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Austrian architect Kaspar Albrecht designed the Chalet style Waelderhaus, or “House in the Woods” (Riverside Drive West, just south of Parkway), completed in 1931. Marie Christine Kohler commissioned the building, based on the Austrian childhood home of her father, John Michael Kohler, as a meeting place for Girl Scouts. The two-and-one-half-story side-gabled building is constructed of squared timbers joined with dowels and pegs. Flowers cascade from the window boxes of an enclosed second-story porch down to a lower porch. Iron balconies, a wooden stair railing cut out in a decorative pattern, and a large carving of a lyre add to the fairytale-cottage look.
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Waelderhaus
circa 1910-1919
Text on reverse reads: "Waelderhaus, the Girl Scout House of Kohler, Wisconsin, U.S.A. is characteristic of architecture in the Bregenzerwald, Vorariberg, Austria."
Waelderhaus
1956
The Waelderhaus a memorial planned for John Michael Kohler the founder of the Kohler Company, by his daughter, Marie Christine Kohler. Waelderhaus is a replica of his family's home in Schoppernau, ...
Waelderhaus
1958
The Waelderhaus, a memorial planned for John Michael Kohler the founder of the Kohler Company, by his daughter, Marie Christine Kohler. Waelderhaus is a replica of his family's home in Schoppernau,...
Waelderhaus
1948
The Waelderhaus, a memorial planned for John Michael Kohler. Waelderhaus is a replica of his family's home in Austria. An Austrian architect was brought over to this country in 1929 to design and s...
Werkzimmer (Work Room) in Waelderhaus
circa 1910-1919
Photographic postcard view of the Waelderhaus work room. There is a desk on the left, with two framed prints above it. There is an Austrian Kachelofen (tile stove) on the right. A spinning wheel an...
Waelderhaus Stube (Living Room)
circa 1910-1919
Photographic postcard view of a living room, with fireplace, spinning wheel, chairs, benches and other furniture. Caption on back reads: "Stube (living room) in Waelderhaus, the Girl Scout House of...
