About your Innkeepers
We are Tom and Anne Rau and moved from Ohio to Maine where we couldn't wait to be! We look forward to being a part of the local community, serving our guests with exceptional customer service and value that exceeds expectations. This season we will still be offering homemade muffins, coffee, tea, hot chocolate etc. We will still continue to offer competitive rates as has always been the tradition of the Open Hearth Inn, as well as participate in community events. We look forward to serving our customers as well as our community. We love Maine and we look forward to sharing our beautiful state with you. As they say, "Maine, the way life should be". We'll show you why!
We are Tom and Anne Rau and moved from Ohio to Maine where we couldn't wait to be! We look forward to being a part of the local community, serving our guests with exceptional customer service and value that exceeds expectations. This season we will still be offering homemade muffins, coffee, tea, hot chocolate etc. We will still continue to offer competitive rates as has always been the tradition of the Open Hearth Inn, as well as participate in community events. We look forward to serving our customers as well as our community. We love Maine and we look forward to sharing our beautiful state with you. As they say, "Maine, the way life should be". We'll show you why!
About the Inn
The Open Hearth Inn was originally built by a member of one of Trenton's earliest families, circa 1820. Many of the original architectural details have survived, including the pumpkin pine floors, paneled wainscoting, and the large open hearth fireplace, complete with oven and iron crane. As motorists took to the roads after World War II and the popularity of Acadia National Park developed, the demand for tourist lodging grew. The early Cape Cod style house was converted to a lodging business in the mid 1940s. The first cottages were constructed in these early years and thereafter each consecutive innkeeper added a new facet to the accommodations. More cottages were built in the 1950s, motel rooms in the 1970s, apartments in the 1990s, and original rooms in the house were converted to suites in 2004.
The Open Hearth Inn was originally built by a member of one of Trenton's earliest families, circa 1820. Many of the original architectural details have survived, including the pumpkin pine floors, paneled wainscoting, and the large open hearth fireplace, complete with oven and iron crane. As motorists took to the roads after World War II and the popularity of Acadia National Park developed, the demand for tourist lodging grew. The early Cape Cod style house was converted to a lodging business in the mid 1940s. The first cottages were constructed in these early years and thereafter each consecutive innkeeper added a new facet to the accommodations. More cottages were built in the 1950s, motel rooms in the 1970s, apartments in the 1990s, and original rooms in the house were converted to suites in 2004.
