Rocky Roost - Governor's Island


Rocky Roost Cottage     Governors Island, Lake Mendota     Built 1893     Destroyed by fire 1934     Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright designed it for his childhood friend Robie Lamp. Originally three small cottages that may or may not have been designed by Wright, eventually designed into one large cottage that was designed by Wright.

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Governor's Island, Lake Mendota     60-acres
Governor's Island, formerly part of Governor Leonard J. Farwell's property, was an island until the 1860s when it was connected to the north shore of Lake Mendota by a narrow causeway.