Property Record
722 CHURCH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | SMITH, JOHN HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56102 |
| Location (Address): | 722 CHURCH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1850 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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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 ONE AND A HALF STORY, SIDE GABLED HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT-SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. A NEW SHAKE ROOF REPLACED THE OLD, ACCORDING TO THE INVENTORY CARD FOR THIS PROPERTY. A BRICK CHIMNEY ALSO APPEARS IN THE DESIGN. LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE DWELLING IS A LEAN-TO, AND AT THE WEST IS AN ADDITION WITH A CORRUGATED METAL ROOF. THIS HOUSE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING RESTORATION, IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THE RESIDENCE WAS BUILT IN C. 1850 (SEE BIB. REF. F), AND WAS PROBABLY MOVED TO ITS CURRENT SITE IN C. 1870. (SEE BIB. REF. A). INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIAION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: JOHN DAUM, FROM 1871 TO 1877; AND JOHN SMITH AND HIS HEIRS, FROM 1880 TO 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 PIONT: 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 |