In 1716, David Howe expanded his own home and began a small tavern along the Old Boston Post Road, one of the first mail routes in the country. Business thrived by way of the busy coach traffic to and from the cities of Boston, Worcester, and New York. In 1746, David Howe passed the family business to his son, Ezekiel, a Lieutenant Colonial in the Sudbury Minute and Militia. Each generation expanded the Inn’s main building as business thrived.