Future plans are to install solar power in all cabins. Wood stoves and kerosene lamps provide light and heat. Each resident has her own cottage. Gourmet meals provided. Six writers, year round.
Rooms have plaques that describe the illustrious residents.
Edna St. Vincent Millay's berry farm is now a National Historic Landmark and multi-medium art colony. Forty-five minute train ride to Chicago. Artists are housed in the elegant arts and crafts Ragdale House or a comfortable converted Barn House. Twelve artists, year round. This residential community has created an Escape to Create program.