Built in 1851 by German immigrant Ludwig Rette (later spelled "Beatty"), this fourteen room stone house is listed on the National Historic Register. The foundation of the house actually is a vaulted wine cellar where the fruit of the Beatty vineyard was processed and aged. 

The house continued in the possession of the Beatty and Suhr families for a century. In later years it deteriorated and it was not until purchased by the James Seamans in 1951 that it was restored and refurbished, much of the stone work, both exterior and interior, being done by Godfried Schock. In recent years it has been operated as a bed end breakfast. It is furnished with antiques, some of which once had belonged to the Beatty and Suhr families and is one of the show places of the Island.

From Kelleys Island, A Tour Guide