Country Inn at Jamesport is now The Duncan Inn (Credit: Monique Singh-Roy)
You may have noticed the sign at the Country Inn at Jamesport — “Under New Ownership” — while driving on Route 25 recently.
So who bought it? And what do they have planned?
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A bedroom inside the Chequit. (Credit: Julie Lane)
“We found the Chequit again after it was lost for 60 years.”
That’s how David Bowd describes the $2 million transition that has quietly taken place inside the Chequit since he and Kevin O’Shea acquired the grand Shelter Island hotel from James and Linda Eklund last fall in a $3.35 million deal.
When the doors open on the first 21 guest rooms and suites in the main building on Friday, May 8 — an opening Mr. Bowd refers to as “trial by fire” — the first thing repeat guests will notice is floors have been redone and hallways painted a subtle grey. (more…)