Located at 1900 David Street, the 22 acre site was purchased in 1856 by L.D. Carrington. Mr. Carrington owned a general store, was a city alderman and county commissioner, and was commander of the brigade that protected Austin from Indian attacks. The porch on his farmhouse faced Shoal Creek where he could keep an eye out for Indian attacks.
In 1877 Mr. Carrington sold the house and land to Vicar Molesworth. The names of the rooms in the main house are named after family members. Across the street is the Carrington cottage which was once the dairy barn. The Molesworths owned the house from 1877 to 1919. The house was vacant until Mr. G.M. Howell and his wife Eileen lived in it from the 1920’s to 1960.
Ghosts.
The ghosts that are reportedly haunting the Inn and cottage are said to be of a male and female, and both seem to be friendly. One strange event that took place in the cottage had to do with the t.v. For 14 days straight the t.v. kept turning itself on always at midnight, then mysteriously stopped. In less than a month the t.v. started turning itself on again but this time it was at 3 a.m. Fed up with this and thinking it might be a ghost, the inkeeper said, “Do whatever you want during the day, but please leave us alone at night so we may sleep.” The t.v. never came on again by itself.
Another strange story that happened was to a husband and wife. While the wife was talking to the innkeeper, her husband decided to take a shower. As he was washing his hair he felt hands massaging the shampoo into his hair. Thinking it was his wife had gotten into the shower with him he didn’t think anything of what was going on. After a few minutes he was ready to wash the shampoo out of his hair but the messaging continued. After a little bit of asking to stop, he was able to wash the shampoo out of his hair and realized he was alone.
