The Lodge — since 1902
A 1902 colonial, restored into a six-suite inn
The story of the house, and why we run it the way we do.
The house
The lodge began as a colonial home built in 1902, back when Lincoln was a logging town and the Notch was a day's ride, not a 10 min drive. It has been carefully restored top to bottom, with new wiring, plumbing, insulation and beds, while keeping everything worth keeping: the original pine floors, its old-house proportions, and the steam heat it was built with.
There are exactly six suites, each named for a place you can reach from the driveway — Artist Bluff, Kinsman, Hancock, Basin, Notch, Pemi. No two are alike, and five of the six are TV-free, made for unplugging.
How it works
Launchpoint Lodge blends the charm of a boutique hotel with the flexibility of a private stay. You get the privacy and polish of a boutique hotel suite with the independence of a rental: self check-in with smart locks, and a virtual innkeeper who answers any hour you need something.
The shared spaces matter here. The coffee lounge stays stocked — real coffee, tea, something sweet, an ice machine. The sitting room has the fireplace and the board games. The sunroom and back deck are where most guests spend the slow afternoons.
What the lodge is
We are an independently owned, adults-only inn, small on purpose and quiet on purpose, in a lovingly restored New England home that still has its creaky floors and clanky radiators. We see them as part of the charm. Not a chain hotel — intentionally.
Guests have put us at 5.0 on Google, and the word they use most is 'spotless.' That standard — clean, calm, uncomplicated — is what we work to keep, every stay.
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