"I found the people in New Hartford to be extremely friendly," Gunning said. Gunning's search included trips to several old homes, but she always wanted her bed and breakfast to be in New Hartford. The house was built by Edward Chapin for his new wife Mary Ellen Pike. "Originally, it was a private home," Gunning said. The home has 11 rooms, including six bathrooms. Included among the building's sleek original features are the gas lamps, which have since been converted to electricity. Gunning has the original invoices from the construction of the house in a binder in one of the guestrooms. The home was designed by Robert Hill, an architect famous for also designing the Thomaston Opera House, Litchfield County Courthouse and the Civil War monument in Winsted.
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The rooms of this Victorian-style home at the base of Jones Mountain have 11-foot high windows and most of the original fixtures from a home built in 1871. "I have wanted a bed and breakfast for a bout 20 years because I like meeting people, cooking, decorating and gardening," Gunning said while sitting in one of the home's front parlors. She looked at many different homes in towns across the state, including Farmington, Simsbury, Canton, New Hartford, Colebrook and Winsted. Gunning's love of bed and breakfast establishments began 20 years ago, when she lived in Plainville. John's Episcopal Church, fits right into the area with its blue paint and Victorian style. Chapin Park Bed & Breakfast, 45 Church St., located in the Pine Meadow section of town next to St.
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