Welcome to the William Doe House
Experience a luxurious vacation in a Boutique Lodge
Once in a lifetime lodging for a family reunion
Recharge with a weekend get away in Downtown Oshkosh
Business partners can reside in style during the EAA
Only 50 miles from Green Bay and Lambeau Field
Lodging - Amenities
Experience the entire Victorian Mansion
- The 4,700 Sq ft home has four bedrooms for a fabulous night's rest and sleeps up to 12.
- Four miles from Experimental Aircraft Association Aviation Museum.
- Walking distance from Historic Downtown Oshkosh Main Street restaurants, the Grand Opera House and Leach Amphitheater.
- Two blocks from the historic Eagles Lodge - The Howard, Oshkosh Public Library and Downtown YMCA.
- Nearby is Menominee Park on the lake, the historic Oshkosh Yacht Club - The Waters, the Paine Art Center and UW - Oshkosh.
Living and Lodging
- Ballroom-sized living room with eleven foot ceilings
- Dining room with table and chairs for 12
- Sunporch on south side overlooking the garden
- Sunny Breakfast room off the kitchen and sunporch
- Free wi-fi with mesh extenders for working at home
Cornelia Doe Suite
King Bed, Steam Shower, clawfoot tub
Doorway width: 30" - Tub height: 22.5"
Steam Shower width: 24.5" - Bathroom has 2 steps down
Cornelia Doe, or Nelie, is the great great grandmother of the current owner of the Doe House. She was married in the residence in Jan 1877, to Rufus Choate Brown, who started Cook & Brown Brick and Lime Co in 1874.
Rebecca Doe Suite
King bed, ensuite full bath
Doorway width: 27.5" - Tub height: 17"
Born in 1850, Rebecca Doe Jackson was the 3rd daughter of William Doe and the current owner of the home is her namesake.
Baby Doe Suite
Queen bed, steam shower, additional queen sleeper sofa
Doorway width: 27"
Elizabeth McCourt, aka Baby Doe Tabor, was a queen of hearts
in Oshkosh, Central City and Leadville, CO.
This room was originally a nursery.
Harvey Doe Bedroom
Full bed - shared bath
Connects with a lock off to the Baby Doe Suite
Doorway width: 29"
Harvey Doe, the 4th child and only son of William Doe, famously married Baby Doe at St Peters in Oshkosh in 1877 after being smitten when he saw her ice skating on Lake Winnebago.
Flora Doe Sunporch
Queen Sleeper Sofa - semi-private sleeping area with screen.
Nearby bathroom in Sunporch with soaking tub.
Bathroom door width: 31" Tub height: 22.5"
Sunporch has 3 steps down
Flora Doe was the youngest child of William and Elizabeth Doe, she lived with her parents most of her life.
Kitchen Amenities
- Modernized kitchen is perfect for cooking or catering in. Includes extra large refrigerator, wine fridge, Kitchen-Aid appliances and mixer. Place settings for 24.
- 10 Cup Cuisinart coffee maker + gold filter, Keurig, electric kettle + teapot. Complimentary starter packs of coffee/pods.
- AC for hot summer days - screened windows for fresh air.
- Complimentary wi-fi internet access. Smart TV on sunporch with access to Netflix, Hulu & Amazon Prime
Dining areas
- Dining large enough for family reunions or rehearsal dinners. Connects to the ballroom.
- Cater in a meal or cook in updated non-commercial kitchen.
- Breakfast room with table overlooks the sunporch, south-facing lawn and garden
Two Luxurious Steam Showers
- Two stress reducing steam showers in private ensuite bathrooms.
- Dove body wash & shampoo is available in each bathroom + hairdryer.
Two Laundry Facilities
- Large laundry room in basement with full sized washer/dryer + ironing board and iron.
- Laundry Chute to basement in Baby Doe Suite & Kitchen.
- Small load stackable laundry upstairs.
- Drying rack available
- Starter pack of HE laundry soap available.
Accessibility
Please note, the house is 150 years old and has multiple sets of stairs which are not easily accessible for those with limited mobility.
For more information about accessibility, please click the button below:
Artist in Residence Program
Artists or Authors
Send an email to TheDoeHouse@gmail.com and apply to stay at the house for inspiration and respite from isolation during the pandemic.
Include a resume, social media presence and three references.
More Information:
Restoration Information:
Laib Restoration
For information about the fabulous Oshkosh restoration company that renovated the Doe House in 2018-2019
William Waters, Oshkosh Architect, 1843-1917
Google: William Waters Oshkosh Architect blogspot.
Click link for City of Oshkosh Landmarks Commission info on Wm Waters:
Photo credits: Katy Neubauer - Studio 708 Oshkosh
Photo credits: Caley Mielke - Willow Marie Photography
https://www.willowmariephotography.com
Netta and Jonah Dorsey
Flowers and Leaves Florist
Brevity Bridal - Studio R
Erika's Bridal Couture
Contact Information - The Doe House - Boutique Lodge
Accessibility
Historic Homes and Accessibilty
The Doe House is an historic home that was built in 1869. The following is to provide disabled persons information about accessibility features in order for them to ascertain whether the rooms, accommodations and spaces meet their disability needs.
Though the act does not require the house to be compliant with the the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), we have 4 rooms upstairs, and guests who wish to visit can do so knowingly.
We offer four private rooms and one semi-private, with four rooms located on the second floor (Cornelia Doe Suite, Baby Doe Suite , Rebecca Doe Suite and Harvey Doe Bedroom). These require the use of stairs either at the front of the house or at the back - both staircases have hand rails. There is a sleeper sofa on the first floor sunporch that has 3 steps down. Hardwood floors and area rugs are throughout the house.
There are no wheelchair accessible bathrooms and the antique clawfoot and skirted bathtubs have slip mats only. The wall-mounted tub has a permanent non-slip surface and a four foot knee wall for balance. None of the bathtubs have support bars.
ADA Compliance
Among the ways The Doe House complies with the ADA:
We ensure that individuals with disabilities can make reservations during the same hours and in the same manner as individuals without disabilities.
We have identified and described accessible features and inaccessible features in the house and guest rooms in detail to allow individuals with disabilities to determine whether the Doe House meets their needs. Please contact us at TheDoeHouse.com with any questions about accessibility.
Front and Back Entrance, Parking
You may load and unload on the street in front of the house or in the back. Parking is located along the pull-through driveway, with a larger space at the back entrance to the house.
We have 5 steps leading up to the front porch and another 3 into the house. This door measures 32″.
There are 7 steps up to the back door that is accessible with a touch key pad and a code that we will provide at check in. This door measures 33.5″.
There are no wheelchair ramps into the house.
Website Accessibilty
The Doe House is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability.
This website conforms to level Double-A of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities.
This site has been built using code compliant with W3C standards for HTML and CSS. The site displays correctly in current browsers and using standards compliant HTML/CSS code means any future browsers will also display it correctly. Although, The Doe House strives to adhere to the accepted guidelines and standards for accessibility and usability, it is not always possible to do so in all areas of the website.
We guarantee that a specific guest room, once reserved, is held for the reserving customer. We make reasonable efforts with third-party reservation systems to make accessible rooms available through at least some of these services and provide these third-party services with information concerning the accessible features of the hotel and the accessible rooms.
Should you experience any difficulty in accessing The Doe House website, please don’t hesitate to contact us at 903-915-0091 or TheDoeHouse@gmail.com.