Property Record
329 5TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | TOAY, JAMES HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 52104 |
| Location (Address): | 329 5TH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1842 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Second Empire |
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| Wall Material: | Wood Shingle |
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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 SQUARE SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A COMBINATION WOOD SHINGLE AND BRICK EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND A WOOD-SHINGLED MANSARD ROOF. A WIDOW'S WALK WITH DECORATIVE METAL RAILS APPEARS ABOVE THE MANSARD ROOF. PAIRED BRACKETS ARE LOCATED BENEATH THE EAVES. FISH-SCALE SHINGLES ARE USED ON THE UPPER STORY, WHILE BRICK IS USED ON THE LOWER. A SMALL ENTRANCE PORTICO IS SUPPORTED BY TURNED POSTS. OVERALL, THIS C. 1842 RESIDENCE (SEE BIB. REF. A, D) IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THIER ASSOCIATION INCLUDE JAMES TOAY, FROM C. 1842 TO 1900, GEORGE GRANGE, FROM 1903 TO 1910, AND WILLIAM J. SUTHERS FROM 1915 TO 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A, D). |
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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 OVSERVATION 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 |