Not many homeowners can say they built the same house twice. Mike and Kathy Viola can. In 2007, the couple built a large “European country casual” home on 2.5 acres in Prior Lake overlooking the Credit River basin.
The well-preserved Victorian brownstone was designed by a renowned architect. In 1894, this Queen Anne brownstone mansion cost an extravagant $12,000 to build. It was designed by architects Clarence Johnston and William Willcox for Rush Wheeler, a real estate lawyer and his wife, Harriet Wheeler. Today it’s on the market for $1.2 million and [...]
