and visual merchandising. How did they come to find themselves running a 10-room historic inn in the Green Mountains? Spend five minutes with them and the answer becomes clear.
The seed was planted by Maryann’ s brother and sister-in-law, who had spent ten years running an inn of their own.“ We were familiar with the business,” she explains.“ We didn’ t just pull it out of a hat.” For about five years, the couple searched the region for the right property— one that matched both their instincts and their standards and had
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