George Ferris Mansion, Queen Anne style mansion in Rawlins, United States.
George Ferris Mansion is a Queen Anne style house in Rawlins featuring multiple gables, a circular porch, and a round tower built with Colorado pressed brick and local sandstone trim. Inside, the main floor has six rooms with oak, maple, and birch woodwork, plus a separate carriage house on the grounds.
This residence was built between 1899 and 1903 for businessman George Ferris, whose wealth came from the Ferris-Haggarty copper mine. The construction reflects the era when mining prosperity shaped Rawlins as a railroad town.
The house was built for George and Julia Ferris; George died in 1900, thrown from a runaway carriage near his mine, and Julia lived here until her death at 76 in 1931. The design came from a pattern book by the Knoxville firm Barber and Klutz, and the house is now a bed-and-breakfast.
The house operates as a bed-and-breakfast, so the interior can be seen by staying overnight rather than by a public tour. It stands in central Rawlins, within walking distance of downtown, and the carriage house built alongside it in the same years is visible from outside.
The design came from a pattern book by Knoxville architectural firm Barber and Klutz, allowing builders in remote Wyoming towns to access fashionable architectural styles. This practice of using published building plans helped bring contemporary design to communities far from major cities.
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