Winter Clove Inn
Round Top NY
The origins of Winter Clove Inn begin in the late 1700’s just after the Revolutionary War when the Slater family received a large land grant as payment for Revolutionary War services in present day Round Top, NY. The Slaters began farming this land and it is here they would establish their homestead. Around this time the name Winter Clove also first appeared on an early map of the Northern Catskill Mountains. When the surveyors ran their lines through this clove, or mountain valley, they found the ice and snow of winter had not given way to spring as it had in the surrounding area, thus the name Winter Clove was born.
Then
in the early 1800’s travel to the Catskill Mountains increased as
visitors looked for an escape from the summer heat and commotion of New
York City. In the summer of 1838 Mr. Slater opened his farmhouse to
visiting guest and soon after the name Winter Clove was first used in
reference to the house.
In
the 1860’s Henry Barber Whitcomb arrived to survey the Slater’s land
and would fall in love with and wed Mary Slater. The two would
eventually inherit the farm and boarding house which they would continue
to operate during summer months. Many renovations and nearly 200 years
and five generations later the Whitcomb Family still owns and operates
the resort making it the oldest single family owned hotel in the United
States. Today the Whitcombs are proud to continue the family tradition
of welcoming guest who are attracted by the same principals of family,
relaxation and natural beauty that attracted Winter Clove’s first guest
in the early 1800’s.
Winter Clove Inn © 2016
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