Water House 5204, Breckenridge, Colorado

About the Property

About the Property Features Include: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Easy Ski Access to Breckenridge Mountain through Main Street Station 2 Bedrooms 2 Full Bathrooms Beautiful Stone Gas Fireplace Custom Alder Doors and Trim Package Private Deck Custom Kitchen with Slab Granite Counters Custom Alder Cabinets Underground Parking Front Desk Services 7 Outdoor Hot Tub and Outdoor Heated Pool State-of-the-Art Fitness Center Private Members Lounge 1,160 +/- Square Feet Brand New Construction MLS: S368100

Offered for $950,000 Please contact your local Breckenridge Real Estate Broker for additional information.

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magine the perfect year-round vacation home at one of the most best ski resorts in North America, and you have Water House in Breckenridge— the address on everybody's wish list—and a luxury second home that captures the heart and sold of Breckenridge… and then some. Carefully crafted in an elegant alpine style using native stone and other natural materials that artfully blend into and enhance the surrounding beauty, this graceful 2-bedroom home provides the ideal setting for warm family gatherings and wonderful vacation memories.

Located among stands of native trees and Maggie Pond, yet offering perfect views of Breckenridge Ski Mountain, this home is in the heart of Main Street Station and only steps from the fine dining, shopping and other activities that Breckenridge has to offer.

Even closer are the slopes – you’ll ski out from your home in the morning and ski back to your door at day’s end to enjoy warm, relaxing evenings with your family.

Water House on Main Street—Residence 5204

Kitchen

Note: All photos are of model unit.

Dining Room and Kitchen

Living Room

Master Bedroom

Master Bathroom

Guest Bedroom

Guest Bedroom Bathroom

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Membership in Private Owners Club Dedicated owner ski lockers State-of-the-Art Fitness Center Sauna and Locker Rooms Members Lounge Outdoor Heated Pool 7 Outdoor Hot Tubs Theater Room Ski Valet and Boot Warmers Concierge Service Underground Parking

Owner’s Ski Lockers

Lobby at Main Street Station

Please contact your local Breckenridge Real Estate Broker for additional information.

Pioneer Club

Water House on Main Street—Residence 5204

Luxurious Floor Plan

Site Plan

Quicksilver Super Chair

Maggie Pond

Water House On Main Street

Main Street Station

About Breckenridge

Welcome to Breckenridge Here in Breckenridge, your options go far beyond skiing and riding. Whether your appetite is for playing hard in the fresh air and sunshine, or the pursuit of fine art, music and a delicious meal, this historic mining town is alive with variety.

Where else can you base your quest for fun on the evolution of 150 years? For generations, we’ve been sharing the spirit of all-season adventure with the collective desires of families and friends. In this vibrant and charming town, we inspire guests to choose their very own adventure with an endless array of incredible choices to kick-it-up or kick back, whatever the mood.

Here you can taste excitement with a snowmobile or dog sled tour, ice skate, snowshoe or visit the sledding hill. For a more relaxed environment, cozy up in a sleigh ride, unwind in an amazing restaurant or pamper yourself at a spa. Or, you can draw yourself into Breck’s history, heritage and western stories with a visit to a museum or Welcome Center.

All of these options are just a small sampling of the possibilities. There is always more to discover here in Breckenridge, where vacations come alive with tailored activities, amenities and attractions. And, with the close proximity of the town and the mountain, your only challenge will be fitting it all in.

The Mountain Perfect mountain. Perfect mountain town.

Who doesn't love Breckenridge? Rising high above "the perfect mountain town," Breckenridge Ski Resort was rated by the BBC as one of the world's top five winter resort destinations in October 2006. With a family-friendly atmosphere, world-class races and events, expansive terrain parks and one of the nation's top Ski Schools, Breckenridge has it all.

Building on the momentum of the last few seasons generated from the new BreckConnect gondola and Imperial Express, North America’s highest chairlift at 12,840 feet (3,914 m), Breckenridge is moving toward a new era. Often a close tug of war, Breckenridge claims second position – behind Vail – for the most visited ski resort in North America.

