Oconomowoc Lake Club

I have left comments on improving your draft, embedded throughout the article below. Please review, and you can remove my individual comments once you address each issue. Overall good concept, but this needs to be made less advertisement and more serious encyclopedic article.

• Comment: Encyclopedias don't say "you", please change the phrasing. Also, the intro paragraph should be a who-what-why-when-where, not an advertisement for whatever generic services they offer. We need to see what's significant about the OLC; to be frank, why on earth would our readers in Tokyo or London care in the slightest if people can have a business meeting there? But they and posterity would like to know how old the club is, what famous people were members, any exciting/tragic/famous incidents that occurred there, etc. MatthewVanitas (talk) 07:34, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

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The Oconomowoc Lake Club is a lakeside country club found in 1890 by George P. Gifford. It is one of the countries oldest yacht clubs. When it was built in the early 1900s it was very well built. It was built and design by Architects Ferry and Clas from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is located in Oconomowoc Wisonsin, on Oconomwoc Lake. Which is considered one of the most prestigious and upscale lakes in the state of Wisconsin. Unlike other clubs, memberships is not restricted to lake residents, meaning anyone can be a member you don't have to live on Oconomowoc Lake.

History

The Oconomowoc Lake Club was founded in 1890. It was originally involved with a improvement association that had a goal to maintain the lake levels and water traffic coming through the river connected to the lake. The Oconomowoc Lake Cub were the ones who ended up installing the Danforth Lock. A lock is a short confined section of a canal. This solved all the water level problems. Also a local Oconomowc mail boat was able to travel through this lock and twice a week they would deliver peoples mail to their piers. But that lock was eventually cemented shut and now a damn is used to control the water levels.

The history of the Lake Club is directly connected the Villa Gifford or also known as the Gifford Hotel. This hotel was originally a home located just west of the current Lake Club. George P. Gifford was the center of attention in the late 1800s in the Oconomowoc area. He had guests over often and they loved his food and all the recreational activities they did on Oconomowc Lake. Eventually in the late 1860s Gifford opened his home to selected guests or members. After some construction to his home he had created a simple lakeside hotel. The hotel predated the founding of the OLC. All the meeting for the next 19 years were held at the Gifford Hotel. Then finally the current OLC building was built in 1909. The OLC actually made a section in Life Magazine when Ralph Robinson, who was a very important man in the metal working business by owning 8 business across the U.S, they made the magazine when he was elected as Commodore of the OLC. The OLC served members until 1994 when a fire broke out and it was burnt to the ground. After two years of negotiating the OLC was rebuilt in 1996. Present day it is still in business.

Dining

The OLC does not consist of only one dining area. They actually have 4 different sites in the OLC for someone to have a drink or dinner. Sam's Bistro is made for small appetizers, small dinner and drink. The Commodore is more of a sit-down dinner type of room. There is also the option of sitting outside at Dockside which is a set of tables on the pier for any member to sit down and order dinner. Then there is the Topside Bar, which is a bar and lounge with a lake view.