Property Record
706 RIDGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MINERAL POINT HIGH SCHOOL |
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| Other Name: | MINERAL POINT HIGH SCHOOL |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 41916 |
| Location (Address): | 706 RIDGE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1924 |
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| Additions: | 1925 |
| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | elementary, middle, jr.high, or high |
| Architectural Style: | Late Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | EDWARD TOUGH |
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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: | DESIGNED IN THE COLLEGIATE GOTHIC STYLE BY ARCHITECT EDWARD TOUGH AND BUILT BETWEEN 1924 AND 1925, THIS TWO-STORY SCHOOL STRUCTURE IS PROPORTIONALLY LARGE. (SEE BIB. REF. E, 1). IT FEATURTES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE AND CONCRETE FOUNDATION, A BRICK EXTERIOR, A STONE TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED FLAT ROOF. AN ELABORATE PARAPET DISPLAYS CONCRETE COPING. THE MAIN ENTRANCES ARE PLACED WITHIN SEGMETALLY ARCHED OPENINGS. THE BASEMENT IS RAISED UP, GIVING THE BUILDING A MORE SUBSTATIAL PRESENCE. A 1959 ADDITION WHICH WAS MADE TO THE SCHOOL HAS NOT BEEN A DETRIMENT TO THE STRUCTURE'S OVERALL GOOD CONDITION. (SEE BIB. REF. E). THE MINERAL POINT HIGH SCHOOL HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY AS A PLACE OF EDUCATION FROM THE DATE OF ITS COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION IN 1925 TO THE PRESENT DAY. (SEE BIB. REF. E, F). |
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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. TAX ROLLS FOR THE CITY OF MINERAL POINT. ON FILE AT THE AREA RESEARCH CENTER OF THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEIVLLE, PLATTEVILLE, WI. B. "MINERAL POINT GUIDE," MIERAL POINT: MINERAL POINT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, N.D. C. FRANK HUMBERSTONE, JR. AND ANNE D. JENKIN, "THE HOMES OF MINERAL POINT," MINERAL POINT: FOUNTAIN PRESS, 1976. D. C. W. BUTTERFIELD, "THE HISTORY OF IOWA COUNTY, WISCONSIN," CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1881. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. E. GEORGE FIEDLER, "MINERAL POINT, A HISTORY," MADISON: STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, 1973. F. FIELD OBSERVATION BASED ON ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, BUILDING MATERIALS, AND LOCAL HISTORY. G. SANBORN-PERRIS FIRE INSURANCE MAPS FOR THE CITY OF MINERAL POINT. ON FILE IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, IN MADISON, WISCONSIN. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |