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123 CLOWNEY ST

Architecture and History Inventory
123 CLOWNEY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:MRS. TEMPLE-JOHN GORGEN HOUSE
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:56108
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):123 CLOWNEY ST
County:Iowa
City:Mineral Point
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1855
Additions:
Survey Date:19821993
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Mineral Point Historic District
National Register Listing Date:7/30/1971
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:THIS QUEEN ANNE HOUSE FEATURES A STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR AND A WOOD TRIM. STAINED GLASS APPEARS ON THE FIRST STORY CENTRAL BAY WINDOW. CORNICE RETURNS, COMPLETE WITH DECORATIVE ORNAMENTATION BENEATH THEM, OCCUR AT THE THIRD STORY, ABOVE THE BAYS. LOCATED AT THE WEST IS AN ADDITION. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT BETWEEN 1854 AND 1856 (SEE BIB. REF. A) IS PRESENTLY IN GOOD CONDITION. THE DWELLING MAY REPRESENT A POSSIBLE EARLIER TEMPLE HOUSE, WHICH WAS REMODELED EXTENSIVELY IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY BETWEEN 1900 AND 1908. (SEE BIB. REF. A).

INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: MRS. TEMPLE, FROM C. 1856 TO C. 1885; AND JOHN GORGEN, FROM C. 1900 TO 1910. (SEE BIB. REF. A, B).
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, 1840-1910; SANBORN MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI. (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1889-1929). B. MINERAL POINT TAX RECORDS, 1840-1910; TAYLOR-WILLETS [MAP], 1871.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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