De Smet ยท Two houses from the Ingalls Home
Prairie House Manor
Banker Thomas H. Ruth's 1900 house in De Smet, two houses from the Ingalls Home; only the Japanese Garden Room allows dogs.
- Built
- 1900Built 1900 as a single residence for banker Thomas H. Ruth, remodeled into apartments in 1929, restored 1989, and a B&B from 1990.
- Style
- Colonial Revival
- Type
- B&B
- Rooms
- 5
- Area
- Two houses from the Ingalls Home
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Colonel Thomas H. Ruth came to De Smet in 1880, founded the Kingsbury County Bank with his brother and served as mayor. He built this house about 1900 and died in 1908. It was converted to apartments in 1929, when the front porch was removed. Larry and Connie Cheney restored it in 1989 and opened the bed and breakfast the next year, and the porch was rebuilt from photographs in 1996.
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Address: 209 Highway 25 South, De Smet, SD 57231
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.