Property Record
508 CHURCH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | KEYES, HARVEY HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56061 |
| Location (Address): | 508 CHURCH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1855 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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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 GABLED ELL FEATURES AN L-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A POURED CONCRETE FOUNDATION, AN ALUMINUM SIDED EXTERIOR AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. EAVE RETURNS APPEAR IN THE OPEN GABLE END. THE SMALL PORTICO, WITH ITS FLAT ROOF SUPPORTED BY SQUARED POSTS, SHELTERS THE MAIN FRONT ENTRANCE. THE DOOR OF THIS ENTRANCE IS FLANKED BY SIDELIGHTS. ATTACHED AT THE SIDE OF THE DWELLING IS A FLAT ROOFED GARAGE. THE RESIDENCE, BUILT IN 1855 (SEE BIB. REF. A), IS PRESENTLY IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: HARVEY KEYES, FROM 1856 TO 1875; SIMON HARKER, FROM 1877 TO 1885; JOHN CUMMINS, FROM 1890 TO 1895; AND JAMES BOTTOMS IN 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). |
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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 |