The Florence Bassett Club had the pleasure of hearing Michael Rehberg present a program of: History of Black Point Families and Their Estates and Gardens.

Michael started at Black Point in 2013. The house was built in 1888 on Geneva Lake and was built by beer baron Conrad Seipp and his wife Catharina. Four generations stayed there. They donated the house to the state in 1995. All of the furniture is original. There is 640’ of shoreline that was entered into conservancy and cannot be developed. It was originally called “The Lorelei” and was changed to “Black Point” because of black oak trees on the property. The house has 26 bedrooms. The most important thing was family to the Seipp family.

Florence Bassett Club is open to anyone interested in helping to preserve the Bassett House located at 708 W. Main St. in Whitewater. Meetings are the third Wednesdays of the month at 1:30 in the Bassett House. All are welcome.

Editor’s note: This article was provided by the Florence Bassett Club. Photos are courtesy of Tom Ganser.