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History
Breakfast and
Other Amenities
Directions
About the B&B
Rosemary House Bed and Breakfast is named for the
herb rosemary, traditionally held to be the herb of
friendship and remembrance.
There
are plenty of quiet private spaces inside and
outside. Our big front porch is shaded in the summer
by gigantic sugar maples. The back porch is perfect
for watching the birds at the feeder. Just outside
the back porch is an herb and perennial garden where
we've planted 150 daylilies from
Oxford
Gardens.
The
town of Pittsboro is small, historic and charming.
You can fill an afternoon browsing its antique
shops, art gallery, and S&T's - a soda fountain that
will take you back to the 40's. There are lots
of things to do around Pittsboro - for a list,
follow this link!
History of the House
In
1912, Logan Womble, a local Pittsboro businessman,
built an impressive Colonial Revival house at 76
West Street. It stayed in the Womble family until
the late '50's, when it was bought by Herb and
Thelma Poole. Thelma worked in a hospital across the
street, and when patients came from out of town to
be treated, she and Herb offered them rooms in their
home. The Poole house, as it was known, thus became
a guest house. A couple of apartments were created
and rented out as well. In February 2000, the
innkeepers, Mac and Karen Pullen, bought the house
from the Poole estate and began renovations.
Directions
From RDU Airport: Take Aviation Parkway towards I-40
East and Raleigh. Go straight, do not get on
I-40. Road changes name to
Morrisville-Carpenter Road, and "T's" after five
miles at Highway 55. Turn left, go five miles
to Highway 64 West, which is a left-lane turn.
Go 13 miles on 64 West to exit 386 (Business 64)
into Pittsboro. Go around the courthouse traffic
circle, staying on Business 64, which is now called
West Street. The inn is the second house on
the right after the circle.
From Durham and Chapel Hill: Take 15-501 South to
Pittsboro. Enter the courthouse traffic circle, and
take the first right, which will be Business Highway
64, or West Street. The B&B is the second
house on the right.
From Asheboro and points west: Take Highway 64,
exiting on Business 64 (exit 378) into Pittsboro.
We are on the left just before you get to the
courthouse traffic circle, across the street from
the Methodist church.
Parking: You may park on West Street or behind the
house. To get to our driveway, turn on Fayetteville
Street (the first street west of the B&B).
Breakfast and
Other Amenities
A full breakfast
is served from 7 until 9 in the dining room, at the
time of your choosing. Coffee, cocoa or tea is
followed by juice and a fresh fruit plate.
Then you'll have a special dish such as vegetarian
Eggs Benedict, huevos rancheros, Belgian waffles,
herb omelet. Rosemary-roasted potatoes often
accompany our entree dish. Hot oatmeal with
apples, pecans, and raisins is always an option.
Let us know if you need a special diet (for example,
vegan, low-carb, or allergies) and we'll do our best to accommodate.
Our coffee is a delicious organic blend of Costa Rican, Sumatran, and
Guatemalan beans.
Wireless
Broadband!
Now you can work
online from a rocking chair on the front porch or a
swing on the patio, or anywhere inside. We've
installed a Linksys router, connected to a cable
modem, so you have broadband connect speed together
with the freedom of wireless.
Cookie Jar,
Drinks All Day
The cookie jar in
the dining room is always full. Hot
chocolate and assorted teas are always available.
A guest fridge holds bottled water and soft drinks.
Television
Each bedroom has a small television
with cable channels. There's a shelf of movies in the parlor.
Telephone
Each guest room has
a phone so you can make and receive private calls.
Local calls are free. For long-distance,
you'll need a calling card or phone card.
Gift Shelf
Just
inside the dining room we've stocked a shelf with
items that are used in our B&B: boxed glycerin
soaps, herbal bath grains, Rosemary House note
cards, our special coffee blend. At modest
prices ($5-$10) you can take home something for a
family member or friend, or a memento for yourself!
Our Rosemary House mugs from Deneen Pottery are best-sellers at $15.
We also sell two-cup teapots in many different colors, charming tea
cozies, and tins of tea leaves.
Photography
Throughout the common areas, we've hung wildlife and
nature photographs by
Mark Bashista.
You'll marvel at the beautiful scenes from the North
Carolina mountains, Alaska, South Carolina and
Georgia as well as nearby rural vistas. In
December, Rosemary House hosts
an exhibition of Mark's
work
as part of the
Chatham County Open Studio Tour.
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