Like the citadel on the mount, the Black Point Inn enjoys a seaside perch so elegantly and serenely in Prouts Neck that it also enjoins this point of land as both an exclusive summer colony as it was the inspiration for some of Winslow Homer’s greatest paintings.
The gracious dining porch overlooks gardens and the ocean beyond
The seasonal inn opens from May to October and has always had a restaurant, which, for the most part, has never been its best feature. But since the Prouts Neck Association members bought the inn some years ago, paying over $20 million for the building and waterfront land, the entire property and set up is pristine. Originally the 1878 inn offered 85 rooms and was scaled back to a manageable 25. The various iterations of its dining facilities, from its dour formal dining room to equally indeterminate luncheon fare—though the former oceanfront pool setting for lunch was very popular–has also seen big improvement.
