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Relaxing Country Hideaway on the Edge of Lawrence - Minutes to Mass Street!

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Experience the serenity of the country at this historic homestead, just on the edge of Lawrence. Unwind in a rocking chair on the front porch or enjoy a meal under string lights on the back patio, all while being within walking distance to Baker Wetlands.

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional

Entire home

4 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 8177 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Dryer
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning
  • Outdoor space

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About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Relaxing Country Hideaway on the Edge of Lawrence - Minutes to Mass Street!

Come unwind in the second oldest homestead in KS, homesteaded in 1854. Enjoy the peace and quiet of the country, while still on the edge of bustling Lawrence. This home sits bordering the Wakarusa River and is walking distance to the Baker Wetlands. You’ll find the built in 1878 home fully furnished and newly renovated, perfect for larger groups all the way down to a solo traveler. Our homes main level features a bedroom with a queen size bed, and a full bathroom with a walk in shower, as well as a washer and dryer for guest use. There are three additional bedrooms upstairs, two with a king size bed, and one with a full size bed. The upstairs also has a full bathroom with heated flooring, a walk in shower as well as a soaking tub, and an office space found in bedroom 4. The front porch features two rocking chairs perfect to take in the tranquility of country living, as well as a table with two benches. The back patio features a table and four chairs along with string lighting for the perfect ambiance. We also have a wood fire pit available as well. If you’re more interested in exploring all Lawrence has to offer, there’s plenty to do nearby!

Just a couple minutes off K10 this 2 story home sits off a paved road in a quiet area, minutes from the bustle of Lawrence. There’s endless activities to do nearby!

Baker Wetlands - Walking Distance
Target/Walmart- 2 Miles
Scenic Wells Overlook- 2.2 Miles
Clinton Lake - 7.4 Miles
University of Kansas- 4.5 Miles
Allen Fieldhouse- 4.5 Miles
Downtown Lawrence/Mass St- 5 Miles
Rock Chalk Park- 9 Miles
Youth Sports Complex- 4.8 Miles
Baldwin City/Baker University- 12 miles
Kansas City MCI Airport- 56 Miles

Guests have access to the main and upstairs level of the home via an automated lock at the back of the home. Access to basement and upstairs back porch is locked for storage purposes.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in the house: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Kitchen

  • Blender
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Dishwasher
  • Electric kettle
  • Hob
  • Ice maker
  • Kitchen island
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Paper towels
  • Refrigerator
  • Spices
  • Toaster

Dining

  • Dining table

Bedrooms

  • 4 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 2 bathrooms
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Dining table
  • Living room
  • Separate dining area

Entertainment

  • Books
  • Games
  • Smart TV

Outdoor areas

  • Barbecue grill
  • Firepit
  • Garden
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Patio

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities
  • Washing machine

Work spaces

  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Office

Comfort

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Suitability/Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Accessible parking space
  • Area rugs in public areas
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Hardwood flooring in public areas
  • No lift
  • Smooth flooring in public areas
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Smoke-free property

Services and conveniences

  • Iron/ironing board
  • Safe

Location highlights

  • In a rural location
  • Near a health/beauty spa
  • Near a hospital
  • Near the marina
  • On a river

Things to do

  • Birdwatching nearby
  • Cycling nearby
  • Ecotours nearby
  • Fishing nearby
  • Golfing nearby
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby
  • Motor boating nearby
  • Wildlife walks nearby
  • Winery tours nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • First aid kit
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Deadbolt lock

General

  • Garden
  • Unit size: 1,900 square feet

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Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM

Minimum check-in age - 21

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Check-out instructions

The host requires you to complete the following before checking out:

Load and start the dishwasher

Gather used towels

Remove personal items, remove leftover food and drinks and take out the rubbish

Turn off the lights and lock the doors

Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Events

No events allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a private host (a party not acting within their trade, business or profession). EU consumer law, including the right of withdrawal, will not apply to your booking. The cancellation policy set by the private host will cover your booking.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Long-term renters welcome
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts

About the area

Located in Lawrence, this holiday home is in a rural area and on a river. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Baker Wetlands and Kanza Southwind Nature Preserve, while Lied Center of Kansas and Booth Family Hall of Athletics are cultural highlights. Looking to enjoy an event or a game while in town? See what's happening at Allen Fieldhouse or David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. Discover the area's water adventures with power boating and fishing nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with hiking/biking trails and ecotours. Visit our Lawrence travel guide
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Lawrence, KS

