The Arcadian Inn Bed & Breakfast

Your story is waiting to be written at Edmond, Oklahoma's Arcadian Inn, a boutique bed and breakfast inn with history, panache for hospitality and a style for personal service. As a family-run Oklahoma B&B, the Arcadian Inn has been honored to be voted the best by Oklahoman Reader's Choice for the last 11 years as well as receiving many other awards. Known for fabulous breakfasts, intimate romantic getaways such as honeymoons and anniversaries, but also great for travel and business. We are at your service, come on in and pick your getaway.

Is your getaway for romance or relaxation or for business and travel? Let us help you plan your stay with many indulgent packages..."Over the Top" where you get it all or "No Frills" where you get the basics. Let us show you around our hometown of Edmond, the excitement of Oklahoma City, or the best of Town & Country, our countryside Aaron's Gate Country Getaways. So for the memories you are looking for...it's the Arcadian Inn, Edmond, Oklahoma boutique bed and breakfast experience.

Voted Oklahoman's Reader's Choice for #1 Bed and Breakfast, 11 years continuous.

Voted by Oklahoman's Reader's Choice Awards as one of the Top 5 Bed and Breakfast, 17 years continuous.
The Oklahoman is the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma and is the
only daily newspaper that covers the entire Oklahoma City area.

Voted as Edmond Life and Leisure Favorite Bed and Breakfast and Edmond Sun Favorite B&B
Oklahoma Magazine's Best of Best by Tulsa Readers
Named a charter member by Top 10 Inns

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Amenities

Jacuzzi for Two
Canopy Bed
Breakfast table and chairs
Private bath with shower
Telephones
Cable TV
CD Player
Free Wireless Internet
Air Conditioning
Surround Sound LCD TV/DVD
Refrigerator with refreshments
Hair Dryer
Iron/Ironing Board
Spa Robes
Fresh Flowers
Keurig On-demand Coffee/Tea Service
Fresh Homemade Cookies
Arcadian Private Label Bath Salts & Sea Salt Scrub

Also available in most or some:
Gas Fireplaces, European Spa Showers and Balcony or Deck, Ceiling Fans, Microwaves

The Arcadian Inn is famous for their fabulous, in-room breakfasts. A beautiful presentation of Fresh Fruit with one of Martha’s own sauces, savory egg dish to satisfy that hearty appetite topped off with our signature Waffles or Pancakes covered in our “to die for Vanilla-Butter Sauce and a dollop of whipped cream! Your innkeepers deliver to your room at the appointed time, set up your table for breakfast, light the candles and announce breakfast... then slip out. Breakfast for Two only.

Corporate Accommodations @ Arcadian Inn,
"the magic of home for the business traveler."

• Relaxing and Restful Corporate Accommodations
• Kindred spirits, a coming home feeling to family and friends
• Distinguished accommodations and service
• Number 1 Bed & Breakfast accommodations for Oklahoma City Business Travel

The other side of the award-winning Arcadian Inn is that it is an excellent choice for Business Travelers. Exquisite attention to details, on-site innkeepers at your service 24/7, renowned hospitality for over 20 years. Corporate rates for midweek/1 person (call for rates). Easy booking and cancelation.

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Martha's Dream

As a young teenager, Martha, dreamt of having a big house with lots of people in it.  Being a poor widow's oldest daughter, that could only be a dream.

In 1979, God answered another dream of Martha¦ she was wed to her childhood crush, Gary Hall. Gary was flipping houses and building new homes. Martha quickly learned about his trade and immersed herself in home magazines. Martha discovered that her dream of a “big house with lots of people was a bed and breakfast! It took awhile to convince Gary that he wanted to get an old house with lots of people in it. On a birthday night out in Chautauqua, New York, Martha took him to a Bed and Breakfast where Paul and Joann Newman always stayed. Gary loved it! Now it was Their Dream.

The Big Yellow House

Meanwhile, Gary and Martha lived in a little fixer-upper on the west side of the tracks in Edmond while they hunted for a place to have a bed and breakfast in Cloudcroft, New Mexico where they got married.

Yet everyday, Martha was watching the big yellow house on First and University in downtown Edmond. It was the home of Dr. Arthur Masters Ruhl, M.D. and his wife, Edith, built in 1908. Their only child, Floranna, was born in 1911. In 1928, Dr. Ruhl enlarged his home by having it jacked up 12 feet and then building a new first floor underneath the jacked up house! When that was completed, they sat the original house down on the new first floor, creating a 3 story home. The doctor added the sunrooms on the first and second floors on the south and east at that time.

The doctor died in 1936 and Mrs. Ruhl lived by herself in the big yellow house til 1977. At that time, her grandson, John, moved in with his family. After they moved out, the house fell into disrepair and it was put on the market.

In 1984, an oilman bought the home from Herman and Floranna Zeimer in California. He gutted it to make a office building out of it. His plans fell through and the home went back to Herman and Floranna. Martha watched as the walls came down inside and the grounds were bulldozed.

In 1989, the big yellow house went on the market again. Now, just a shell of a home... broken windows, no life in it. Gary and Martha walked through it and saw a gem! The doctor had put in closets that could hold the commode and a shower. They could use antiques to hold the sinks out in the rooms! There was a extra front door that guests could come and go through. Mom and Dad Hall, Hurshel and Edith, got the dream too. After a visit to the City to okay a Bed and Breakfast, the Halls put an offer on the big yellow house.

Opening in the Fall of 1990, the Arcadian Inn has always been a family-run Bed & Breakfast. Starting with 5 guestrooms on 2nd and 3rd floor, the Inn has now grown to 8 guestrooms in 3 buildings. Martha and Gary found their niche in romantic getaways being the first to add whirlpool tubs for two in each of their guest rooms and serving breakfast privately to each guestroom. As times and culture changes, the Arcadian Inn has grown into a full-time accommodation and attraction in Edmond, meeting the needs of many guests.

From the South, take I-35 north towards Downtown OKC and stay in middle lanes to come up I-235 or Broadway Ext’n (Hwy 77) into downtown Edmond, turn right on 1st Street, go 4 blocks to end of street. Big yellow house with red tile roof on south (right).

From North and East, Take I-35 to Exit #141 (2nd Street) turn west, go 3 miles to stoplight at University Drive. Turn right and then left on First Street Big yellow house with red tile roof at corner of First and University.

From Will Roger’s Int’l Airport, take I-44 east to Hwy77 North to Edmond on the Broadway Extension. In Downtown Edmond, turn East or Right onto 1st Street. Go 4 blocks to the corner of First and University.