8-Sided Look-Out Tower - Linn, WI
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YoSam.
N 42° 33.496 W 088° 30.687
16T E 375924 N 4712869
Tower sits atop a 3 story Queen Anne home on Lake Geneva.
Waymark Code: WM10B8H
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 04/06/2019
Views: 2
County of house: Walworth County
Location of house: Southland Rd., on Black Point, Linn
Phone: (262)-248-1888
Architect: Adolph Cudell
Architectural Style: Victorian: Queen Anne
Built: 1888
" ... A broad and
steeply pitched gable roof tops the 3-story building with a 4-
story, eight-sided tower at the northwest corner. ...
"A defining feature of Black Point is the four-story tower located
at the northwest corner of the house. The size and design of the
tower make it appear almost free standing thus giving the
illusion of a lighthouse. This illusion is reinforced by the
fact that the fourth story of the tower is unenclosed with a
cantilevered deck projecting approximately 20" beyond the tower's
lower walls. Access to this open observation deck is by way of a
hatch door and an interior curved staircase which can be traced
from the exterior by the arrangement of stained glass windows.
Another staircase connects the porch roof balcony to the tower by
way of an exterior entrance door on the west side of the tower on
the third floor. The tower contains a low-pitched, multi-sided
replacement roof clad in copper which approximately matches the
original in appearance. The roof was unsuccessfully replaced in
c.1969 and replaced again in c. 1977. A flag pole extends an
additional 7' through the open peak. An extraordinary view of
Lake Geneva and the village of Williams Bay is afforded from the
fourth floor of the tower with the views in other directions
somewhat obscured by tree foliage in summer." ~ NRHP Nomination Form