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Pettigrew Home and Museum

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Pettigrew Home and Museum

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Welcome to the Past!

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Tour the elegant 1889 Queen Anne-style home of South Dakota's first senator, Richard Pettigrew. Take a guided tour of the historic home, or browse the museum galleries and discover the Sioux Falls of the late 1800s.



"Welcome to the Past! Tour the elegant 1889 Queen Anne-style home of South Dakota’s first senator, Richard Pettigrew. Take a guided tour of the historic home, or browse the museum galleries and discover the Sioux Falls of the late 1800s. Free admission. Free parking. Wheelchair accessible. Open Monday through Sunday."
Address: 131 N Duluth Ave, Sioux Falls 57104
Phone: (605) 367-7097
Email: gro.ytnuocahahennim@muesum
Parking: Street
State: SD
City: Sioux Falls
Street Number: 131 N Duluth Ave
Zip Code: 57104
categories: historical place, monument, history museum


Opening Hours

Monday: 12:00 - 17:00
Tuesday: 12:00 - 17:00
Wednesday: 12:00 - 17:00
Thursday: 12:00 - 17:00
Friday: 12:00 - 17:00
Saturday: 12:00 - 17:00
Sunday: 12:00 - 17:00

Reviews
The home is stunning, and it was very interesting to learn about how it was added on to over the years. The Lincrusta wallpaper is an incredible site to see! The layout of the home also has some very unique aspects I've never seen in any other historic home I've toured, including the round, marble-topped radiators! Two drawbacks are that much of the furnishings are period but not original and that a number of items collected over decades by the owner are no longer part of his museum a sad comment on the descendants who seemingly did not honor the wishes of the owner when he willed the home to be used by the city as a museum. That said, it is still well worth a visit.
I really enjoyed this mansion. The house is beautiful and it's wonderful to experience how they lived a 100 years ago. It's amazing that this mansion is free, as other mansions I've toured usually have a charge. Something about the original owner of the home required that it it be maintained as a free museum. Our tour guide was excellent and knew all the answers to my esoteric questions. Old mansions like this simply require a tour guide to make the most of the experience, and this was an excellent example of that.
I am quite impressed. Normally a home tour like this would cost $5-10 but this is absolutely free. That's my favorite price. The tour of the home is guided and you have to wait...but they have a museum wing where you can pass the time looking at displays. What a great idea. The house itself is gorgeous. Well worth a visit. Forget five stars. This is ten.
A beautiful home. It is furnished the way that Mr Pettigrew left it, and the Pettigrew family had very good taste.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNoPrice for adult entryFree
Neat to see the historic home of SD's first senator as it was when he lived there. A beautiful home. I recommend visiting if you have time. There is a museum attached on the back of the house also.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitPrice for adult entryFree
The attendants and staffs really know the history of the Pettigrew family and the museum portion after the guided tour is well worth the time. You'll learn alot about Plains history and the Pettigrew family.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitPrice for adult entryFree
The day my husband and I stopped here they gave us a tour of the house. Make sure you don't touch anything. If you have little ones you probably need to put a leash on them seriously. When we took the tour I couldn't wait until it was over with because there was a woman with her kids and the smallest one kept throwing tantrums and the older daughter was trying to help and the mom would scold the oldest one. The place is interesting and all but we just had a bad experience due to this broad not being to control her children. The staff were nice and tried to help by distracting the kid; anyways the kid was just being a kid.
The Pettigrew Home & Museum has free guided and self-led tours. I do believe that it is handicap accessible as I recall seeing an elevator. The tour guides were friendly and quite knowledgeable and eager to answer our children's questions. The museum holds many interesting pieces of history and artifacts which we were told that Mr. Pettigrew was quite fond of and we were particularly fascinated with the exterior of the home which we were told that Mr. Pettigrew was fond of the petrified wood and desired it for his home. If you are ever in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota do make this museum one of your must-see sites.
The house tour was Amazing! Seeing a house set up so true to the 1920s was quite the experience! Well worth a quick visit. We saw the whole museum and the house in an hour.
Awesome, tour guide was helpful and i learned some real neat things about mr.pettigrew. this place is very unique and a cool little historical gem
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