"Silk stocking" B&B for Sosie tonight

Sosie "Sam" Rolfsrud is in Alex with her husband tonight, visiting her mother, and living it up at the Cedar Rose Inn just down 7th Ave from old Central Junior High.  "It comes with all the comforts," she reports,  "like a woodstove, sherry, and dressup clothes in the Alma Anderson room." The room is pictured below. There are no photos on the Cedar Rose Inn website depicting the Inn during the winter and Sosie couldn't find a dry place to stand to take one.
Sam will be at the Class of 1966 mini-reunion Wednesday noon at the LeHotel Sofitel in Bloomington. Then it is back home to a much warmer California.
The Cedar Rose Inn web site continues:
"The inn was built in 1903 by Noah P. Ward, one of Alexandria’s most successful businessmen in an exclusive residential area of Alexandria named the “Silk Stocking District.” Today, the home still retains its original exterior structure with oversized gables and diamond paned windows. The interior design includes a collection of antiques, original maple wood floors, oak woodwork and numerous stained glass windows. 
"You will be greeted by arched oak doorways, a vast open staircase and tiffany chandelier, which are all reminiscent of the early part of the century.

"The walls in the library, living room and dining room have sculpted plaster in the acorn and leaf motif and trailing vines and leaves… a traditional symbol of hospitality. 
"You are invited to curl up in the parlor with a classical book or relax in a window seat nook by a warm crackling fire. Or you may decide to just enjoy an evening on the veranda swing while watching the sunset."
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The web site doesn't mention anything about dressing up and playing house.

The Alma Anderson bedroom where Sosie stayed. To see the rest of the house, click on this. Watch the video to meet the proprietors.