The Beacon Farmhouse

The Beacon is owned by two families – Catharine Graham and Sharon Magee, and David, Ellen and Hannah East. We’re next-door neighbors and friends who share a love of people, travel, hospitality, and this beautiful little town of Hartwell. We’re not from here, but after years of being “weekenders” the Easts and the Graham-Magees became permanent residents of Hartwell just a few years ago. We brought with us a desire to help this community grow, and to be an integral part of it.

The story of this B&B began with donkeys. Sitting on our adjacent docks on the shores of Lake Hartwell, we could hear donkeys braying. And that made us curious – we’re on a lake … where the heck are those donkeys? Catharine and Sharon went searching and found the donkeys and this beautiful 53-acre farm perched on the shores of Lake Hartwell. They were enchanted, and soon the rest of us were too. It seemed perfect for a B&B, and well … here we are. We are delighted to welcome you to The Beacon and hope you will love it as much as we do.