The Victorian

VIEW THE ROOMS

ROOM 130	ROOM 131	ROOM 132	ROOM 133
ROOM 134	ROOM 135	ROOM 136	ROOM 137
	ROOM 138	ROOM 139

When President William Howard Taft dedicated the Pilgrim Monument in 1910, he stayed in this Carver Street house. Built in the 1840s by a banker, the building retains its original Second Empire Victorian exterior style, including an “Ace of Spades” band of cedar shakes along the mansard roof. The 1990s renovations restored the interior with period moldings, custom mahogany doors and reproductions of 1860s and 1880s lighting fixtures. Furnishings in the nine guestrooms are chestnut, walnut and burled maple American Victorian antiques, many of which have marble tops. Lamps are of brass, alabaster and bronze. Room 133 and Room 134 are superior king-bedded rooms situated in the original sun porch, and along with Room 135, open to decks that overlook the pool, as does Room 138, whose oversize deck has sweeping views of the courtyard. Room 139 is a deluxe king-bedded room with an exterior entrance. Room 130 and Room 136 are deluxe king-bedded rooms accessed from the interior. And Room 131, Room 132 and Room 137 are standard queen-bedded rooms also having access from the interior.