The hotel or inn in Upper Largo has a long history. For many decades, from the mid-late 1800s, it was known as The Commercial Hotel - although it was also commonly referred to as 'Duff's Inn' during the second half of the 19th century, reflecting the fact that the hotel was under the ownership of the Duff family. More on them to come soon in a future post - they had a long-standing high profile in the Largo area, having run the inn part of the present Crusoe Hotel in Lower Largo before moving to Kirkton. Before the Duff's era, the inn in Upper Largo was known as 'Lee's Inn', after the innkeeper Edward Lee who died early in 1842.