Twenty-one rooms in a Greek Revival mansion built in 1840 and renovated by Stanford White in 1899, on a residential block of Maple Avenue two minutes' walk from Greenwich Avenue, with a heated outdoor pool and the most unhurried operating pace in town.
"The Greenwich hotel that does not behave like one. Twenty-one rooms in a clapboard mansion two blocks from Greenwich Avenue, breakfast at a shared table in the morning, and an outdoor pool you actually want to swim in."
The Stanton House Inn occupies a three-storey clapboard Greek Revival mansion built in 1840 by the Reverend Joshua Stanton on what was then the western edge of the Greenwich settlement. Stanford White was commissioned to expand and rework the property in 1899 for the Knapp family, who added the central portico, the rear wing, and the wrapping veranda; the surviving McKim, Mead & White detailing is the reason the building carries a National Register listing. The Knapps' descendant Doreen Pearson reopened the property as an inn in 1987 and the current owners, the Bedford family, have run it since 2001.
The 21 rooms are arranged across three floors of the main house and a small carriage house at the rear of the property. Standard rooms run from 200 to 280 square feet; the four Suite categories stretch to 425 square feet and add either a working fireplace, a private veranda, or a deep whirlpool tub. Every room has a private bathroom (a rarity in this product class), Wi-Fi, air conditioning, and the original 1899 millwork preserved by the McKim, Mead & White restoration. The decor is the warm New England country style rather than the contemporary look, and the rooms feel lived-in in the way the best B&Bs do.
Breakfast is the property's quietly central ritual. The dining room runs from 7:30 to 10:00 with a hot menu (frittata, avocado toast, custom omelettes from a small open kitchen) plus the standard continental spread, all served at small tables overlooking the garden. The kitchen does not run dinner; this is a B&B in the proper sense, and guests walk or drive to Greenwich Avenue for evening meals. The heated outdoor pool runs late May through mid-October and is the property's defining warm-weather amenity; on summer afternoons the back garden is one of the quietest outdoor spaces in central Greenwich.
Service is the singular Bedford family touch: the front desk recognises returning guests by name on the second visit, the inn runs a free coffee-and-cookie service in the parlor every afternoon, and the owners themselves regularly cover the front of house. Parking is on-property and free; Greenwich Avenue is a two-minute walk; the Metro-North station is a six-minute walk. For the solo traveller and the couple who do not want the polished corporate operation of the Delamar or the Hyatt, this is the cleanest expression of small-inn keeping in the Connecticut Gold Coast.
For a solo two- or three-night Connecticut reset, the Stanton House is the most welcoming Greenwich address. The communal breakfast room makes it easy to be alone or in light company; the parlor with the afternoon coffee runs as a quiet writing room; and the residential street keeps the property quiet at night. Book a Junior Suite with the veranda for an extra $80, and the trip is a meaningful step away from the city without leaving the Acela corridor.
An anniversary at the Stanton House is the quietest historic booking in Greenwich. Book the Stanford White Suite on the second floor (the room with the working fireplace and the original 1899 millwork), reserve a 7:30 table at L'Escale at the Delamar for dinner, and walk the four blocks back. The inn will arrange afternoon champagne and flowers with 24 hours' notice. It is the closest the Northeast comes to a small-village English country inn at this price point.
76 Maple Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830
United States
Two minutes' walk to Greenwich Avenue; six minutes to Greenwich Metro-North station; on the National Register of Historic Places
21 rooms and suites
Standard Queen from $229/night
Deluxe King from $279/night
Junior Suite from $349/night
Stanford White Suite from $549/night
Continental breakfast included; hot breakfast at $18 supplement
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Property dates to 1840; Stanford White expansion 1899
National Register of Historic Places
Heated outdoor pool, late May to mid-October
Afternoon coffee and cookies in the parlor
Free on-site parking
Complimentary WiFi throughout
Pet-friendly rooms available
Garden seating
From $229/night. The Stanford White Suite and pool-facing rooms book three weeks ahead for summer weekends; weekday rates run 20 percent below weekend rates year-round. The inn closes the pool mid-October to late May.
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