1787 Stagecoach Inn on the Mohawk Trail
107 Main St, Charlemont, MA 01339
Age
All Ages (bar 21+)
Cost
$$
Inn rates and tavern menu pricing. Reservations advised for rooms.
Access
Limited Access
Eighteenth-century inn with narrow stairs and uneven floors typical of the period
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1787 · 1787 Stagecoach Inn · Mohawk Trail · Continuously Licensed Tavern
The Charlemont Inn opened in 1787 on what would become the Mohawk Trail, a colonial-era east-west route across western Massachusetts that follows the original Native American Mohawk path. The inn received its liquor license in 1787 and is among the oldest continuously licensed establishments in Massachusetts.
Throughout the nineteenth century the Charlemont served as a stagecoach stop, public tavern, and hotel for travelers crossing the Berkshires. Notable historic guests have included author Mark Twain and President Calvin Coolidge. The inn continues to operate as a working hotel, restaurant, and tavern in the small village of Charlemont in Franklin County.
The building's age, low ceilings, original tavern room, and continuous innkeeping tradition make it one of the better-preserved examples of an eighteenth-century stagecoach inn in New England. It has been the subject of regional ghost-tourism coverage and has been periodically offered for sale as a going concern with its haunted reputation noted in marketing.
Sources
The Charlemont Inn's haunted reputation is built around several recurring figures recorded in regional travel writing and inn marketing. The best-known is Elizabeth, described as a teenage presence who slams doors, stomps along upstairs hallways, moves or relocates objects, and appears to and speaks with young child guests — many of whom independently report "talking to the Lady."
In the inn's own retelling, a visiting psychic identified the teenage figure as a fourteen-year-old girl who died of tuberculosis, and a name (Fidelia, with the middle name Elvira) was offered. Local-history research is said to have surfaced a matching record. The Charlemont was used during the relevant period as a meeting place where local patients could see the regional physician.
Other recurring reports include a Civil War-era soldier figure seen in the upstairs hallway and a former-innkeeper apparition seen in the tavern. The stories appear in regional New England ghost-tour writing and Massachusetts haunted-inn coverage rather than in named-investigator publications.
Notable Entities
Book a room in the original 1787 stagecoach inn on the Mohawk Trail. The Charlemont received its liquor license in 1787, making it one of the oldest continuously licensed establishments in Massachusetts. Mark Twain and Calvin Coolidge are among historic guests.
Eat in the eighteenth-century tavern room where former-innkeeper apparitions and the upstairs presence known as Elizabeth are part of staff tradition. The bar program leans regional New England.
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