He was born Walfrid Konrad Teodor Hellgren in Sweden, his name changed to the above in the U.S. He and his wife Ruth built a colony of vacation cottages in the Swedish Stuga style in South Chatham on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the 1950s. In the early 1960s they made Dundee, Florida their winter home, while continuing to operate the cottages and live in South Chatham during the summer. Ruth managed them until her death in 2002, and their son has continued the tradition.
He was born Walfrid Konrad Teodor Hellgren in Sweden, his name changed to the above in the U.S. He and his wife Ruth built a colony of vacation cottages in the Swedish Stuga style in South Chatham on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the 1950s. In the early 1960s they made Dundee, Florida their winter home, while continuing to operate the cottages and live in South Chatham during the summer. Ruth managed them until her death in 2002, and their son has continued the tradition.
