Property Record
121 B COMMERCE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WILLIAM LANYON BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | KNUDSON MOTOR SERVICE |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 56155 |
| Location (Address): | 121 B COMMERCE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1857 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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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 BUILDING FEATURES A STONE FOUNDATION, A STONE EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND A SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. LOCATED ON THE SECOND STORY ABOVE THE WINDOWS ARE WOODEN LINTELS ORNAMENTED WITH INTERESTING NOTCHES. VERY IRREGULAR BLOCKS COMPOSE THE SOUTH FACE. ORIGINALLY, THIS STRUCTURE WAS THREE STORIES TALL WITH A FLAT ROOF AND A STONE EXTERIOR. TWO STORES HAD ONCE OCCUPIED THE GROUND FLOOR. PEDIMENTED WINDOW HEADS ADORNED THE OPENINGS ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND A CORNICE APPEARED ON THE THIRD FLOOR. THE THIRD STORY AND WINDOW EMBELLISHMENTS WERE REMOVED IN THE 1930'S. (SEE BIB. REF. E). REMODELING ALSO OCCURRED AT THIS TIME. (SEE BIB. REF. D). PRESENTLY, THIS BUILDING IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS STRUCTURE WAS KNOWN HISTORICALLY AS THE WILLIAM LANYON BUILDING -- A MILL, WHICH OPERATED IN 1857 (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE T. R. CLAUER DRY GOODS AND GROCERY STORE, WHICH CONDUCTED BUSINESS IN 1869. (SEE BIB. REF. B). 2012- "Built by William Lanyon in 1857 for use as a steam powered flour mill, which operated for two years. After the mill closed, the building was used by Lanyon's sons as a warehouse. William Lanyon, who came to Mineral Point from Cornwall, hasd earlier built a foundry and machine shop a short distance to the south. Originally three stories tall, the top floor and window ornaments were removed in the 1930s. Other businesses here were Tom Collin's grocery; Collins & Kane, grocers; Peter's Grocery; the Mineral point Steam Laundry; Staber's Appliance; Rupp's Appliance; Russell Dairy; Knudson Motor Service; Walrack Motors; and the Mineral Point Hotel." -from "A Field Guide to Mineral Point" by Nancy Pfotenhauer of the Mineral Point Historical Society, 1st Edition, 2012, Little Creek Press. |
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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. TRIBUNE, 10 NOVEMBER 1857; MINERAL POINT, TAX RECORDS, 1884-1900; SANBORN MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI. (NEW YORK: 1884-1900; MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE, 6 JANUARY 1869). ** EQUIPED AS A LANYON'S STEAM FLOUR MILL FROM 1861 TO C. 1863. ALSO, THE CONSTRUCTION DATE OF THIS BUILDING WAS REPORTED IN THE 1881 "HISTORY OF IOWA COUNTY" AS 1860; HOWEVER, THE NEWSPAPER CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THIS BUILDING DATE AS 1857, MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE, 21 JULY 1857; "HISTORY OF IOWA COUNTY." (CHICAGO WESTRN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1881), P. 702. B. MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE, 6 JANUARY 1869. C. HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH, PHOTOGRAPH FILES, MINERAL POINT ROOM, MINERAL POINT PUBLIC LIBARY, MINERAL POINT, WI; SANBORN MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI. 1884-1929. D. IBID.; GEORGE BRANGER, INTERVIEW WITH JOAN RAUSCH, MINERAL POINT, WI., 11 APRIL 1992. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |