The School Room
At long last, you can sleep in class without guilt. In fact our School Room is designed to encourage just that. This room celebrates the one-room schoolhouse, the foundation of Vermont’s education system for over 200 years. The simple designs with high ceilings, walls of windows, and the big bell on top have become signatures for Vermont.
At 310 square feet, the School Room is the smallest room in the Inn, still with a king sized bed. A private verandah overlooks the back gardens and the Freeman Brook as it passes by the Inn on its way to join up with the Mad River out back behind the Warren Store.
Here architects David Sellers and Duncan Syme have created an illusion of time and space in the design of the room by curving the interior wall. The simple move create space for an exhibit case, George Washington’s portrait and two diorama paintings by artist Sonja Gropman.
Behind the copy of Gilbert Stuart’s George Washington you will find the TV. Opposite the wall of windows is the wall of blackboards complete with treble bass clef and lines to write your own music. The 3/8ths inch thick slate blackboards were from actual Vermont schoolrooms. Above the trim is the alphabet and numbers copied from the “Palmer Method of Hand Writing.”
At the far wall of the room, is a mural in perspective by Sarah-Lee Woodard and Edgar Stewart as they created a caricature of Raphael’s 1600’s famous painting, “School of Athens.” The bedside tables are real Vermont school desks, and the Abe Lincoln in the bathroom is the same vintage one found in the hallways of old schools.
The beautiful bathroom has a jetted tub and a separate shower. Look at the bathroom counter, it was once a laboratory table top from the old science lab at Norwich University. The School Room is a playful, charming guestroom – and falling asleep in this class is encouraged.
Please note that our Check-in time is from 3 to 6 p.m. Check-out time is any time before 11 a.m. on the expected day of departure.
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