3.5 Acres in Wild Rose, WI - $349,000
Historic bed & breakfast home plus historic barn make a stately impression. The house is a spectacular 3-story brick structure featuring 7 bedrooms and 5.5 baths and 2 private apartments for income options. Owners have painstakingly upgraded this fabulous home featuring formal living room, formal dining room with built-in buffet, parlor, library with wood burning fireplace, and massive wraparound screen porch. A unique 30 x 50 banquet room is perfect for celebrations and large gatherings. This room comfortably seats 60 for dining or could be used as a recreation area, dance hall, exercise room, wedding hall, and more. Rooms at this historic property are all bright and spacious including the bedrooms. Wide graceful hallways and stairways plus many large closets and massive windows make this antique beauty quite desirable with today's demands for such design features. Several stairways acc...
Historic bed & breakfast home plus historic barn make a stately impression. The house is a spectacular 3-story brick structure featuring 7 bedrooms and 5.5 baths and 2 private apartments for income options. Owners have painstakingly upgraded this fabulous home featuring formal living room, formal dining room with built-in buffet, parlor, library with wood burning fireplace, and massive wraparound screen porch. A unique 30 x 50 banquet room is perfect for celebrations and large gatherings. This room comfortably seats 60 for dining or could be used as a recreation area, dance hall, exercise room, wedding hall, and more. Rooms at this historic property are all bright and spacious including the bedrooms. Wide graceful hallways and stairways plus many large closets and massive windows make this antique beauty quite desirable with today's demands for such design features. Several stairways access the upper level including a private rear entrance that accesses 2 one-bedroom apartments that provide rental income if desired. Rental areas are behind the main living area for optimum privacy and quiet.
The property had been operated as a Bed & Breakfast and could easily be converted back to this thriving business model. Owners could use one of the upper apartments as their living quarters or choose the suite area of the main home for their private space. The banquet room could be used for guest events, private parties, meetings, weddings, and more. The lavish screened porch would also be perfect for cocktail parties, intimate dinners, casual luncheons, bridal showers, etc. The property also has the original barn from the 1800s that had been part of the 100+ acre farm, and several outbuildings. Current owner has operated a small antique shop out of one of the farm buildings. The barn was reroofed in 1999 at the same time a new roof was put on the main residence.
The home has a 5-zone hot water heating system and a 2-zone Carrier furnace with Aprilaire. Two new central air systems were installed in 2004. Electric is 220 and 100 amp. The soffit and fascia are new and the 3 stories of brick have been recently tuck-pointed. The extensive kitchen renovations have just been completed along with updates and fresh paint in the formal dining room. The basement has many storage areas including a wine cellar and a room to store banquet tables/chairs/supplies. A huge laundry room has space for multiple washers and dryers along with a laundry lift station.
Property is zoned B2 providing many options for use. Wild Rose is in the central part of the state surrounded by recreational lakes and tourist destinations. This property is 45 minutes from Oshkosh, Appleton and the Valley. It is approximately 2 hours from Milwaukee and Madison. Wild Rose enjoys a small town quaintness surrounded by dairy farms with red barns, Amish settlements, wooded hunting Meccas, Christmas tree farms, and spring-fed lakes and streams. It is a great place to call home or operate your business or both, in this 8,000 sq foot historic home with barn.
