The Wayside Inn property is located within The Wayside Inn Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places and consists of 9 historic buildings situated on over 100 idyllic acres in the town of Sudbury, Massachusetts. The centerpiece and namesake of the property is Longfellow’s Wayside Inn, a Massachusetts landmark and America’s oldest operating inn, which has been providing food, beverages, and lodging to guests since 1716. Originally known as How's tavern, and later also as the Red Horse Tavern, the inn was immortalized by poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his epic work, Tales of a Wayside Inn, published in 1863, and was thereafter rechristened “Longfellow’s Wayside Inn.” During a period of ownership by Henry Ford from 1923 to 1945, the property was substantially expanded and many new structures were added, including the iconic Grist Mill, the stunning Martha-Mary Chapel, and the Redstone School House made famous by poem 'Mary Had a Little Lamb.' *Bonus cache after the 5th location!*
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