Clarance Gonstead Guest Cottage, Prairie Style Stone & Cypress
Location
Car: Necessary
Bike Trails, Cave of the Mounds, Duluth Trading Company, Norsk bowl, American Players Theater and Taliesin in Spring Green, Blue Mounds State Park.
Owner info
Year Purchased: 1993
About the owner: I am an Architect and my wife is a recently retired 4th grade public school teacher.
Why the Owner Chose Mount Horeb, WI, USA:
We purchased the property because of the mature landscape and to prevent the landmark with it's historical connection to both Frank Lloyd Wright and Clarence Gonstead, from becoming 6 lots in a planned subdivision.
My wife walked across the street through the baseball diamond to work and I worked out of my home office for years so it was a good fit while raising kids.
The Unique Benefits at this Cottage:
Winter sunrise through the large sheets of glass, casts shadows on the field dressed lanon stone walls and reflects a warm tone off the low cypress ceilings. The radiantly heated floor and wood burning fireplace provide for a romantic getaway complete with Music served up from an Ipod and played though the vintage Marantz stereo from my college days.
In the summer, the well placed mature landscaping provides cool shade and the thermal mass provides natural air conditioning so you can enjoy the interior environment or relax in a hammock under the filtered light of a mountain ash.
The proximity to Main Street and the Bike trail means that you can leave your car parked in the driveway to enjoy the Quaint downtown and traditional residential urban planning of the old town where sidewalks are not interrupted by driveways and garages are on the alley. Downtown is now home to the Duluth Trading Company and numerous art galleries with both traditional and European choices in dining. Locally brewed wines and a brewpub offer more reasons to extend your stay.
Contact us
Links to more information:
- CLICK HERE - Gonstead Guest Cottage, Mount Horeb, WI
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Photos
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Living Room
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Entry
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Cuisinart and All Clad
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Lannon Stone
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Stereo and 6,000 songs
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Garden level view
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Gardens and yards
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42"LCD TV
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Terrazzo Shower
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Stone walls to platform
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Panorama of back yard
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Post Card 1952
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Kitchen
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Morning Sun
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Work Area w/ wireless
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Lupines end of May
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Gallery to TV Room
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Corner reading chair
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Cypress walls and Ceiling
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Evening glow by the fire
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Adirondack chairs
VRBO #139397
This listing was first published here in 2007.
Date last modified - Sunday, September 25, 2016
