Blog
Welcome to our blog about the Benjamin F Packard House Bed and Breakfast, and notes about what’s going on in the Bath, Maine area.
Extra Special Extras
Here at the Benjamin F. Packard House we offer guests the opportunity to add to their stay with Extra Special Extras. These include wine and cheese in the room when you arrive or served in front of the fire, a special arrangement of flowers for the room or an...
Fall Chores at the B&B
The fall chores are piling up - just look at those leaves and that pile of wood.Despite the fact we only have two small birch trees in the garden, the patio quickly fills with leaves. I am not much of a raker but I do enjoy laying in the leaves since they cushion the...
Get Away for the Holidays
It is hard to imagine but the holiday season is right around the corner. Here at the Benjamin F. Packard House we are already booking up for the Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend. What a great idea to get away for a long weekend to relax, unwind and take in all Bath...
Fall Foods
Fall has arrived and so have the wonderful fall breakfast that Amy and Mark cook up each morning. Featuring all the great autumn ingredients like apples fresh from the Bath Farmers' Market, raspberries from our own garden, pumpkin and spices like cinnamon and nutmeg -...
The Leaf Peepers are Coming
The official calendar end to summer, Labor Day weekend, as come and gone but the beautiful summer weather continues in midcoast Maine. Along with the start of the "fall" season come the Leaf Peepers! Amy and Mark are getting lots of calls for rooms in mid September to...
Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene is almost here and I am NOT happy. I hate rain and wind! Even though she will probably get downgraded to a tropical storm, I still get scared and then keep Amy and Mark up all night or have to be right next to them all day. They put away all the stuff...
About Benjamin F. Packard
Benjamin F. Packard was a successful and well known shipwright and was a partner in Goss, Sawyer & Packard, one of the most successful ship-building companies in the world during the late nineteenth century. Packard was a junior partner in the firm. He became quite prominent in Bath and was one of the founders of Bath Savings Institution. The bank still uses a picture featuring the ship named after Packard on their logo.
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Benjamin F. Packard House
Bed & Breakfast
45 Pearl Street, Bath, ME 04530
866-361-6004 | 207-443-6004