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Recreation
Cozy Bed-and-Breakfasts in Johnston County Provide a Place for Rest and Relaxation
Morning Glory Inn in Clayton offers five nicely appointed guest rooms.
Need a little R&R? Hunker down in one of Johnston County’s cozy B&Bs.
Morning Glory Inn in Clayton is a 6‚400-square-foot Victorian home that was built in 1907. It offers five guest suites – Bluebonnet‚ Magnolia‚ Sunflower‚ Wild Rose and Wisteria – all with private baths.
“We have a lot of common areas – two large parlors‚ a dining room and a kitchen for our guests with complimentary beverages and snacks 24 hours a day‚” says Betsy Grannis‚ who owns Morning Glory Inn with her husband‚ Michael. “People can come and make it their own.”
The Grannises opened the bed-and-breakfast in 2003.
“We had lived in Clayton a few years and then moved away to California. But we always wanted to come back because we love it here‚” Grannis says. “We came to visit and saw this house was for sale. We said‚ ‘This could be our ticket back to North Carolina.’ ”
They purchased the home from a couple that had renovated it as a bed-and-breakfast but never opened it because of illness. “We continued their dream‚” Grannis says.
Morning Glory Inn serves a gourmet breakfast each morning in the dining room or on the wraparound porch that looks out over the yard.
“I bake every day‚ so there’s always a baked item‚ and we serve juices and hot beverages‚ fresh seasonal fruit and a main course‚ like an egg dish or stuffed French toast with blueberries‚” Grannis says.
The Preston Woodall House in Benson is also an inviting bed-and-breakfast. A Queen Ann residence‚ it was built between 1900 and 1920 for Preston Woodall‚ who operated a large department store in Benson in addition to 20 farms and five sawmills in the area.
The Dwelling Place Bed & Breakfast in Four Oaks is another Johnston County inn. It was built in the 1930s and is decorated to take guests back in time to a more relaxed era.
Story by Jessica Mozo
Photo by Ian Curcio
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