Norman Rockwell-Related Bed and Breakfasts

Inns with a connection to this classic American artist

Staying at a great bed and breakfast is not unlike looking at a Norman Rockwell painting. In both cases, what you're experiencing is a somewhat utopian version of life. Neither, when all is said and done, is true reality -- yet both are very important.

Rockwell, once described by a television talk show host as being "as much apple pie as anyone in this country," painted the first of 360-plus covers for The Saturday Evening Post in 1916 and thus began his lifelong love affair with the American public. "I paint life as I would like it to be," he once said.

For a significant portion of the most productive years of his career, Rockwell lived in Arlington, Vermont, and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Each now welcomes visitors with a museum dedicated to Rockwell and several inviting bed and breakfasts.

The inns listed here all have a tie to Norman Rockwell, most by being located in a town he once called home.

VERMONT

Inn on Covered Bridge Green
West Arlington, Vermont
A former home of Norman Rockwell, this inn allows guests to sleep in what was once Rockwell's studio.

Country Willows Bed and Breakfast
Arlington, Vermont
A Queen Anne Victorian located in a former Rockwell hometown and surrounded by spacious lawns in the heart of a picturesque historic district.

MASSACHUSETTS

Historic Merrell Inn
South Lee, Massachusetts
A stagecoach inn with 10 guest rooms, not far from Stockbridge. Built in the 1700s.

Inn at Stockbridge
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
A Georgian mansion built in 1906, restored as a bed and breakfast in 1982.

Stockbridge Country Inn
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
An 1850s Federal-style inn with an inground swimming pool and on-site bike storage.