One of the most iconic homes in Wisconsin is finally back up to ‘shipshape’. With the reconstruction of its lighthouse, the Milwaukee Boat House is once again looking like it did back in 1922.
The Milwaukee Boat House was built in 1922 by Edmund Gustorf with the help of a Green Bay shipwright. It’s modeled after a 1910 gasoline motor launch boat. It’s 72 feet long and 18 feet wide. As a home, it has 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, and about 550 square feet.
The home has had four owners. Most recently, Steven Tilton, who has lived in the Cambridge Woods neighborhood for roughly 40 years, bought it in 2018 from his neighbor.
“We knew the owner. He was our dentist. The kids would go to parties here. Some of the tenants had wonderful memories, and it’s an important part of the neighborhood. We wanted to keep it up,” Tilton said…