Did you Know that the Castle Manor Inn at 141 Essex Ave in West Gloucester was originally called Spruce Manor. The manor was built during the turn of the 20th Century, completed in 1900, taking two years to build. The cost of its construction was $14,200.00. The manor was built for Ruben Brooks and his family, a co-founder of LePage’s Glue, then called Russia Cement. In the foyer of Castle Manor Inn, you will find a glass display case holding samples of LePage’s glues, pastes, cement and tape, as well as some history about the place and a cool Saturday Evening Post ad about LePage’s Signet Permanent Inks .
The 20 room Queen Anne Victorian with its twin turret towers has 10 lovely guest rooms, as well as 16 detached motor lodge units. They also have an excellent restaurant, Seaglass @ The Castle, serving breakfast daily from 7-10:00am and weekends from 8:00am-noon, and dinner served daily from 4:00pm in their elegant wood paneled dining rooms, or on their romantic wrap-around porch. I had an excellent veggie omelette there yesterday, which, as always, I dove into before remembering to take a photo, so it is half-eaten looking. They also have a grand sheltered function deck with lovely marsh river views and a picturesque gazebo. The deck can accommodate up to 120 guests for weddings, business conferences, meetings and celebrations of all types. For more info, visit www.castlemanorinn.com
E.J. Lefavour
Good Morning Gloucester 
The original spruce manor sign is in Essex sitting outside the White Elephant outlet store. At least it was a few weeks ago… I drive by it everyday but I think it’s now buried under other things, unless it was sold.
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