The Black Point estate on Geneva Lake was built in 1888 by Chicago brewing magnate Conrad Seipp. Today it is open to the public for tours as a state historic preserve.
The Black Point estate was built in 1888 by Chicago brewing magnate Conrad Seipp. It was donated to the state of Wisconsin by Seipp's great-great grandson, William Petersen, in 2005.
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William O. Petersen in a 2007 photograph inside the Black Point Summer home. Petersen is the great-great grandson of Chicago brewing magnate Conrad Seip, who built the estate in 1888. Petersen donated the property to the state of Wisconsin in 2005.
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William Petersen signs over the deed to the Black Point estate on Sept. 26, 2005 as state officials, preservationists an attorneys look on.
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The original kitchen at the back of Black Point as it looked in 2005 at the time it was donated to the state of Wisconsin.
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The wide porch of the Black Point estate wraps around the front of the historic summer home.
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The spectacular view from the cupola atop the Black Point estate on Geneva Lake.
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A dollhouse inside the summer home was a favorite plaything of the Seipp grandchildren.
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Conrad Seipp, a wealthy brewery owner from Chicago, built the Black Point estate on the shores of Geneva Lake in 1888.
The parlor of the Black Point estate on Geneva Lake. Operated by the Black Point Historic Preserve, the summer home of Chicago Brewer Conrad Seipp is open for tours during the summer.
Photo By: Dan Plutchak
The Black Point estate was built in 1888 by Chicago brewing magnate Conrad Seipp. It was donated to the state of Wisconsin by Seipp's great-great grandson, William Petersen, in 2005.
Photo By: Dan Plutchak
The sweeping composite comprised of three photographs shows the view from the tower atop the Black Point estate on Geneva Lake's south shore.
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The winding stairway that leads to the cupola high atop the Black Point estate in Linn Township.
Photo By: Terry Mayer
A portrait of Ben Franklin hangs outside one of the many guest bedrooms on the second floor of the Black Point estate.
Photo By: Dan Plutchak
The observation tower atop the Black Point estate along the south shore of Geneva Lake.
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