Some Tudor characteristics include the half-timbered, stuccoed exterior, massive stone arches of the Fireside Room doorway and fireplace, and heavy wooden doors. Eighty two years after its construction, the Mansion remains extremely well preserved. Although partially renovated in 1986 to accommodate its modern day uses, great care was taken to ensure that new additions were sensitive to original intent, and the estate remains today much as it was in Charles Boettcher's day. The structure's native stone and timber exterior continues to blend harmoniously with its naturally landscaped site. On the patio, borders of patio brick were once laid in subtle, decorative patterns.
Some pattern remains.
A pine cone border motif is displayed in the Aspen and Pine Rooms while a Pomegranate design, created by Gustav Stickley, adorns walls of the women's restroom. He created this design as a table scarf but it is transformed here into a linear stencil with the addition of a simple border. Sleeping porches were a unique addition to turn of the century summer homes as fresh air was considered an enemy to dangerous diseases like tuberculosis. There are two sleeping porches to visit, one upstairs and one downstairs, now glassed in. Family bedrooms, now the Meadow, Aspen, Columbine, Pine and Forest Rooms, had elaborate built in closet and bath arrangements, documented in original blueprints on display in the halls.