Mansion Amenities

Business Traveler Amenities

If your travel itinerary includes a visit to the Hannibal area, you should consider Garth Woodside Mansion for all of your Hannibal MO lodging needs. The Mansion might have been built two centuries earlier, circa 1871, but by the additional features we offer, you would not guess this to be the case at all. Our bed and breakfast provides

Woodside Dining

The restaurant is only open to the overnight guests of Garth Mansion unless other arrangements are made with us in advance. We do several weddings and private events on a regular basis.

Breakfast

Enjoy a delicious breakfast, the most important meal of the day, at our Missouri bed and breakfast. Some of our very best country inn recipes and secrets are served for breakfast. Come see why presentation is not the only thing our B&B guests rave about.

Recipes

Available are just a few great examples of our world famous, yes world famous, breakfast recipes. Just follow the easy instructions compliments of our B&B's kitchen, and you will have them coming back for more! Then be sure to make reservations for a vacation or weekend getaway, so you can savor the breakfast in person at our Hannibal, Missouri inn.

Cookbook

Cook Book ala Mark Twain
In 1880 Mark Twain wrote a book titled "A Tramp Abroad" and listed American dishes he yearned for while in Europe: buckwheat cakes with maple syrup, squash, fried chicken, Sierra Nevada brook trout, Mississippi black bass, terrapin, coon, possum, soft-shelled crabs, wild turkey, canvasback duck, succotash, Boston baked beans, chitterlings, hominy, sliced tomatoes with sugar and vinegar, sweet corn, eight kinds of hot bread, fruit pies and cobblers, and porterhouse steak for breakfast. Ah yes, real American cooking at its finest!

Gift Shop

We have many items for sale in our Gift Shop. Our coffee mugs help you recall that special cup of coffee you enjoyed while staying at Garth Woodside Mansion, our Cookbook with that special recipe Julie and John served at breakfast, or other gift ideas to use as thank-yous to the pet sitter, baby sitter, or include with the Gift Certificate you are giving to mom & dad.

Included in Your Rate:

  • All rooms feature private baths, extra pillows and blankets.
  • Customized amenities: soaps, toothbrushes, shampoo.
  • Hair dryer, floss, toothpaste, various samples.Individual heating and air-conditioning controls and ceiling fans.
  • Fireplaces in the cottages, and most rooms. The Dowager has 2.
  • Custom robes in most rooms.
  • We "triple-sheet" with high-quality high thread-count sheets.
  • Evening turndown service
  • Featherbeds in each room. High-quality linens and towels.
  • Original antiques in mansion and rooms.
  • Some rooms feature Whirlpool tubs.
  • One room (Rosewood) features a beautiful original claw-foot tub and marble sink.
  • Drinks 24/7: Sodas, bottled water, tea, coffee, hot chocolate, hot cider, and also others.
  • Chocolate chip cookies that come hot out of the oven at 4pm.
  • Full hot breakfast served to you.
  • On-site parking.
  • Dinner reservations made for you.