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Safford Mills Inn

Bennington, VT 05201

The Safford Mills Inn and Café is the oldest house in Bennington Village and was the home of the owners of the first grist mill in Vermont.  We offer three elegant & uniquely dressed guest rooms with modern amenities, and private bathrooms, as well as a comfortable and relaxing café, featuring craft cocktails, light fare and decadent desserts.

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The oldest house in Bennington Village circa 1774, the inn was built by Samuel Safford, who was a Lieutenant-Colonel with the "Green Mountain Boys" during the Revolutionary War and the Battle for Bennington in 1777. The house was built across the street from what was then Benton Pond, and the site of a sawmill and the first gristmill in Vermont, built by Samuel's father Joseph Safford in 1762. It was known as Safford Mills and operated well into the 1800's.