The library opening to front verandah
Private bath.
Queen size bed.
Best view of the lake.
Separate bar the refrigerator and microwave
Free wi-fi
On first floor, but must climb stairs main entrance.
Ceiling fan with 9 foot ceilings
No pets (dogs) allowed is this accommodation.
This accommodation is now air conditioned in the summer!
Every inn has a room that does most of the work. At Eleven Gables, that room is the Library.
It sits at the front of the main 1867 estate, facing west toward Geneva Lake, with floor-to-ceiling books lining the walls, windows on two sides, and nine-foot ceilings that were standard in the Gilded Age and have since become rare enough to qualify as an amenity. The books are real and the library is real — not a styling choice but a room that has been accumulating volumes long enough that the collection has developed its own logic. The lake view from this room is the best in the building — not marginally, but definitively. The orientation, the ceiling height, and the window placement combine into something that photographers notice immediately and guests feel without quite being able to articulate.
The west-facing veranda opens directly from the Library and belongs to this room alone. It has a table and a swing, and it faces the lake at precisely the angle that catches the afternoon breeze off the water and the full descent of the sun over the western shore. Geneva Lake sunsets from this veranda are the kind of thing guests mention unprompted when they describe their stay — not because they’re remarkable by some objective standard, but because the combination of the swing, the breeze, the water, and the light at that hour produces an experience that’s difficult to replicate indoors or elsewhere on the property.
The lake breeze through the veranda doors keeps the Library naturally comfortable through most of the summer. The room also has air conditioning for the nights when the weather has other ideas.
Inside: queen bed, private bath, and a separate bar with refrigerator and microwave — the kind of practical arrangement that lets you stay in when staying in is the right call. With floor-to-ceiling books on three sides and Geneva Lake out the window, staying in is frequently the right call.
This room is reserved for guests without pets. From $285/night.
Eleven Gables Inn and Cottage. Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Ninety minutes from Chicago, sixty from Milwaukee.
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