Robert Frost at the Inn

Lake Willoughby has inspired many, including American poet Robert Frost, who stayed at the Conley Farm (which later became the WilloughVale) in 1909. Frost captured life in on Lake Willoughby in his idyll, A Servant to Servants. The central character in this piece was said by Frost to be partially based on Mrs. Conley, a hard-working woman he got to know during his stay at the Farm. Frost is perhaps most well-known for his poem, The Road Not Taken (right).