during the 19th century's busy years, the aurora inn was a favored overnight destination for travelers borne by stagecoach, canal boat and rail. soon after the aurora inn's opening, an article in the local newspaper noted the inn's "regularity, neatness and order exhibited everywhere — as well as the thousand little attentions which are paid to the comfort and convenience of travelers." the writer also admired the aurora inn's "uninterrupted view of the water scenery of the most enchanting kind" and its "elegance scarcely surpassed by the most extensive houses of our large towns."