What is the setting of "The Story of an Hour"?

The setting of this story is the home of Brently and Louise Mallard.  Louise's sister, Josephine, breaks the news of her husband's death to Mrs. Mallard, and then Mrs. Mallard proceeds to spend the majority of the story in her bedroom, in a chair by the window.  She only comes down the stairs at the end of the story, after her sister has begged her to come out because she's afraid to leave Mrs. Mallard alone. 

As far as the time in which this story is set, the references to telegrams and railroad travel help us to place the story at the end of the nineteenth century or the beginning of the twentieth.  The old-fashioned names of characters, names like Josephine, Louise, and Brently also help us to locate the story during this time period.