Property Record
415 RIDGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WILL BROWN HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | KNUDSON'S GUEST HOUSE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 46740 |
| Location (Address): | 415 RIDGE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Bungalow |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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 1920 (SEE BIB. REF. A), THIS ONE AND HALF-STORY BUNGALOW FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A ROCK-FACE CONCRETE BLOCK FOUNDATION, A BRICK AND VINYL EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. BRACKETS APPEAR IN THE OPEN GABLE ENDS AND EXPOSED RAFTER ENDS APPEAR BOTH UNDER THE FRONT PORCH ROOF AND ON A SQUARED BAY ON A SIDE ELEVATION. THIS PORCH HAS A ROOF SUPPORTED BY METAL RODS. SIDELIGHTS WITH MUTINS FLANK THE FRONT DOOR. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. WILL BROWN WAS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING IN 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). FROM 1900 TO 1915 THOS. BOTTOMLY OWNED THE PROPERTY UPON WHICH THIS HOUSE WAS LATER BUILT. |
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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-PLATTEVILLE, PLATTEVILLE, WI. B. "MINERAL POINT GUIDE," MINERAL 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 |