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Deadwood, South Dakota

Historic Hotels & Inns in Deadwood

Five historic stays in Deadwood, from the 1903 Historic Franklin Hotel on Main Street to the Adams Block on Sherman Street and a Queen Anne house in Ingleside.

5 historic places to stay · verified October 2026 · by Historic Inns editors

The short answer

For a night on Main Street, book the Historic Franklin Hotel, opened June 4, 1903, the one stay here built as a hotel. A block off Main, the Historic Iron Horse Inn (1896) and The Branch House (1912) both offer free on-site parking, and The Landmark Hotel & Casino is in the Adams Block, where W.E. Adams opened his grocery in January 1895. Up in the Ingleside neighborhood, the 1899 Inn is a Queen Anne house for guests 12 and older; book the main house for the historic rooms. All five are inside the National Historic Landmark district, which covers the whole city. Book early for the Sturgis Rally on August 6–15, 2027, Days of ’76 on July 25–31 (tentative) and Kool Deadwood Nites on August 17–22 (tentative).

Our top picks

Splurge

1899 Inn

Built 1899–1903

Henry B. Wardman's Queen Anne house in Ingleside; book the main house for the historic rooms. Children 12 and older only.

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Compare them side by side

InnAreaBuiltRoomsTypePriceHaunted
The Landmark Hotel & CasinoDeadwood & Sherman Streets1894–1909–Boutique hotel$Rates
Historic Iron Horse InnDeadwood & Sherman Streets189619Inn$Rates
1899 InnIngleside1899–19039B&B–Rates
Historic Franklin HotelLower Main Street1903–Grand hotel–YesRates
The Branch HouseDeadwood & Sherman Streets19128Inn–Rates

Price is a typical nightly rate: $ under $200, $$ $200–349, $$$ $350–549, $$$$ $550+. Rates vary by season; check the inn for exact prices.

Where they are

The neighborhoods

Where to stay, by area

Lower Main Street

Deadwood was established in 1876 by the gold rush. The National Archives says the 1868 treaty recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, the 1874 expedition found gold, miners followed, the government confiscated the land in 1877, and ownership is still in legal dispute. Lower Main is the commercial core of the gulch, running from Pioneer Way to Pine Street. The Historic Franklin Hotel stands at the Pine Street end, at 700 Main in City and Chamber records and 709 Main on its own site, the only one of our five stays on Main Street itself. From its door you can walk to Outlaw Square, the year-round plaza for concerts and ice skating. Wild Bill Hickok was shot by Jack McCall on August 2, 1876, in Nuttall & Mann’s No. 10 Saloon; KOTA places today’s Wild Bill Bar near the approximate site. Today’s Saloon No. 10, at 657 Main, stages Shooting of Wild Bill reenactments during Wild Bill Days. Seth Bullock’s hotel at 633 Main still stands, but we don’t list it for now, because its online booking link failed a security check when we tested it. The March 5, 1894 fire burned this lower business district, known as the Badlands, and a two-year restoration of Main Street finished on June 6, 1992. The City’s 2026 parade closures ran this whole stretch, so expect street closures for the Days of ’76 parades. The Welcome Center is at 501 Main, and Chinatown, the north end of the 1870s town, is where the Historic Preservation Commission began a four-year archaeological dig in 2001.

Upper Main Street

Upper Main runs from Pine Street to Armory Street, and we list no stay here. This is the quieter, residential end of the street: the State’s proposed inventory of the district lists two-story frame houses and porches through the 760s to 790s, including a Queen Anne with a rough-cut stone facade at 766 Main. It adjoins Lower Main at Pine Street, and street parking drops to $1.00 an hour against $2.00 on Lower Main.

Deadwood & Sherman Streets

Three of our five stays are here, a block east of Main: the Historic Iron Horse Inn (27 Deadwood Street) in the former railroad district, The Branch House (37 Sherman Street) in the old warehouse-wholesale district, and The Landmark Hotel & Casino (53 Sherman Street) in the Adams Block. Sherman grew up alongside Main as the town’s second commercial street, and brick paving began here in 1907. A fire in September 1879 started on Sherman Street, burned 300 buildings and left 3,000 homeless, and the town rebuilt in brick and stone within six months. The Adams Museum (54 Sherman Street, dedicated 1930) asks a suggested donation of $5 for adults and $3 for children. The Lawrence County Courthouse (78 Sherman Street) opened in December 1907, and the History and Information Center is at 3 Siever Street, in the Historic Railroad Depot.

Ingleside & Forest Hill

The hillside neighborhoods above Main began as mining camps: Ingleside was one of seven 1876 camps in the gulch and held Deadwood’s first cemetery. Wild Bill Hickok was buried at Ingleside, and Charlie Utter moved him to Mount Moriah in August 1879. The one stay we list here is the 1899 Inn (21 Lincoln Avenue), which the City places in the Ingleside Planning Unit and the Presidential Neighborhood; the inn says the public Sherman Street lot is two blocks away. Forest Hill, the planning unit that takes in Williams Street and Forest and Centennial avenues, has no listed stay, though the State’s draft amendment singles out Williams Street for its architecture. Mount Moriah Cemetery, established in 1878, sits on a plateau above the gulch and holds the graves of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. Entry is $2.00 cash, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. from mid-May to mid-October, and its road is too steep for RVs, buses and vehicles with trailers. The Historic Adams House is at 22 Van Buren Street.

Pluma & Lead

No Deadwood stay on our list sits here. The City’s free South Gateway (Pluma) lot on Highway 85 marks the south end of town, with restrooms, picnic areas and Mickelson Trail access. The Broken Boot Gold Mine (1200 Pioneer Way) is open daily 8 a.m.–6 p.m. from the Saturday of Memorial Weekend through Labor Day. Nearby Lead is home of the Homestake Mine, which closed in 2001 and became a deep underground research lab, and the Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center (160 West Main Street, Lead) is free and open Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Deadwood Trolley stays inside the city limits, so you’ll need a car or taxi for Lead. Town Hall Inn in Lead is on our South Dakota page.

The inns

1894–1909The Landmark Hotel & Casino

Built 1894–1909 · Deadwood & Sherman Streets · Boutique hotel

The Landmark Hotel & Casino

Why stay W.E. Adams opened his grocery here in January 1895; the hotel says the Adams Block itself was transformed into the hotel and casino.

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1896Historic Iron Horse Inn

Built 1896 · Deadwood & Sherman Streets · Inn

Historic Iron Horse Inn

Why stay F.D. Smith's 1896 stone feed store, later the city post office, became the Wagner Hotel in 1921; a block off Main, with free parking.

Good to know Breakfast: available · Parking: on-site free · Elevator

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1899–19031899 Inn

Built 1899–1903 · Queen Anne · Ingleside · B&B

1899 Inn

Why stay Henry B. Wardman's Queen Anne house in Ingleside; book the main house for the historic rooms. Children 12 and older only.

Good to know Breakfast: included · No elevator · No pets

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Historic Franklin HotelGeneMJ530 / CC BY-SA 4.0

Built 1903 · Renaissance Revival elements (rusticated stone and tan brick) · Lower Main Street · Grand hotel

Historic Franklin Hotel

Why stay Built as a hotel and opened June 4, 1903, on Main Street; the hotel names Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft as guests.

The ghost story KOTA reported in October 2024 that the hotel is said to be haunted by Harris Franklin, the investor behind it, who is believed to watch over the hotel and its restaurant.

Good to know Breakfast: available

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1912The Branch House

Built 1912 · Deadwood & Sherman Streets · Inn

The Branch House

Why stay The 1912 Armour & Co. cold-storage warehouse, with exposed brick walls; guests check in at the Hotel by Gold Dust on Lee Street.

Good to know Breakfast: available · Parking: on-site free · No pets

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Before you book

Planning your stay

Getting around

Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP, 4550 Terminal Road) is a 52-mile, one-hour drive from Deadwood by Travel South Dakota’s figure. Deadwood is laid out along Highway 14A, with Highway 85 through town. Downtown is walkable: Travel South Dakota’s Historic Main Street Urban Trail takes about 30 minutes and covers less than a mile, though the City’s plan calls Highway 14A a major barrier for pedestrians. The City’s trolley costs $2.00 per ride (cash or token) or $8.00 for a day pass, with tokens and passes sold at the Welcome Center (501 Main) and the History and Information Center (3 Siever), and it stops at hotels and casinos inside the city limits only. It isn’t a 24-hour service: the City’s schedule, dated April 2025, runs Sunday–Thursday 8 a.m.–midnight and Friday–Saturday 8 a.m.–2 a.m. in summer, and winter keeps those same outer hours with fewer trolleys. With one trolley running each stop is served once an hour, and with two or more every half hour. The Chamber lists several taxi and shuttle companies.

Parking

Deadwood’s Main Street sits in the middle of the gulch and parking is limited, but the City runs ramps and lots within walking distance. Free lots: Sherman Street (280 spaces, with Mickelson Trail access), the Welcome Center at the north end (219 spaces), the Event Complex, the Deadwood Hill Trail Head and South Gateway (Pluma). Paid street parking is $2.00 an hour on Lower Main and $1.00 an hour on Upper Main from Pine Street to Armory Street, with other paid stretches on Sherman, Deadwood, Lee and Siever streets. Pay-by-plate kiosks cost $1.00 an hour under the 2026 fee resolution, payable at the kiosk or on the ParkSmarter app. The covered Broadway Parking Ramp, less than a block off Main, is $5.00 for 24 hours from October 1 to April 30, $10.00 from May 1 to September 30 and $15.00 on special event weekends. Overnight camping is banned in City lots, and unattached trailers are allowed only at the Deadwood Hill lot, up to seven days. Of our stays, the Historic Iron Horse Inn and The Branch House offer free on-site parking, and the 1899 Inn has a small, limited off-street lot and sends extra or oversized vehicles to the Sherman Street lot. Ask the Historic Franklin Hotel and The Landmark Hotel & Casino about parking before you book.

