Martha's Vineyard.
Martha's Vineyard has a real chain problem — Faraway, Lark, Salt Hotels, and the Edgartown Collection between them operate most of the island's capacity. What remains truly independent is small: Hob Knob's century-old Gothic Revival on Upper Main, and a handful of historic Edgartown and Oak Bluffs inns. We include a few properties from the Edgartown Collection (3 properties, within our rule) with the owner group flagged.
The Christopher
Nine rooms in a white-clapboard historic, reworked with Art Deco geometric wallpapers and aqua tile.
The Hob Knob
A Gothic Revival inn on upper Main Street, nearly 100 years of hosting the Vineyard's quietest half.
Dockside Inn
Twenty-two rooms on Oak Bluffs Harbor. Nautical without doing the too-much anchor thing.
The Edgartown Inn
A 1798 whaling captain's house where Hawthorne and Webster both stayed. Still operating. Still quiet.