 The
Copper Beech Inn's History
Listed on the
National Historic Register and located in Falmouth’s downtown
historic district, the Copper Beech Inn Vacation Rental was
originally a central chimney two-story home that was built by
housewright Thatcher Lewis around 1800.
The exterior of
the original house has almost disappeared into the Queen Anne
Shingle Style alterations that took place back in 1881. Only the
chimney, the roof peak, and the Greek Revival balustered entry
porch suggest what the Inn may have looked like in the early
part of the century. The alterations of 1881 were one of the
first shingle style efforts of architect Frank Hill Smith,
nephew-in-law of Joseph Story Fay, one of Falmouth’s first
summer residents.
 Most of the Inn’s
windows feature many small panes of glass; some have a large
pane in the center in the Queen Anne Style. The roof sweeps down
over more than half the front of the house, a bay window, and a
recessed porch. Queen Anne style curved shingles accent the bay
that seems to be held up by a ship’s bottom.
The lovely old
Copper Beech tree, for which the Inn was named, stands
majestically taking up over half of the Inn’s side yard.
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