2008 TRITSCH Homestead Slated For Restoration

Over 150 years after the TRITSCH brothers settled in Alma, Wisconsin their property at 331 South Main Street was purchased by Katherine GOODMAN in February of 2008 and slated for restoration.  The building had been subdivided into 3 apartments, much of the original architectural detail was gone or hidden, all of the mechanical systems were ancient and the house had been covered with harvest gold siding since the 1970s. 

But you could tell that under all of the siding their was brick & stone and a jewel was waiting to be revealed.  The presence of a stone house was argued by many, but there are 12-30 inch deep windows & doors in some areas ... a true sign of a stone building.

I had often dreamed of an old house that I could fix up for retirement and it would be wonderful to live on a river.  Who knew that would be the Mississippi River?  After looking at several properties in the dead of winter with my sister and her husband I settled on this one.  Now I had to return to Washington DC, pack up everthing and relocate to Alma, Wisconsin in April.