The Norwich Inn - Accommodating Vermont Travelers with Fine Food and Lodging Since 1797
On the western side of the Connecticut River opposite the town of Hanover, New Hampshire - home of the Ivy League's Dartmouth College and quite quaint in its own rights - you'll find the equally quaint small town of Norwich, Vermont which was settled by land grantees from Norwich, Connecticut in 1761. In the bucolic little town with a population of less than 4,000 sits the lovely Victorian-style Norwich Inn that is more than worth wandering up to Vermont to spend some time at even if it's just to catch a bite to eat or sample some of the fine ale made at the on-site microbrewery. The history of the inn began some 36 years after the town was formed when Colonel Jasper Murdock, a graduate of Dartmouth College, built his home at what is now the corner of Main Street and Beaver Meadow Road. Described as an elegant private residence that was one of the finest in the state with its large and attractive grounds, it was there that Colonel Murdock began operating the Norwich ...