Beaumont Inn

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Beaumont Inn
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Exterior of the building
General information
Architectural style Federal
Location Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Address638 Beaumont Inn Drive
Completedc. 1845
Technical details
Floor count3
Awards and prizes James Beard American Classic Award

The Beaumont Inn in Harrodsburg, Kentucky is a historic inn and restaurant established around 1845. It was the campus of several women's colleges until it was purchased by Annie Bell Goddard and converted into an inn in 1918.

History

The inn is a three-story brick building in the Federal architectural style. [1] It has a total of 31 guest rooms. [2] The building was built around 1845, and was the campus of several women's colleges including the Greenville Institute, Daughters College and Beaumont College. [1] Its construction cost a total of $10,000. At the time of its completion, it was described as "an elegant brick mansion" and was designed to accommodate around 100 students. [3]

Two former alumni of the college, Annie Bell Goddard and May Pettibone Hardin, purchased the building for $7,800 [3] in 1917, [1] after Beaumont College had closed. [2] Goddard had previously taught mathematics at the college and served as its dean. [3] After Goddard became sole owner, she converted it into an inn in 1918 which catered to former alumni of the colleges. It has subsequently been operated by descendants of Goddard's daughter Pauline Dedman. [1]

The inn is known for serving Southern cuisine. [4] The restaurant originally served only two main dishes, country ham and fried chicken. [5] In 1949, American food critic Duncan Hines described it as the best restaurant in Kentucky and wrote that "I’ll be happy to get home and eat two-year-old ham, cornbread, beaten biscuits, pound cake, yellow-leg fried chicken, and corn pudding." [6] Hines included the inn in each volume of Adventures in Good Eating at Home. [7] It received a James Beard American Classic Award in 2015. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kleber, John E. (October 17, 2014). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 64. ISBN   978-0-8131-5901-0.
  2. 1 2 "Beaumont Inn Celebrates 100 Years". The Harrodsburg Herald. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Edwards, Brenda (May 28, 2019). "Beaumont Inn observes its 100th anniversary". The Advocate-Messenger. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  4. ↑ Egerton, John (June 18, 2014). Southern Food. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN   978-0-307-83456-0.
  5. ↑ Potter, Leslie (November 4, 2019). "The Beaumont Inn > KET". KET. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  6. 1 2 "2015 America's Classics: Beaumont Inn | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  7. ↑ Hayes, Chris (December 19, 2018). "Beaumont Inn: A history of highlights". Kentucky Living. Retrieved September 17, 2023.

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