Bed and Breakfasts, Inns, Hotels, and Lodging in Essex, New York:

The Essex Inn, with its stately colonnaded facade and its sweeping porch and balcony, has dominated the main street of this architecturally celebrated town since it opened for business in 1810. In those days, Essex was a bustling port and ship-building center that was served by fleets of canal schooners that carried goods from New York City to Canada. But later, when the commercial activity was gradually moved to the railroad, the village became the romantic vacation destination that remains today. Situated on a pair of picturesque harbors that provide accommodations and services for pleasu. . .