NRHP Reference # 97000887 | Added to NRHP 15 August 1997 | |
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Location 4135 Bluff St.Fish Creek, Wisconsin | ||
The Freeman and Jesse Thorp House and Cottages are located in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, United States. In 1997 the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
History
The house was built by Freeman Thorp, nephew of Fish Creek founder Asa Thorp. Upon Freeman's death in a shipwreck, his widow, Jesse, opened the house to lodgers as a way to make money. After closing its doors in the 1960s, the site was renovated in 1986 and was re-opened as a bed and breakfast. LaVyrle Spencer was inspired to writer her best-selling novel Bitter Sweet, centered on an innkeeper in Door County, Wisconsin, after staying at the bed and breakfast during its re-opening week in 1986.
References
Freeman and Jesse Thorp House and Cottages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA