Black Point Estate and Gardens

From a walk in 2024!

Alissa Kempken Tiffany Schnoor this is the big house we were looking at when we had our eventful boating day in Lake Geneva. 😁

Cool information 👍 and I really like what you're doing for the big 250 celebrate!!🇺🇲

Did the Wrigley’s ever own this?

My grandfather was a mason and worked on it. It’s beautiful to see. Is this how he got the money to build by selling the Loop?

And the story goes that he was banned from membership in the local country club so he built a duplicate of their clubhouse for his stable.

I am from there - the more interesting part of this story is how the home was used in the 70s and 80s where Alpine Valley and Playboy Club are nearby. There's a pool on the roof and many many bands rented it out - GnR and Motley Crue for example,

Does anyone remember the "bedroom" that raised through the roof from the 70s. Saw it while working up there. Yikes.

Always was wondering what the inside was like.

Sweet

Have cruised by it many times.⛴️

We lived a block away from the stone manor. Huge!!

I visited it when Gary Gygax lived there.

The Year 1905 - What a difference a century makes! Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the year 1905: • The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years. • Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub. • Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. • A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. • There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads. • The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. • Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. • With a mere 1.4 million people, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union. • The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower! • The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour. • The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. • A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. • More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home. • Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had no college education. • Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard." • Sugar cost four cents a pound. • Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. • Coffee was fifteen cents a pound. • Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. • Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason. • Five leading causes of death in the U.S. were: 1) Pneumonia and influenza 2) Tuberculosis 3) Diarrhea4) Heart disease 5) Stroke • The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn’t been admitted to the Union yet. • The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!! • Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet. • There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. • Two out of every ten U.S. adults couldn't read or write. • Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. • Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacist said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." (Shocking!) • Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic help. • There were about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S. And I forwarded this from someone else to nearly 10,000 people, and sent it to all of you in a matter of seconds! Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years...or the next 1 to 10 years (because things happen exponentially, the changes are coming faster and faster everyday) It staggers the mind.

Beautiful property. We've moved people in and out several times.

So sad.

been there its a great place

I called it LG mansion

Gorgeous 😍

Who owns it now? I thought I heard it was divided in to 3 condos???

It's now been bought out by LA Executives. The entire inside is White, and boring. Very modernized for today's capitalist thought process.

I've been on the roof of it....

My Grandfather was a Pinkerton agent there during prohibition. The mob still got the vodka.

I Lived there for several years ... One man Moved IN when he sold his Home in Rhode Island to Taylor Swift...He moved out three years later..