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The Hotel    The Red Lion Inn stands proudly on Main Street and is the heart of Stockbridge. Since 1773, it has operated under several different guises and names – The Stockbridge House and Plumb's Hotel, fairmont sonoma mission inn spa for instance. The site first housed a general sore that soon evolved into a coaching inn providing overnight accommodations to travelers and creating one of America's oldest inns. After considerable expansion in the mid-1800s, a fire devastated the building, but barely made a dent in what was already a sizeable collection of Colonial era artifacts collected by the hoteliers. The Red Lion was rebuilt and reopened in 1897. All sorts of leanings and creaking floors are part of the charm of the old place. Rooms and passageways are packed with ephemera, much of it by local artists; much of it of local historic value. fairmont sonoma mission inn spa As it has no doubt always been, the lobby is a cozy gathering place with a roaring fire constantly aglow in colder months. In the evenings, a pianist plays light jazz and other standards.  Board games keep all ages busy, especially during school holidays. The inn is a popular family gathering place.  In the warmer months, the activity transfers to the wraparound porches. The Red Lion Inn Gift Shop includes the work of dozens fairmont sonoma mission inn spa of local artists. Also on site is Country Curtains. It was John and Jane Fitzpatrick, the founders of Country Curtains, who saved the inn from demolition in 1968. The family still owns and runs it. In 1969, The Red Lion Inn was opened for year-round business for the first time and the inn continues fairmont sonoma mission inn spa to expand. The new Maple Glen annex, which opened in 2012, has a fresher, more modern boutique ambiance, but it's art and crafts boutique, not the slick generic type. Quite in keeping with this most unusual inn.
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Fitness rooms, pools, and spas  There is a fitness suite in one of the cottages. There is an outdoor pool and Jacuzzi, which is heated year-round.  There is an on-site masseuse fairmont sonoma mission inn spa and across the street a full service, but separately owed, Seven salon and spa.
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