Commercial - Hotel

Prentiss House, formerly the Mary Prentiss Inn, boasts a fascinating history dating back to the 1800s and has undergone many transformations over the years leading up to its rebirth in 2022. Occupying a two-story, 13,549 square-foot Greek-revival style mansion built in 1840, the hotel resides in a quiet residential street in the Baldwin neighborhood of central Cambridge, just a short walk to Harvard Square. The hotel was originally a wedding present built and designed by a notable architect, William A. Saunders, as a gift to his son, William, and his wife, Mary Prentiss. The hotel had been a long-time home to the Saunderses and Taylor family, as well as a hostelry and nursing home. In December of 1991, a local artist, Charlotte Forsythe bought the home and began the journey of transforming the home into the Mary Prentiss Inn. BREC LLC, a Boston-based development company, purchased the inn in 2021 to update the property and room layouts to improve the guest experience while maintaining the quaint and private nature of the former inn. To this day, Prentiss House remains on the National Registry of Historic Places and is recognized as a landmark by the Cambridge Historical Commission.