Bayfield ยท Bayfield Historic District
Old Rittenhouse Inn
Allen C. Fuller's 1890 brownstone Queen Anne summer house in Bayfield, which the inn says became Wisconsin's first B&B in 1973.
- Built
- 1890Completed summer 1890 as a summer home for Allen C. Fuller; a bed and breakfast since 1973, enlarged in 1985.
- Style
- Queen Anne
- Type
- Inn
- Rooms
- 12
- Area
- Bayfield Historic District
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The Queen Anne house of local brownstone was completed in 1890 as a summer home for Allen C. Fuller, Illinois’ adjutant general during the Civil War, who came to Bayfield to escape hay fever. Mary and Jerry Phillips bought it in 1973 and opened what the inn calls Wisconsin’s first bed and breakfast. They enlarged it in 1985 to 12 guest rooms and suites and in 1987 bought the nearby 1908 Frank Boutin Jr. mansion as a sister inn, Le Chateau.
Good to know
- No pets
- Address: 301 Rittenhouse Avenue, Bayfield, WI 54814
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.