Harriet Larin grew up on a small poultry farm in Lansing, around where the old fire house was on Ridge Road, not far from the intersection of 34 and 34B and within easy walking distance to the Rogue's Harbor Inn.

Ms. Larin is a delightful person with plenty to say, and so interesting it was hard not to sidetrack.  As a child in the 1930s she and her cousin would visit the inn and she agreed to share her memories with us.

Owner Eileen Stout collects pictures that people bring her of the Rogue's Harbor Inn's history.  She has kindly allowed us to share some of them with you.  You can see others on the walls of the entryway and in a scrap book when you visit the inn.

Was the inn built in 1830, 1820, 1840... sources disagree, but 1830 is generally accepted and used to calculate this year as the 175th anniversary of the inn.

Eileen Stout has owned the Rogue's Harbor Inn for 14 years. "I was running the jewelry store next store, and the person that was here went bankrupt, and I thought, 'what a beautiful building, and it's been treated very badly.' So I bought it, a little bit naively, of course, and started working on it. It took a few years to get it where it is now, and I'm still always fixing little things. I love it."

This year she is celebrating the 175th anniversary of the inn with a year-long celebration. The celebration is running the whole year "since we don't know exactly when they started." Events have included wine tastings from all the Cayuga vineyards, in June there were half priced steamed mussels and clams, and there are specials for each month listed on their web site. The celebration will culminate on New Year's eve with food specials, entertainments and possibly some give-aways.

One of Lansing's most distinctive landmarks is the Rogue's Harbor Inn on the corner of Routes 34 and 34B.  All year the inn is celebrating its 175th anniversary.  We though it fitting to help celebrate by taking you on a virtual tour of the inn.

Built in 1830, General Daniel D. Minier spent an unheard of $40,000.00 to build the four story Central Exchange Hotel on land he inherited from his father.  Over the years it had other names, like Elm Grove House, and finally Rogue's Harbor Inn after ruffians from the Cayuga Lake barge trade who frequented the bar.  It has been a hotel, a country club, boarding house and bed & breakfast.