Anniversary? Check out the inn
When checking into a hotel, a clean room and toilet paper folded to a point can be expected, but when guests check into the Anniversary Inn, they can count on having an entirely different experience.
The main building, located at 169 E. Center Street in Logan, was built in 1896. It became a boarding house, and in 1905, it was purchased by the Thatcher family, later sold and made into the Anniversary Inn. The main house harbors a gift shop and the front desk as well as a few of the themed rooms.
The carriage house, behind the main building, is a part of the inn as well as the neighboring home. The inn stands with four fully functioning buildings, and owners are currently renovating the neighboring home to add another 13 rooms.
With 21 rooms and 20 themes, there is a room designed for tastes from Swiss Family Robinson to Aphrodite’s Palace. The newest room is called Arabian Nights, which took more than 6 months to decorate.
“There was just so much attention to detail. Every little piece of fabric had to match every little tile,” said Gay Collins, manager of the inn.
The entire inn is designed around a theme of a vacation from reality. When making a reservation, it is not simply a question of which floor, but what theme. Patrons can pick the theme they want their room to be based on.
Rooms are to be reserved for two with no children, and they come complete with a jetted tub, a fireplace and breakfast in the room. When guests arrive, Collins said the famous Anniversary Inn cheesecake is waiting for them.
Each room also comes with two champagne flutes and a chilled bottle of sparkling cider. The inn, which is the oldest of four Anniversary Inns, is popular for honeymoons and anniversaries.
All the rooms are unique and have their own stories.
In the carriage house, patrons find Pirates Paradise, a room that looks like the inside of a ship with the walls and ceiling lined with hard wood. The room has a five-foot column fish tank, and the wall opposite the jetted tub has a cubby-like hole with a treasure chest inside. In this room, some couples leave treasures for the couple after them and clues in the room journal.
The most popular room is Jesse James Hideout, a secluded room with decorated cars on the wall and a real moose head over the fireplace. The fireplace is next to the pool table and under the copper-tin punched ceiling.
The Luxuries Imperial Palace is another room with a story, but this one is a little more controversial. Collin’s favorite story is about the artist who painted the couple on the ceiling in this room.
The story goes that the artist was experiencing some marital strife, and by the time the painting was complete, he was divorcing his wife. “They had to pay another artist to come in and paint over the glares and sneers on the couple’s face and paint some clothes on her,” Collins said. “He left her glaring and naked.”
-skjohnso