Indianapolis Outing Club

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Indianapolis Outing Club
Location Three Lakes, Wisconsin
Built1902
NRHP reference No. 04000156
Added to NRHPMarch 10, 2004

The Indianapolis Outing Club is located in Three Lakes, Wisconsin. In 2004, the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [1]

History

In 1902, the land that the buildings of the club now sit on was purchased by businessmen from Indiana and Kentucky. [2] By that time, Oneida County, Wisconsin and Vilas County, Wisconsin had the greatest concentration of commercial resorts in the upper area of the Great Lakes region and the businessmen had decided to begin an exclusive club. They would construct four buildings on the site.

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References

  1. "Indianapolis Outing Club". Landmark Hunter.com. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  2. "Indianapolis Outing Club". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved March 14, 2012.