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“Let the relaxed lifestyle of a bygone age be yours”
The historic Main House has three bedrooms, all with private baths, decorated and furnished in keeping with turn of the century style typical of an affluent family of the times. William Watkins Smith, a wealthy banker and investor, purchased land in Sleepy Eye in 1896 and started building his home. What is now the W.W. Smith Inn was completed in 1901. Even by the standards of 1901, it was quite a bargain. During the period the house was under construction, several churches in Sleepy Eye were also being built. Smith took advantage of the many old-world craftsmen assembled in town to work on the churches and enlisted them to provide the stunning wood carving, stained glass and leaded glass work seen in the W.W. Smith Inn. On the first floor of the Inn is a spacious foyer with fireplace, a parlor that flows into a sitting room with bay window and then into the formal dining room, with its own fireplace and built in china closet. Across the hall is a cozy library with built-in book cases. On the second floor are three bedrooms, including a master suite with fireplace.
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