Castino Lakeview Mansion
John P.Reiss Mansion
303 St. Clair Avenue
Reiss mansion
The John Peter Reiss mansion, 303 St. Clair Avenue, Once called the grand dame of them all, it is a stately red brick and stone home which sits on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. The original home had twenty-one rooms, five baths and living quarters above the carriage house.
the carriage house
Designed on a grand scale, it had a dozen fireplaces of brick and forged metal, monogrammed iron gates, green marble entrance floor, three kitchens, a library, a children’s playroom with built-in blackboard, a game room with a gargoyle faucet and a third floor ballroom.
In the style of an English townhouse, the Reiss mansion was designed by Milwaukee architect, H.W. Buemming in 1911 for John P. Reiss, the head of the Reiss Steamship Company. Buemming also planned the Sheboygan City Hall in 1915 and the C. Reiss Coal office building. W.C. Weeks was the builder.
guarding the entrance
wall covering
parlor
dining room
veranda
view of Sheboygan harbor
first floor bedroom
main staircase
bedroom
since mansion is now a B&B
nice touch
bathroom ceiling
dumb waiter lift to send items up from the kitchen
call buttons
Historic Homes Tour
waiting to visit the mansion
across the street
