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Most places of sufficient age and renown have all manner of lore touted as their pedigree. Even the words "Washington slept here" have been repeated to us! How would one know? Any why, given The Country Squire's construction date of 1794 and Washington's death in 1799, should one be tempted to believe such a conjecture? Anything is possible. Given that local historians tell us that the foundation of The Country Squire is older then the current structure, that many 18th Century houses fell to the destruction of kithchen fires and new structures were often built upon the labor intensive foundations, the widow of opportunity could have be larger. But then it still may not have been the rooms of the current structure that housed the wayfairing George. |
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Personally, we have taken the stance that we will trust that which has been reported to us by two or more eyewitnesses or that for which documentation has been shown to us. Hence, we were skeptical about reports of a Waverly-Schumacher fabric named for The Country Squire until Cal Warner, who was born at The Squire in the 1920's, showed us a remnant that is now in his daughter's possession. The evidence was undeniable! And we've heard from an untold number of folks that Ford named that early estate wagon, the Country Squire, for THIS Country Squire. It is true that The Country Squire is one of only a handful of American Inns featured in the traveler's guidebook, _____, published by Ford in 19--. The reproduced watercolor of the inn and the recipe for Turkey Killingworth make it obvious that this was the place that Ford had discovered! But we appologize that we've been too busy managing The Squire's day-to-day affairs to have inquired of the Ford archieves the derviation of the wagon's title. In time... | |
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All manner of folk who worked during The Squire's 88 years of public life have shared their recollections with us. More then one has reported that Hugh Achinclaus, Jackie Kennedy's stepfather, had a private table reserved Friday and Sunday evenings as he commuted between Manhattan and Newport. Myriad friends of the old inn have reported that a litany of stars, the names too numerous to mention, at least frequented or were guests here. In the days when the Goodspeed Opera House, The Ivoryton Playhouse and the Shubert WERE off-broadway, the vicinity was rife with the famous and the becoming famous. We have seen a photograph of William Shatner with two dogs standing before The Squire's magnificant red barn. And althougth Max Showalter confessed he had not made an earlier acquaintance with The Squire, he was glad to have done so during our tenure. |
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We could wax on
about our own perspective of what makes this charming old property so
inviting. But perhaps it's best to let the press speak for us. "From the quaint
dining room that seems to transport you to the south of France, to the
private rooms where 18th and 19th Century furniture seem never to have
left their home, The Country Squire offers the grace and charm seemingly
over-manufactured or all together lacking in many other establishments."
The Connecticut Antiques Guide "Historically, dining
at The Country Squire attracted the rich and famous...Frank Sinatra, Betty
Grable, and Joan Fontaine." | |
ANTIQUES
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"This
Country Squire should have more stars in its future." Connecticut Magazine
You can
be among the privleged who've enjoyed The Country Squire's fine private
rooms. |
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