Newburyport
Garrison Inn
Merchant Moses Brown's Federal house on Brown Square, an inn by 1850 and renamed in 1923 for abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison.
- Built
- c. 1800Brown Square House, built for merchant Moses Brown; MACRIS NWB.732 dates it 1800 (the inn's history page gives no year). A boarding house and inn by 1850; reopened as the Garrison Inn on July 2, 1923.
- Style
- Federal
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 24
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
Moses Brown, once Newburyport’s second-wealthiest man, built the Brown Square House on the square he laid out. After the War of 1812 hurt the port he turned parts of it to business use by 1813, and by 1850 it was a boarding house and inn. It became the Brown Square Hotel after 1880 and reopened on July 2, 1923 as the Garrison Inn, named for abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, whose statue has stood on Brown Square since 1893.
Good to know
- Parking: on-site free
- Address: 11 Brown Square, Newburyport, MA 01950
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.