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The elegant mansion which is now The Lafayette Inn was built as an investment property by Elizabeth Wagner Leary in 1895. The land was part of the Wagner farm owned by one of the families that helped settle Easton three generations earlier in the mid 1700s.

By the late 19th century, development of College Hill was booming and the former Wagner farm properties on the west side of Cattell St. were very desirable. As a former winding country road, Cattell St. became the main thoroughfare from the north to downtown Easton. It was widened during the summer of 1885 and in 1890 was the route of Easton's first trolley.

The first known tenant and eventually the owner of 510 Cattell St. was George Elder (1862-1930), superintendent of Ingersoll Iron Works later the Ingersoll Rand Co. The Elder family renovated and enlarged the house around 1917, and owned it for another twenty years.

Early in 1986, a local builder and a group of architects, recognizing the abandoned building's beautiful proportions and potential, purchased and renovated the property. Less than one year (and nearly one million dollars later), on December 19, 1986, the completely refurbished mansion, now The Lafayette Inn, opened its doors.

Finally, in January 1997, corporate refugees Scott and Marilyn Bushnell, with their son Christian and their cocker spaniel Arthur, purchased The Inn and are continuing the never-ending pursuit of complete guest comfort. Romantic fireplaces have been added to the suites and the Premier Room features a large whirlpool tub, fireplace, and four poster bed. The Sunroom has been renovated into a a quaint breakfast room with lace curtains adorning the three walls of windows, and the room is capped with a large collection of a Cat's Meow village.

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