"Historic three-story brick mansion Jared Coffin House sits on what’s been dubbed Nantucket’s 'Petticoat Row' since the 18th century, 'so called because the shop keepers were mostly ladies, usually the wives or widows of the men who were away for years at a time with the whale fishery,' according to the Nantucket Historical Association. Though Jared himself was a dominant whaling ship owner of his time, four (gorgeous) new suites at the residence-turned-hotel honor the street’s female power." - Devorah Lev-Tov
