Property Record
7 3RD ST (ONE LOT W OF THE NW CORNER OF THIRD AND LIBERTY STS)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | PENHALLEGON, R. J. HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 51977 |
| Location (Address): | 7 3RD ST (ONE LOT W OF THE NW CORNER OF THIRD AND LIBERTY STS) |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1880 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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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: | THIS TWO-STORY, GABLED ELL HOUSE FEATURES AN L-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A RANDOM ASHLAR FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT-SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. EXTENDING AT THE SIDE OF THE DWELLING IS A ONE-STORY WING; IT CONTAINS A PORCH WHOSE ROOF IS SUPPORTED BY TURNED POSTS. BARGEBOARDS AND A DECORATIVE GABLE ORNAMENT APPEAR IN THE OPEN GABLE END. THE PROMINENT WINDOW LINTELS ARE CARVED. ALTHOUGH IT IS IN NEED OF PAINT, THIS C. 1880 RESIDENCE (SEE BIB. REF. A) IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE R. J. PENHALLEGON, FROM 1880 TO 1885; AND JOSEPH OPIE IN 1890. (SEE BIB. REF. A). |
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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, MADISON WISCONSIN. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |