Property Record
115 5TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MANKER, JAMES HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 52065 |
| Location (Address): | 115 5TH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1858 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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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 HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A STONE EXTERIOR AND A TIN-COVERED GABLE ROOF. HEAVY STONE LINTELS APPEAR OVER THE DOORS AND WINDOWS, AND CORNICE RETURNS ARE DISPLAYED IN THE OPEN GABLE ENDS. A SIMPLY DECORATED CORNICE IS ALSO PRESENT. THE CHIMNEYS ARE MADE OF BRICK. THIS DWELLING, BUILT IN 1858 (SEE BIB. REF. A) IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED HISTORICALLY WITH THIS RESIDENCE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE JAMES MANKER, FROM 1860 TO 1880, AND MARY KOBER FROM 1885 TO 1925. (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 MONERAL 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 |