Guy’s InnBoothbay Harbor, Maine
Guy Howe at the helm under sail

Guy’s Inn · Boothbay Harbor, Maine

A sailor’s house, two doors from the water.

Guy Butman Howe, Jr. · 1924 – 2001 · Captain Guy

The inn is named for Guy. This is the house, the name and the family behind it. The rooms book as Greenleaf Inn, two doors from the water.

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The name on the sign

Guy Butman Howe, Jr.

Guy Butman Howe, Jr. was Captain Guy to everyone on the water: the name stitched on his shirt, the wooden launch at the float, the big cruiser he ran with a beard and a pointed finger. Family and friends went out with him and came back to the house for dinner.

The house was The Apple Trees, on a quiet cove of the Boothbay shore, with a dock, a lawn that ran to the rocks and a station wagon in the drive in the earliest photographs. Three generations grew up on that dock. When Guy died in 2001 the family set a bronze plaque into the ledge above it: may you have fair winds and following seas.

Guy’s Inn is what the family named the old Greenleaf building when they came back to the harbor to buy it: ten rooms, a reading room with the family photographs on the wall, a bar, a sky deck, and the same welcome Guy gave everyone who stepped onto his float.

The family album

Guy, the house on the cove, and everyone who came up the walk

Guy with the children on the front steps, 1950sGuy with the children on the front steps, 1950sThe Apple Trees, the family house on the cove, in the first photographsThe Apple Trees, the family house on the cove, in the first photographsThe sign at the top of the driveThe sign at the top of the driveCaptain Guy, in uniform, with family at the boatCaptain Guy, in uniform, with family at the boatAt the helmAt the helmThe wooden launch at the float, Boothbay HarborThe wooden launch at the float, Boothbay HarborSplicing a lineSplicing a lineGuy, out on the townGuy, out on the townOn the steps with the familyOn the steps with the familyThe whole family on the lawn at The Apple TreesThe whole family on the lawn at The Apple TreesGuy in his chairGuy in his chairThe plaque on the ledge above the dock: fair winds and following seasThe plaque on the ledge above the dock: fair winds and following seasThe cove at sunrise from the deckThe cove at sunrise from the deckThe next generation, off the dockThe next generation, off the dock

Family photographs from The Apple Trees, the Howe house on the Boothbay shore. More are being scanned.

The concept

How the house is being brought back

The reading room: nautical charts, a gallery wall of family photos, plaid and walnutThe reading room: nautical charts, a gallery wall of family photos, plaid and walnutThe living room: leather, a styled bar cabinet, monochrome wallsThe living room: leather, a styled bar cabinet, monochrome wallsPorch and deck: natural siding, bronze sconces, a fireplace loungePorch and deck: natural siding, bronze sconces, a fireplace loungeBedrooms: muted blue fireplace surrounds, leather sconces, mural wallpaperBedrooms: muted blue fireplace surrounds, leather sconces, mural wallpaperThe restaurant: wood slat doors, booth seating, a rounded bar with mosaic tileThe restaurant: wood slat doors, booth seating, a rounded bar with mosaic tileThe Union: lobster, branded tableware, a mobile raw barThe Union: lobster, branded tableware, a mobile raw barMaterials: penny tile, plaid, marble, checkerboard, walnutMaterials: penny tile, plaid, marble, checkerboard, walnutBranding: keepsake liquor, brass room numbers, the uniformBranding: keepsake liquor, brass room numbers, the uniform

Concept boards with House of Form, 2023. Design studies; the finished rooms will differ.

The Parsons collection

One family. Every house has its own front door.

Boothbay Harbor, Maine

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Every property books through the same reservation desk. Direct bookings carry no third-party service fee.

Plan a stay

Taking the whole house?

Wedding weekends, reunions and retreats can book the inn outright. Tell us the dates and the headcount.

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