Property Record
110 S CHESTNUT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Paynter's Filling Station |
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| Other Name: | Winona Oil Company Station |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56044 |
| Location (Address): | 110 S CHESTNUT ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1925 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | gas station/service station |
| Architectural Style: | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
| Structural System: | Steel Frame |
| Wall Material: | Metal |
| Architect: | MILCOR STEEL CO., MILWAUKEE |
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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 BUILDING IS A PREFABRICATED GAS STATION PRODUCED BY MILCOR STEEL BUILDING COMPANY OF MILWAUKEE. IT IS REPUTED TO BE MINERAL POINT'S FIRST FILLING STATION. THE WINONA OIL COMPANY STATION IS ITS PRESENT NAME. ACCORDING TO THE INVENTORY CARD, THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE COVERED IN SHEET METAL, GIVING IT AN ALL STEEL CONSTRUCTION. THIS PARAGRAPH CONTAINS INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM A REPORT OF AN INTENSIVE SURVEY CONDUCTED ON THIS PROPERTY IN 1982. MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL IN STYLE, THIS FILLING STATION FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A WOOD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND A PSEUDO-SPANISH-TILED HIP ROOF. LARGE BRACKETS APPEAR UNDER THE WIDE, OVERHANING EAVES. A TRANSOM WINDOW ADORNS THE DOUBLE LEAFED FRONT DOOR. TRANSOM LIGHTS ARE ALSO DESIGNED ABOVE SLENDER, PAIRED WINDOWS. THIS BUILDING WAS KNOWN HISTORICALLY AS THE PAYNTER'S GAS STATION. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT IS CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR STORAGE. THE STRUCTURE, BUILT BETWEEN 1920 AND 1930 (SEE BIB. REF. A), IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE IN THE MINERAL POINT DEMOCRAT, THE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION WAS PINPOINTED TO BE 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. B). |
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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, 1840-1935; SANBORN MAP. CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929; BRANGER, INTERVIEW WITH JOAN RAUSCH, MINERAL POINT, WI). B. "FILL'ER UP, KEEP THE CHANGE," MINERAL POINT DEMOCRAT TRIBUNE, JUNE 26, 1980. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |