A Brush with History and Old-Fashioned Hospitality ...

As you make your summer plans, be sure to include a stay at The Historic York Inn / Smyser-Bair House Bed & Breakfast on your list.

Whether you're in the market for a long-term stay due to a relocation or temporary work assignment, you're visiting friends, family, or historical sites, or you'd just like a romantic escape from the modern world, this Victorian mansion from the 1830s is the place for you.

Relax in the formal parlor, enjoy a hearty, home-cooked breakfast in the formal dining room, or settle in to your own antique-furnished guest room. And when you're ready to head out, there are so many places to go within walking distance.

Ready to learn more or make your reservation?

Visit us online at http://www.yorkinn.info/, where you can take a virtual tour and select your room.

Or give us a call at (717) 814-9INN.

We look forward to welcoming you to The Historic York Inn for a brush with history and old-fashioned hospitality.

New Website for the Historic York Inn

We have good news for people who would like a tour of The Historic York Inn / Smyser-Bair House Bed & Breakfast before booking a room, but who live out of state and can’t make it.

The Historic York Inn has a new website!

Visit www.yorkinn.info to visit the brand new site. There, you can learn all about the inn and its history, all the way back to Dr. Henry Smyser who owned the place in the 1800s.

The website also includes a detailed “virtual tour” that allows a peek into each bedroom as well as the common rooms, such as the parlor, dining room, and balcony.

And you’ll find local points of interest, historic details about the house, and more.

Once you’ve made your decision, you can:

• give us a call (717-814-9INN);
• send an email (YorkInn@gmail.com);
• make your reservation and payment right on the website(www.yorkinn.info/reservations.html); or
• make your reservation and payment at the top of this page!

Welcome to the virtual Historic York Inn. The door is open at www.yorkinn.info.

(717) 814-9INN is the Inn’s New Number

The Historic York Inn / Smyser-Bair House Bed & Breakfast has a fitting new number: (717) 814-9INN.

(That’s (717) 814-9466 for those who don’t like dialing letters.)

Whether you’d like to book a room, an event, or simply take a tour of this historic property, feel free to give us a call at our new number. If you don’t reach us right away, please leave a message and we’ll return your call shortly. Your call is important to us and will be answered.

Of course, you’re welcome to contact us by email as well: YorkInn@gmail.com.

By phone call, text message, or email—you decide how you’d like to contact us at The Historic York Inn.

Start 2010 in Style!

As you make your plans for 2010, be sure to include a stay at The Historic York Inn / Smyser-Bair House Bed & Breakfast on your list. Whether you're in the market for a long-term stay due to a relocation or temporary work assignment, you're visiting friends, family, or historical sites, or you'd just like a romantic escape from the modern world, this Victorian mansion is the place for you.

Scroll on down for more information and photographs on the historic home. Then, come on in for a tour, or book your stay online or by phone. Contact us at 410-980-6746 or YorkInn@gmail.com.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Happy Holidays from the Historic York Inn

Anyone who has visited The Historic York Inn / Smyser-Bair House Bed & Breakfast knows that it is a hearth of old-fashioned warmth and charm.

Guests cite such marvels as the Italian, hand-crafted Pier mirrors commissioned by Dr. Henry Smyser and decorated with gold from his own California gold-rush expedition. And the original crystal and brass candle chandeliers carefully converted to electric without sacrificing the original look and feel. And the sturdy but delicate woodwork throughout the house. They also comment on the stained-glass windows, inlaid floors, curved walls, decorative hardware, restored lithographs and wall-hangings, tall windows and doors, and antique furniture. Not to mention the equally-old fashioned hospitality and personal attention you don't find at many modern-day establishments.

The Historic York Inn / Smyser-Bair House Bed & Breakfast has left an impression on a good number of people over the years. It’s been featured on national television, including on HGTV’s If Walls Could Talk. It’s been covered in newspapers and magazines. And it is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Enjoy a brush with history by paying us a visit. We’re open for overnight getaways as well as long-term stays for people relocating, on assignment, or in need of a home away from home. Contact us by email (YorkInn@gmail.com), or phone (410-980-6746). We look forward to hearing from you.

At this festive time of year, it seems fitting for us to offer an old-fashioned season’s greetings — from our home and heart to yours. From all of us at The Historic York Inn / Smyser-Bair House Bed & Breakfast, we wish you a happy holiday season, and a wonderful new year.

The Amber Room

The Amber Room comes alive with an amber-tinted, crest-adorned wallpaper that demands attention. The wallpaper replicates that in a Victorian mansion in Walla Walla, Washington. A curved wall and two tall windows add character to this stately chamber. The room is decorated appropriately with amber-tinted lights and a wall hanging imported from Russia that features genuine amber.

This room is named for the original Amber Room in St. Petersburg, Russia, which was dismantled before the German invasion during World War II. Dr. Henry Smyser, after serving as a surgeon in the Russian military during the Crimea war, was decorated by Czar Alexander II in the famous Amber Room. The original Amber Room has not been revealed since it was dismantled—some believe it was taken by the Nazis, some believe it is in hiding, and others believe the bits and pieces have been disbanded and lost forever. But whatever the original room's fate, you can visit this Amber Room, once enjoyed by a man who set foot in the original.

The Groff Room

The Groff Room is named for Mrs. Groff of nearby Lancaster, the mother of Robert C. Bair. The room features an antique oak bed, painstakingly converted to a modern-sized queen, an amazing marble mantle. It also features a built-in book shelf, an antique light fixture, lithographs and pictures of nature and hunting scenes, and private access to the second-floor balcony. The exquisite boarder is a hand-made silkscreen print. With its green walls and handsome decorations, this room has a bit of a hunter’s lodge motif and is perfect for the adventurous visitor.