Husband and I enjoyed touring this beautiful building close to the Capital and after a Starbucks. It's free but donations accepted. It is beautiful inside. It was restored for it's 3 different time periods, early 1900's, 1930's and 1960's. Amazing woodwork, furniture, and the self-guided info sheet helps you with info on the rooms. You must see it!
The decorations are spectacular; the staff and volunteers have out done themselves. The gift exhibits are fun allowing visitors to explore the possibilities of Christmases past.Definitely recommend folks in Cheyenne to check it out.
Took a tour on our last day in Cheyenne. Very nicely decorated and the friendly staff are very informative about the history of the mansion. Free and worth your time.
My husband and I visited Cheyenne for only a couple of hours and made a stop at the Historic Governors' Mansion. I am a history buff and really enjoy historic homes. I have to say, that I was very impressed by this house. What I especially liked were all of the different layers of history present in the old mansion. Governor's lived there from the 1800s through the 1970s so the changes that took place in the house were abundant. A lot of times with historic homes, you see them restored back to their original state or the state they were in when someone famous lived there. What I really appreciated about this house was that they kept the evolution. You had the original floors and staircases combined with a 1970s kitchen and laundry. And a 1970s kitchen is itself a time capsul. I loved seeing the atomic bomb shelter in the basement build during the cold war, but also the servants stairs and quarters in the attic. Not very time consuming, you can spend less than an hour here and really enjoy this unique piece of blended history that pays tribute to the past governor's of Wyoming.
We visited this attraction mostly because it was one of the only things open on our return trip through Cheyenne. We're glad we did - it was really interesting to see all the different periods of time represented inside. We really dug the fallout shelter and all the period items inside the home. If you've got a few minutes, it's worth a visit.
Since this mansion is no longer used by the Governor, it is now a house museum. The tour is self-guided with a pretty good brochure to explain the rooms. Fortunately staff were there to answer our questions when we were curious about something. The rooms have been restored to different periods to reflect the years when the building was in use. It's always interesting to see things we remember presented in a museum setting. A visit here doesn't take long but is a nice addition to the capitol and state museum.
Stephanie, the docent, is a gold mine of information about everything associated with Wyoming.The mansion itself is a charming and interesting artifact whichgives good insight to Wyoming history.It is conveniently located close to downtown.
This governor's residence is curb appeal perfection. The best part of our visit was learning a little about the wives of past governors. Be sure to stop by when in the area. Just like all the attractions in Cheyenne, parking is right out front on the street.
A lovely old Edwardian mansion. A nice piece of architecture of course but the furniture, period objects, and decoration really gave one a sense of the various families who had live here. Unusually, rather than restoring the whole house to one period as is the norm with this kind of house, the curators have chosen to restore various rooms to four different periods. The 60s kitchen and bathroom were fascinating to see what changes there have been in the last 50 years and the nuclear fallout shelter was an unusual and revealing feature of the 1950s. If you're interested in architectural, design or social history well worth an hour of your time.
This is good for a nice short visit, to see what a small state's governor's mansion was like for many years. Really, it is a nice house and not a "mansion," in keeping with the down to earth nature of this state.