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221 CLOWNEY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

221 CLOWNEY ST

Architecture and History Inventory
221 CLOWNEY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:John Clowney House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:56121
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):221 CLOWNEY ST
County:Iowa
City:Mineral Point
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1866
Additions:
Survey Date:19821993
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:Balloon Frame
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 TWO STORY, SIDED GABLED HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND A SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. DECORATIVE, PAIRED BRACKETS APPEAR BENEATH THE EAVES. SIMILARLY DESIGNED PAIRED BRACKETS ALSO ARE FOUND ON A WEST-SIDE, SQUARED, BAY WINDOW. A TRANSOM WINDOW AND SIDELIGHTS SURROUND THE FRONT DOOR. A CONTEMPORARY FRONT PORCH WAS ADDED ABOVE THE ELEVATED FOUNDATION. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT BETWEEN 1866 AND 1871 (SEE BIB. REF. A), IS PRESENTLY IN GOOD CONDITION.

JOHN CLOWNEY WAS THE INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING FROM C. 1866 TO C. 1890. (SEE BIB. REF. A).
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); ABSTRACT OF PROPERTY: INTERVIEW WITH BART SWINDALL, OWNER OF EARLIER CLOWNEY HOUSE AT 225 CLOWNEY, 14 OCTOBER 1992. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tours brochure, 2000. Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tours, not dated.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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