Stout Island, Red Cedar Lake, Cedar Lake, Wisconsin. County/parish: Barron.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 24, 1995. NRIS 95000141.
10 contributing buildings. 3 contributing structures.Also known as:
The Island of Happy Days is a historic estate located on Stout Island in Red Cedar Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin. Built from 1909 to 1911, the estate was a summer home for the family of Frank Deming Stout, heir to the Knapp, Stout & Co. fortune. The estate was designed by Arthur Heun in a rustic style resembling Adirondack resorts. Stout and his family visited the home until Stout's death in 1927; he called it "the dearest place on earth". The home is now a resort called Stout's Island Lodge.
The Island of Happy Days was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1995.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106779958