The Game Room at Mountain Home

The Game Room is on the basement floor of the beautifully restored 1847 portion of the historic main house of Mountain Home. Features include a twin daybed and trundle, private half bathroom (with access to a shower in a full bathroom upstairs), and vintage foosball table, as well as games, toys, puzzles, records, DVDs and VHS tapes and a system for playing them. A hearty breakfast is included. Occupancy and meals taxes are included in the listing price. Mountain Home is in the National Register of Historic Places, and the Virginia Landmarks Register. The main house was built by Samuel Gardner, a successful farmer, known for raising prized horses. Samuel Gardner and his first wife Sarah had 3 daughters, the oldest of which was Annie Gardner who wrote a journal for a couple months during the civil War while she was a teenager. The second oldest was Rebecca who married into the Waller family and inherited Mountain Home. The home stayed in the Gardner-Waller family for 140 years before being sold. It passed through 2 other owners before Lisa and Scott Jenkins bought it in 2012 and restored it to be used as a B&B. We also operate a guest house called the Cabbin with additional listings on AirBnB. For before and after pictures of the (historically named) "Cabbin" and Main House, look for us at: Mountain Home in Front Royal. Other areas our guests can access include the main parlor, sun room, lower porch, upper porch, patio, and dining room. We are resident at Mountain Home every night we are open for guests. We greet our guests when they arrive, answer any questions they may have, get their breakfast orders, provide hiking, and local activity suggestions. If needed, we shuttle them to and from town with suggestions on where to eat/shop/find necessary services. We also prepare and serve a hearty breakfast in the morning. We might even provide s'mores around a small outside fire pit on a given night :-). But if guests just want downtime to rest, read or recharge, that is fine, too. We have plenty of books and outdoor resources in the Cabbin and Main House for our guests. We love being close to the Appalachian Trail and an easy walk in either direction. There are 6 buildings on the property including a "Cabbin", chicken coop and sheep shed which we are also going to repair and restore. We are happy to provide tours. The property is on the National and Virginia historic registers as "Mountain Home". Mountain Home's 3+ acres are located just 120 steps off the Appalachian Trail on Route 522 (Remount Road), next door to the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI), down the road from Chester Gap Cellars and Rappahanock Cellars, around the corner from the 4-H Regional Center, and just 4 miles from wonderful restaurants, a cinema, bowling and pubs in Front Royal. We are surrounded by trees, but are easily accessed from the road. Guests can hike in from the Appalachian Trail, just north of Shenandoah National Park, or bicycle or drive in and park for free. If you are coming to or from the DC area or Dulles, you can take the Virginia Breeze bus, and we'll shuttle you from and to the bus stop. We can also put you in contact with other people who can shuttle you further distances. You can also leave a car with us and shuttle to a hiking spot ("slack pack"). For those without a vehicle, we provide a free shuttle into and out of Front Royal for lunch/dinner, post office, resupply, etc. Once in town, there is a Trolley service, but many restaurants, services and the visitor center are all walking distance from historic Main and Chester streets. If you are hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT), or just travelling light, you'll find hiker-friendly details like boot dryers, linens, blankets and towels, shampoo, creme rinse and soap, hair dryer, shaver, loaner clothes, laundry, WiFi, shuttles into town, breakfast, etc. During the summer months, when they are open, we can shuttle you to the 4H Center for a swim in their pool (their fees are about $5/day). Ask us about the swimming hole, waterfalls and nearby hikes and getting out on the river. Wineries, a meadery, a brewery and fine dining are just down the road.