We spent just one night at the Carr B&B after spending a couple days in New York City. The change of pace was dramatic and the seclusion and quiet on Eaton's Neck was welcome.
As the previous review stated, the owner is a retired police officer. However, we didn't find him rude in any way upon arrival. (Admittedly, he was somewhat gruff on the phone.) He was very personable and spent a lot of time telling us about his rescue of that historic mansion from being bulldozed. His restoration of the building was without regard to cost and it shows. He has restored the entire house to as it was when it was new. It is magnificent. I can't say enough about the condition of the house.
His son had done the same type of restoration to another house on the isthmus, but that house tragically burned down. However, his son wrote a book on the history of Eaton's Neck (it's in your room), so the family is vested in preserving and promoting the history of the area. We were shown around the entire house, which was nice because the rented rooms are only on one side. While the house is large enough to have probably a dozen rooms, he only rents out 2 or 3.
The rooms are comfortably, simply yet elegantly, furnished.
Northport, which is just a few minutes away, was a quaint town to have dinner in. We ate at a mariner-type pub restaurant, where the food was good and the atmosphere was memorable. The general store is interesting too. Old trolley tracks run down the center of the streets in Northport, indicative of prosperous history.