Property Record
301 CHURCH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Thomas S. Ansley House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56049 |
| Location (Address): | 301 CHURCH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1840 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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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, SIDED GABLED HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHPAED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A COMBINATION STONE AND CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. DOMINATING THE FACADE IS AN OPEN DESIGNED PORCH. IT HAS SLENDER TUSCAN COLUMNS WHICH RISE TWO STORIES HIGH AND WHICH SUPPORT A LARGE PEDIMENTED GABLE ROOF. SIDELIGHTS SURROUND THE MAIN ENTRANCE. ADDITIONS WERE MADE TO THIS PROPORTIONALLY LARGE, C. 1840 RESIDENCE. (SEE BIB. REF. A, C). OVERALL, IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RESIDENCE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: THOMAS SCOTT ANSLEY, FROM C. 1840 TO 1890; AND JOHN FISCHER, FROM 1895 TO 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A, C). JOHN ANSLEY WAS MINERAL POINT'S FIRST POSTMASTER. |
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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. Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Driving Tour, not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |