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About the Grape Arbor
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The Grape Arbor, a Victorian, Lake Erie bed and breakfast inn, consists of two side-by-side mansions: the Bester Town Home (circa 1832) and the Hampson Home (circa 1835). They are located at 51 and 55 East Main Street in North East, Pennsylvania.Common rooms for guests are located in the
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The two buildings are among the oldest brick residences in North East, with interesting history. Both homes were constructed by carpenter Nathaniel Norris, beginning in 1832. The Bester Town Home was built in the fashionable Federal-style, featuring an elliptical arch window with a fanlight and decorative stonework over the front entrance. The roof, added in the Victorian-style, is embellished with overhangs and curved brackets. |
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The Bester House once served as a stagecoach tavern, a boarding house, a doctor's residence, North East's first kindergarten, a home for the elderly, and a restaurant. Although not officially documented, this house is said to have been used as a temporary station on the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. |
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