MaMere's Guest House - Inn, Event Space & Vacation Rental

MaMere’s feels like a secret told politely to visitors of a small college town. Housed in the Howell House from 1891, it trades cookie-cutter predictability for themed rooms, clawfoot tubs and plush robes that make you slow down. The innkeepers Emily and Eli run the place with warm, scrappy hospitality — fresh pecan pumpkin bread in the morning, homemade cookies on arrival, and a den perfect for movie night on the top floor. Stroll two blocks to downtown or watch kids trick-or-treat from the upstairs windows during Halloween. Wine-country visitors use it as a base, families rent the whole house for gatherings, and locals treat it as a staycation prize. There is a small carriage house available for groups and accessibility needs, and a rose-scented back courtyard where summer park music drifts over glasses of local wine. It is equal parts preservation project and convivial living room, the kind of B&B that anchors the town while quietly insisting you slow down and notice detail.