The Innkeepers, Joe and Shirley Thomas, purchased this magnificent
1892 Victorian home from J. B. Moore in 2000. Up until her death,
J. B.'s wife had lived in this wonderful old home from the time her
father, Dr. Wm. M. Hammack, purchased the house in 1916. It has taken
Joe two long years to restore, renovate, and furnish the Hammack-Moore
House Bed and Breakfast to its former grace and splendor |
Mr. and Mrs. John Edwin Ruby, II built their country home in 1947.
Today, the property known as Ruby Lodge At Springlake Woods Bed And
Breakfast, currently consists of 66 acres of wooded land including
a 7½ acre lake that is over 100 years old. The spring-fed lake
was an original water source for Madisonville. This acreage was known
as the “Springlake Wild Life Refuge” and is still home
to many different kinds of wild life such as deer, fox, rabbit, squirrel,
wild turkey, and many kinds of ducks and birds. |
A three-story atrium welcomes the diner upon first entering Bartholomew's
Restaurant. A nine foot apothecary cabinet is only the first of many
tastefully presented antiques including English pub tables, elegant
sideboards, a 1920's phoen booth and an 1880's big wheel bicycle.
Add to this a couple of mounted buffalo heads, some seven foot marlins
and several mounted African heads including an 11-foot giraffe, and
you have an elclectiv atmosphere unique in all Kentucky! |