The Pflug Mansion
Okanogan County-Washington State
This intriguing old deserted mansion is nestled in a small ravine surrounded by low grassy hills on three sides. It is located just north of Highway 20, less than one half mile west of the present day Wauconda store and post office. There is a pull off next to Hwy. 20 to park and observe the old mansion. The Pflug mansion is on private land.
John and Anna Pflug came to America in the fall of 1900 from Eastern Germany where they were born. John Pflug, was a small German man, and he had a dream of building a beautiful German style house for his growing family. He started building his dream home in the summer of 1908. Money was scarce in those early years for homesteaders, he hired no help, doing all the carpenter work himself and hauling the lumber from Turpen’s sawmill on Bonaparte Creek, about ten miles away with a team and wagon. His German style home was never completed. Like most of the early homesteaders, he found that all he could do was to take care of his family and send there children to school.
The Pflug Mansion
Okanogan County-Washington State
This intriguing old deserted mansion is nestled in a small ravine surrounded by low grassy hills on three sides. It is located just north of Highway 20, less than one half mile west of the present day Wauconda store and post office. There is a pull off next to Hwy. 20 to park and observe the old mansion. The Pflug mansion is on private land.
John and Anna Pflug came to America in the fall of 1900 from Eastern Germany where they were born. John Pflug, was a small German man, and he had a dream of building a beautiful German style house for his growing family. He started building his dream home in the summer of 1908. Money was scarce in those early years for homesteaders, he hired no help, doing all the carpenter work himself and hauling the lumber from Turpen’s sawmill on Bonaparte Creek, about ten miles away with a team and wagon. His German style home was never completed. Like most of the early homesteaders, he found that all he could do was to take care of his family and send there children to school.