The Grist Mill Inn

When you are rich you can do what you please Building and naming stuff what you may. So when Ford decided to build his own church he named it Martha-Mary chapel one day In 1923, he purchased 3,000 acres of land And Longfellow’s Wayside Inn, still in operation today He built an attractive red school house, and a grist mill too, Creating a Living History Farm for me and for you. Located in Sudbury, Massachusetts, this romantic place Has a water-powered grist mill, with two grinding stones. And the little red schoolhouse was the site of one of The esteemed, poetess, Sarah Josepha Hale’s little poems. You have probably heard of it, “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” Ford told everybody this, however, I heard it from a goof. The Pepperidge Farm Logo is a photo of the grist mill. All you have to do is see that photo, to see the real proof. Is the Wayside Grist Mill Inn still in operation today? It certainly is, yes, indeed, a romantic setting too. Many all-night lodgers have said that a ghost visits the sleeping rooms. But that’s a little secret between the ghosts, them, me and you. The history of this place, with Longfellow, and Ford alone. Some say they’ve heard and seen ghosts there and left little bitty notes You can pick them out of cracks and crevices, and leave some of your own. It’s fun to just get a room, and spend the night reading these little antidote.