Black Point (Linn, Wisconsin)

Black Point is an estate on the south shore of Geneva Lake in Wisconsin, United States, built in 1888 as a summer home by Conrad Seipp, a beer tycoon from Chicago.[2] It has also been known as Conrad and Catherine Seipp Summer House and as Die Loreley[1]


Black Point
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	580 S. Lake Shore Dr. (Pier 580), Linn, Wisconsin
Coordinates	42°33′29″N 88°30′39″W
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	1888
Architect	Adolph Cudell
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	94001147[1]
Added to NRHP	September 15, 1994

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 was designed by Adolph Cudell. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

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.[3]

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,[4] and the Preserve.[5]

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
Lake Geneva website re mansions Archived December 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
Lake Geneva tour website Archived March 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Geneva Lake Conservancy website
Geneva Lake Conservancy news release, September 26, 2005 Archived September 28, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

External links

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