Governors 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.
Rocky Roost Adjacent Governors Island, Lake Mendota Cottage Built 1893
Destroyed by fire 1934 Frank Lloyd Wright
The island, known as Rocky Roost, had once been home to a
Frank Lloyd Wright-designed cottage.
The famed architect 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.
Rocky Roost on steinerag.com
For a picture see
WHi-28164
from the Wisconsin Historical Society collection