Breckenridge is known for having the best terrain parks and pipes in the world. Breckenridge has designed a multi-level park pod that will feature a beginner park and pipe, an intermediate park, as well as the famed expert superpark and pipe on Freeway. The resort has committed to adding a snowmaking system on Peak 8’s Park Lane, which sits next to Freeway Park, and to turning the entire 3,500-foot (1,067 m) long run into a mid sized, intermediate park. With parks and pipes for all three levels in one place, skiers and snowboarders can develop from beginner park riders to pros.

We hope you discover why we love our Historic Mountain Town.

Water House on Main Street

History of Breckenridge Early Settlement and the Gold Rush. Early to Mid-1800s.Long before white settlers from the east crossed the Continental Divide, the area that would become Breckenridge was part of the summer hunting grounds of the nomadic White River and Middle Park Ute Native Americans. Although there were a few white trappers and traders roaming the area in the 1840s, the town was developed out of America's mid-nineteenthcentury rush to settle the West. In 1859, the Pike's Peak Gold Rush was on, and the discovery of gold in the Breckenridge area brought miners and fortune seekers to the "Blue River Diggings."

Intent upon locating in the Blue River Valley near Fort Mary B, General George E. Spencer's prospecting company founded the town of "Breckinridge" in November of 1859 and, presumably, named it after President James Buchanan's Vice President, John Cabell Breckinridge (1857-1861).

By June of 1860, a U. S. post office had been granted, and a single row of log cabins, tents, and shanties lined the banks of the Blue River. A Denver, Bradford, and Blue River Wagon Road Company connection was secured in 1861, giving lifeblood to the infant community. That summer, Breckenridge boasted several stores, hotels, and saloons and became the permanent county seat of Summit County, Colorado. But, the Civil War and increasing difficulty in locating free, accessible gold cleared the camp of miners. Consequently, by 1870, the population of Breckenridge had plummeted to 51.

Dredge Mining and the Early 1900s. By the late 1800s the earlier mining booms were over. Dredge boats, which employed relatively few people, began operating in the area in 1898 and worked the valley floor until 1942. Thinking the Tiger Placers Company would provide jobs during the national depression, Breckenridge Town officials allowed the Tiger #1 Gold Dredge to chew its way from the northern town limits through to the south end of Main Street. The two-story, pontoon boat supported an armature that carried a line of moving buckets that was capable of digging up placer mining ground to depths of 70 feet in the riverbed. The dredge removed all vegetation and buildings in its path.

The riverbed was literally turned upside-down. Fine soils of the river bottom were either sent to the depths below or deposited downstream as sediment. The riverbed and bedrock below were dredged up to the surface. As a result, few historic buildings survived on the west side of the Blue River. World War II finally silenced the dredge, and the population in Breckenridge declined to approximately 254 individuals.

Many of Breckenridge's historic buildings were lost during the "post-war" period for a variety of reasons. Some property owners demolished their structures to reduce their tax burden. Other buildings were lost to accidental fires, while others were purposely burned in practice exercises of volunteer fire crews. Some buildings were even torn down for firewood. Breckenridge, however, never achieved ghost town status. Instead, it maintained itself as a small town until the advent of the ski industry. The closest Breckenridge came to a ghost town was in 1936, when it was decided that it had been excluded from maps of the United States. The Breckenridge Women's Club was in session one day when they found that a strip of land 90-miles long and 30-miles wide had been left out of the United States. Breckenridge was included in this area with points north to Grand County. So, on August 8, 1936, the Governor and an impressive entourage gathered on the courthouse lawn, where a flag of the United States was raised.

The Evolution of Mining.1860s through the turn of the Century. The early 1860s saw the introduction of large-scale hydraulic placer mining to the area, and Breckenridge was engrossed in a new mining phase. Hydraulic mining occurred in Lomax, Iowa, Georgia, and other gulches

continued... and brought a change in the character of the local mining industry. Individual miners and mining companies consolidated their holdings. The days of the lone prospector were gone.

In 1879, Breckenridge found itself an important hard-rock mining location and prominent supply center. The discovery of rich silver and lead carbonates in the hills nearby put the Breckenridge district on the map, and fortune hunters invaded. Breckenridge had plenty of "elbow room" to grow, and the community was formally incorporated in 1880.

An ambitious grid was eventually platted for the 320-acre town site. Breckenridge's wide Main Street allowed for ease in turning around freight wagons and became the center of social and athletic activities. During the mining heyday, the town provided the miners with a variety of attractions. Without diversions, life in the mining camp would have been an endless cycle of routine work.

