Montchanin · Brandywine: Montchanin
The Inn at Montchanin Village
Guests sleep in 11 restored buildings of a former village for du Pont powder-mill workers; the inn's 12 buildings date from 1799 to 1910.
- Built
- 1799–1910Oldest building, the Pink House, dates to 1799 (the NRHP nomination records a pink stucco farmhouse 'dated 1799 on southern elevation'); the inn's twelve buildings date from 1799 to 1910. Workers' village for the du Pont powder mills; inn opened 1996.
- Type
- Inn
- Rooms
- 28
- Area
- Brandywine: Montchanin
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
Montchanin grew up as a village for workers at the du Pont powder mills that Éleuthère Irénée du Pont founded on the Brandywine in 1802; its oldest building, the Pink House, dates to 1799. Known for a time as DuPont Station after the railroad arrived in 1869, the village was renamed Montchanin in 1889 for Anne Alexandrine de Montchanin, an ancestor of E. I. du Pont. Missy and Dan Lickle restored the cottages and outbuildings and opened the inn in 1996; the old blacksmith shop, with its forge intact, now houses Krazy Kat’s restaurant. In 2026 Allison Carpenter Vucich, an eighth-generation descendant of Anne Alexandrine de Montchanin, and her husband became the owners.
Good to know
- Breakfast: none
- Parking: on-site free
- Pets welcome
- Address: 528 Montchanin Road, Montchanin, DE 19710
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.