1931 OTTER LAKE LN | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

1931 OTTER LAKE LN

Architecture and History Inventory
1931 OTTER LAKE LN | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:Otter Cove Resort
Contributing:
Reference Number:132058
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1931 OTTER LAKE LN
County:Vilas
City:
Township/Village:Lincoln
Unincorporated Community:
Town:40
Range:10
Direction:E
Section:15
Quarter Section:SE
Quarter/Quarter Section:SE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1946
Additions:
Survey Date:2004
Historic Use:resort/camp building
Architectural Style:Other Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Aluminum/Vinyl Siding
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:A review of the property's abstract reveals that this property was likely built in circa 1946 after the property was sold by C. Howard and Rosella Olmstead to Adolph and Emma Krug. It then changed hands again in 1956, when the Krugs sold to Kenneth and Dorothy Curler. Joanne Spinner purchased the property in 1978. The property, which consists of the house/office and four cottages (constructed of vertical log), was sold briefly on land contract to the Luchini family and then run again by the Spinners. During their tenure, the Spinners made an addition to the house/office, built a new garage and added three permanent piers to the property. The Spinners then sold to Steve Pappas, the inventor of the Otter Sled, a sled designed for hauling stuff over cie and snow for ice fishing. The decal on the sled was the insignia of the resort. The Pappas family then sold to William and Katherine Landwehr, who have since sold off the four cottages as condo units.
Bibliographic References:Joanne Spinner, Former owner of Otter Cove Resort; Katherine Landwehr, Current owner of Otter Cove Resort.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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