The Chateau de Mores - 1/8 mile west and 1/8 miles south of Medora
Chimney Park - west edge of Medora
De Mores Memorial Park - downtown Medora
INTERPRETIVE CENTER
Oct. 1–April 30
9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Tues.–Sat.
May 1–Sept. 30
9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Daily
CHATEAU
Oct. 1–April 30
Closed
May 1–Sept. 30
9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Daily
CHIMNEY PARK AND DEMORES MEMORIAL PARK
Open year-round
We are closed the following holidays:
New Year's Eve & Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Presidents Day
Good Friday
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day & Black Friday
Christmas Eve & Day
Chateau historic house museum
Interpretive Center Exhibits
Modern Facilities
Restroom (limited ADA and open hours only)
Ramps into both buildings
Tourist information
Meeting rooms, Outdoor facilities such as Chimney Park, Chateau Porch, Interpretive Center patio are available. Contact the Interpretive Center at 701.623.4355.
Adult: $10
Child (6-17): $5
School Group: $1/person
Bus Tour: $7/person
Admission is free for children 0-5 years old and State Historical Society of North Dakota Foundation members.
Medora ND
The Theodore Roosevelt National Park Guide
Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation
Cowboy Hall of Fame, Medora ND
Medora Chamber of Commerce
Friends of the Chateau
The Chateau de Mores State Historic Site interprets the life of the Marquis de Mores. A French aristocrat with an entrepreneurial spirit common during this era, the Marquis came to Dakota Territory in 1883 to find fortune in the cattle industry. He planned to slaughter range cattle at Medora, ship dressed meat east in refrigerated rail cars, and provide urban consumers with a better quality meat product.
The Marquis invested heavily in his dream. He built a meat-packing plant, bought cattle and land, and employed cowboys and workers. For three years Medora hummed with activity; the de Mores family built houses, businesses, and a Catholic church. The Marquis’s many enterprises included cattle ranches, sheep ranches, and the Medora-Deadwood Stagecoach line.
When the Marquis’s meat-packing scheme collapsed in 1886, his commercial empire did as well. His dreams, however, created a romantic legacy that lives on in western North Dakota.
Still standing in the town he named for his wife is the home he built for his in-laws, the wealthy von Hoffmans from New York, and a Catholic church his wife had constructed. De Mores Memorial Park and a statue of the Marquis also recall the de Mores presence. The meat-packing plant burned in 1907; its brick chimney still stands east of the Little Missouri River at what is now Chimney Park.
Address:
3426 Chateau Road
Medora, ND 58645
Get Directions
Interpretive Center Hours:
Oct. 1–April 30
9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Tues.–Sat.
May 1–Sept. 30
9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Daily
Chateau Hours:
Oct. 1–April 30
Closed
May 1–Sept. 30
9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Daily
Chimney Park and DeMores Memorial Park Hours:
Open year-round
Contact Chateau de Mores:
phone: 701.623.4355
email: shschateau@nd.gov
Contact SHSND:
phone: 701.328.2666
email: history@nd.gov
