Property Record
215 CLOWNEY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | S.F. RODOLF HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 53467 |
| Location (Address): | 215 CLOWNEY ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1843 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
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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 ONE AND A HALF STORY, SIDE GABLED HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, AN UNSPECIFIED STONE EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND A SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. ON THE SECOND STORY, A SIDELIGHTED DORMER DOORWAY IS FLANKED ON EACH SIDE BY A WINDOWED DORMER; ALL THREE DORMERS ARE DESIGNED WITH PILASTERS AND PEDIMENTS. A FANLIGHT AND SIDELIGHTS DISTINGUISH THE FRONT DOOR. A SMALL FRONT PORCH, WITH A FLAT ROOF DESIGNED WITH SQUARED POSTS, SHELTERS THE MAIN ENTRANCE. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT BEFORE 1847 (SEE BIB. REF. A), IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: S. F. RODOLF, FROM C. 1844 TO 1864; HUGH SPEAR, FROM C. 1866 TO THE 1870S; AND SAMUEL CRAWFORD, AT AN UNKNOWN DATE. (SEE BIB. REF. A, B). Crawford WAS a WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE from 1853-1855. He also was the treasurer of the first agricultural society in Iowa Co. and a leader in the 1856 movement to have Mineral Point chartered as a city instead of a village. Rodolf left Mineral Point for California during the 1849 Gold Rush. [D&E] |
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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. MINERAL POINT TAX RECORDS, 1840-1910; SANBORN MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI. (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929). B. DEED OF PROPERTY K:3, IOWA COUNTY COURT HOUSE, DODGEVILLE, WI. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tours brochure, 2000. C. From Mining to Farm Fields to Ethnic Communities: Buildings and Landscapes of Southwestern Wisconsin. Ed. Anna Vemer Andrzejewski , Arnold R. Alanen and Sarah Fayen Scarlett for “Nature + City: Vernacular Buildings and Landscapes of the Upper Midwest,” 2012 Meeting of the Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) in Madison, Wisconsin. D. Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Driving Tour, not dated. E. Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tours, not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |