I came all the way from New York to do a months work on hiking and site seeing in Arkansas this pass January & February and i thought this might make a good quick little stop after seeing the Fort Smith Site. BOY, WAS I WRONG! the is simply gorgeous. full of charm. i loved everything about it. i almost wish i lived here. but that wasnt it. i was in for another real treat. the ladies that work here are fabulous, wonderful, genuine, friendly, good people full of joy. happy to see me visiting their place. i must have been on 200 house tour over the pass 3 years and i got to be honest. these ladies are by far are my favorite. i cant say enough about them. i wish i could of stayed with them all day. i left there smiling on a rainy February day.

This former brothel is very likely the most unusual visitor centre you will ever visit. The house tour was, well, quite inspiring. I would recommend to watch the movie True Grit to get an idea of Fort Smith in the 19th century. Wear the mask. Protect Arkansas.

Fantastic tour. I would highly recommend you make this one of your tourist stops when passing through or visiting Ft. Smith. It was as educational as it was entertaining.

This place is absolutely stunning and steeped in amazing history! Our tour guide, Carol was the sweetest lady and we adored spending time with her! I highly recommend a guided tour!

The docent did a great job of explaining the history.

Awesome place to learn a little about Fort Smiths once thriving brothels. Tours are guided if you wish and the guides are knowledgable. Admission is free. The building itself has had a interesting history as well.

Do your self a favor and stop by this amazing place filled with history and a great docent.

Jim, our tour guide was fabulous! Thanks for the informative tour! We thought we were just walking into a visitor, it turned out to be a great educational experience about Fort Smith and the south.

The tour guide was so full of information. We loved the tour!

My daughter and I had a tour guide all to ourselves! The history of this place was made very entertaining by our tour guide, Gayla. The place has been immaculately restored by the City of Fort Smith. The entire tour took about an hour. Thanks Fort Smith for saving this place!

The lady at the center was very knowledgeable. It was an interesting place.

Must give this place a visit! Linda was our tour guide and she was sooo friendly! The history is very interesting and there are many details to look at!

We had a wonderful relaxed visit. The staff was welcoming and ready to take us on the tour of the beautifully restored house or to sit and talk about the history of the owner, ladies of the night, or the history of Ft. Smith. I have toured Ft. Smith many times but this find made this trip exciting, like finding a hidden treasure! Please take the time to visit the other side of Ft. Smith, you will not be disappointed.

Youre going to love it! A period place.

Definitely worth the visit.... and it’s free

We showed up 15 minutes before closing but they were kind enough to give us an Express tour of the bordello .It was very interesting, pretty awesome architecture and handcrafted woodwork that was amazing . we had lots of fun the tour guide was very informative took quite a few pictures it was a very enjoyable.

Take the tour. It was very informative. This is a very interesting part of American history.

Was a great tour with lots of history to learn

A guide came to us as soon as we came in and gave us a guided tour. It was such an interesting and informative experience! Also is the visitors center of Fort Smith.

We are the wonderful guide this was a very interesting place about that part of our history and I learned a considerable a lot while I was there it was also fun.

Sad we were not able to see second floor due to Covid 19!

My family came into Miss Lauras today to take my daughter on a historical/educational visit for her first day of spring break. Jim was our tour guide and did a magnificent job. I loved how he broke things down for her in a way that someone her age could understand and was very good at keeping her visit PG! We loved the house and all of its charm!!! We will definitely be returning!!! Thank you all for a wonderful time!!! We love Miss Lauras!!!!!

Listen, my sister and I decided that we were long overdue for a visit to Miss Lauras. It was time. Friday, we drove to this beautiful house. We were greeted by the sweetest woman ever. Her name is Carol and shes a saint as well as a volunteer tour guide. You need this blessed woman as your tour guide. She was unbelievably patient and knowledgeable. She made up half of the experience. Listen to her talk lovingly about Miss Laura and her Ladies. Also, enjoy her personal stories. I highly recommend Miss Lauras as the house and the visitor center.

Less was a great tour guide!

The visitor center is great. An historical house with lots of history and great volunteers.

Excellent historical tour. Knowledgeable staff.

Immaculate, beautiful, preserved, not restored. The house was originally a brothel. Later it became a private residence, then a restaurant. The bar room makes you want to sit down and order a pint! As the docent explained, this is the ONLY brothel ever to be added to the National Register of Historic Places. The tour is absolutely free. There are 2 stories of rooms to explore. There are a few items ordered for sale, mostly books. Its worth a few minutes if youre in Fort Smith and have the time. Conveniently located near the Trolley Museum.

Very informative. Sort of an alternative history place.

I loved the history of the place. Its fascinating the events, customs and people that came and went yet the house still stands. It even withstood a tornado! The tour guide was very knowledgeble and patient as well.

Great guided tour. Very interesting place.

Great place to visit

Former brothel turned into a visitors center. A unique part of history.

John was so informational and made our tour great!

Stopped by not really knowing what to expect. Had a private tour. Very interesting and such a beautiful building!

Barbara was a wonderful tour guide who made our visit truly fun and educational. She was simply amazing. We had no idea what we were walking into. Amazing experience.

Miss Lauras gift shop is attached to Amarillo RV Park office. The shop is well thought out has a lot of very interesting items there is also an upper area so dont forget to go upstairs. Well Im not one to shop they did have a very nice CD display of western music. The setup that for the CDs allowed you to play some of each of the CDs I purchased two.

The guide that we were assigned was pleasant, but it would have been more interesting if we had been able to walk around the premises ourselves.

Fantastic piece of history. The darling ladies doing the tours were super helpful! I enjoyed it very much!

Fantastic visitors center and the tour of the house along with the history was well worth the stop.

What a fun little history place, really lived our tour guide he just made it so interesting.

Its awesome and a very nice piece of Fort Smith history.

Interesting, informative and fun experience. Miss Laura has a fun personality

A great experience, our guide was very knowledgeable

Good food, good place to go...

Been about 3 times, always so wonderful. I always have to come here when I come to Arkansas :) Im always learning new things from all the people who talk there. Everyone has little different stories that they tell, but the main story is the same. Great historical building, never get rid of this!

This is a hidden historical gem! Free and wonderful your honestly learned a lot!

Interesting story, however it’s not really a place that you would want to visit twice.

Wonderful place to go and learn about some of the local history.

Interesting tour.

Just went in to visitors center to get some brochures and Barbara ended up getting one of the best tours I’ve ever been on. Well worth the time to see Miss Laura’s place

My first Bordello, enjoyed all the information that had been saved. Awesome stained glass and wood finish work that was done. It charged three times as much as others so truly a first class Bordello.

What an interesting place. Building wasmoved from original location and restored after storm did substantial damageAlso a restaurant operated there as well. Now it is set up as it probably was in the day and is really nice. Picture taking is allowed and tour is free with very knowledgeable guide.

For a free tour, defiantly worth while to stop by and learn a few facts of the city and its history!

Interesting and informative! Nancy was a great guide!

Cute place, fun tour with a bit of history.

Interesting and fun history of turn of century brothel which is now Visitor Center at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Enjoyed hearing history and seeing artifacts.

A step back in time and history. This is a must see.

Well, Google keeps askin me if I would share my experience with Miss Lauras. I have never been there but my work takes me to the freezer warehouse next door. My understanding tho is that Miss Lauras was a hopping place back in the day. Although, I would guess the clientel was probably a bit different than the folks I see goin in there now. Yall have a good visit, and if youre new to Fort Smith, welcome. Wave at the person driving that chicken truck,(it might be me). Good day and G-d bless.

Great tour by a knowledgeable docent. Good first stop for a little history.

Brought family in from out of town. Found the welcome center very unwelcoming. The greeter followed us around and commented that they dont allow people to just wander around. I guess she thought we were gonna steal something. Needless to say my visiters were less than impressed.

Ms. Laura was extremely informative and has a wonderful personality. Would definitely visit again.

Interesting history of this house of ill repute. Worth the visit if you have an interest in history and the area of Fort Smith

Hope to come back soon

Great history and beautiful furniture

Fascinating place! Our tour guide was amazing!

This is a well preserved, beautiful Victorian home originally used as a house of ill repute. The house has hand carved woodwork and beautiful stained glass windows. It is very much worth a visit.

Loved this place. And the docents were very nice.

Free tours at this former bordello circa 1909 or so. Lots of interesting costumes, furnishings, photos, other items from this period. A must see in Fort Smith. Walking distance from riverfront biking/walking path.

Staff is very helpful and knowledgeable!

Awesome history! Nice story told by the volunteers.

They sure do take care of you

Lovely! Enjoyed the tour and wow, lots of information for visitors.

The tour was excellent and the guide was very knowledgeable it was a lot of fun.

Interesting place. Kids loved it

The ladies showing us around were awesome and there is so much neat history here!

Accidentally found this location looking for the visitor center. Was ready to leave but was talked into a tour. Quite the unexpected delight.

The tour is free and the tour leaders are full of knowledge and fun facts. A must see!

I like history. Miss Lauras and surrounding places have plenty of history.

Very nice ladys running it and they new there stuff and seemed to enjoy doing it

Fantastic experience! We learned a lot of history and the remodeled home is absolutely gorgeous!

Visited during an event and only received a partail tour. Was informative tour and friendly for portion of tour I did view.

Interesting and fun!

A great place to start your Hell On The Border experience.

Great tour and very nice tour guide

Fort Smiths hidden little gem. Every time I visit, I learn something new about the history of Fort Smith.

Staff was very knowledgeable, entertaining, and kind. Had a very good visit.

Great place to check out

Amazing staff and beautiful place

The volunteers are truly knowledgeable, kind, friendly people, and seriously how cool is it that FSs tourist visitors center is a BORDELLO???

Very nicely done. Not the most wholesome topic.

Nice staff and Good tour

Never been. I work across the street but Google keeps insisting I review this place. 10/10 would review to get Google off my back again.

Great! Fun and informative and FREE!

Mrs. Virginia was a pleasure to speak with.

Very knowledgeable and nice people!

Very interesting and fun walk through of Miss Lauras.

Amazing tour..very knowledgeable tour guide..

Super place to visit lots of History

Interesting and fun.

Beautiful building. Great tour.