224 South Main Sheridan County Courthouse - 1905
Placed on the National Registry of Historic Places, this courthouse was built for a total sum of $55,400.55 and was completed in 1905. The building located on the southwest corner of the property was added in 1913 at a cost of $14,200 and served as the county jail and sheriff's residence. There is an underground tunnel, connecting the jail to the courthouse.
49 South MainDr. E. E. Levers Office/Residence
Healy Law Office
This is unique in that it is the only house remaining in the downtown historic district. The building was occupied by Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Levers and later by Dr. and Mrs. Crane; both men were general practitioners and used the back part of the house as an office and the front part as their homes.
122 North Main
Original Bank of Commerce
Custer Battlefield Trading Post
The Bank of Commerce was located here from 1894-1904. The bank and the building next to it were built in 1894 as a block through an agreement with the bank and J. Frank Heald, a jeweler who came to Sheridan in 1887. It contains many elements of the Beaux Arts Style. The project pavilion entrance with columns is a highlight of that style.
Original Bank of Commerce
Custer Battlefield Trading Post
1-7 South Main
J.H. Conrad Store - 1883
Hospital Pharmacy
J.H. Conrad Store - 1883
Hospital Pharmacy
This is the only false front building which remains on Sheridan's Main Street. It was constructed in 1883 as Sheridan's first general store and is the oldest building in Sheridan's Historic District. The false front is typical for buildings in western pioneer towns. At one time it had a large blackboard which said, "We sell everything from knitting needles to threshing machines." The Conrad's were bankers, mercantilists and cattlemen. They grazed thousands of cattle from the Platte River to the Yellowstone River. The current mural on the building was painted by Bernard Thomas, a local artist who became well-known throughout the country for his murals.
Fetterman Monument – in August of 1938 On December 21, 1866, Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors staged an ambush some three miles from Fort Phil Kearny. Ordered to rescue a besieged wood-wagon train, Captain William J. Fetterman and 80 men were decoyed over Lodge Trail Ridge by a small number of Indians led by the young Lakota Sioux warrior, Crazy Horse, into a trap where over 1000 warriors waited in hiding. Fetterman's pursuit over the ridge, in violation of Carrington's orders, led to the death of the entire command. Today an impressive stone monument and memorial plaque marks the site of this tragic battle, one of the few in American military history in which an entire command was wiped out. A walking path has also been developed in recent years along the ridge, with over 30 signs interpreting the battle from both the military and Indian points of view.
