Bed and Breakfast in Ferndale, California - COLLINGWOOD INN Bed and Breakfast at The Hart House

Take a stroll and relax in our gardens, indulge in the quietness of nature and enjoy a cup of tea while watching birds around the bird bath.

Pamper yourself with a aroma-therapy bubble bath in our claw foot tubs with our own, private-label bath salts and bubble-bath.

Let us provide you with a picnic basket, so you can spend an afternoon in the Redwoods or by the ocean.

And enjoy wine, evening port and chocolates, tea and other delicacies with classical music upon your return after a beautiful, unforgettable day...

FREE Wireless High-Speed Internet Access

Fruit Basket, Port-wine, & Cookies Upon Arrival

Private-Label Bath Amenities, such as Bubble Bath and Bath Salts

Bottled Water

Fresh Flowers Daily

Fireplaces

Antique Furnishings

Down Comforters or Non-Feather

Down Pillows or Non-Feather

Antique Collections

Foreign Languages Spoken (German, Italian)

Limousine Service To Restaurants

Maps

Coffee Delivered To Your Doorstep

Hot Gourment Breakfast At A Time YOU CHOOSE!

Charming Parlor

Romantic Guest Rooms with Private Bathrooms, Private Balconies and Decks

Soft Terry-cloth Robes

No Indoor Smoking

On-Site Wedding Ceremonies

Parking Garage

Bedtime Port & Chocolates

Afternoon Tea & Snacks

Gift Shop

Turn-Down Service

Safe/Deposit Box

Picnic Baskets

Raincoats, Umbrellas

Souvenirs, Sighseeing Tours

Stamps And Stationary

Bike Storage

And much, much more...

Called a "Showboat House", the green-yellow/white home and now painted in original Victorian Italianate colors on 831 Main Street, was built by Attorney Plummer Frederick Hart in 1885. Henry H. Moller was the contractor.

Hart had a ranch at Pleasant Point and he died four months before his wife, the former Mary A. Smith of Michigan; two daughters and a son moved into the home.

One daughter, Mae, married Joseph Armitage Shaw, whose father, Seth Louis Shaw, founded Ferndale, and who originally owned the land on which the house was built.

Mrs. Hart lived at 831 Main Street until her death and the place was purchased by Dr. Francis M. Brunner, who operated the town hospital from 1915 to 1920.

The architectural style is non-symmetrical Italianate with Queen Anne oreal or bay windows, a mixed style with a low-pitched roof.

Plummer Frederick Hart was born in Vermont in 1834, migrated to Michigan where he studied law and was admitted to the bar. Shortly after his marriage, the Harts moved to Indiana and when the Civil War broke out, he responded, served for four years and was promoted to Major.

In 1866, the Harts moved to Humboldt County. According to his obituary in the Ferndale Enterprise, he was "a leader in the town, an honest and generous man who helped many people financially".

Collingwood Inn - Bed and Breakfast

831 Main Street - P.O. Box 1134 - Ferndale, CA 95536

(707) 786-9219 - (800) 469-1632 toll free - (707) 786-4859 fax

e-mail: stay@collingwoodinn.com - www.collingwoodinn.com

ON-SITE WEDDING CEREMONIES - ANNIVERSARIES - HONEYMOONS - GIFT SHOP - ART GALLERY - PETS WELCOME

"Experience the Elegance and Splendor of the Victorian era."

In the 70s, the home was restored and repainted by the then-owners.

In the Mid-90s, the Hart House first operated as a small inn, while the restoration to its original splendor was completed with loving attention to detail.

For a short while, the building served as a boarding house as well as a set for several movies and the TV series "Blue Skies". The gardens around the inn were designed and landscaped for a movie production by the film crew and have only recently been re-landscaped to more closely reflect an English garden.

On August 19, 2002 it was finally the moment for the house, officially opening as the then four-room "Collingwood Inn - Bed & Breakfast".