Rick's great grandfather built Meadow House in 1932. As there was no electricity, he used a hammer and hand saw. For the fireplace, he hauled rock and sand from the river with help from an old white mule. When we began offering this house as a rental in 2009, Laura Bush was one of our first guests.
At normal water level, the house and original barn sat some ninety feet above the river and seven hundred feet away from it. During the 1964 flood, the barn was swept away and Rick's grandmother thought the house would be next. It survived. Our children, Kit and Dana, grew up in this wonderful house with a rotating cast of dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rats and even a pet possum or two.
With five bedrooms and three full bathrooms plus one half bath, Meadow House accommodates up to twelve guests. The full kitchen has two refrigerators; there is a dishwasher and a washer/dryer. We have plenty of outdoor sitting on either the covered deck or the large north patio. On warm summer days, the nut-like fragrance of the field grass sweeps up through the meadow to fill the house with its summer scent.
Rate: $500 a day for up to 12 people with a two night minimum.
