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HILLMAN RETREAT HOUSE
BY LILLY ZABOROWSKI (SHE/HER)
W
e found Hillman Retreat House in February of 2021, at the very beginning of our search for a lakeside property. The pandemic was just hitting its one year anniversary, and it was that late winter season when
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everyone in Minnesota starts getting restless for spring. We were ripe for a project, and when we walked through this property for the first time, our eyes lit up. Sitting on 14 acres of land and 800 feet of lakeshore stood two 7,000
square foot structures, with a large open field sitting between them. The first, an 11 bedroom house, was built in 1925 as a home for the priest and seminarians of the church that sits in front of the property. Over the years it temporarily housed members
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