Horace Upham was a prominent
Milwaukee-based lawyer and the son of
Don A. J. Upham, a member of the legislature of the
Wisconsin Territory and
Mayor of Milwaukee. Horace and his wife, Catherine, had the house built as their summer home. In 1938, the Uphams donated the property to Wisconsin
Easter Seals, which now uses it as Camp Wawbeek, for children with disabilities. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989. ==References==