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Before/After: The Transformation from when we bought it until today
BEFORE: The Sherburne Inn, east side.
AFTER: The Sherburne Inn, east side.
BEFORE: The Sherburne Inn, north side.
AFTER: The Sherburnne Inn, north side.
BEFORE: Bar, looking west.
AFTER: Bar, looking west.
BEFORE: Bar, looking east.
AFTER: Bar, looking east.
BEFORE: Bar fireplace.
AFTER: Bar fireplace.
BEFORE: East entrance.
AFTER: East entrance.
BEFORE: Registration area, gift shop.
AFTER: Registration area, gift shop.
BEFORE: Main staircase.
AFTER: Main staircase.
BEFORE: Lobby, looking north.
BEFORE: Lobby Hall, facing north to bar.
AFTER: Lobby, looking north.
BEFORE: Dining porch.
AFTER: Dining porch.
BEFORE: Dining room, looking east.
AFTER: Dining room, looking east.
Days gone by: Sherburne’s historic district, encompassing the corners and streets of North Main, South Main, East State, and West State, Sherburne, New York.
The earliest known photo of Sherburne; view of East State Street, north side. Pre-Civil War, date unknown.
The Anna Hathaway Block, just south of and next door to The Sherburne Inn and site of future Big M grocery store.
The “old bank building,” across West State from The Sherburne Inn on the corner of West State and North Main.
North Main Street, looking north. Note the “old bank building” on the corner and, down the block, the spires of the Sherburne Opera House.
Another later view of North Main Street, looking north.
North Main Street, looking south. Opera House in foreground.
Pre-1915 as Sherburne House at end of block is still standing.
East State Street, looking east.
West State Street, the Sherburne train station.
Sherburne Opera House, North Main, opened 1892. The first performance was by The New York Philharmonic.
History of Sherburne’s anchor corner, what is now the corner of Route 12 (South Main Street) and Route 80 (West State Street)
The Medbury Hotel (white building left side of photo), 1860s, just after Civil War, current site of The Sherburne Inn.
Medbury House, post-Medbury Hotel.
The Sherburne House, built 1880 (current site of The Sherburne Inn), operated by Michael Farley.
The Sherburne House, another view.
The Sherburne House Fire, March 1, 1915.
The Sherburne House fire, another view.
The Sherburne House fire, the aftermath: Route 12 looking north.
Some of the earliest memories of The Sherburne Inn
The Sherburne Inn, 1917.
The Sherburne Inn sign.
The Inn’s grand opening, from the archives of The Sherburne News, June 19, 1917.
Early brochure.
The Sherburne Inn through the years
Northeast corner, 1917.
Guest room, circa 1917.
East side view, pre-1923 before veranda was enclosed to become the dining porch.
Guest gathering room circa 1917.
The Sherburne Inn, circa 1920.
Early dining room.
Kitchen, circa 1917.
View of the Inn and downtown from the Sherburne Library on East State Street, pre-1923.
The Sherburne Inn “reading room,” now the main floor bar. The Inn was opened just before Prohibition, so no alcohol was allowed. Photo from postcard dated 1918.
The veranda (future dining porch), pre-1923.
Contractor note dated March 1923, written on the back of one of the dining porch panels, found by SSIRP contractors in 2015. Now we know the veranda was enclosed as a dining area in 1923.
The Sherburne Inn veranda pre-1923.
The Sherburne Inn enclosed veranda, new dining porch.
The Sherburne Inn, post-1923.
Sherburne’s downtown business district, 1930.
The Sherburne Inn, circa 1940s.
The Sherburne Inn, circa 1950s.
The Sherburne Inn, circa 1960s.
The Sherburne Inn, a snowy day, date unknown.
Our beautiful Inn, 2012. Abandoned for a decade and falling to ruin.
Our beautiful Inn, 2012. Abandoned for a decade and falling to ruin.
The Sherburne Inn, and Sherburne’s anchor corner, coming back to life after SSIRP’s Phase 1 restoration, 2016.
The Sherburne Inn, and Sherburne’s anchor corner, coming back to life after SSIRP’s Phase 1 restoration, 2016.
Christmas 2020.
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