About the Inn
Cherry House Bed and Breakfast is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. Nestled on a quiet lane overlooking St. Johnsbury with wonderful views of the town and surrounding mountains, our inn is located in the heart of St. Johnsbury’s noted Victorian architecture district.
Cherry House Bed and Breakfast is an easy walk to the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury History and Heritage Center, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury Academy, restaurants, churches and shops. We are also a short drive to various medical facilities including Northeastern.
Vermont Regional Hospital, Northern Counties Health Care, and St. Johnsbury Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Common Spaces
Enjoy light conversation in front of a cozy fireplace in the cooler months and on a light breezy screened porch in the warmer months. The library area is perfect for quiet reading or a game of chess or checkers. There is a meditation garden available for dining or quiet reflection as well as various nooks for reading around the house.
Martin and Susan want you to feel at home and welcome you into all these common areas.
Whether you are enjoying breakfast in our elegant dining room or on the bright and airy front porch, you are afforded the opportunity to greet new friends from around the world.
Eastman Cottage
The Cottage is an annex of Cherry House Bed and Breakfast and has 4 guest rooms. All cottage rooms have access to the fully equipped kitchen, dining room, and living room spaces. The living room overlooks the Passumpsic River Valley and the Village of St. Johnsbury. Relax in front of the fireplace with a book or one of the many games or puzzles kept in the cottage. Breakfast is included and is offered in the Main House Dining Room.
The inn was built as a single-family home in 1901. Helen and Irving Frost lived at the start of Frost Avenue and had a few farm buildings on their property. Their daughter, Carrie Frost fell in love with Welcome Bemus Eastman when they attended St. Johnsbury Academy together. They married, and Helen and Irving deeded the back two-thirds of Frost Avenue to them. The Eastmans tore down the old barn building where the inn now stands and kept the carriage house at the end of the road. In 1912, Welcome purchased one of the first Fords in town and turned the carriage house into a rental unit. He built the stone garage the same year.
In 1982, Martin and Susan Cherry purchased the main property and raised their 4 children in the house. In 2015, they decided to also purchase the back property, which needed a great deal of love. They began creating bathrooms and hosting guests in the main house and started operating as a Bed and Breakfast in 2019. During the pandemic, they spent time renovating the carriage house – now called the “Eastman Cottage.”
