September 26, 2005
Historic Black Point Estate Transferred to the State of Wisconsin

On September 26, 2005, history was made again at the Black Point Estate, as William O. Peterson, great-grandson of Conrad Seipp, the original owner of the property, transferred the deed to the Black Point property to the State of Wisconsin.

The property, first built in 1888, will forever be protected by a conservation easement held by the Geneva Lake Conservancy and the Black Point Historic Preserve, Inc. The State will retain ownership of the property while leasing it to the Preserve. Black Point will be available to the public through occasional tours next summer and through regular tours in 2007.

Called "the best surviving example of the great summer houses in Wisconsin and probably also Illinois" by Jack Holzhueter, an editor of the State Historical Society's Wisconsin Magazine of History, Black Point consists of an architecturally unique nineteenth century home, one of the oldest and arguably, greatest in the Geneva Lake area. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the property itself consists of approximately seven and a half acres on 620 feet of undisturbed Geneva Lake shoreline.