None of this is by accident. While any type of architecture is allowed in the village, homes must be true to that style. “If you’re going to build a Georgian-style home,” says Mayor Arthur Baldwin II, “then it’s got to be a true Georgian.” Another rule requires landscaping to fit in with the rural character.
Fancy topiaries and manicured beds belong in Shaker or River, not here. The other thing that the mayor tells us is that people are quiet. In a five-minute conversation, in fact, he uses the word “private” three times.
“It’s quite conservative, not known, not on the map,” echoes real estate agent Adam Kaufman. “The people there like it that way.”
Insiders who live here:
The most prominent — and private — people in Lake County, including the fatherand- son business team of Richard and Jerome Osborne (two separate houses) and former Browns coach Sam Rutigliano. Waite Hill’s most famous ex-resident? Art Modell.
