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The White Hart dates back to
1806, when what is now the Tap Room was built as part of the home of the A.C. Peet family. In that same decade, Salisbury became home to America's first Library, and the Congregational Church was erected on Main Street.
The Property was sold by the Peet family to William P. Russell in 1867, who opened it as an inn on the Boston to Albany Turnpike. Russell also acquired the Gideon Smith house, which now houses additional rooms next to our main building. The Smith house had been built in about 1835 and previously housed a girls' school run by Smith's daughter. The White Hart, named after an inn located in Salisbury, England, has had many owners through the generations, most notably Edsel Ford, who bought it in 1935 when his children were at Hotchkiss. Today the White Hart is owned by a family of long term weekend residents who, together with the inn's large and devoted staff, are committed to maintaining for generations to come the special place the White Hart holds in the Salisbury community.
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