What's nearby

  • University of Kansas
    University of Kansas
    8 min drive - 6.1 km
  • Legends Outlets Kansas City
    Legends Outlets Kansas City
    38 min drive - 67.4 km
  • Baker Wetlands
    5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Broken Arrow Park
    4 min drive - 6.0 km
  • Rock Chalk Park
    10 min drive - 17.9 km

Getting around

  • Lawrence Station
    14 min drive
  • Topeka, KS (FOE-Forbes Field)
    38 min drive

Restaurants

  • McDonald's
    5 min drive
  • McDonald's
    7 min drive
  • Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
    6 min drive
  • Chick-fil-A
    6 min drive
  • Whataburger
    7 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Relaxing Country Hideaway on the Edge of Lawrence - Minutes to Mass Street! pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Relaxing Country Hideaway on the Edge of Lawrence - Minutes to Mass Street!?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Relaxing Country Hideaway on the Edge of Lawrence - Minutes to Mass Street!?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Relaxing Country Hideaway on the Edge of Lawrence - Minutes to Mass Street!?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Relaxing Country Hideaway on the Edge of Lawrence - Minutes to Mass Street! located?

Situated on a river, this holiday home is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Baker Wetlands and within 3 miles (5 km) of Broken Arrow Park and Pine Ridge Plaza. Haskell Indian Nations University and Wells Overlook Park are also within 3 miles (5 km).

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Relaxing Country Hideaway on the Edge of Lawrence - Minutes to Mass Street! Reviews

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Exceptional

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Cleanliness

10

Location

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Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Tim H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Amazing location
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Suzan B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The home is very clean and fully equipped with everything anyone would need. We really enjoyed our stay there. Very peaceful! So close to Lawrence for restaurants, shopping and entertainment.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Thomas J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Excellent communication. Charming location
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

maria m.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Spacious and quiet

Quiet location with plenty of room to spread out. Comfortable beds. Kitchen well supplied with dishes/utensils/pots/pans. Good family space in living room and dining room.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Matt F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This is a great VRBO property. The owners have smartly modernized it without compromising any of its significant, historical charm. An example: each bedroom has plenty of power outlets for charging devices. The kitchen is modern, with a great coffee bar in the adjacent pantry. The homestead is clean and has plenty of room. Three of the bedrooms have east-facing windows but the curtains effectively block the rising sun.As advertised, the property is just minutes to Mass Street and to campus. It may seem far from town when looking at a map, but it's not. The property is peaceful and quiet. The Baker Wetlands are a 3-minute drive away, so walkers and runners have a nice place to visit nearby. The owners are responsive and provide easy directions for checking in and out. The wi-fi works, as does all the technology. This is a great place for a weekend visit to KU and Lawrence.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Robyn B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family weekend

This was our second visit to the farm house and it again was a great experience. It’s a beautiful and peaceful place for a family getaway. It’s so close to everything but in a quiet setting. They have thought of every detail.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mike O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house for visiting KU

We loved this house. Perfectly clean, charming and comfortable. Hope to stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ashley K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful, charming place to stay!

This is such an adorable house and great place to stay. Host is quick to respond and eager to make your stay seamless. House is very clean and stocked with all the essentials plus many more things. We loved the coffee bar. Quiet surroundings allowing us to escape the college crowd but still be close to visit campus. Would love to stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ashley G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful Visit

We had a great time at the homestead! We loved that we were very close to downtown Lawrence, but could also experience some quiet downtime on the lovely front porch. The coffee set up was really cute and the home had everything we needed.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mason S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice house

The place is great. Plenty of room, nice and quiet, and beautiful land. It was an excellent house for us to rent with our friends as we dropped our sons off at college. We will try and stay there again.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

David K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lawrence Country House

The beds were very comfortable, would have preferred a Barbeque grill instead of a smoker, managers responded very quickly with answers to our questions, high marks for the coffee/tea area off the kitchen, and a great place to be if you want to be in the country but close to town. We have stayed in a lot of VRBO houses and we give it an A++.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Susan G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Loved It!

It is clean, quiet, comfortable. The beds very comfortable. Black out curtains made for lovely late sleep in the mornings. Can’t praise this place enough.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Donna F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Historical home very convenient to the town of Lawrence.

