Understanding The HOLIDAY INN Set

Holiday Inn is a 1 and ½ story large farm house with dormers on the roof and an attached woodshed. The woodshed is on the right side of the house.

There is an open front porch on the house. On this porch is a porch glider which guests frequently relax on.

To the left of the porch is the entranceway a large living/dining area (The Inn), with dual function as a night club. It looks to have been added to the home, but is described as being built that way originally by the owner who "finally ran out of money". This inn provides dining and dancing facilities, including a stage or bandstand suitable for a large orchestra or small theatrical performances.

A grand staircase ascends from the behind the bandstand to the second floor of the Inn. From the second floor a rear staircase will bring you to a rear entrance exiting behind the house.

To access the Inn you walk up on the front porch and turn left. From the porch you enter the entranceway hall which has windows along its left side. This entrance hall is accessed thru a pair of curved top French doors which open inward. As you pass thru the French doors a coat check counter is on your right. Passing the counter you may go left into the dining and dancing area, or you may go straight thru past a door framed by outdoor shutters (was this part of the house before the Inn was added to the building?) and thru an archway and up a few steps.

At the top of those steps going straight ahead will take you across the stage. Stop for a minute at the center of the stage and before you is a large dance floor with dining tables to your left and right sides. The tables to the left are lined up along a row of large beautiful windows which give diners a view of the front lawn and entrance to the Inn.

Straight ahead to the rear of the dance floor sits a piano and chairs and music stands for musicians.  The piano is arranged so that the pianist will have his back to the stage.

Continuing across the stage will bring you to an opposite set of steps and identical archway as the first.  Walking down these few steps and thru the archway brings you into a foyer.  To right is another archway into a hallway which somehow will get you to the kitchen.  Turning left from this foyer will take you around a very large fireplace along the same wall as the stage.   A large lounge/living room/dining room is in this area. The proprietor, Bing Crosby in the film, can sometimes be seen dining in front of this fireplace. On the other side of the fireplace a double-door entrance to what appears to be same kitchen hallway exists.  The cook and waitresses walk behind the fireplace (from both sides) to access the kitchen, so the main kitchen door (unseen) must be in the middle.

 Straight ahead is the outside wall which is constructed of three deep dormer style windows built into a slanted wall. To the left of the windows is a single split Dutch door. To the left of the door is a grandfather clock.

Instead of walking across the stage, a guest may turn right and climb the grand staircase which makes a quick left turn from a landing a few steps up. During performances this staircase is often hidden by stage decorations and curtains.

During the Summer season tables are set up on the front lawn. A temporary stage is erected for outside performances. Many of the large windows of the Inn can be fully opened or removed to give an open air feel and open to a view of this stage.

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