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Main House Guest Rooms
The "Main House" as we call it, was built in 1894 and houses six B&B rooms, two parlors, our dining room, our kitchen and our largest outside deck and porches. If you enjoy the B&B experience and like talking to other guests or innkeepers, this is where you want to be. If you are traveling with other friends and family, the main house offers large parlors where you can converse away the hours and we can treat you to coffee, tea, and any leftover muffins or cookies. With six rooms, it is often the perfect size to bring everyone and take over the house for family celebrations. Need more space? All 12 rooms of the Inn are often rented together for local graduations, weddings and special family anniversaries. Let the Walnut Street Inn be your private family Inn. All 6 rooms, plus the parlors and outside sitting areas and porches have free Wi-Fi access.
O'Neill Room
Named for acclaimed artist Rose O'Neill, this enticing room of twilight blue features the best of a "social" location (off the second-floor parlor) and a private sanctuary (with a private balcony entrance/exit). It has a four-poster iron canopy king bed draped with lace, two-person bubble jet tub, gas fireplace, stocked beverage bar, coffee maker, digital cable with a flat-screen TV, WiFi access and a private bath with shower.
McCann Room
Originally the master bedroom, enjoy the beautiful bay windows in this sunny yellow alcove. This is the most photographed room in the house. Amenities include a four-poster king bed, gas fireplace with sitting area, stocked beverage bar, coffee maker, digital cable with a flat-screen TV, WiFi access, and a large bathroom with an antique claw-foot tub with shower. You will not be able to put down the autobiography of Charles McCann, builder of the house. You may want to invite your friends and family to enjoy the second-floor parlor with a fireplace just outside your door.
Wilder Room
Quaint and cozy with a queen bed, this room is named for the well-loved Ozarks author Laura Ingalls Wilder and features a treetop balcony and an antique clawfoot tub/shower in the room at the foot of the bed. Relax into the soft embrace of the quilt-covered queen bed as you read about that "little house on the prairie." This third floor converted maid's quarters is ideal for single travelers or couples who want to "hide in the attic" at our lowest price. The private treetop balcony is best experienced at night (in your pajamas) where you can see the nighthawks circling in the evening sky. There is a flat-screen TV, WiFi access, and a stocked beverage bar just outside your door.
Rosen Room
Named for the fourth owners of the home, the rich burgundy and hunter green of this Victorian room with a four-poster queen bed make it a favorite. The private bath features the original porcelain fixtures and built-in cabinetry from 1910 when the plumbing came indoors! There is a coffeemaker, flat-screen TV, WiFi access, and a wicker lounge, but you may want to enjoy the second-floor parlor with a fireplace just outside your door. For folks traveling together, the Rosen, McCann, and O'Neill rooms, all on the second floor, share a common parlor with a gas fireplace, couch, chairs, and a game table.
Benton Room
This room is named after Missouri artist Thomas Hart Benton and features fifteen-foot lofted ceilings and skylights. Our largest room, there are two queen beds, a living room area (with a sofa), digital cable with a flat-screen TV, DVD player, WiFi access, coffeemaker, microwave, a private bath with an antique claw-foot tub/shower and a stocked beverage bar just outside your door. This room is great for kids and families with plenty of fun places to explore. The Wilder Room (described above) and Benton Room are perfect rooms to share with family or friends. We have had ladies' prayer groups, the bachelorette parties, and sleepovers for preteens in these two rooms (Mom or Dad gets the Wilder Room!)