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In a community with woodlands, wetlands and inviting lakeshore...

Here you’ll find twenty spacious home sites, each uniquely designed as a premier choice for your new luxury home. The developer was careful to preserve the majestic beauty of Hermitage Shores’ natural habitat with its abundance of maple, basswood, oak and white pine trees that provide both privacy and an opportunity to enjoy the sights and sounds of nature.

Winter, spring, summer and fall, Hermitage Shores surrounds its residence in magnificence, which is what makes this popular lakeside community such a desirable place to call home. photos

A legacy of two brothers...

The Hermitage was settled by two sea-faring brothers, Captain Frank and Major George Halstead on the section of Lake Minnetonka known as Upper Main Lake.

Both brothers served in the navy during the Civil War and when the conflict ended, the Captain returned to the Minnesota home he loved so well. Here he was a driving force behind the Lake Minnetonka Improvement Commission and also built the Mary, one of two steamers that carried tourists around the lake. A quiet, reclusive man, Frank became known as a hermit and his home, the Hermitage.

Following the Captain’s untimely death, Major George Halstead arrived to tend to his brother’s affairs and was so taken with the lake and the Hermitage that he turned it into a tourist attraction, where people would come to picnic and listen to his entertaining stories.

A fire destroyed the Hermitage in 1901 and today, only the name and its fascinating heritage live on. download hermitage shores history fact sheet

Live at the lake without ever leaving town.

Located in Minnetrista on the western side of Lake Minnetonka, Hermitage Shores boasts 20 customized home sites that range in size from a little over a half to over three-quarters of an acre. Properties include lakeshore, lake view and other home sites with natural amenities.

Less than a mile from Highway 7, Hermitage Shores offers easy access to the freeway system with a convenient commute to downtown Minneapolis as well as the international airport. Restaurants, shopping and a wide variety of entertainment and recreational venues are all within minutes of home.

You have arrived, welcome to the neighborhood!

Just as Hermitage Shores has preserved the beauty and natural surroundings of this outstanding property, we have also reserved our home sites for the area’s most preeminent luxury homebuilders whose standards for quality architecture and design compliment the neighborhood.

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