William P. O'Connor papers, 1995-2014

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O'Connor, William P

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Files pertain to the establishment of the Black Point Estate, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, as an historic site. Black Point was built by the Seipp family in 1888 as a summer home and owned by family ...

Files pertain to the establishment of the Black Point Estate, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, as an historic site. Black Point was built by the Seipp family in 1888 as a summer home and owned by family members for four generations. In 1994, William O. Petersen and his wife, Jane, initiated a plan to donate the estate to the State of Wisconsin in order to ensure its preservation in perpetuity. After a decade of legal work, the property was deeded to the state and in 2007 it was opened to visitors under the management of the Black Point Historic Preserve.

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