Historic Elmwood Inn For Sale

The handsome Greek Revival home is perfectly suited as a wedding venue, bed and breakfast, restaurant, tearoom, or private home.

The mansion features four bedrooms, three full baths, two half baths, 30-ft kitchen with walk-in pantry, library, dining room, parlor, 30-ft den w/wet bar, laundry, brick patio, zoned HVAC, 10.5 ft. ceilings, and hardwood floors. There are five fireplaces, two with gas logs. 

Appliances included with the house include two stainless steel-lined dishwashers, stacked ovens, gas range with oven, new refrigerator, new freezer, trash compactor, instant hotwater dispenser, new washer and new dryer. A high-efficiency hybrid heating and cooling system was installed in October 2009.  A new roof was installed in 2011.

        Elmwood Inn

• A National Historic Registry Property
• A Designated Kentucky Landmark
• A field hospital during the 1862 Battle of Perryville
• Former home of one of America's most-noted tearooms

$475,000

 Serious inquiries may call 859-332-2400
We request 24 hour advance notice by phone for viewing appointments.

Elmwood was built as a home for merchant John Burton in 1842. His general store, now preserved by the City of Perryville and the Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association, still stands 100 yards away. The mansion served as Elmwood Academy from 1896-1924.

In 1973, the prominent house became Elmwood Inn, a regional restaurant that served fine Kentucky cuisine until 1989. At that time, Bruce and Shelley Richardson, purchased and  restored Elmwood Inn as a bed and breakfast with gifts shops, galleries and tearooms seating 46 people. In 2002, Elmwood became the first North American tearoom placed on the British Tea Council's List of Best Tea Places. The Richardson's closed the successful retail business in 2004 as their wholesale tea and publishing businesses moved to the forefront, and Elmwood became the private home for the Richardson family.

The building has 5000 square feet on two levels. It is zoned "commercial" and includes 3/4-acre land with formal gardens and parking.

Furnishings are not included. Many of the period pieces may be offered following the sale of the property. Download a pdf floor plan.

Perryville is ten minutes from Danville and The Norton Center for the Arts. We are one hour southwest of Lexington and one and one-half hours from Louisville.
Perryville hosted the 2006 National Civil War Re-enactment with 34,000 spectators and 4,000 national and international re-enactors in attendance.