Black Point (estate)
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| Black Point | |
|---|---|
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location: | 580 S. Lake Shore Dr. (Pier 580) Linn, Wisconsin |
| Architect: | Adolph Cudell |
| Architectural style(s): | Queen Anne |
| Added to NRHP: | September 15, 1994 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 94001147 |
Black Point is an estate on the south shore of Geneva Lake in Wisconsin, built in 1888 as a summer home by Conrad Seipp, a beer tycoon from Chicago.[1]
The Queen Anne style mansion features a nautical-themed, four-story, "crow's nest" observation tower, which can be seen from many points on the lake; the property also features post-civil war-era furniture. It is included in the National Register of Historic Places.
The state of Wisconsin owns the property and leases it to the Black Point Historic Preserve, a nonprofit organization which manages the property for public tours, which began in June 2007.[2]
The estate and its grounds, including 620 feet of shoreline, are protected from future development by a conservation easement co-held by the Geneva Lake Conservancy, a local not-for-profit conservation organization,[3] and the Preserve.[4]
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- Black Point Estate - Tours by Lake Geneva Cruise Line
- New York Times, May 5, 2006
- Magnificent museum: Black Point opens as public treasure after long struggle, Journal Sentinel, July 7, 2007
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