10 year B&B in "The Best Little Town in the Midwest" (Chicage Tribune) Located in a beautiful, well kept, south facing house with Lake Superior viewThe home that currently hosts Lucy’s Place, A Bed & Breakfast with Gardens, was originally built in 1878. A kitchen addition was added in 1898. The home was converted to a duplex in the early part of the 1900’s.
The home was purchased in the 1930’s by Conrad and Lucy Shovick and their nine children. Conrad died shortly after that, leaving Lucy, a 5’1” ball of fire, alone to raise her nine children. Lucy worked as a maid in local hotels, operated a bakery in the home, raised vegetables and fruit on the property that she sold on the front sidewalk, provided “babysitting” services for working women in the 1950s and 1960s before “daycare” became a household word, and dressed up as Big Bird and marched in the annual Apple Festival Parade to the delight of thousands of children. Lucy died in 1991 and the house sat unoccupied until the current owners saw it in their search to open a bed and breakfast.
The house was completely renovated, beginning in 1998: the house was gutted to the studs, bare copper wires removed, and lovingly rebuilt. New wiring, plumbing, heating, windows, sheetrock, insulation, roof and recreation of open porches torn off in the 1950’s. A two car garage, workshop and great room were added in 2003.
The home is now a profitable bed & breakfast, with four guest rooms, each with a private bathroom with double whirlpool tub. An owner’s suite and additional bedroom provide more private space than other bed and breakfasts currently on the market.
Surrounded by perennial gardens. Business with a casual and laid-back feel and many repeats. 4 guestrooms with jet tub bathrooms, TV's, fridges. Running book of business and all furniture included.
Financials available upon request. Sellers are motivated to sell to a party who will love the house and its history as much as they do! A 2002 addition added a large and bright great room with lake views. There is a large full basement with bathroom, family room and laundryroom. Wiring, plumbing, furnace, windows, doors, roof and insulation are all upgraded.
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In a 50 mile radius, our area offers six marinas and three 18-hole golf courses. There are thousands of acres of public county and federal forests for deer, bear and small game hunting and thousands of miles of trails for snowmobiling, ATV riding and other cross country action. A variety of communities offer excellent school systems, health care facilities, restaurants and shops. Lake Superior and many smaller inland lakes and rivers offer boating, sailing, beaches, trout fishing, walleye, perch, ice fishing. Mt Ashwabayoffers downhill and cross-country skiing. Orchards and farms offer the best produce, berry picking, apples and pears.
In our overall inventory we offer single and multi family homes, (hobby) farms, and condos. We have recreational, residential, agricultural and hunting land. There are great business offerings and commercial real estate. Lakefront, riverfront and wooded property.
We service the Bayfield, Washburn, Iron River, Cornucopia, Herbster, Port Wing and Ashland Wisconsin communities and go far beyond for buyers.
PROPERTY NUMBER: 48027-34234
PRICED AT:
$525,000.00