Prince and Rose Adams, who won the Center Lovell Inn in an essay contest stand in front of the historic inn’s carriage house with their son Jacob, 10.

The White Mountains of New Hampshire can be seen out the window at the Center Lovell Inn.

An ornate door handle, with a skeleton key lock, is one of the accents at the Center Lovell Inn.

Jacob Adams sweeps the porch at the Center Lovell Inn, now owned by his parents, Prince and Rose Adams.

The afternoon sun illuminates the inside of the wrap-around porch at the 1805 inn.

One of the bedrooms, and the stairs of the Center Lovell Inn’s carriage house.

The Center Lovell Inn and carriage house.