Stay at Our Historic Maine Lodging in Dexter Maine
A very warm welcome to The Brewster Inn courtesy of your English host and Southern hostess, Mark and Tina Stephens. Our Historic Register Maine lodging is located in Dexter, Maine, just 20 minutes off I-95 and close to the city of Bangor, the magnificent Maine coastline, the beautiful, scenic Moosehead Lake and Mount Katahdin region of Maine. (Possibly the home to the 2nd National Park in Maine in the next few years). For 1st time B&B guests looking for more info on the B&B experience, read our blog post for 1st timers.
Inn History
The Brewster Inn was built for Senator and Mrs. Ralph Owen Brewster in the 1870s, and designed by Maine’s famous architect John Calvin Stephens. The home was the scene of socializing and parties, as well as political gatherings (pictured is a garden party thrown by the Brewsters in 1939). In 1934 the home was remodeled into the Maine lodging establishment you see today.
Brewster came to national attention due to his opposition to the commercial interests of Howard Hughes, America’s wealthiest person at the time. The conflict between Senator Brewster and Howard Hughes has been well documented in the film The Aviator, in which Alan Alda portrays Senator Brewster.
In 1988, the home was opened as The Brewster Inn, and was entered into the National Register of Historic Places. Since our purchase of the Brewster Inn in 2007, it has had a lot of work done both inside and out to make it the wonderful property it is today.
Enjoy additional photos of the Inn through the years in the photos below, and if you would like to know more about the history of the house, just let us know! Mark & Tina, Innkeepers
What Our Guests are Saying About our Maine Lodging:
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