Rogues' Harbor Inn
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Rogues' Harbor Inn, also known as the Elm Grove Inn and Central Exchange Hotel, is a historic inn
INN
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 and tavern
Tavern
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 located at Lansing
Lansing (town), New York
Lansing is a town in Tompkins County, New York, United States. The population was 10,521 at the 2000 census. The town is named after John Lansing. Settlers from Lansing were early residents of the then-township of Lansing, Michigan and named it after their hometown; it would later become a city...

 in Tompkins County, New York
Tompkins County, New York
Tompkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and comprises the whole of the Ithaca metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 101,564. The county seat is Ithaca, and the county is home to Cornell University, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community...

. It was built between 1830 and 1842 and is a three story brick building in the Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...

 style. It is a 40 feet deep by 80 feet wide rectangular building on a stucco
Stucco
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 coated fieldstone
Fieldstone
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 foundation with a gable roof. It features a full width porch with a roof supported by turned posts. The authoress Grace Miller White
Grace Miller White
Grace Miller White was an American authoress. Born Mary Esther Miller, she lived her whole life in Ithaca, New York. She adopted the name Grace around 1897, in memory of a younger sister who had died before reaching her first birthday. She married twice, first to Homer White, and then to Friend H...

 (1868–1957) used it as the inspiration for the setting for her novel Judy of Rogues Harbor. It continues to operate as a bed and breakfast
Bed and breakfast
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 country inn and restaurant.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 2009.

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