At the landing of the stairway is an elaborate painted spruce tree. Built in 1865, and one of the town of Bethel's oldest buildings, the inn was the home of 19th-century composer William Rogers Chapman, founder of the Metropolitan Music Society and the Maine Music Festival. New Hampshire Skiers flock to New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest in winter. Towns like North Conway, Lincoln, and Jackson answer the call with an ample number of inns. The property was originally a land grant by King George the III of England, and has been passed down in the same family for more than 200 years.
Guests can take horse-drawn sleigh rides on weekends and holidays.
There are only seven rooms here and each has a two-person Jacuzzi. Horse-drawn sleigh rides are offered as well. Built in 1904, it was once a mansion on a 1,000-acre estate. Past owners include European royalty who had moved to escape Nazi Germany. Today, rooms sport views of the site where the Henry Fonda movie On Golden Pond was filmed.