Early Morning view of the Inn

Main Floor

Enter into the Lobby. This shows the original registration desk. Also in the Lobby is the original cigar case that was once in the bar and a copy of the original registration. Book with Buffalo Bill Cody’s signature. One of the three original fireplaces is also in the Lobby along with many pictures of Buffalo Bill Cody. From here you go to the second and third floor using the original staircase.

 See the original drawings for the desk.

This is the dinning room at the Inn.  Another of the original fireplaces graces this room giving it a great atmosphere to enjoy your dinner or event. Notice the large span of Georgian pine, hand hewn, that is of interest. Many dances were held at the Inn with Buffalo Bill as the host and participant.

The Buffalo Bill Bar was built in England of oak and mahogany. This is also an original to the Inn. This bar area had a card room as well as the bar area for the men.  Few women entered the bar in the early days of the Inn.   Many a horse has entered the bar after races to Arvada and back. The winner bought drinks for all.

 See detail of bar carvings.

Second Floor

Hall in the Apartment constructed in the late 1960’s. The staircase goes to the third floor bedrooms of the apartment.

This area is over the bar. In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s the plaster was removed leaving the construction of the Inn exposed. This is on the south side of the hall. The diagonal bracing is a part of the structural system that supports the second floor from the roof trusses.

 See original drawings of truss detail.

This area is over the bar on the opposite side of the hall of the previous picture. Original doors and frames are still in place.

This is all that is left of the original employee stairs. At the top of the stairs was the mop room.  Many employees stayed at the Inn on the third floor above the bar area.

 See interior elevation details.

Third Floor

Miss Kate’s room.  This is the room that Miss Kate enjoyed the most at the Inn. She did most of her sewing here and enjoyed the late after noon sun coming into the window.  It has been renovated by the Preceptor Tau Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. The picture on the back wall is of Miss Kate.  Her rocking chair and hatbox are also displayed in the room.

Read about Miss Kate, and her life at the Inn.

Third floor hall for the apartment bedroom area constructed in 1960’s. There were two bedrooms and two bathrooms constructed here. Natural light enters the room from the building’s dormers.

An example of the dormers on the Inn from the inside. This dormer is the apartment hall on the third floor. The original wood sash and transom remain.

 See original gable detail drawings.

This is an example of the rooms on the third floor over the bar area. They are all original, being very small, 6ft. x10 ft.   The contained a double bed, a wash stand, a clothes rack. This is taken from one room looking into the other.

The hall over the bar area gives us a fine example of the electrical wiring that was installed in the Inn in 1893. The Inn had the first electric lights in Sheridan.

More Pictures

Late afternoon picture of the Inn as we leave, thinking of all that the Historic Sheridan Inn holds for us. If these walls could only talk...

 See more original drawings and photos of the Inn.

 See photos of our 110th Birthday Party!

See the Buffalo Bill Days Photo Albums