Hummingbird Inn

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The Hummingbird Inn began life around 1780 as a single room of post and beam construction. (That room is now our rustic den.) It was almost certainly a store or trading post for travelers who came through Goshen Pass by wagon on their way west. (A fine collection of historical photographs of Goshen has been assembled by Anne McClung, Goshen Public Librarian; we have many of those photographs at the inn.) A second floor was added quite early in the building's life, as evidenced by the extremely low height of the banister. In 1853, the house was bought by the Teter family, in whose hands it remained for the next 100 years. The Teters gave it its Carpenter Gothic (the first American Victorian style) appearance, adding the bulk of the building, including the parlor, library, conservatory, five bedrooms on the second floor, four more on the third, and of course, the extensive wraparound verandahs which are so unusual for a Virginia house...

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