The Pineapple House Bed & Breakfast

Located in the charming village of Canajoharie in the beautiful Mohawk Valley of Upstate New York and within an hour’s drive from Cooperstown, Saratoga Springs, Albany and lots of year-round sports venues, The Pineapple House Bed & Breakfast is a welcoming oasis for our guests. The house was built in 1860 and was home to the Roger and Elsie Smith family for 50 years. Roger Smith was the co-owner of the Arkell & Smith Sack Company in Canajoharie; interesting side-note – the flat bottom paper bag, commonly used for sugar and flour, was first made at Arkell & Smith. (A visit to the Arkell Museum in the town might amaze you with how many products were made here.)

We bought the house in 1976 and when we retired from teaching in 2007, we opened The Pineapple House to fulfill a long-held wish to run a Bed & Breakfast. We both enjoy welcoming visitors from all over the world – it’s our way of traveling. Bill is the gourmet cook and loves to prepare delicious breakfasts for our guests. Both of us enjoy working in the kitchen and continue to learn by taking cooking courses whenever we can – most recently at the famed Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, NY.