Thistledor, Estate of the Day
Filed under: Estates

Thistledor is most expensive listing in Minnesota. Located on Brackett's Point in Orono, the home is surrounded by Lake Minnetonka. An English Country home designed by Edwin Lunde sits on 5.4 acres that include a pool with twin cabanas, gardens, a clay tennis court, guest cottage and a carriage house-styled garage. The seven-bedroom home is being sold by Henry Reed, wife of the late Martha Sweatt Reed who was the granddaughter of William R. Sweatt, one of the founders of Honeywell. The land had been in her family for many years. The home is listed at $14.9 million. After the jump, a beauty in the fall.
[via StarTribune.com]
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