Cushing Hotel / Afton House Inn

Tour Site #2

3291 St Croix Trail | Google Maps
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Built in 1867, the hotel has been extensively remodeled. Mary Lange Pennington ran it as a hotel in the early 1900s and was known for her “famous Sunday chicken [dinners].” Just inside the front door is a spiral staircase built by Elmo ‘the builder’ Erickson. The inn is one of the oldest operating hotels in Minnesota; it is currently operated as The Afton House Inn. See a wooden spice rack from Mary Pennington’s time and wood carvings from Elmo ‘the builder’ on display in the Afton Historical Museum.