Mystic ยท Mystic & SE Shore: Mystic
The Whaler’s Inn
The 1900 Clinton Building by the Bascule Bridge, a hotel since 1969; book the Main Inn or 1865 House, as the other buildings are 1980s or newer.
- Built
- 1900Main Inn = the Clinton Building, dated 1900 in the Mystic Bridge Historic District nomination; the inn says 'built circa 1920'. The 1865 House was built for shipbuilder George W. Mallory (the inn gives 1855). The Hoxie House was rebuilt in 2002 and the Stonington and Noank Houses date from the early 1980s.
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Mystic & SE Shore: Mystic
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The Main Inn is the three-story stucco Clinton Building, named for hotelier J. Clinton Fitch; its upper floors long offered rooms above shops that included a Ford Model-T showroom, and The Whaler’s Inn converted it to a hotel in 1969. The 1865 House was the residence of shipbuilder George W. Mallory, son of Charles Mallory, whose shipyard stood on the site of today’s Mystic Seaport Museum; Mallory sold the house in 1868. The Hoxie House stands on the site of the 1818 U.S. Hotel and the 1861 Hoxie Hotel; it burned in 1975 and was rebuilt in 2002. The inn’s restaurant, The Shipwright’s Daughter, won chef David Standridge the 2024 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northeast.
Good to know
- No pets
- Address: 20 East Main Street, Mystic, CT 06355
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.