Property Record
1126 COUNTY HIGHWAY QQ
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | James Spensley Farmstead - Smelter |
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| Other Name: | James Stroschein Farm |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 46980 |
| Location (Address): | 1126 COUNTY HIGHWAY QQ |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Mineral Point |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 5 |
| Range: | 2 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 36 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1861 |
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| Additions: | 1962 |
| Survey Date: | 1993 |
| Historic Use: | mining structure |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Spensley Farm |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/14/1997 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/6/1996 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: |
| 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 Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Additional records associated with this property include: Creamery/Spring house (AHI 46973), barn (AHI 46977), root cellar (46982), and house (AHI 46986). THE RUINED FOUNDATION OF THIS SMELTER IS ALL THAT REMAINS. RELATED BUILDINGS INCLUDE 63/14, 17, 18, 20. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Fieldler 1962. “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). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |