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Show News pape~§ ' The.Daily 'Spectrum (Sa.iIlt. Georg~1 tJtah) " :S~I1' Dec"i 6, l.990 • f'ag.e 25 ciciiol/nloaded 'on Nov'S, 2018 httpS:fANWW.riewsflaper s.comAmage/285431259 Daily Under the Eaves charms visitor sense of "bame" 10 otben DOIlf. '!be ~ aDd breakfast Is \'ery ~ with European travel.... and is listed 10 a Gennan gul~ book called SUd....eslt'm USA. "Janumy is the only quiet month," BrowD·Wllkersoo sa.ys, " but we're open every day or the year." That's 3,000 guests a year, SPRINGDALE - Of the five bed and breakfast inns gracing !he Rockville/SpriogdaJe area, UDder the Eaves may liave the m061 varIed past - aU the better to cl!arm Its IIlJlIl)' and varied guests. _ IJ! fa~t, anyone passing throoJgb Spriogdale wOuld liave a hard tiIiie mlss\Dj( the attractive stone house sheseys. Unlike motels, bed and break· fast inns offer home cooIrlng. Guests are treated to II sit.oown, al9flO Zion Park Blvd. Onder the Eaves' brochure sarv f~-5tyle mormng. ~~ChrIs~~IId:'~~.J: Ullian. U WIllI designed by the bride's father, Alber! Andenioo, who designed several slone houses 10 the area. LIllian was Springdale's postmi· stress at the time. When the bouse was finished, it served as the lowo'. post office. w:s f~li.f~t'ifer~t~'ffi =~!a1fi~~~~'; bert's death, Mn. ChrIstensen moved to Provo wbere she .un resides. '!be bouse later was used as a kindergarten school, a library, and during the early 1.9809 it was an antiaue slore. 10 1.986, Marcus and Nicole 'Ibompson converted the bouse into a bed and breakfast. '!be next year, Kalbleen BrownWilkerson and ber brother, J ohn O'Shea, learned thaI Under the Eaves was lor sale. Deciding tn buy It, they moved here [rom Woodland B1l1s, Calif. Kathleen spent eight years visiting many areas of the southwest, but was es~ lond 01Sprtogdale. " always came !lack to Sprtog· dale," Brown-Wilkerson says. " U leels like the town , was raised In. , lell at home here." She says It was her brother, J ohn, who did so much to get Under the Eaves back in opera· tion. Shortly alter remodeling, however, John lost his iiIe to cancer . .Coprright © 2018 Newspa~ers.com: :A" Rights Reserved. breaklasl every "1 do all the cooIdng," says SPRINGDALE - Under the Ea ves Innkeeper and owner Kathteen Brown·Wilkerson Is shown In front of the Inn with her golden retriever, Gypsy, while the c liffs 01 Zion National Park rise majestica lly In the background. (Spectrum I Peter Duslrud) "He was instrumental in getting Kathleen also met Dale WJlkerson, it going," she says. " I would have a local businessman originally been lost without him." He did all [rom Mona, Utab. They were en· the plwnbing and electrical work, even going as far as replacing the ga~ ~~p~e~::w~~:rs 01 light switches with the original Under the Eaves, but It is Kathleen pushbutton style. who performs the day·to-day duo After moving to Springdale, ties of innkeeper. She conveys that Bl"<IWD·Wllkerson. Rising early, she ptejl81""'S a varIety of dishes, Including vegetarian. Many Europeans tell her they generally don'l mix loods such as eggs and, say, sweet rolls in one meal aod ask, fi ls this a typical American breakfast?" "But they usually try every· =~ I~~.n:.\, "and we don't Europeans often favor bed and breakfast inns over motels. "They want to know wbat an American house is Uke," BrownWIlkerson said. "They are wonderlul people and they are so enthu· siastlc ahout the area," She makes reservations for lolks from England, New Zealand, Australia, Hungary, Italy, SWllu!r· land, Canada, Mexico and especially Germany. Visitors at Under the Eaves of· ten spend eveniogs reading, writ· Ing letters, or even socialWilg around the big dlotog room table. " We have no television avaUable to the public," Brown·WIlkerson says, "And rve never had anyone complain." She says her guests are "oul all day hiking th.eir little legs ofI," and appreciate the quiet atmosphere. One couple, Brown-Wilkerson remembers, called recenUy to make reservations lor thelr wed· ding anniversary. They met, she says, at Under the Eaves. |