Wonderful accommodations. House is 140+ years old and charming. Beautiful large front porch to sit and drink your coffee in the mornings. Walking distance to Baker Wetlands. House is within a minute’s drive to Lawrence so it is very convenient but feels like you are in the country.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Deb K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A great retreat

A family get together for a couple of days. The property is easy to find. It was interesting to find out about this historic property. The house was renovated and yet they kept the old farmhouse flavor! Enjoyed sitting on the wide front porch. Close to Lawrence so it was easy to find places to eat
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Robyn B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family weekend

This property is beautiful and had everything we needed for our family. We especially loved the extra touches, such as the coffee bar set up. We loved sitting in the front porch in the morning. The bedrooms were spacious with comfortable beds. The location was perfect since it was within a few minutes of our college daughter’s apartment but away from the business of town.Thank you so much. We will be back!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Cathy B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Thanksgiving Weekend

We arrived on Tuesday night and stayed through Sunday late afternoon. We had Thanksgiving dinner at the property with 7 adults and everything we needed was available. The kitchen is well stocked with cooking utensils pots, pans, dishes, silverware, etc. The stove, oven and microwave are all in great condition and made the meal prep a breeze. The dining room is a great size and has plenty of table space and chairs for up to 8 people. The beds are memory foam and comfortable. The house was extremely clean with plenty of towels etc. While we were there it snowed pretty heavily and the owners came by without disruption and put salt on the walking paths for safety which was nice. The grounds of the home are well maintained and very cool, its like staying on an old farm. Our flight back home on Sunday kept getting pushed back, I asked the home owner Dani if it would be okay to stay past the normal 10am check out and how much it would be to do that if possible and she was so nice. She said since there was nobody coming in that day we could stay as long as necessary at no charge. I really appreciated her hospitality, it made our departure so much better! We really enjoyed our stay and will come back.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

K. Paul G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing country home, just minutes from everything. Gotta see this rare find!!

The Meairs’ 2-story, newly renovated heritage home was perfect! Absolutely fabulous hosts with lightning response time to messages. The upstairs bathroom was HUGE and WAYYY better than any hotel accommodation! The large shower was a highlight and the soak tub was appreciated by our sore players. Coffee bar was amazing with a selection of several coffees to brew in the Ninja coffeemaker. There were lots of spices and a full kitchen wonderfully outfitted for cooking and enjoying our meals. We got permission to host the rest of our volleyball team a few hours during our long break and enjoyed both inside gaming on the huge smart TV and playing in the huge yard outside! We sat, talked, and enjoyed both the front porch and back patio areas. Air mattress was perfect in the upstairs office (which counted as one of the beds on the listing. Bunk beds would fit great in that room, actually.) Towels were plenty and plush and the mattresses and linens were all high quality. No one had any complaints! Attention was given to signage, labeling and just every small detail! Well water was nicely treated, and but Again there was no locks on the (only downstairs) bedroom. This home has no en-suite bathrooms. Downstairs bathroom (shower only) is in the enclosed back porch, but is nicely climate controlled. Considering all, including the easy 5-8 minute access to Walmart and many in-town amenities and restaurants, we will definitely wanna stay here again next year for our tournament.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Robyne

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy
outside of town but 4 minutes from Walmart was convenient
Stayed 4 nights in May 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Andrea S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The was a cute home and a perfect location for visiting KU.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Angie B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely quiet getaway with quick access to everything Lawrence

Our first stay and can't wait to come back!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Pam K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We had a wonderful time at this lovely historic home in a peaceful country setting, but also close to town. So beautifully decorated with attention to every detail: comfortable beds, charming accents, and everything was immaculately clean. The hosts were responsive and helpful. I hope to stay here again!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Aline C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Our stay was fantastic. The property was beautiful and peaceful. The house is amazing and they’ve done an excellent job with their remodel. The stove broke while we were there and they had a new one in place in less than two hours. Great host fantastic place. Thank you so so much.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Andrea B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful home in a quiet farm setting

Beautiful and quiet. Home has so much character and beautiful outdoor spaces to have wine and talk
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kelly L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Country Livin' close to town

This was such a great spot - barely outside the south end of town but feeling like you are in the country. House was very well appointed, spacious, with a very updated feel. I would definitely stay there again!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Brock J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful Country Retreat

Summary: I wish we had more time to be at the house. It was fantastic!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024