Take a tour of this wonderful home...enter the lovely carved front entrance, step into the foyer with its ornate curved glass chandelier and begin your tour.

You will find a spacious and bright living room with a sunny breakfast nook, the original brick fireplace with a brand new fireplace insert, elegant period moldings, narrow red beech floors. This was obviously a marvelous place to entertain the prominent doers and shakers in the bustling Port of Washburn around the turn of the century. And so they did. In those days Washburn was twice its size with a booming economy. Steamboats ran daily between Washburn, Bayfield, La Pointe and Ashland. The town had a 600-seat opera house, 15 saloons and its own brewery.

The AC Probert House was built to showcase the owner's prominence and good taste. The other lasting element of AC Probert's vision is Washburn's spectacular historic museum; originally the city's most magnificent bank. It was built by banker, Probert, shortly after he completed this home.

Continuing the tour step into the newly renovated designer kitchen--a spacious and light filled country kitchen with fabulous views.

Continue along to the office with its original tiled fireplace and delicate beaded glass chandelier.

Office

Upstairs

Upstairs the original home had four bedrooms. The servant's quarters were added after the turn of the century. Check out the detail of the original bedrooms with their white marble corner sinks and the built in bureaus with cedar drawers.

Enjoy the detail of the attractively tiled bathrooms. Throughout this home you will fine a tasteful blending of contemporary comfort and turn of the century elegance.

The former "servant's quarters" is now an apartment with a beautifully tiled kitchen, a full bath, a bedroom, a living room and a study--perfect for a 'grandmother's apartment", guest suite, vacation rental, or just for extra income. Note the Lake Superior brownstone imbedded into the hand tiled bath.