Celebrating the Conrad legacy

The centerpiece of the Conrads’ dining room is the Chippendale dining set that could be extended the full length of the room. Visitors can still see the faint impression from where their daughter Alicia, when quite young, carved her name into the tabletop. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

The Music Room leads directly off the mansion’s Great Hall. Alicia found the rosewood piano she’d always wanted while on the Conrads’ honeymoon and supervised its crating for the long, hazardous journey back to Fort Benton.(Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

The Conrads specifically designed their home to have a Master Bedroom where both Charles and Alicia slept, although wealthy married couples of the day often slept in separate rooms. The chiffarobe holds period clothing and shoes. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

The Empire-era one piece mahogany breakfront in the Great Hall had to be brought into the home through the library window due to its size. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

A writing desk in the Conrads’ Master Bedroom (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

A copy of the plat map of the town of Kalispell is displayed in the mansion on the original table it was drawn by Charles E. Conrad in 1891 at his Kalispell Townsite Company office; it was also the table on which Lettie gave birth to the Conrads’ youngest daughter Alicia. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

The shoulder mount of Kalispell Chief, the Conrads’ favorite bull who died of natural causes at age 32, watches over the Billiards Room. Friday, Sept. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Charles E. Conrad (courtesy Conrad Mansion Museum)

Alicia "Lettie" Conrad (courtesy Conrad Mansion Museum)