saloon door · 1894
The Cheyenne Saloon
Cheyenne, Wyoming (Plains Hotel bar, salvaged 1968)
photograph forthcoming
The Cheyenne Saloon doors are bat-wing cafe-style — the kind that swing both directions, hung from pivot hinges, with enough spring tension to close behind a man carrying two beers. They are not the full-height swinging doors of Hollywood Westerns. Those did not exist in the actual West, except as outer storm doors. The waist-high bat-wings are the real article, and these are the article.
Materials
- Quarter-sawn oak
- Pivot hinges (double-action)
- Brass kickplate
Notable features
- Bat-wing (cafe-style) saloon doors — waist-high
- Double-action pivot hinges allow both-direction swing
- Original spring tension — closes within 1.5 seconds
- Stenciled 'BAR' lettering on the inside upper rail
Rate this door
The Society's house rating: 8/10