Glen Iris Inn

The Glen Iris Inn, William Pryor Letchworth's former home, is located on the top of a cliff overlooking Middle Falls in Letchworth State Park, New York State, USA.

William Letchworth found the day-to-day operations of business burdensome and sought refuge on the site, where he decided to build a home.

He settled on the location while seeing it from a high railroad bridge as a tourist on an Erie Railroad passenger train, gazing at the view in what the Seneca Indians called the Sehgahunda Valley, through which the Genesee River flowed.

[1] Webster and some special guests eventually planted large varieties of trees and flowering bushes throughout the park, including white and red pines, oaks, and dogwoods.

In 1914, Letchworth's home became a country inn and grew to become the center of a thriving state park.