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Property Record

580 S LAKE SHORE DR

Historic Name:
Black Point Estate - house
Other Name:
Reference Number:
68127

Property Location

Location (Address)
580 S LAKE SHORE DR
County
Walworth
City/Village
Township
Linn
Unincorporated community
Town
1
Range
17
Direction
E
Section
8
Quarter Section
SE
Quarter Quarter Section
NW

Property Features

Year Built
1888
Additions
Survey Date
1984
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Clapboard
Architect
Olaf Benson-landscape architect,Adolph Cudell,Arthur Cudell
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. Black Point (Pier 580) commands a magnificent vista from a prominence on the southern shore. Built in 1888, it was the home of Catherine and Conrad Seipp, a German-born brewer. Architect and furniture-designer Arthur Cudell of Chicago planned the clapboard house with a pronounced asymmetry and a delightful panoply of turned columns and spindles associated with the Eastlake idiom of the Queen Anne style. Originally, a polychromatic paint scheme highlighted the exuberant woodwork, including a tulip bracket motif. The structure’s most notable feature is the polygonal tower that extends far above the side-gabled roof. At the top, an oversized balustraded deck supported by oversized brackets offers an extraordinary lake view. Inside, the house included a billiard room and a music room. The dining room, redecorated in 1903, includes burlap wall-coverings hand-stenciled with grapevine garlands. The room’s built-in buffet along the full length of one wall features bottle-glass in some of the cabinet doors. Black Point sits on nearly six acres of wooded land, the result of an extensive planting effort by Olaf Benson of Chicago, a landscape architect, who planted seventy evergreen species, dominated by spruce and Norway pine. #67845 #67846 #67847 #68125 #68126 #68127 #68128 #68219 #68130 #68131 #68132 #68133 An easement for the property can be found in the site file.
Bibliographic References
Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. GAGE, pp.133-136. Lake Geneva Regional News 5/15/1997. Janesville Gazette 5/25/1997. Janesville Gazette 7/3/1998. Janesville Gazette 7/8/1998. Walworth Times 7/29/1998. Lake Geneva Regional News 7/30/1998. Janesville Gazette 7/29/1998. Lake Geneva Regional News 7/23/1998. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 8/31/1998. Janesville Gazette 5/20/1999. Janesville Gazette 5/11/1999. Janesville Gazette 5/4/1999. Janesville Gazette 5/3/1999. Janesville Gazette 6/19/1999. Lake Geneva Regional News 6/24/1999. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 6/22/1999. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 7/26/1999. Janesville Gazette 12/1/1999. Janesville Gazette 11/27/1999. Lake Geneva Regional News 4/13/2000. Delavan Enterprise 2/17/2000. Lake Geneva Regional News 4/27/2000. Janesville Gazette 5/18/2000. Marshfield News Herald 5/25/2000. Green Bay Press Gazette 5/25/2000. Janesville Gazette 5/20/2000. Janesville Gazette 7/1/2000. Sharon Reporter 7/12/2000. Lake Geneva Regional News 7/9/1998. Walworth Times 7/15/1998. Janesville Gazette 8/11/1998. Lake Geneva Regional News 8/13/1998. Green Bay Press Gazette 1/16/2001. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 1/16/2001. Janesville Gazette 1/15/2001. Walworth Times 8/9/2001. Lake Geneva Regional News 8/23/2001. Janesville Gazette 4/20/2002.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Black Point
National Register Listing Date
Sep 15, 1994
State Register Listing Date
Jun 16, 1994
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