The Inn at Pine Terrace

Built in 1879 at a cost of $30,000 by Peter and Henry Schuttler, this nineteen room Victorian mansion was the showplace of Oconomowoc. The Schuttlers were successful Chicago wagon manufacturers known for serviceable farm and commercial vehicles, fancy society carriages, and the sturdy “prairie schooner” used by pioneers traveling westward across the plains and over the mountains; it was said that Mormons setting out for Utah insisted on Schuttler wagons before beginning their journey. Called “Mon Bijou,” the estate reflected the prestigious lake country living of other wealthy industrialists and served strictly as a summer residence for the two brothers and their families until they owned the property through 1922. For the next seventy years it served vacationers as the Pine Terrace Resort. In 1987, after carefully detailed restoration returned the structure to its original opulence and to the prominence it shared when Oconomowoc was known as the “Newport of the Midwest,” the house was entered in the National Register of Historic Places. Today it is a unique bed and breakfast inn.

Oconomowoc, Wisconsin · United States