Your Innkeepers, Gordon and Susan Church retired from the stress filled fast-paced corporate world and returned to Susan's home state of West Virginia.  West Virginia.  They envisioned their retirement years as peaceful and quiet sitting along a beautiful mountain riverbank fishing and taking in the fresh air or sitting on the porch swing letting the hours slip away.  

    Gordon retired after spending more than 40 years as a packaging engineer while Susan retired from the museum profession serving as Executive Director in many locations. 

They envisioned their retirement years as being peaceful and quiet, trout fishing, hunting, hiking and just siting on the front porch swing and letting the hours slip away.  Gordon bought Susan a trout fishing pole and reel for Christmas just before they retired so they could go fishing together.  

As a little girl Susan walked to school across the iron bridge over the Tygart River and passed this wonderful old house sitting majestically behind the courthouse.  Susan remembers the little old lady who sat on the porch everyday and waved or smiled as the school children walked by.

    As soon as I walked through the front door I knew that I was home, a peace settled on my heart, this house has such a wonderful warm feeling to it, says Susan.  Gordon took a little more time to convince, as the house needed a great deal of work.  I saw my trout fishing days drifting away. 

We spent over 5,000 hours bringing her back to her Victorian glory days. Not a ceiling, wall, floor or woodwork was left untouched, says Gordon. So many people stopped by and wanted to see the house, as they too always wanted to see what it looked like inside.  We decided to open the house as a Bed and Breakfast, at least for a few years, that way we can share this wonderful home with the public and so far, everyone who passes through her double front doors falls in love with this home. 

    Gordon says, I still haven't wet my trout-fishing line and Susan's Christmas present hasn't been out of the bag yet but we know we will soon get to take off trout fishing.  Maybe a guest or two would like to go with us. 

    We have added another 1,000 or so hours to our restoration and last summer started the much-needed outside restoration.  Susan has been working on the 19th century garden area but it will take several seasons before it is back to its former glory. 

    So stop by and see us and sit a spell on the porch, or better yet spend a wonderful night or weekend with us in this fine old house.  We look forward to your visit.

Gordon and Susan Church

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