Property Record
18C SHAKE RAG ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JOE ELLERY HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | ELLERY HOUSE; SHAKE RAG UNDER THE HILL |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 29679 |
| Location (Address): | 18C SHAKE RAG ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1840 |
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| Additions: | 1900 |
| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Mineral Point Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/30/1971 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. BUILT IN THE 1840'S, THIS ONE-STORY OTHER VERNACULAR HOUSE FEATURES AN I-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE (STUCCOED) FOUNDATION, A STONE AND WOOD EXTERIOR, A STONE AND WOOD TRIM, AND A SHINGLED (SHAKE), MULTI-GABLE ROOF. SHELTERING THE FRONT ENTRANCE IS A SHED ROOFED PORCH; IT IS SUPPORTED BY TURNED POSTS. CARVED ORNAMENTATION IS APPARENT ON THE SPINDLES BENATH THE PORCH CORNICE AND THE BALUSTRADES OF THE PORCH RAILING. ADDITIONS WERE BUILT IN C. 1900. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. 2012- "Although the builder and original occupant are unknown, this house is generally referred to as the Ellery house as it was owned by members of the Ellery family from about 1859 until 1970. Joseph Ellery was a cabinet maker who lived and worked here. He bought the building in 1864 from his half sister, Mary Ann ellery argall and her husband, James Argall, for $1. The Argalls apparently inherited it from Mary Ann and Joseph's mother, Elizabeth Brewer Ellery Argall. Elizabeth Brewer, born in Cornwall, was first married to Richard Ellery, Mary Ann's father. After he died, she married his brother, Nicholas Ellery, Joseph's father. After his death, she married Richard Argall, who may have owned this building before their marriage in 1859. Richard may have been a cabinet maker. Additions have been made to the original structure. The house became part of Shake Rag Under the Hill, a crafts center with extensive gardens in the 1970s. The complex later became known as Shake Rag Valley. The building has been part of the Shake Rag Alley School of Crafts since 2004." -from "A Field Guide to Mineral Point" by Nancy Pfotenhauer of the Mineral Point Historical Society, 1st Edition, 2012, Little Creek Press. JOE ELLERY WAS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING FROM 1871 TO 1910. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE ELLERY FAMILY WERE CABINET MAKERS. (SEE BIB. REF.A). THE BUILDING, WHICH FUNCTIONED AS A RESIDENCE FROM THE C. 1840S TO THE C. 1960S, IS PRESENTLY USED AS A PLACE OF RETAIL. THIS STRUCTURE WAS LOCALLY DESIGNATED IN 1972 AND IS PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT. |
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| Bibliographic References: | “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct USH 151: Dodgeville To Belmont.” WHS project number 92-0510IA/LT. October 1993. Prepared by Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center (GLARC). A. MINERAL POINT TAX RECORDS, 1871-1910; "SHAKE RAG UNDER THE HILL," BROCHURE, N.D., N.P. (SHAKE RAG ALLEY GUIDE). MILWAUKEE SENTINEL, 19 NOVEMBER 1994, SECTION E. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |