Property Record
735 CENTER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | THOMAS, ADAM HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 55650 |
| Location (Address): | 735 CENTER ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1912 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | American Foursquare |
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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 LARGE, TWO-STORY HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A RUSTICATED CONCRETE BLOCK FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT-SHINGLED HIP ROOF. A FRONT-FACING, HIPPED-ROOF DORMER WITH MUNTINED WINDOWS APPEARS CENTERED ON THE ROOF. A TWO STORY WING WITH CHAMFERED CORNERS EXTENDS AT THE SIDE. A FULL-LENGTH FRONT PORCH HAS ITS LARGE FLAT ROOF SUPPORTED BY FLARED POSTS ON MASONRY BASES. CORNER BOARDS, FRIEZE BOARDS AND PROMINENT WINDOW AND DOOR MOLDINGS ARE ALSO PRESENT IN THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT IN C. 1912 (SEE BIB. REF. A), IS IN GOOD CONDITION. ADAM THOMAS WAS THE INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING IN 1915. |
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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 |