Soon, more substantial architecture appeared. Comfortable homes, churches, and a school were built on the hillside east of Main Street. Saloons and other false-fronted commercial ventures were confined to the downtown. Main Street became the business thoroughfare, and, by June of 1880, Breckenridge's population of about 3000 people enjoyed two dancehalls, ten hotels, and eighteen saloons. In addition, Ridge Street, which paralleled Main, boasted a grocery store, hotel, post office, dry goods store, bank, assay office, and drug store.

In 1882, a depot site for the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad was secured, bringing rail service to town. Consequently, Breckenridge doomed a half dozen rival mining camps in the process, including Swan City, Preston, and Lincoln City. By 1882, the town added three newspapers and a cemetery. The population of Breckenridge was 2000 residents, and it reigned as queen of the Summit County mining towns. The Town also managed to organize three fire companies to protect the vulnerable wooden structures. Nevertheless, a major fire in 1884 destroyed a number of buildings along Main Street and Ridge Street. Despite the fire danger, local carpenters continued to build with wood because of the availability of materials and the reduced time, effort, and cost of construction. As a result, few masonry buildings ever appeared in Breckenridge.

Skiing and Recreation. In December 1961, Rounds and Porter, a Wichita, Kansas, lumber company, opened the Breckenridge Ski Area and a new boom era began. Transportation improvements further fueled the Breckenridge recreation "rush." The Eisenhower Tunnel, on Interstate 70, was completed in 1973 reducing the drive time from Denver to Breckenridge to an hour and a half. As a result of the relatively easy access from the Front Range and Denver, the recreational activities in the high country including bicycling, hiking, golfing, fishing, snowshoeing, and skiing, have increased in popularity. Record numbers of skiers and visitors now visit the Town of Breckenridge and record numbers of vehicles now pass through the Eisenhower tunnel. For the ski season ending in 2003, Breckenridge was the second most visited ski area in the United States.

The Pioneer Club

About the Pioneer Club Welcome to the Breckenridge Pioneer Club the first and only private ski and social Club.

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Convenient Facilities. A beautiful alpine clubhouse within easy access to Breckenridge Ski Resort, the Merchants at Main Street Station and all the numerous shops, restaurants and galleries located along Main Street.

Member’s Club Room. The private member's clubroom with outdoor patio has spectacular views overlooking Maggie Pond and the Breckenridge Ski Resort. The room features a fireplace to curl up next too.

Concierge Services. The Concierge staff will personally book your activities, confirm spa appointments, confirm dinner reservations, suggest local entertainment options, assist with a special occasion, provide grocery shopping or anything else you may need from a concierge. Assistance is also offered for travel services such as air travel and ground transportation. This service is included with a membership, but members and guests are responsible for the cost of the activities, and any services provided. For convenience, many of these services may be charged to the member's credit card on file with the club. Concierge Services are located in the by the Front Desk of Main Street Station.

Business Services and Conference Facilities. In the event you must take time out from your favorite pastimes, we do offer business services. Our staff, upon request, will assist with computer/internet services, printing, faxing and copying. Our Conference Facilities allow for private gatherings ranging from two to one hundred fifty people. Appropriate fees apply.

Afternoon/Après Ski Bar Service. In our comfortable member's clubroom we provide bar service daily.

Hours vary season to season. Enjoy your favorite beverage or choose a bite to eat from our wonderful menu.

Ski Storage. Our facility offers you a place to keep your skis, boots, poles and snowboards; year round storage is also available. Appropriate Fees apply Golf/Bike Storage. In the summer months our Ski Storage converts into a storage place to keep your bicycles, golf clubs or any other summer toys secured.

Fitness Center/Pool. A spacious fitness center features state-of-the-art cardiovascular equipment and weights, stretching mats and men's and women's locker rooms with steam showers. Three outdoor hot tubs compliment the experience. There is also an Olympic size pool, adjacent to Maggie Pond as well as an additional 4 hot tubs.

Media Room and Theatre. Our state-of-the-art media room includes theater-style seating for twentyfour, an 123 inch projection screen, Cable and Satellite TV, DVD and VCR capabilities all complimented by surround sound The room will offer both open and programmed viewing. Please contact the concierge staff to reserve your preferred date and time and to check the programmed viewing schedule.

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Breckenridge, Colorado