Wilford H. Fawcett House

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Wilford H. Fawcett House
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LocationOff Co. Hwy. 4
Breezy Point, Minnesota
Coordinates 46°35′24″N94°12′28″W / 46.59000°N 94.20778°W / 46.59000; -94.20778 Coordinates: 46°35′24″N94°12′28″W / 46.59000°N 94.20778°W / 46.59000; -94.20778
Arealess than one acre
Built1922
ArchitectMagney & Tussler
Architectural styleSwiss Chateau
NRHP reference No. 80002036 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 23, 1980

The Wilford H. Fawcett House is a house in Breezy Point, Minnesota, United States, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Wilford H. Fawcett, also known as "Captain Billy", started the book "Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" as a joke book for soldiers during World War I. He formed Fawcett Publications in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. In 1920, he bought a tract of land where the present-day Breezy Point Resort is located, and he began building cottages and a large log lodge. [2] [3] The lodge has since burnt down. He built the Fawcett House as a private residence within the resort property. Fawcett hired the Minneapolis architects of Magney and Tusler and commissioned the design in the Swiss Chateau style. The rustic log style was a bit ironic, since the local logging industry had declined before the resort was built. [4] The house is located on a point on Breezy Point Bay on Big Pelican Lake. It has a "Y" shape. The center of the "Y" has a circular staircase leading to a "reading balcony" in the main hall. The building is constructed of peeled and trimmed Norway pine logs, with brown stain on the exterior and varnished on the interior. The center hall contains the "reading balcony", a large stone masonry fireplace, exposed logs for the rafter beams, and wrought iron fixtures. The remainder of the house has room for about 30 guests. In 1979, a fire damaged several rooms in the northwest wing, but the exterior was unharmed. While the interior has been modernized somewhat, it remains sympathetic to the original. [4]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Breezy Point Resort: who we are" . Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  3. "Fawcett House". Breezy Point Resort. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  4. 1 2 National Register of Historic Places nomination form, Robert M. Frame III, Minnesota Historical Society, March 19, 1980.