Waterfront Inn, Marina and Lighthouse
415 South Church Street
"The Lighthouse is the only lighthouse on the East Coast that offers overnight accommodations and is a must-stay for any lighthouse enthusiast. The Lighthouse is a reproduction of the lighthouse from Hoopers Strait in Maryland that is now a part of the Maritime Museum in St. Michael’s, Maryland. Several historic lighthouses of similar design were constructed on the James River, but since all have been destroyed."
Several bungalows are part of the hotel.
Full service marina with rental slips.
Smithfield Station’s Traditional Rooms are located in The Inn, which is built entirely over the water and sits on 110 piles that are 88 feet long. This building was modeled after the old Coast Guard life saving stations that proliferated the coast of Virginia and Outer Banks of North Carolina, hence the name “Station”. In November of 1986 the Pack family completed construction on the main building and opened the Restaurant, Hotel and Marina featuring a 150 seat dining room, 15 hotel rooms and a 27 slip marina.
MARINER V, part of the Station crew, a beautiful adaptation of the Chesapeake Bay Deadrise workboat. Developed from lines taken from MARINER, a workboat built in 1980 by Billy Moore as part of The Mariner's Museum historic preservation programs.
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