Ann Starrett Mansion, Port Townsend

Found out the hard way that this has NOT been a B&B for several years. No breakfast is served, nor is any food or microwave available. Our room, Ann's Parlor, included a coffee maker/coffee, plus a nice little balcony. March, 2009

We loved this Victorian Mansion walking distance to a fantastic bakery, coffee house famers market and local eateries. The Hotel was clean and has a great innkeeper and historian. Would love to buy it and stay forever. It is no longer a B&B.

This is a very beautiful house with authentic furnishings. We especially enjoyed the private porch connected to our room, Ann's Parlor; and, the spiral staircase is absolutely outstanding! Originally, we were disappointed that there was no in-room TV available. However, not having such an annoyance fast became a big "plus", allowing us just to relax and enjoy our time there. Although the owners wouldn't confirm it, we believe the house may be haunted. We heard the loud, unmistakable sound of children running & playing with a ball in the room above ours. There were no guests with children staying there during our 3 days, and the room above ours had once been the nursery for the Starrett family.

I guess the "for sale" sign should have been a dead give away as the quality of this inn. For one thing, despite saying so in all the guide books (including my up-to-date AAA Tourbook)the place does not serve breakfast. We made our reservations at the Anne Starrett for a romantic getaway. When we called to make a reservation, we asked for one of the nicest rooms. We booked the most expensive room that was to have a fireplace and large soaking tub. When we arrived, we were dismayed to find that the room we had reserved was not in the mansion itself (which is a beautiful building), but across the street in a beach house looking structure (but without the beach). The room seemed clean, but the theme was tacky. The fireplace did not work. Since there are no phones, we had to go back across the street to talk with the night inn keeper about the fireplace. He argued with us about the right way to turn on the fireplace! We went back to the room and tried to turn it on the "right way". After, serveral attempts, we went back to the innkeeper. After making several beseeching requests, the innkeeper came over to our room to help. He was also unable to turn on the fireplace. The came the bath. The enormous bath only filled up a couple inches before the water turned from hot, to lukewarm, to cold. This is despite the fact that we had a large, very noisy water heater in our room. The next morning, the innkeeper looked like we were crazy when we asked about breakfast. We had been under the impression that the rate included a full, gourmet breakfast! There were also long periods of time when there was no staff available in between when the night innkeeper left and the day innkeeper/owner arrived. We never did see the owner, and no one was there to help us checkout. We ended up paying a ridiculous amount of money to this place. We had booked two nights. DON'T STAY HERE!

I loved it. The rooms were fabulous. The innkeeper was always very attentive and the converstations we had in the dining room were incredible. Great people. The city of Port Townsend was incredible. Small, quaint...simple. A true gem.