Tea At The Duchess
The Duchess of Cheyenne is proud to present Afternoon Tea every second Saturday from 1-3pm beginning in January of 2025. Please check our website for upcoming themed teas.
Reservations are required. The 1890 setting is perfect for an afternoon romp to the past. Enjoy Chef Brandy's ever-changing menu that may include Delightful cakes, Petite Four, gourmet sandwiches, and the Queen of scones. She is dedicated to preparing and baking treats that our guests love, even on special diets.
Our public teas are also open to children over 12 and at certain teas younger, please check with our office for those dates. If you have a group wishing to celebrate an event, please check with us for private teas.
We often theme our teas depending on the holiday. Please check our specials for those updated schedules.
Dickens Holiday "High Tea"
Clara LeBaron Morgan Warren was a social butterfly most of her life. As a Washington wife when coming home, she entertained Cheyenne with parties and for the ladies, high tea. We continue this tradition in her honor.
Our High Tea is adult (18 and over only). This is the same high tea that is presented at Balmoral Castle. This presentation of tea treasures with it's larger menu includes Champagne.
Claire High Tea is by reservation only by calling our office. This is an Adult Only tea and is $75 per person.
Emilie's Summer Garden Tea
Mrs. Brigadier General George Randall or to us Emilie. Emilie was a lovely gentle woman loved by all. On occasions she would invite the officers wives from the fort to join her in a garden tea.
During pleasant times in the season from June thru October, we will present Emilie's Garden Tea. But not limited, what a wonderful opportunity to be joined by multiple generations. We love that.
Our Emilie Teas will be announced on social media. Call our office for reservations when the announcement is made. Limited Seating is available. Teas are $65. per mother-daughter couple and $30. per extra person.
Showers, Birthdays, Clubs & Engagement Teas
We do not allow private parties and showers within our tea service, this is for the public. But we would love to do your private tea.
Please call us for any private arrangements.
Whether you are the maid of honor for a soon-to-be bride or the mother of the bride, we can help you plan a wonderful get-together to suit the occasion. The mansion provides an elegant backdrop while you and your guests enjoy scrumptious pastries and treats prepared by our very own patisserie. You provide the date and theme, we’ll handle all the details! Please call for availability and options. We do not allow private parties and showers within our tea service, this is for the public. Please call us for any private arrangements.
2024 Holiday Tea At The Duchess
Inspired by Victorian Societies in America, we have founded the Wyoming Victorian Society in 2023. We are dedicated to the appreciation, study, and the preservation of Wyoming’s early history (1860-1920).
What is the Victorian Society in America?
The Victorian Society in America is the only national non-profit organization committed to historic preservation, protection, understanding, education, and enjoyment of our nineteenth century heritage.
The Victorian Society in America was founded in 1966 as a sister organization to the Victorian Society in the U.K., by such legends of historic preservation as Brendan Gill, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, and Margot Gayle. So outraged were they by the 1964 destruction of New York’s magnificent Pennsylvania Station [McKim, Mead, & White, 1910] that they formed the Society to ensure that other important structures did not fall to the wrecker’s ball.
Since then, the Victorian Society in America has fulfilled its mission through publications, symposia, architectural tours, and its famous Summer Schools in Newport, Rhode Island, Chicago, Illinois, and London, England, and has made tremendous contributions to the preservation of many historic buildings. Indeed, Old House Journal included the founding of the Victorian Society as one of the 25 most significant milestones in American preservation.
THE BARON'S CLUB CHAPTER
The Nagle Mansion was the social center of Cheyenne high society beginning in 1888. Through the next 42 years, the ladies of the mansion hosted Teas and parties for both the barons and military officers and wives. Mrs. Emma Nagle, Frankie Pershing, Emily Randall, Rose Cosgriff and Clare Morgan Warren all held lavish public and private events.
