An illustrated tour of this historic mansion on the Mississippi
River, now the official home of the president of the University of
Minnesota-and the most-visited public residence in the state Built
as a family home in 1922 by lumber baron Edward Brooks, Eastcliff,
a twenty-room estate in St. Paul on the banks of the Mississippi
River, has been the official residence for presidents of the
University of Minnesota since 1961. If houses could write memoirs,
Eastcliff's would likely be a sensation, and Eastcliff: History of
a Home reveals the story of this building and those it housed and
hosted over a century of momentous change, told by an insider. A
resident of Eastcliff for eight years as spouse of the university's
sixteenth president, Karen Kaler is a knowing and companionable
guide through the historic home-from the foyer, hung with
photographs of presidents' families; to the library and bedrooms,
living and dining rooms where family dramas played out and
Minnesota history unfolded; to the carriage house and catering
kitchen, whose denizens keep the household running. Here are the
Georgian colonial-style facade, the tennis court, and an early,
do-it-yourself saltwater pool. Here are the garden room and the
dollhouse, Eastcliff in miniature. Here is a hallway that was once
used as a shooting range and an attic with a skeleton in it. Amid
all the splendor, business, and mischief there are visits from
Helen Keller, Katharine Hepburn, Eddie Vedder, the Dalai Lama, and
Vice Presidents Walter Mondale and Hubert Humphrey, whose
appearance results in children surprising the Secret Service-a
reminder that Eastcliff is the setting for family life as well as
the site of academic and political events. In her tour of
Eastcliff's hundred-year history, Karen Kaler tells all of these
stories and more, graciously opening the doors to this illustrious
home.
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