This large room was used by the Ivinsons for most formal occasions. After a formal dinner, Mrs. Ivinson often brought her lady guests to the Sitting Room while the men retired to the Smoking Room. Children were not allowed in this room!

During the time the Ivinsons lived in the mansion, the industry and trains of Laramie filled the air with pollutants, and their coal-fed heat was very unhealthy as well. This filthy air settled on everything, and cleaning was a major chore. Maids spent many hours cleaning the mansion every day, and the large birds-eye maple pocket doors were kept closed to keep the room from getting dusty. Sheets were kept on the expensive furniture except when company was expected.

The wood in this room is all maple. Each of the large rooms in the house has a different kind of hard wood. Each pocket door is made of two types of wood to compliment the room on either side of the door.

During the Girls’ School era, girls at Ivinson Hall used this room to receive callers and practice etiquette in the Sitting Room during Tea on Tuesday.

This wonderful piano was the first piano brought to Ft. Bridger, and probably one of the first in the state. It was brought west in an ox-cart in 1868.

Return to Home Page  Return to Virtual Tour Page Return to Floor 1 Page