The Bantam Inn was built in 1908 by James Burns. It stood north of the Bantam Anti-Friction Co. and was sold to the Bantam Anti-Friction Co. in 1910 and run by Mr. Cushman. Then known as Cushman's Country Hotel. In the 1920s moved to Roosevelt Ave. #23. One black & white photograph with The Bantam Inn sign and a horse and buggy out front.

Looking north on Bantam Lake Road, includes the Baptist Church (moved there in 1908 and later removed) and houses on the east (right side of the photograph). The Bantam Inn and bridge over the Bantam River are on the west (left side of the photograph). This black and white photograph is a reprint of a postcard.

The Bantam station [now gone] for the Shepaug Railroad on the south bank of the Bantam River on the east side of Bantam Lake Road. Included in the black and white photograph are the Echo Farm Creamery and a chute into the Bantam River that was for harvesting ice for the Creamery.