About the Historic York Inn / Smyser-Bair House Bed & Breakfast
The Historic York Inn is a Victorian mansion and bed & breakfast located in the heart of downtown York’s historic district, in the nation’s first capitol, York, Pennsylvania. The ornate detail in this historic home will take your breath away.
Decorated with antique furniture and maintaining the look and feel of a Victorian mansion from the 1800s, the home features well-preserved adornments from the past, including gold-leaf, Italian, handcrafted Pier mirrors covered by gold reportedly from Henry Smyser’s own Gold Rush expedition, crystal chandeliers, hand-crafted ceiling medallions and crown molding, stained-glass windows with family crests, an antique, 100 percent porcelain sink and water closet, 9 to 12 foot ceilings throughout the home, hand-cast, iron window heads, stunning mantles and marble fireplace surrounds, a second floor balcony, and a beautiful mural out back where the stable once stood in the brick courtyard.
The home was passed from Dr. Henry Smyser to his daughter Ella and her husband, Robert C. Bair, and it remained in the Smyser-Bair family for 131 years before being left to the historical society, and later transformed into a successful bed and breakfast in the 1980s and 1990s. Now under new management, The Historic York Inn / Smyser-Bair House is open to make you feel at home.
We look forward to welcoming you to The Historic York Inn located in the Smyser-Bair House. For reservations, more information, or to arrange a tour, please send an email to us at [email protected], call us at (717) 318-0673, or message us at www.facebook.com/SmyserBairHouse.
Decorated with antique furniture and maintaining the look and feel of a Victorian mansion from the 1800s, the home features well-preserved adornments from the past, including gold-leaf, Italian, handcrafted Pier mirrors covered by gold reportedly from Henry Smyser’s own Gold Rush expedition, crystal chandeliers, hand-crafted ceiling medallions and crown molding, stained-glass windows with family crests, an antique, 100 percent porcelain sink and water closet, 9 to 12 foot ceilings throughout the home, hand-cast, iron window heads, stunning mantles and marble fireplace surrounds, a second floor balcony, and a beautiful mural out back where the stable once stood in the brick courtyard.
The home was passed from Dr. Henry Smyser to his daughter Ella and her husband, Robert C. Bair, and it remained in the Smyser-Bair family for 131 years before being left to the historical society, and later transformed into a successful bed and breakfast in the 1980s and 1990s. Now under new management, The Historic York Inn / Smyser-Bair House is open to make you feel at home.
We look forward to welcoming you to The Historic York Inn located in the Smyser-Bair House. For reservations, more information, or to arrange a tour, please send an email to us at [email protected], call us at (717) 318-0673, or message us at www.facebook.com/SmyserBairHouse.
