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With a major remodel just completed, an interesting piece of Summit County history is on the real estate sales market.
Now a beautiful single family home in one of Frisco's most desirable neighborhoods the log house at the corner of Third and Frisco streets has a secret: It wasn't always a home.
“One day in the early ‘60s it just appeared,” says co-owner Rob Philippe. “We were kids who grew up in Frisco during the summers. There were only three or four houses, not many streets, and Frisco consisted of the highway (now Main Street) some odd older buildings and a scattering of 1940s-50s structures.”
Philippe says the “we” were his brother Rick and the Lohmann boys, Jed, Jack and Jon.
Together, the Philippes and Lohmanns owned and still own the adjacent properties that are a large parcel of land bordered by Frisco and Pitkin streets from Third to Fourth. The properties consisted of hand-made log cabins — the Philippes' dating from 1946 and the Lohmann's from the early ‘50s.
Philippe explains the redone home's history this way:
“A rumor circulated that the two-story log structure that was moved in would soon be occupied by the Freshes, owners of a sawmill and junkyard in the old Town of Dillon and they would soon be moving in. My mother, Gertrude Philippe, an early day bottle digger and antique treasure hunter, was a frequent visitor to the Fresh property and was slowly filling our cabin with restored items scavenged from the front yard of Mrs. Fresh. Today, we still have many of those items in the house.”
The structure that is now a three-bedroom, three-bathroom home was at that time the garage and gas station of the Antler's complex once located in old Dillon — now under the waters of the reservoir.
“It was kind of cool and we kids played around it and scavenged the old Grape Neihi thermometers and such off of the walls,” says Philippe.
Neighbors Dr. Pete Lohmann, who was dean of Oklahoma State University, and Frank Philippe, who was president of The Columbia Press in Denver, weren't too happy at the prospect of having the junkyard folks living next door and made a handshake partnership and bought the property at auction on the Courthouse steps in Breckenridge. That partnership is in its second generation today.
“One of the few neighbors in the south part of Frisco was builder Bill Pasic. He was hired to turn the building into a duplex That duplex remained a rental for over 40 years and many local business people around the county can trace their early times back to renting and living in that place,” Philippe recalls.
The old Antler's garage is now a beautiful 2,100-square foot home with an open floor plan, river rock fireplace, granite and stainless kitchen, numerous decks and storage rooms, a new two-car garage on a landscaped lot with sodded lawn and extensive irrigated landscaping.
The “Antler's House” is offered for sale by the owners at $649,000 and represents an opportunity to buy into one of the established and walk-to-Main Street neighborhoods.
The home is open for inspection every day. No appointment is needed to view the Antler's House. Philippe can be reached at (970) 390-7112.
Now a beautiful single family home in one of Frisco's most desirable neighborhoods the log house at the corner of Third and Frisco streets has a secret: It wasn't always a home.
“One day in the early ‘60s it just appeared,” says co-owner Rob Philippe. “We were kids who grew up in Frisco during the summers. There were only three or four houses, not many streets, and Frisco consisted of the highway (now Main Street) some odd older buildings and a scattering of 1940s-50s structures.”
Philippe says the “we” were his brother Rick and the Lohmann boys, Jed, Jack and Jon.
Together, the Philippes and Lohmanns owned and still own the adjacent properties that are a large parcel of land bordered by Frisco and Pitkin streets from Third to Fourth. The properties consisted of hand-made log cabins — the Philippes' dating from 1946 and the Lohmann's from the early ‘50s.
Philippe explains the redone home's history this way:
“A rumor circulated that the two-story log structure that was moved in would soon be occupied by the Freshes, owners of a sawmill and junkyard in the old Town of Dillon and they would soon be moving in. My mother, Gertrude Philippe, an early day bottle digger and antique treasure hunter, was a frequent visitor to the Fresh property and was slowly filling our cabin with restored items scavenged from the front yard of Mrs. Fresh. Today, we still have many of those items in the house.”
The structure that is now a three-bedroom, three-bathroom home was at that time the garage and gas station of the Antler's complex once located in old Dillon — now under the waters of the reservoir.
“It was kind of cool and we kids played around it and scavenged the old Grape Neihi thermometers and such off of the walls,” says Philippe.
Neighbors Dr. Pete Lohmann, who was dean of Oklahoma State University, and Frank Philippe, who was president of The Columbia Press in Denver, weren't too happy at the prospect of having the junkyard folks living next door and made a handshake partnership and bought the property at auction on the Courthouse steps in Breckenridge. That partnership is in its second generation today.
“One of the few neighbors in the south part of Frisco was builder Bill Pasic. He was hired to turn the building into a duplex That duplex remained a rental for over 40 years and many local business people around the county can trace their early times back to renting and living in that place,” Philippe recalls.
The old Antler's garage is now a beautiful 2,100-square foot home with an open floor plan, river rock fireplace, granite and stainless kitchen, numerous decks and storage rooms, a new two-car garage on a landscaped lot with sodded lawn and extensive irrigated landscaping.
The “Antler's House” is offered for sale by the owners at $649,000 and represents an opportunity to buy into one of the established and walk-to-Main Street neighborhoods.
The home is open for inspection every day. No appointment is needed to view the Antler's House. Philippe can be reached at (970) 390-7112.
