Applewood is so named because its owner collects things with an apple theme and hails from an Indiana town named after fabled apple shooter William Tell. This spotlessly tidy bed-and-break-fastis about fourbiocks from the historic district. It contains ceramic apples, apple prints, and even a copy of John Cheever’s The World of Apples. Like other houses in the area, it was built in the late 1920s by a Colonial Williams burg restorer, who added many of the kinds of details he’d been working on in the historic area: a Flemish-bond brick exterior, a handsome 18th-century-style portal, and detail crown moldings in the interior. The trim is painted those milky blues and greens that are so common in Williamsburg.
Applewood has four bedrooms for trayelers. The Colonel Vaughn suite has a canopy bed, fireplace, and private break-fast area and entrance. The Golden Pippin Room sleeps four, one in a trundle bed. Innkeeper Jan Brown provides afternoon refreshments and serves a full breakfast, including, of course, apple dishes.
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