Bed & Breakfast Style Rooms At The Inn
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Mary Jane Room
Named for the previous owner’s sister, Mary Jane, who helped with
the least pleasant aspects of the restoration, scrubbing floors and painting.
This room had the most structural damage as the ceiling, floor, and walls
had to be replaced due to severe roof decay, which had gone uncorrected for
many years. From 1923 to 1953, this room was the lab for the local dentist,
Dr. Jack Hanifan. Cabinets in the bathroom and bedroom were made by Chuck
Staab to fit into difficult spaces. Rates are $75/night plus tax.
Hanifan Room
Named for the long time local dentist, Dr. Jack Hanifan who had his practice
here from 1923 to 1953. This was the waiting room for his patients and the dental
chair was located near the window of the interior staircase. Dr Hanifan moved
his practice across the street in 1953 because the building’s owner would
not put in hot water. Rates are $85/night plus tax.
Jamieson Room
Named after Ray Jamieson, a very prominent Shullsburg citizen and
president of the 1st National Bank which inhabited the first floor
from 1909 to 1933. Ray Jamieson had an acting role in the first talking
movie ever produced and the bank building was owned by the Jamieson
family for many years.
This room is very spacious and inviting. The walls are a prairie dust
color with country white trim. A “courtyard quilt” adorns
the gray metal queen size Bowman bed. Near the window of the long room
is a built in cabinet housing the TV and VCR. A love seat and wing
back chair provides a nice sitting area. The spacious bathroom has
an old fashioned claw foot tub in addition to the shower. All cabinetry
was designed and made by Chuck Staab. Samplers and sampler pillows
add to the warmth of the room with one of the samplers being a house
in Shullsburg. This is a copy of an original stitched by a little girl
in 1846. Rates are $95/night plus tax.
Crowley Suite
Named for Clifford E. Crowley, the last of many attorneys and judges
to occupy this space. He began his practice in 1953 and for many years,
the letters “C. E. Crowley, Law Office” were stenciled
on the 7’ tall windows, clearly visible from Water Street below.
Many weddings took place in this room with a judge presiding.
The original safe in the suite was far too heavy to be moved so the
entire decorating scheme revolved around the black stenciled safe.
The TV/VCR cabinet, on top of the safe, is designed in the same manner
as the safe. There are two styles of floor boards with the wider pine
boards being original. They have never been painted and show 120 years
of scratches, dents, and cigarette burns.
The floor boards in the bed
room are narrower and were probably installed in the 1920s. Although
it is new the fireplace looks as if it has always been there, as it
was carefully designed to appear original. The brick in the hearth
came from one of three chimneys in the building that had to be removed
due to structural concerns. Rates are $150/night plus tax.
All the buildings on Water Street originally had shutters on the upstairs windows. The shutters in the suite were patterned from the original town ones. The Oddfellows hall, one block to the east, still has the original shutters in use.
The large door at the end of the hall, next to the Crowley Suite, connects to the Brewster building. The original purpose of the door was to move merchandise from one building to the other. In the 1940s, there was a staircase, which led to the 3rd floor of the Brewster building for weekend dances and card parties but it is currently secured shut.
Bed & Breakfast Room Amenities
- Private bath with full size shower
- TV/VCR with Expanded Cable
- Downstairs Pub and Eatery
- Breakfast included with packages only
- Each room has its own climate control for heat and air conditioning
- Scented handmade soap by Ellen’s Soap Pantry of Shullsburg
- Maintained as fresh as opening day
- Your privacy needs are acknowledged and met
- Member of Wisconsin Innkeepers Association
- State inspected and licensed
- Furnishings in room are a tasteful mix of antiques and custom-made pieces
Why stay at Galena Illinois lodging accommodations when you can
experience true history only 20 minutes away in Shullsburg WI?
Water Street Place Historic Inn | 202 W Water
Street, Shullsburg, WI 53586
Lodging Reservations Call: (608) 482-3286 | Pub & Eatery Call: (608)
965-3228
Hours: WE-TH 11AM - 8PM, FR-SA 11AM - 10PM & SUN 11AM to 3PM
Vacation
in your own backyard at www.WaterStreetPlace.com !
