Originally Howe’s Tavern, the establishment was the inspiration for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Tales of the Wayside Inn” and subsequently renamed. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
The parlor is reminiscent of the 18th century. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
The inn, which originally opened in 1716, has 10 guest rooms. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
Henry Ford had the chapel built in 1940. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
Henry Ford, who bought the inn and surrounding property in 1923, had this grist mill built in 1929. Its grains are used and sold at the inn. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
A fisherman casts his line at Walden Pond, not far from Longfellow’s Wayside Inn. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
