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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. It has also been known as Conrad and Catherine Seipp Summer House and as Die Loreley 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
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. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 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. 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, and the Preserve.Geneva Lake Conservancy news release, September 26, 2005


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Black Point Estate
- Wisconsin Historical Society
New York Times, May 5, 2006
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Magnificent museum: Black Point opens as public treasure after long struggle, ''Journal Sentinel'', July 7, 2007
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