National Register of Historic Places

Peterson, Seth, Cottage

Lake Delton, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Listed
November 9, 1981
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
81000059

About this property

The Seth Peterson Cottage is a one-story cottage in Mirror Lake State Park near Reedsburg in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright with Thomas Casey as the supervising architect, the house was built for computer operator Seth Peterson of Black Earth, Wisconsin, and was one of Wright's last designs. The exterior of the building has ashlar foundations and large glass windows. The cottage has a bedroom and a living–dining room, which encircles a utility core composed of a kitchen and bathroom. The roof above the bedroom is flat, while the rest of the cottage has a sloped roof. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places. Work on the cottage began in 1959, but Peterson died by suicide before it was completed. The house was acquired in 1961 by the Pritchard family, who completed construction. In 1966, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) bought the cottage as part of an expansion of Mirror Lake State Park. The house fell into disrepair until Audrey Laatsch, a local resident, formed the Seth Peterson Cottage Conservancy in 1989 to renovate the building. Following a $300,000 repair project, the house was opened to the public for rentals in 1992.

Location

Lake Delton, Sauk County, Wisconsin
43.56298, -89.82514

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Peterson, Seth, Cottage listed on the National Register?

Peterson, Seth, Cottage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1981.

What type of historic resource is Peterson, Seth, Cottage?

Peterson, Seth, Cottage is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Peterson, Seth, Cottage is recorded as the industrial era.

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