When to go

Summer is the busy season, and Travel South Dakota points to the shoulder seasons as ideal. Winter is the quiet option, with ice skating at Outlaw Square and skiing at Terry Peak in nearby Lead. The City of Sturgis has set the 87th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally for August 6–15, 2027. The Chamber’s 2027 citywide sheet, dated October 17, 2026, calls all of its dates tentative: Mardi Gras Weekend, February 5–6 (tentative); Wild Bill Days, June 18–20 (tentative); Days of ’76 Rodeo, July 25–31 (tentative); Kool Deadwood Nites, August 17–22 (tentative); Deadwood Jam, September 17–18 (tentative); and Deadweird, October 29–30 (tentative).

Accessibility

Deadwood is a narrow gulch of 19th- and early-20th-century buildings with hillside neighborhoods above Main, so check each building. Drivers with handicap placards or plates park free at any paid spot except Purple Heart spaces and the Broadway Ramp. The Historic Franklin Hotel offers ADA rooms on request, including a suite with wide doorways and a roll-in shower, and the Historic Iron Horse Inn lists an elevator. The 1899 Inn has no elevator and some third-floor rooms reached by two flights of stairs. Ask The Branch House and The Landmark Hotel & Casino about access before you book, and check the trolley with the City. The Mount Moriah Cemetery road is too steep for RVs, buses and trailers.

Before you book

Book early for the Sturgis Rally (August 6–15, 2027), Days of ’76 (July 25–31, 2027, tentative) and Kool Deadwood Nites (August 17–22, 2027, tentative). On October 30, 2026, the Historic Iron Horse Inn showed a two-night minimum on all four dates we tested, including January. The 1899 Inn charges the first night at booking and needs 60 days’ notice to refund Sturgis and Kool Deadwood Nites stays, and it takes children 12 and older only. The Historic Franklin Hotel requires guests to be 21 to book and asks for 72 hours’ cancellation notice on special events, 24 hours otherwise. At The Branch House, guests check in at the Hotel by Gold Dust on Lee Street. Ask The Branch House and The Landmark Hotel & Casino about rally rules before you book.

Things to do

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Questions travelers ask

What is the oldest hotel building in Deadwood?

There’s no clean winner among our five stays. The Adams Block, now The Landmark Hotel & Casino, dates from 1894–95, and the Historic Iron Horse Inn’s stone building from 1896. The Historic Franklin Hotel, opened June 4, 1903, is the one built as a hotel.

Which Deadwood stay is closest to Main Street?

The Historic Franklin Hotel is the only one on Main Street itself. The Historic Iron Horse Inn and The Branch House each describe themselves as a block or steps off Main, and The Landmark Hotel & Casino puts itself a block east of Outlaw Square. The 1899 Inn is the one stay up in the residential hills. All five are inside the district, which covers the whole city and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.

Is Deadwood walkable?

Downtown is. Travel South Dakota’s Historic Main Street Urban Trail is less than a mile and about 30 minutes of easy walking, and four of the five stays are on Main or a block off it. Two cautions: the City’s plan calls Highway 14A a major barrier for pedestrians, and the neighborhoods above Main are hillsides. The $2.00 trolley covers the rest of town.

Where do you park in Deadwood?

The free options are the Sherman Street lot (280 spaces) and the Welcome Center lot (219 spaces). Street parking is $2.00 an hour on Lower Main and $1.00 on Upper Main, and the covered Broadway Ramp is $5.00 to $15.00 for 24 hours depending on season and events. The Historic Iron Horse Inn and The Branch House include free on-site parking, and the 1899 Inn has a small lot.

When is the best time to visit Deadwood?

Travel South Dakota says summer is busiest and points to the shoulder seasons as ideal; winter is quieter, with skating at Outlaw Square and skiing at Terry Peak. Book early for the Sturgis Rally (August 6–15, 2027), Days of ’76 (July 25–31, tentative) and Kool Deadwood Nites (August 17–22, tentative).

Is gambling allowed in Deadwood?

Yes. Limited-stakes gaming opened on November 1, 1989, after a statewide vote in 1988, and the South Dakota Commission on Gaming regulates it. Casinos offer blackjack, craps, keno, poker, roulette, slots and sports wagering, the maximum bet is $1,000 and you must be 21. Gaming money was meant to save the town’s historic buildings, and the City’s plan credits it with the preservation of hundreds of structures.

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How we chose these inns

Every place on this page is at least 50 years old, holds a credential we can check (National Register listing, a listed historic district, landmark status, or Historic Hotels of America membership), and takes bookings today. We verify each one against primary sources before it goes on the list, and last checked this list in October 2026. Read our criteria.

Planning details on this page (parking, transport, seasons and events) come from: cityofdeadwood.com, npgallery.nps.gov, deadwood.com, travelsouthdakota.com, sturgismotorcyclerally.com, daysof76.com, deadwoodjam.com, terrypeak.com, deadwoodhistory.com, archives.gov, dor.sd.gov, sanfordlab.org, brokenbootgoldmine.com, kotatv.com, sdpb.org, historicalmarkerproject.com, silveradofranklin.com, 1899inn.com, ironhorseinndeadwood.com, branchhousehotel.com, deadwoodlandmark.com.

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