Shearer Cottage

Travel & Hospitality

The oldest African American-owned inn in America. Charles Shearer -- born enslaved on a Virginia plantation, educated at Hampton -- and his wife Henrietta converted their Oak Bluffs laundry into a vacation inn for Black travelers in 1912. Madame C.J. Walker, Paul Robeson, and Ethel Waters all stayed here. Still owned and operated by the Shearer family descendants.

Founded

1912

Founder

Charles & Henrietta Shearer

Based In

Oak Bluffs, MA

Charles & Henrietta Shearer

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