Brumder Mansion

This beautiful 1910 Victorian, Gothic, English Arts and Crafts style mansion is now a lovely bed and breakfast in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The house was built by George Brumder, Sr. for his son, George Jr. and his wife, Henrietta and their 11 children. The family enjoyed the house for about 10 years and sold it after Henrietta died in the early 1920s. 

The house was sold to Sam and Ed Pick, who had been nefariously linked with the Chicago Mob. The basement ballroom that Mr. Brumder had so lovingly built was turned into a literal den of iniquity when the Pick Brothers used it to distribute black market alcohol, host illegal gambling, and offer the services of prostitutes. The Pick Brothers came into some back luck and had to sell the mansion in the mid 1930s to raise money to pay off their debts. The house then changed owners once again. 

The next owners were an English couple. They turned the home into a boarding house to help with the general upkeep.  They owned the house for about 30 years. 

The Lutheran Church bought the mansion in the 1960s and was used as a parsonage. It's also noted that the church used the building to take in wayward youth on occasion.  The building had such expensive upkeep for the church that in the mid 1990s when the central heating system broke down, the church had to let the dwelling go. 

In 1997, the building was bought by Carol Hirschi, who began the Herculean task of turning the house back into the gorgeous jewel it was originally to be. In 2008, she sold the mansion to the current owners, who continue to make the mansion shine. 

It is reported that there are 5 to 6 intelligent entities still "living" in the mansion.