Our Story

It all began with a visit to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

People often ask us how we found Sharon Springs, New York and started coming here. It all started because we always had a desire to see the National Baseball Hall of Fame. We are not huge baseball fans but we love history, Americana, museums and road trips. Carol was studying at Seton Hall University's graduate program for Museum Professions and was interested in museums of all types and how they designed their displays.

One day we found ourselves watching the Food Network's then popular television show starring Rachael Ray, "40 Dollars a Day" Season 1, Episode 17 featuring Cooperstown, NY. Rachael stopped at The American Hotel in Sharon Springs, a short drive from Cooperstown. The hotel and town looked equally as quaint as Cooperstown, so I called for a reservation over Labor Day weekend 2007. See Rachael Ray's visit to Sharon Springs!

We drove up from our home in New Jersey, stayed in (what was to become our favorite) Room 1 and immediately fell in love with the area. We sat on the front porch of the hotel and never felt so relaxed. We decided we would return. Not only did we return, we've returned many times alone and with friends and family, each time meeting even more fun and interesting people and things to do.

Driving around the area there are many beautiful views and peaceful farm scenes. We curiously inquired about how much property cost and after much searching, bought a 5 acre lot in the village with the intention of later building a vacation house on it. But after several more visits to Sharon Springs we saw for sale the house on Main Street that would become WHOM and bought it in August 2013. We immediately began renovations on the house to make it more updated and comfortable. A historical marker next to the house shows a photo of it from the past and date it's origins to pre-Civil War. We then decided to sell the 5 acre lot and focused solely on WHOM.

Why not plan a visit soon? There are many things to do, or nothing at all. There is shopping, great restaurants and beautiful views. If you are fans of Beekman 1802 from their past TV shows and recent HSN appearances, their flagship store Beekman 1802 Kindness Shop is just steps from our porch for you to visit. If you want to take a scenic drive into Cooperstown you'll find a myriad of fun things to do and places to eat or drink such as The National Baseball Hall of Fame or Brewery Ommegang. We are sure you will enjoy it here as much as we do!

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- Carol and Robert