Glensheen Historic Estate
Duluth, MN 55804-2010
Phone: (218) 724-8864
- Cross Street:
- Between S 32nd Avenue E and S 36th Avenue E
- Hours:
- Spring-Fall: Daily 9:30am-4pm, Winter: Sat-Sun 11am-2pm
Editorial Review for Glensheen Historic Estate – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
The 7.6-acre, 1900-era neo-Jacobean estate built by Chester Congdon ranks among the state's most beautiful pieces of real estate. Congdon and his wife, Clara, designed this mansion for their large family. Glensheen's 39 rooms still have many of the original furnishings and boast stunning views of Lake Superior. There are guided and unguided grounds tours, including a bedroom-slipper tour, for which you wear slippers and walk behind the ropes.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You Gon 1977, heiress Elisabeth Congdon and her nurse were bludgeoned and smothered to death in a case of insurance fraud. Fans of the paranormal rank the mansion among Minnesota's haunted houses and there's a book about it in the gift shop, but this topic isn't covered in the tours unless the guides are provoked.
The ExtrasBesides being open for a rigorous schedule of tours, the staff host art festivals, concerts, theater productions, weddings, receptions and meals for special events.
User Reviews for Glensheen Historic Estate
05/20/2003 Posted by stephpeterson
We went for our school feild trip and it was the most awesome thing that I ever saw!!! It is so beautiful!!! But you should read the book about the murders before you go so during the tour you know which rooms and which steps that they were murdered in!!! It was awesome!! I would go again and again and again!!!!!!!! Please visit and find out for yourself!!!
Pros: beautiful, friendly staff, get moneys worth
Cons: walking, no talk about murders
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