custer house

Good piece of history, it is smaller than I expected, but we got some good information from the guide. It isn't clear when they do tours (ex like every 30 mins) but maybe they just start them when people walk it. But there was no one at the table when we walking it so we started looking around and then a lady showing a couple around said she would show us around when they were done and to wait at the front.

This is a nice memorial, a well perserved building but it is a perversion of history. It is too bad his men had to die for Custers vainity and poor leadership. This was also the last stand for the Sioux, the Cheyenne and all of the tribes. From a military standpoint it was the pinnacle of native power but it was the last victory, ultimately followed by subjecation, defeat and ethnic ckeansing. But you won't see that viewpoint represented here

We stopped for the first time after driving by for 40 years. It was worth the visit, interesting step back into 1855 and seeing how the General and his family lived.

It is worth the visit. Interesting information and displays. Our docent Jennifer was very knowledgeable and nice. The boys learned a lot about "the old days" and were intrigued with the idea of burning buffalo pies.

This is a historic house constructed in 1855 of limestone which is located on Fort Riley off I-70 in mid-Kansas. Apparently this was one of the first houses built in Fort Riley and reflects Fort Riley's earliest history and military home life on the western frontier during the Indian Wars period. Custer and his wife lived here in 1866. The guide was pleasant and fairly knowledgeable. There simply wasn't all that much to see however. If you like seeing houses and furniture from this period, you will probably enjoy this. I found it somewhat boring overall because I guess I expected to hear more about Custer's life here. There really weren't enough artifacts or things or explanations or illustrations to show how people really lived then. For example, I have enjoyed Williamsburg in Virginia and antebellum plantations in the south more because you really get a sense of what earlier life was like. I didn't get that sense here. There is no charge but donations are requested. Overall, I didn't think it was worth the time to get off I-70 and visit here. One other thing--at the gate they say to follow the signs to the house--the day we were there one of those roads was closed and the detour was not marked. If we hadn't been good navigators, we could have gotten lost easily.

As my husband and I were traveling I 70 recently, we saw a small sign near Fort Riley for Custer's House. We decided to make a quick detour to see the house. Going through the checkpoint to get on the ...what at first glance appears to be a modern base, the soldiers were not too familiar with the house, but pointed us in the general area that they thought it would be. As we traveled further onto the base, modern led into older limestone buildings on beautiful tree lined streets. We finally found Custer House amid other limestone officers homes built in the same era and still housing officers families. In fact, next to the Custer House, a new officers family was moving into their duplex home.....as was the Custer Home. The Custer home had been restored a number of years ago to Custer's era and was filled with period furniture. It was fun imagining Custer living there as we had also visited, many years ago in North Dekota, another Custer House. Interestingly, as we traveled further the next day, we came upon a small museum near where Fort Wallace had been. Apparently, Custer had also served there too while his wife was still at Fort Riley. Custer had apparently essentially went AWOL with another soldier to ride back to Fort Riley to see his wife. He was relieved of his duties for awhile, but was quickly reinstated. We were amazed how lovely were the officers homes as well as the commandants home was as we drove around the beautiful tree lined streets and old limestone homes. Often spur of the moment stops...yield the best things!

We visited the Custer House while at Fort Riley recently and the Custer House is a fantastic slice of history. Simple in its appearance, but you can just feel the history there. Definitely take a visit if you visit the fort. Highly Recommend!

We decided to take our time from Junction City to Topeka and bumped into Ft. Riley on I-70. Much to our surprise was a historic home of General Custer and a museum which told the story of the calvary in US history.While the Custer home was closed, open Memorial Day to Labor Day, we had a great time looking and listening to the exhibits about the US Calvary.How the West was won would be a great title of this museum.It was a tough, lonely, exhausting job being in the calvary a 100 years ago but those who joined and served fought in the Civil War and the Indian wars in the late 1800's.They were an integral part of the military until replaced by modern weapons of war which made horses obsolete.We drove on the Ft. Riley army base to get to the museum and Custer house. It was a little intimidating to go thru security but stop and see what a great contribution the calvary made in US history. And we salute the proud soldiers who are stationed at Ft. Riley today. They have a great history to build upon as they keep the peace in the 21st century.

Great guides! My children loved learning about how people lived "back then". We enjoyed our brief stop by this little house.

My wife and I had a great time viewing the "Custer House." We took our time and were there about 30 minutes. Apparently, after this house (quarters 24-A) was restored, it was discovered that Custer actually resided three houses down (21-A).The house is furnished with actual furnishings from mid-late 1800s. All rooms are open for viewing at your leisure but there is a guide who will answer any question you may have. She even looked up an answer she didn't know (the carpets are reproductions).Parlour (front room), dining room, kitchen, servants quarters are on the first floor. Three bedroom are upstairs.

All the rooms are made to look like they would've back when Custer lived here for a couple years in the 1860s. Very nicely done. There is a very knowledgeable and helpful guide who will give you a tour or allow you to go through the house yourself.

A very nice sellection of memoriably from times past with military history and movie sections to view.

The Custer House is located on Fort Riley Military Reservation. It was constructed in 1855 and is made of native limestone. It is the only double set of surviving officer's quarters from the fort's early history. Fort Riley was established as a frontier cavalry post in 1853. It was built to protect people traveling along the Oregon-California and Santa Fe Trails.Originally it was believed that George Armstrong Custer lived in the A side of the house. Research has shown that he never lived in this house, but one a litter farther down which was destroyed by fire. The house, however, was named in honor of him and when you go inside it is like stepping back in time. The house is furnished with period furniture and the guided tour lasts about 30 minutes. It includes the parlor, kitchen, and bedrooms on the second floor. It is very interesting and the furniture and other items you see are really nice.Fort Riley is still an active military base. It is also the home of the 1st Infantry Division (The Big Red One). If you go to the Custer House keep in mind that there are actually alot of things to see. They have 2 nice museums. The first is the U.S. Cavalry Museum which tells the history of the mounted horse soldier from 1775-1950. The second is the 1st Infantry Division Museum which tells the history of the "Big Red One". Both are very nice to visit. There are still many buildings left that were built in the late 1800's including the King Field House (1891) which was an indoor riding hall used to train soldiers on how to ride horses. Across the street from the Custer House is the "Old Trooper" statue which is also the grave of the last Cavalry horse named Chief who died in 1968.In order to enter Ft. Riley, as with any active military base, you will need to go through security and show a drivers license or photo id along with a car registration. If you have a rent a car like we did then the rental agreement will be ok. They will issue you a day pass which will allow you to drive throughout the base. Even though it might seem a bit intimidating, it really isn't.Junction City borders Ft. Riley. If you go on the Junction City visitor's website at www.junctioncity.org and click on attractions it will give you info. on the Custer House as well as visiting Ft. Riley and the other museums as well. They will mail you brochures for Ft Riley if you ask them to.I usually include photos with my reviews, but my memory card was bad and all of my photos were ruined.