Voted by Inngoers
among the "Top 15 Inns with Best Antiques" (2004) and "Top 15 Most
Historic Inns" (2001) in annual surveys by
Arrington's Bed & Breakfast Journal and Inn
Traveler. National Register of Historic Places.
This 130 year-old,
seven-gable stone country inn, located 15 minutes southwest of the
Kansas capital city of Topeka, is just over an hour from Kansas City
and two hours from Wichita.
The
first part of the Sage Inn was built in 1865 at the edge of the Kansas
Flint Hills to offer food and lodging to travelers on the Southwest
Trail, which joined the Oregon Trail at Topeka, KS to the Santa Fe
Trail at Council Grove, KS. Behind the Inn was one of only two fords
over Mission Creek, (then called American Chief Creek for the Kanza
Indian Chief's village nearby). Beyond the inn were miles of rolling
Flint Hills and Kansas prairie.
Logo - Kansas History Museum
In 1878, when the Inn was expanded to the size it
is today, it included a livery, corral for horses, ice house and
blacksmith shop. The stagecoach carried freight, mail and passengers to
other destinations.
Back
Yard View
13553
SW K-4 Highway Dover, KS 66420
1-888-INN-1878 (466-1878) or
locally, (785) 256-6050
"A Flint Hills Landmark Since
1878"
The Sage Inn features 18-inch
thick limestone walls, a colonial-era standing seam metal roof, and
wide plank pine floors. It is a full three story structure built into
the side of a hill, giving it a two-story appearance from the front.
The six bedroom Victorian has been completely restored and appointed
with antique furnishings.
A large limestone patio and stairway have been added to the back and
north end garden areas, along with a fountain pond and front yard
waterfall. The rock came from the same local quarry as that
used in the original structure.
