. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. Brown; •iew visitors to the Elm Tree Innat Farmington are aware that a houseof about 1660 is concealed at tiie cen- tre of the of buildings which formthe present hostelry. At the end ofthe long hall which runs back from theentrance we come upon the stairs—ofcomparatively dale—just infront of which runs a passage at rightangles to the entrance hall. occupy exactly the place of thosein the ancient The presentsmoking room is the original hall astlu- simmier ovel-hcad and the ;; liuill


. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. Brown; •iew visitors to the Elm Tree Innat Farmington are aware that a houseof about 1660 is concealed at tiie cen- tre of the of buildings which formthe present hostelry. At the end ofthe long hall which runs back from theentrance we come upon the stairs—ofcomparatively dale—just infront of which runs a passage at rightangles to the entrance hall. occupy exactly the place of thosein the ancient The presentsmoking room is the original hall astlu- simmier ovel-hcad and the ;; liuill into .an older lireplace,proebrm. The ]iarlor is now absorbed in thedining room of the inn, but the sum-mer still traverses a part of the ceil-ing of liie new room. As you stand inthe passage at the front of the stairs,you will see above you, with its solhtllush with the rest of the ceiling, theancient overhang which even theedges of the bottoiu board of the sec-ond story front. There is also an end overhang as 200 FARMINGTON, ??Tin: i; Ilti:!; i\\ i i:(i\i riii; ik(i\i


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