Nagle Warren Mansion

Nagle Warren Mansion

Nagle Warren Mansion in May 2011
Location 222 E. 17th St., Cheyenne, Wyoming
Coordinates 41°08′06″N 104°48′44″W / 41.13500°N 104.81222°W / 41.13500; -104.81222Coordinates: 41°08′06″N 104°48′44″W / 41.13500°N 104.81222°W / 41.13500; -104.81222
Built 1888
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 76001955[1]
Added to NRHP July 12, 1976

Nagle Warren Mansion, also known as Cheyenne YWCA Building, is former residence and YWCA with three buildings located in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming.[1] The mansion is on the edge of Cheyenne's historic downtown section on Cattle Baron’s Row.[2][3][4] It is now a bed and breakfast (B&B) establishment with 12 guest rooms decorated in Victorian West style.[4][5] One guest room is a suite and each room has its own bath. Six rooms are in the main house and six in the carriage house. There are three conference rooms.[6] The B&B has a AAA 4 diamond rating. Furnishings are authentic to the period of the American Old West and include: furniture, wallpaper, brass marble, bronze or gas fireplaces, ornate staircases, woodwork of cherry, mahogany, and oak, and stained glass windows.[3][4] There is some Moorish tile and a Moroccan chandelier.[2][6]

The mansion was built as a residence in 1888 by Erasmus Nagle.[4][5] Nagle died in 1890 and his wife Emma and son George lived there until 1907. Emma then rented the mansion to General George Randall from 1907 until 1910.[6] Senator and former Wyoming Governor Francis E. Warren and his second wife, Clara LaBarron Morgan, bought the house in April 1910, and their dining room hosted guests such as U.S. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.[4][7] It is one of the few homes from the 1800s left standing in Cheyenne. The Senator died in 1929 and Clara gave the mansion to the YWCA.[2] In 1960 the soft outer stone, which had been predicted back in 1880 to be too soft, began to crumble and the exterior was covered in stucco. Don and Barbara Sullivan began living there with their children in 1985 when they bought the house. Jim Osterfoss bought it in 1997, restored it, and turned it into a B&B. There is also a stone carriage house which was originally a stable for four horses. The stable house was later used as an automobile garage and during the YWCA years as an entertainment center. The original stone smokehouse is still standing, making a total of three buildings on the property. The carriage and main house are now connected.[6] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1976.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 National Park Service (July 9, 2010). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nagle Warren Mansion – Historic Mansion, Gallery, Culinary Arts". Arts Alliance of Cheyenne. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Nagle Warren Mansion". Fodor's. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nagle Warren Mansion Cheyenne, Wyoming". Historic Hotels. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Nagle Warren Mansion Bed & Breakfast". Nagle Warren Mansion. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "History of the Nagle Warren Mansion and the Cheyenne WY Area". Nagle Warren Mansion. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Nagle Warren Mansion Hotel". Wyoming Tourism. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
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