Ten Chimneys is the estate lovingly created by Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Yes, there are ten chimneys! Lynn and Alfred named their Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, estate after the number of chimneys on the Main House, Cottage, and Studio combined. The elegant three-story Main House has six chimneys and eighteen rooms (including the: Entry Hall, Garden Room, Flirtation Room, Drawing Room, Library, Belasco Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Helen Hayes Bedroom, Laurence Olivier Bedroom, Noël Coward Bedroom, Master Bedroom, Lynn’s Dressing Room, and Lynn’s Sewing Room). The Lunts’ quaint country Cottage has three chimneys and five main rooms (Living Room, Kitchen, Syrie Maugham Bedroom, Library, and Bugbee Bedroom). The one-room Swedish-style log cabin Studio has one chimney. 
The 60-acre estate, nestled in the rolling Kettle Moraine of southeast Wisconsin, also includes a charming pool and pool house, a creamery, a greenhouse, barns, stables, and other bucolic outbuildings.
Accessibility
A portion of the Main House and the entire Lunt-Fontanne Program Center are accessible by standard wheelchairs and walkers. Regretfully, the Main House is not equipped to handle motorized wheelchairs. Wheelchairs of any kind and rolling walkers cannot be used on the Full Estate Tour.
NOTE: This trip is limited to 36 attendees between VSC and UWRA. If interested, you are encouraged to register early!
Schedule (Return times are approximate)
| 10:00 a.m. |
| Depart Verona Park and Ride |
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10:15 a.m.
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Depart Dutch Mill Park and Ride |
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6:15 p.m.
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Return Dutch Mill Park and Ride |
| 6:45 p.m. |
Return Verona Park and Ride |
Cost
$100.00 Includes bus transportation, driver tip, admission fees, lunch, taxes, gratuities
Lunch Includes cop of Chicken Dumpling Soup and beverage
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½ Beet & Goat Cheese Salad Roasted red and gold beets, fresh goat cheese & roasted walnuts over arugula tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette dressing.
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½ Crispy Chicken Salad Breaded chicken pieces, bacon, cheddar cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, and croutons on top of spring mix lettuce. Served with honey Dijon mustard dressing.
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Chicken Salad Sandwich Granny smith apples, raisins, walnuts, celery, onions and mayo on raisin toast
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Patty Melt 8 oz burger topped with Swiss cheese and caramelized onions. Served on grilled rye with a side of French Fries.
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Registration Details and Deadline
Register online. Checks are accepted. Registrations much be received no later than Noon on Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Refund Policy
UWRA refunds an event fee if cancelled prior to the registration deadline. Refunds after the registration deadline are only processed if a wait-listed registrant can attend. Refunds made by check.
Questions
Contact trip coordinator Sandi Haase at (sandi.haase@wisc.edu) or the UWRA office at 608-262-0641.
UW-Madison Retirement Association
21 N Park St, Room 7205
Madison WI 53715-1218
608-262-0641
retireassn@mailplus.wisc.edu
