Property Record
4212 TWIN LAKE RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Twin Pine Resort |
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| Other Name: | Twin Pines Resort (House/office) |
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| Reference Number: | 132462 |
| Location (Address): | 4212 TWIN LAKE RD |
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| County: | Vilas |
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| Township/Village: | Conover |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 41 |
| Range: | 11 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 7 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1939 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2004 |
| Historic Use: | resort/camp building |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Board |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The resort began no later than 1939; the earliest known owner/proprietor was William Adams. Mr. & Mrs. E.C. Tipps are noted as later proprietors. Bill and Clarene Dayton, who were from the Manitowoc, Wisconsin, area owned the property for some time prior to 1982. Since then the resort has been owned by Ken and Mabel Darton. Mabel Caskey Darton was the granddaughter of Sylvester Caskey, the gentleman who established Sylvan Rest on Lac Vieux Desert in 1909. Ken was also familiar with the resort life as his parents purchased The Great Escape, which is located along the east shore of North Twin Lake. Ken recently passed away, but Mabel still maintains the resort business. At some point the "s" of Twin Pines was dropped and is known as Twin Pine Resort. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Conversation with Mabel Darton, current owner of Twin Pine Resort, June 2004; Summer Outings: Wisconsin-Upper Michigan (1939, 1942, 1952). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |