Welcome
Welcome to your home away from home. We are not your ordinary bed and breakfast. We strive to make your stay feel truly like home, from the moment you step through our door. Here is a place where you can breathe a sigh of relief, forget about your stress, and relax. Luxuriate in our rain style showers, sleep in comfort on luxury linens, mattresses, and pillows, or simply breathe in the fresh air on the porch or while walking through our gardens.
Come spoil yourself. We look forward to meeting you and hosting your stay the next time you visit this charming and culturally rich part of New England.
About The Daniel Stebbins
Our historic inn is located in western Massachusetts, in the heart of the Pioneer Valley, the Gateway to the Berkshires, with all of the history, art, music, and outdoor activities this area has to offer right at our doorstep.
We are conveniently located in the historic district of South Hadley, directly adjacent to the Mount Holyoke College campus and a short walk from the downtown Commons, where you’ll find a movie theater, restaurants, a spa, a bookstore, and several interesting boutique shops. Most of the restaurants uptown offer a 10% discount to our guests.
Guests of the Daniel Stebbins House are also close to the other Five College institutions in the area. Hampshire College is 6 minutes away, Amherst College is 15 minutes, Smith College is 22 minutes, and the University of Massachusetts is 20 minutes. Area highlights are listed on our area attractions page, and all of your interests can be accommodated by our area amenities.
About Your Hosts
In August of 2016, we looked at each other and decided we were ready for the next chapter of our lives. On Friday, January 13, 2017, we purchased the Daniel Stebbins House and have since run it as a thriving bed and breakfast in South Hadley, Massachusetts. This project brought our talents together to make the Daniel Stebbins House an extraordinary place to stay, your home away from home.
Ruth and Richard grew up in Boston, graduated from the University of Massachusetts, and spent five years in Washington, D.C., working for the government and private businesses. In 1975, we purchased an 1810 brick farmhouse in Colrain, Massachusetts, which we renovated while living self-sufficiently, growing our own organic vegetables and fruits and raising a variety of farm animals. We operated this 100 acre organic farm for years, developing offshoot businesses including hydroponic greenhouses and flavorful sprouts.
Looking for a more diverse community in which to raise our children, we moved to Amherst, where our focus turned to purchasing and renovating historic houses. When the Daniel Stebbins House came on the market, we stopped by simply to see how the previous owners had renovated their home, and fell in love with it. We had no intention of purchasing this property, let alone running a bed and breakfast, but the house made us do it. It has been one of the best decisions of our lives.
Breakfast
Breakfast is served buffet style in the dining room between 7:30 and 9:30 am. Help yourself to a variety of baked goods including fresh croissants and muffins, orange juice, fresh fruit and berries, hard-boiled eggs, and yogurt. Good coffee and a lovely variety of teas and cookies are available 24 hours a day. Please let us know if you need an earlier breakfast time to accommodate your schedule.
Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions or allergies. We are happy to accommodate gluten-free and vegan diets.