1995_Oxford-House_200th-Anniversary

OXFORD HOTEL 1795 The Oxford Hotel on Oxford Road was built as an inn in 1795 by Daniel and Job Candee. Daniel Candee, who was also Oxford’s first postmaster, operated the inn until about 1811. David Candee succeeded him as the innkeeper until his death in 1851. Frederick Candee then inherited the inn from his father and ran it for some twelve years 1865 the inn passed through inheritance David R. Lum; he was followed by Mary Lum and then Franklin Lum in 1873.

Thereafter, the hotel was owned and operated by Harriet Warner and Charles Walcott, then by George Oatman in 1885, Willa Gertrude Riley in 1899, and William and Fannie Gabler from 1910 to 1939. In 1941 it was discontinued as a hotel and remodelled by Mr. Eldridge Seeley for his residence.

In 1950 the building was purchased by James and Dominica De Maio who reopened it to the public as a country restaurant,  now known as the Oxford House. The building is a large two and one-half story white clapboard structure. Over the years it has been extensively remodelled both inside and out. Additional dormers and the two story colonade were constructed, and the porches were removed. At the time Oxford Road was paved with concrete the building was moved back from its original site some thirty feet. Today this handsome structure is still operated as a country restaurant, thus continuing the long tradition of the Oxford innkeepers.

From EARLY HOUSES OF OXFORD, published in 1976 for the American Bicentennial.  Limited number of copies still available for sale from the Oxford Historical Society at the Oxford Town Clerk's Office.