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13 guests · 5 bedrooms · 2 baths
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About this house rental
This large historic lake cottage was first built as a boathouse and fishing lodge around 1900. It sits right on the lake on a large piece of property in the middle of the historic East shore, comfortably sleeping 13 people with our 5 bedrooms. There are 2 large dinning tables accommodating up to 20, it makes a wonderful space for families or groups of friends.
Lounge on the large screened-in porch, and enjoy our huge grassy lawn for sunning and recreation. Ours is one of the few walk out flat lawns to the lake making it easy to watch and play with your children as you can access the lake from ankle deep waters. You can swim, sun, fish and play from the end of the dock in waist-high waters. We have a pontoon boat available to rent separately from the house of a boat lift we can make available for rent if you'd like to bring to bring your own. We also have water toys, floats and a kayak for your enjoyment. The lake is great for skiing and tubing, and the sailing & the eastside sunsets can't be beat!
The Culver Academies are about a 5 minute drive from our house and 7 minutes from town where you can find several wonderful restaurants, an old-fashion root beer stand and a great public beach and playground.
We are also within a 5 minute drive from the Culver marina where you can rent boats, dine in their bar or outdoor grill and shop in their awesome apparel and lake sport shops.
There is also a new cottage that shares the property and pier, and it is available for rent and sleeps 6- 8 (see Ball Family Cottage (559346) Culver listings). You might want to rent both for an even larger gathering!
Lounge on the large screened-in porch, and enjoy our huge grassy lawn for sunning and recreation. Ours is one of the few walk out flat lawns to the lake making it easy to watch and play with your children as you can access the lake from ankle deep waters. You can swim, sun, fish and play from the end of the dock in waist-high waters. We have a pontoon boat available to rent separately from the house of a boat lift we can make available for rent if you'd like to bring to bring your own. We also have water toys, floats and a kayak for your enjoyment. The lake is great for skiing and tubing, and the sailing & the eastside sunsets can't be beat!
The Culver Academies are about a 5 minute drive from our house and 7 minutes from town where you can find several wonderful restaurants, an old-fashion root beer stand and a great public beach and playground.
We are also within a 5 minute drive from the Culver marina where you can rent boats, dine in their bar or outdoor grill and shop in their awesome apparel and lake sport shops.
There is also a new cottage that shares the property and pier, and it is available for rent and sleeps 6- 8 (see Ball Family Cottage (559346) Culver listings). You might want to rent both for an even larger gathering!
Amenities
Non-smoking
No pets allowed
Family friendly
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Ratings and reviews
8 / 10Excellent·Jun 2026
This is a lovely, historic, authentic, lakeside, summer house! My husband's family first rented there in 1972. Our recent stay was his fourth time visiting. He had not been there in many years and very much enjoyed this visit! We love the property. It is in a great lakeside location, with lovely ambiance, cleanliness, an accessible and helpful host, has ample parking and interesting history. The home is a lovingly preserved time capsule! We also rented the hosts' boat, enjoyed boating on the lake, and having access to the home's private dock.
10 / 10Outstanding·Jun 2026
Janet was amazing with her responses to any questions we have. We will stay there multiple times in the future if it works with our schedule.
10 / 10Outstanding·May 2026
The property was perfect for our three-couple group. The pictures may not fully show it, but there are a lot of beds and bedroom configurations, so it should easily accommodate any number of groupings. The house also has several central gathering spots (dining room, screened porch, great room and outside patio with fire pit). Distance from the back door to the lakeshore is maybe 50’. The kitchen/pantry/bar area was well appointed. And the host was very helpful and communicative. Really nice experience all around.
5 / 10·Aug 2020
We had a great family time having two families the first week and one family the second week. The owner was very helpful and the history of the cottage and family was very interesting. Great cottage and Great Lake. We appreciated the shore stations for our boats.
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9.7Outstanding
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"Janet was amazing with her responses to any questions we have. We will stay there multiple times in the future if it works with our schedule."
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