Shelburne · Champlain Valley: Shelburne
Shelburne Farms Inn
The Webbs' 1899 Shelburne House on Lake Champlain, in a National Historic Landmark estate; a seasonal inn with 24 rooms, open mid-May to mid-October.
- Built
- 1899NRHP nomination #19: 'Shelburne House is the sprawling home built for Mr. and Mrs. William Seward Webb in 1899 from the plans of Robert Henderson Robertson', incorporating an 1888 cottage.
- Style
- Tudor Revival (incorporating an 1888 Queen Anne-Shingle cottage)
- Architect
- Robert Henderson Robertson
- Type
- Inn
- Rooms
- 24
- Area
- Champlain Valley: Shelburne
- Credentials
- National Historic Landmark; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
William Seward Webb and Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb created Shelburne Farms in 1886 as a model agricultural estate, with buildings by Robert Henderson Robertson and landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted. Robertson enlarged their 1888 cottage into the 2.5-story Shelburne House mansion in 1899, overlooking Lake Champlain and terraced gardens completed in 1913. The estate is now a nonprofit education center, working farm and National Historic Landmark. The house operates seasonally as the Shelburne Farms Inn.
Good to know
- Address: 1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT 05482
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.