Owner: Richard & Pam Meacham

The Bode House

A proud histroy in the Plymouth Community

Anticipating the railroad's arrival, E. Gottleib Bode built The Bode Hotel along Plymouth's Main Street in 1868. Even for the times accommodations at The Bode Hotel were simple, but E.G. Bode knew what the rough-and-tumble railroad men wanted and did well serving "schooners" of beer filled to overflowing.

Settled by William Starkweather in 1827, Plymouth soon came of age and outgrew the modest Bode Hotel, setting its sights on the larger, more elegant Mayflower. Later, George and Margurite Hugar made the Bode House a home, and by 1927 music enlivened the historic building as Margurite's spirited young students practiced scales to perfection. Melvina Hugar came to the Bode House in 1929, and her family recipes are published in the old Ever-Ready Cookbook in our town's museum.

In 1933 Pearl E. Grove welcomed boarders to The Bode House, and craftsmen from the Daisy Rifle company enjoyed her hospitality and home-cooked meals. Brother Robert North relocated his tent-revival Nazarene Church from our Old Village to the Bode House in 1938 and tended his flock, saving souls-and more than a few railroad men-from the perils of sin.

Of all the changes to The Bode House, none lasted longer than the comfortable restaurant opened in 1959 by Larry Gaffka and Al Sequin of the Al's Caboose fame (a favorite among the many corned beef sandwiches offered at Bode's.) The current owners, Pam and Richard Meacham, hoped you've enjoyed this taste of Bode history, and their 40 years of service. In keeping with Bode tradition and its long hospitality history, we look forward to sharing the future with you, our good friends and neighbors

Sincerely,

Pam and Richard Meacham