Property Record
639 CENTER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JAMES, JAMES HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 52833 |
| Location (Address): | 639 CENTER ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1878 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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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, AN ASBESTOS SHINGLED EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT-SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. ACCORDING TO THE INVENTORY CARD DESCRIBING THIS PROPERTY, THE FOUNDATION MATERIAL IS MADE OF RUSTICATED CONCRETE BLOCK. THE DWELLING RETAINS MANY OF ITS HISTORIC DETAILS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: WINDOW AND DOOR ARCHITRAVES; A TRANSOM (FANLIGHT) OVER THE FRONT DOOR; AND A MASSIVE FRONT PORCH WITH ITS FLAT ROOF SUPPORTED BY FLARED, TRUNCATED POSTS ON SHORT BASES. BUILT IN C. 1878 (SEE BIB. REF. A), THIS RESIDENCE IS PRESENTLY IN GOOD CONDITION. THE GARAGE IN THE REAR HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO AN APARTMENT. JAMES JAMES IS THE INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RESIDENCE AND THE DATES OF HIS ASSOCIATION LASTED FROM 1880 TO 1890. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IN 1877, BEFORE THE HOUSE WAS BUILT, GEORGE HENRY OWNED THE PROPERTY. |
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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 HISTORCIAL 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. GOERGE FIEDLER, "MINERAL POINT, A HISTORY." MADISON: STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, 1973. F. FIELD OBSERVATION BASED ON ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, BUILDIN 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 |