Property Record
217 N CHESTNUT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Samuel Jenkins House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56035 |
| Location (Address): | 217 N CHESTNUT ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1845 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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 SIDE GABLED HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A WHITEWASHED BRICK EXTERIOR AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. A TRANSOM WINDOW APPEARS ABOVE THE FRONT ENTRANCE, AND A WOOD ADDITION APPEARS AT THE REAR. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT IN C. 1845 (SEE BIB. REF. F), IS IN GOOD CONDITION. Jenkins came to Mineral Point in 1841 to mine lead. Left town in 1850 for California. By 1852, he had returned to Mineral Point and opened a general store. In 1866, he started the S. Hocking and Co. hardware store. WILLIAM SALMON WAS THE INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING FROM 1890 TO 1905.[I] |
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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. H. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tour brochure, 2000. I. 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 |