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Well, it's time, and Liz and I are off next weekend to view the Historic LeRoy Hotel in Custer, SD so ensure it suits our needs for the move next year of HatsAmerica and TheFedoraStore.com. We need more room for more inventory, and this will be one heck of a hat store and mail order headquarters close to family and the wilderness. If it looks good, it's time to make an offer. It's nice because it's has four rentable cottages along with the hotel rooms. Plenty of room for travelers who can visit Rushmore, Crazy Horse, all of the Black Hills, and of course our hat store. Also, my brother owns and operates the Bumpin' Buffalo restaurant in Hill City.
http://www.bumpinbuffalollc.com
The building was built in the early 1890's by a pair of
gentlemen by the names of Charles Sager and William Krause. The
two men came from the Chicago area at the time when gold was
first discovered in the Black Hills. They formed a friendship with a
local merchant who helped them start a Seed & Flour store in the
building. The store operated until the deaths of Charles in 1901 and
Bill in 1906. From 1906 until 1913 the Westinghouse Mining Co.,
which operated out of the New York Mica mine, acquired the building
to be used as a splitting, grading, and shipping facility. Large
wooden tables stretched the interior length of the building with
workers selecting top grades of mica for shipment. It is written in
the Custer County History book that Mr. Westinghouse himself
came out to inspect and look things over.
In 1915, the local schoolhouse was deemed not worthy of occupancy
so the most of the classes were held in the pre-hotel building.
In fact, the Custer Class of 1916 graduated from the hotel
building.
In the late teen's, two gentlemen (Leland Willis & Roy Metcalf)
from the Westinghouse Mining Company decided to convert the
building into the LeRoy Hotel. They would host local traveling businessmen
as well as the increasing tourists. The LeRoy Hotel was
operated up until the 1960's when it was turned into apartment
units.
The sign of the "Old LeRoy Hotel", as the locals call it, was painted
over several times throughout its history but in a sandblasting effort
in the mid-1990's the faint original hotel sign was present. The
sign was reconditioned and rekindled a spirit of the hotel wanting
to return. In 1999, the hotel rooms had been modified several times due to plumbing fixture improvements, separate bathrooms-per-room additions, and general re-sizing due to expectations of travelers. We offer the remodeled
larger rooms, each styled in an era of the operation of the
Hotel. The bathroom fixtures are modern whirlpools for maximum
guest comfort. Original style sink-faucets, and furnishings were installed
to remind the guests of what the rooms might have been
like during each period.
Thanks for the support of many loungers which of course is helping make this possible.
Duane
http://www.bumpinbuffalollc.com
The building was built in the early 1890's by a pair of
gentlemen by the names of Charles Sager and William Krause. The
two men came from the Chicago area at the time when gold was
first discovered in the Black Hills. They formed a friendship with a
local merchant who helped them start a Seed & Flour store in the
building. The store operated until the deaths of Charles in 1901 and
Bill in 1906. From 1906 until 1913 the Westinghouse Mining Co.,
which operated out of the New York Mica mine, acquired the building
to be used as a splitting, grading, and shipping facility. Large
wooden tables stretched the interior length of the building with
workers selecting top grades of mica for shipment. It is written in
the Custer County History book that Mr. Westinghouse himself
came out to inspect and look things over.
In 1915, the local schoolhouse was deemed not worthy of occupancy
so the most of the classes were held in the pre-hotel building.
In fact, the Custer Class of 1916 graduated from the hotel
building.
In the late teen's, two gentlemen (Leland Willis & Roy Metcalf)
from the Westinghouse Mining Company decided to convert the
building into the LeRoy Hotel. They would host local traveling businessmen
as well as the increasing tourists. The LeRoy Hotel was
operated up until the 1960's when it was turned into apartment
units.
The sign of the "Old LeRoy Hotel", as the locals call it, was painted
over several times throughout its history but in a sandblasting effort
in the mid-1990's the faint original hotel sign was present. The
sign was reconditioned and rekindled a spirit of the hotel wanting
to return. In 1999, the hotel rooms had been modified several times due to plumbing fixture improvements, separate bathrooms-per-room additions, and general re-sizing due to expectations of travelers. We offer the remodeled
larger rooms, each styled in an era of the operation of the
Hotel. The bathroom fixtures are modern whirlpools for maximum
guest comfort. Original style sink-faucets, and furnishings were installed
to remind the guests of what the rooms might have been
like during each period.
Thanks for the support of many loungers which of course is helping make this possible.
Duane
