Property Record
18F SHAKE RAG ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 29727 |
| Location (Address): | 18F SHAKE RAG ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1828 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Log |
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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: | BUILT IN C. 1828 (SEE BIB. REF. A), THIS ONE-STORY SIDE GABLED HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE AND LOG EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND A SHINGLED MULT-GABLE ROOF. THE LOG CABIN, WHICH WAS MOVED TO THE SITE IN 1970, IS BUILT OF HAND-HEWN, PIT SAWN LUMBER. THE STONE ADDITION LOCATED AT THE SIDE OF THE LOG BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED AT AN UNSPECIFIED DATE. (SEE BIB. REF. A). A POSTED SIGN INDICATES THAT THE LOG PORTION WAS BUILT IN C. 1828. THIS DWELLING IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THE BUILDING SERVED AS A RESIDENCE FROM ITS DATE OF CONSTRUCTION IN C. 1828 UNTIL 1958. IT IS CURRENTLY BEING USED AS RETAIL SPACE. THE STRUCTURE WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY 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 REOCRDS, 1840-1910; "SHAKE RAG UNDER THE HILL" BROCHURE, N.D., N.P.; FRANK HUMBERSTONE AND ANNE JENKIN, "THE HOMES OF MINERAL POINT," (MINERAL POINT: FOUNTAIN PRESS, 1976). ***THE CONSTRUCTION DATE AND THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS HOUSE ARE NOT RECORDED BECAUSE THE TAX RECORDS AND MAPS OF THE PROPERTIES IN LOT 91-92-93-94 PROVIDED INCONCLUSIVE DATA. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |