Property Record
113 W CHAPEL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | THOMAS PERKINS HOUSE |
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Other Name: | IOWA COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING AGENCY |
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Reference Number: | 47778 |
Location (Address): | 113 W CHAPEL ST |
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County: | Iowa |
City: | Dodgeville |
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Year Built: | 1884 |
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Survey Date: | 1984 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | THIS TWO-STORY, GABLED HOUSE HAS AN IRREGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION AND A GABLED, ONE-STORY WING. THE ITALIANATE-INSPIRED HOME FEATURES PAIRED EAVE-LINE BRACKETS, A BAY WINDOW AND ENTRANCE PORCHES. THE PAIRED BRACKETS APPEAR ALONG THE CORNICE OF THE GABLE ENDS, AS WELL AS ON A BAY WINDOW. THE 1884 DWELLING IS IN GOOD CONDITION. (SEE BIB. REF. A). HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THOMAS PERKINS, A TINSMITH AND OWNER OF A HARDWARE STORE IN DODGEVILLE, WAS BORN IN CORNWALL, ENGLAND, IN 1845. HIS PARENTS CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1846, SETTLED IN NEW YORK UNTIL 1848, THEN MOVED TO MINERAL POINT AND FINALLY TO DODGEVILLE IN C. 1850. IN 1864 PERKINS WENT TO MONTANA WITH A GROUP FROM DODGEVILLE, BUT RETURNED THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND OPENED HIS HARDWARE BUSINESS. (SEE BIB. REF. B). (NOTE: THOMAS PERKINS WAS A COMMON NAME IN DODGEVILLE, SO THERE IS THE DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT THIS IS NOT THE THOMAS PERKINS WHO OWNED THE PROPERTY). |
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Bibliographic References: | A. TAX ASSESSMENT RECORDS, AREA RESEARCH CENTER, UW-PLATTEVILLE. B. HISTORY OF IOWA COUNTY, WISCNSIN (CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL CO., 1881), P. 885. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |