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Deutsche Strasse Bed & Breakfast
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| Â You'll love this Brick Beauty! |
 You'll love the staircase & large foyer |
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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PROPERTY DETAILS
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YEAR BUILT:
1884
# OF BATHROOMS:
7
LEVELS:
4
GROSS BUILDING AREA:
6932
GUEST ROOMS:
5
LOT SIZE:
165x100
OWNERS QUARTERS:
3rd floor and basement
PARKING:
3 car detached garage with an upstairs and lots of parking available.
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DESCRIPTION
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Welcome to 404 South German Street
Once upon a time…
This majestic manor was built in 1884 by E.G. Phal. Thereafter, the Beechers moved in and after 1915 made all of the more modern renovations represented here today. After the death of Henry Lee Beecher, St. Mary’s Catholic Parish presided over this residence as a rectory. (Many genuflections have consecrated these walls with prayer.) As you approach, resist the urge to Hansel and Gretel this freshly painted sweet façade. All of the windows, storm windows, and screens have been stripped, painted, and re-glazed to make it all the better to see you with, my dear….
The Main Floor
Step up to the terrazzo porch; take off your shoes, and welcome yourself to this ‘’German Street’’ spectacle. The grand entry is made even more fashionable with a furnished baby grand piano. (Plink a pleasant tune while you pirouette yourself through this entrancing entrance.) Your feet resting upon a caramel and honey harmony of quarter sawn hardwood flooring, tastiness for the toes. This room gives an enticing perspective of the luxurious living room. Cinderella could dance all night on this ballroom-styled flooring and anyone can be coroneted under such a magnanimous crown molding. Marvel at the marble mantle buttressed by shelving. It has provided a backdrop for many a family photograph. (Feel free to picture yourself here.)
In this room you have this ideal opportunity to admire the structural splendor of the omnipresent woodwork, black walnut, butternut, birch, pecan, fire oak, gumwood, cedar, and cherry, coordinated in a kaleidoscope of forestry. (The Big Bad Wolf might be found lurking in this enchanting wood!) Throughout this floor you can feel the natural lights embrace. The scores of double, glass-paned French doors foster a sense of privacy without total solitude and the sun’s fingers can caress every corner carelessly.
The living room openly greets the Dining Room. Feast your eyes upon this formal exhibition of refined taste. (Go nutty for the pecan tree wainscoting and ceiling rafter beams.) And the china cabinet buffet is eager to bedeck any banquet.
Then step through the swinging partition into the kitchen. It is fully functional with all the auspicious appliances required to sustain a hungry houseful. (Or at least enough to scramble up some breakfast.) And the ample cabinetry allows you the ability to stow away a winter’s worth of preserves. The kitchen lends access to a multi-faceted mutable panty, (currently a laundry/freezer/refrigerator/storage/whatever you want space.) the back porch, and the servants’ stairway. Retreat back to the living room again.
Give in to temptation and trace a path to the Sun Room. This four season porch presents the perfect place to pause, breathe deep, and bask in the day’s de-lights. (Should night fall, you can avail yourself of the artistically embellished chandelier. Many of the original fixtures have survived and still enlighten to this day.)
Backtrack through the living room to the office on the opposing side. This stately study is officially opulent with built-in book shelving (glass paned to keep you favored volumes from getting dusty) and a surround of windows.
Wander through this wonderland at your leisure until merry-go-around to the grand staircase again. Tucked behind these risers is a secondary entrance covered by a massive car portico canopy. From this egress you can step downstairs to the private family room. Upon the first landing is one of the modern conveniences ambled with the advent of indoor plumbing. Retaining its original authenticity, take a moment to admire this tapestry of tiles. Down a final flight of steps to the basement immediately perceivable is the immense brick fireplace. This rustic furnace is the perfect cobbled comfort for the seasonal cold. The adjoining bedroom is an ideal repast for legs too tired to travel upstairs. (The remainder of this floor testifies to the original construction. You may explore to your satisfaction.) As you ascend, take notice of the newel post, each railing is issued an individualized finial.
The Second Floor
Here you will find five distinguished dormitories. These rooms are provisioned with a myriad of amenities and decorated with a distinctive décor theme. Each suite has a private bathroom. (These facilities are found cloistered within former closets, making them true examples of water closets.)
The Castle Room
This regal room is prepared to pamper you royally. Become a Sleeping Beauty between the sheets of this King sized bed while you get your beauty sleep. (And the good knight will ensure your pleasant dreams.)
The Crystal Room
This room invites intimacy with a hearth side sitting area and whirlpool tub for two. It’s crystal clear that here you can join Rapunzel while you let your hair down and relax!
The Flower Room
This vibrantly verdant room is festooned with a floral fragrance for the eyes. The bathroom is just peachy and even Goldilocks would find the four-poster bed “just right”.
The Ivy Room
This delightfully defused room is the essence of subdued serenity. Softly sink into the creeping ivy tendrils and sleep like Snow White while awaiting your awakening kiss.
The Black Forest Room
This room reminds the New Ulm of the old Ulm. The sleeping and bath in quarters are separated by the servant’s stairway. The bedroom is adorned with Germanic garb and in the exclusively secluded hot tub room a majestic mural even Little Red Riding Hood would find hard to resist wandering through! (You may discover a curious fountain during your search. It was implemented before public plumbing and was intended to provide water collected from a rooftop rainwater cistern. Alas, the cistern was never perched and the fountain never realized its potential. But it remains a conversational invitation to a historical story.)
The Third Floor
The threshold withholds a piquant palace. There is plenty of room to sprawl with enough room for two bedrooms. The fully tiled bathroom is another original masterpiece of masonry. The trussed ceiling is flattered by several suspended antique lamps, the windows are a dissection of leaded glass gossamer, and the cedar closet will prevent moths from turning your wardrobe into the Emperors clothing.
The Carriage House
A three stall throwback to another time, the garage is equally adept at accommodating mobiles of the equine variety. (Or a fairy godmothers pumpkin coach.) The alley access doors are original. There is enough room for a workshop and a lofty restoration might manifest a three room carriage house suite.
When you purchase the turnkey for this bed and breakfast fairy tale house, as all fairy tales end, you will unlock your remuneration Happily Ever After.
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