The Hartness House

This is a beautiful old home. Our room was however, located in a much more modern wing built to expand the number of rooms. The extension was much more charming inside than it looked from the outside and it was connected to the main house. Tyler was there to check us in and was quite friendly and helpful. He gave us a personal tour of the Harkness Porter Amateur Telescope Museum. It is a tribute to Harkness and his love and knowledge of telescopes. The museum is housed in a series of rooms connected by tunnels under the house. Harkness also built an articulated telescope in his yard and connected it to his workrooms through a 150 foot tunnel. We don’t eat breakfast, but the coffee was hot and good. There were some fruits, pastries and doughnuts available with the coffee.

Very nice place to stay - in a well-kept mansion house with a unique history. I was imagining coming in with a group of people and using the piano room, dining room, or bar room, or wandering around the grounds in the summer months. Everything was very clean and comfortable. The A/C worked well.

best Location for us quite and clean

I enjoyed the history and mansion very much, so interesting. Tyler was exceptional in explaining about the underground tunnels, inventions and about James Hartness and his family to my friend and I. We enjoyed our stay at the mansion very much!

This early 20th Century mansion is beautiful. The room we had in the Hotel portion of the was clean and not cramped. There were clothes hangers. The bathroom has a modern faucet not a typical washroom faucet. The room had 2 queen beds and was not cramped.