Kennebunkport ยท Ocean Avenue
The Colony Hotel
Built in 1914 as Breakwater Court above the Kennebunk River's mouth, run by the Boughton family since the late 1940s; rooms span five buildings.
- Built
- 1914Built 1914 as Breakwater Court for Ruel W. Norton on the site of the Ocean Bluff Hotel (1873, burned 1898); 1916 addition; renamed The Colony after the Boughton purchase in the late 1940s.
- Style
- Georgian Colonial Revival
- Architect
- Clark and Russell
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Area
- Ocean Avenue
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district; Historic Hotels of America member
The story
Ruel W. Norton built the hotel in 1914 as Breakwater Court on the site of the Ocean Bluff Hotel, which had opened in the 1870s and burned in 1898; Clark and Russell were the architects and a 1916 addition followed. George Boughton bought it in the late 1940s and renamed it The Colony after his first hotel in Delray Beach, Florida. In 1954 the family added the neighboring Glen Haven Hotel as the East House. The Boughton family has run it for generations; today guest rooms are spread across five buildings.
Good to know
- Pets welcome
- Address: 140 Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport, ME 04046
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.