Roger Sherman Inn, a New Canaan Landmark, for Sale: $6M Asking Price

By David Gurliacci (Patch Staff)

The Roger Sherman Inn, a New Canaan landmark, has been put up for sale with a $6 million asking price.

The property, originally built in 1740 and which includes 1.8 acres, is a Colonial clapboard building with a crawl-space basement and a restaurant.

Here’s the description of the property at its Web page on Zillow.com:

“Dating back to 1925, The Roger Sherman Inn has served the Town of New Canaan for nearly 100 years as not only a fine dining restaurant, but also the town’s infamous Bed & Breakfast historical landmark.”

(We’re not sure whether or not the writer of this passage, which is also on the Caldwell Banker website, meant “famous” or “infamous,” but perhaps that depends on what happened in the rooms.)

The property was posted as being on the market on Friday, Aug. 22, on both the Caldwell Banker and Zillow.com websites.

History

According to the “About” page on the business’s website:

“Dating back to the 1700s, the Roger Sherman Inn was originally called the Mitchell-Bond House. It was named after the Reverend Justus Mitchell, the fourth minister of the Congregational Church of Canaan Parish, who built it, and after William Bond, a New York financier who bought it in 1868 and remodeled and expanded the house to its present size.

“In 1925 the private residence was turned into the Holmewood Inn. A carriage house with ten more guest rooms was added. After the Inn changed hands several times, it was renamed Roger Sherman Inn after the famous Connecticut patriot [...]”

“Its current owners, restaurateurs Joseph & Nes Jaffre, purchased the Inn in 2008 and have since been making graceful, yet elegant, renovations and updates to the already exceptional landmark bed & breakfast.”