What we know
Built in 1891 by Charles Roberts, an investor in the Red Stone Town, Land and Mining Company: of the village of Lake Wauconda platted around the lake, 'only two homes built, the Manor House built in 1891 by Charles Roberts and the Jaques home' (Larkspur binder 1 p. 231, S-0005; also S-0243). The Castle Rock Writers' book, which calls him 'Charles A. Robert,' says much of the original millwork remains (S-0261, p. 64). It became the clubhouse of the Perry Park Country Club, founded in 1969 (S-0243).
Where it was
The club's history says the Roberts home 'is now the clubhouse' (S-0243); placed on the clubhouse, the large building beside the parking lot and rows of golf carts on the east shore of Waucondah Reservoir (Lake Wauconda), on current aerial imagery (Esri World Imagery, viewed 2026-10-20). That fits the book's house 'on a bluff overlooking' the golf course with a view of the lake (S-0261, p. 64). Good to about 100 feet.
Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.
Sources
- S-0005: Larkspur Historical Society, "Historical Site Survey Binders"
- S-0243: Perry Park Country Club, "Our History" (perryparkcc.com/course)
- S-0261: Castle Rock Writers, Douglas County (Images of America; Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2017; introduction by Shaun Boyd; ISBN 978-1-4671-2652-6)
Sources are named in the text above. Numbers such as S-0080 refer to our source list. Most newspaper quotations were read in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Long quotations from recent books are shortened here.