Property Record
200 COMMERCE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | IVEY BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | TOWN HALL; FIRESTONE TIRE AND BATTERY |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56156 |
| Location (Address): | 200 COMMERCE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1875 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Wood |
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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: | GARAGE PORTION HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED. THIS ONE STORY RETAIL BUILDING FEATURES AN L-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A COMBINATION STONE AND WOOD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND A FLAT ROOF. STONE IS USED ON BOTH THE REAR AND SOUTH WALLS. THE STORE ON THE SOUTH SIDE WAS RECENTLY ALTERED COMPLETELY, WHEN IT WAS COVERED BY HORIZONTAL WOOD SIDING. THE STORE ON THE NORTH SIDE, HOWEVER, WAS RECENTLY RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL CHARACTER. A DECORATIVE, WOODEN, BRACKETED CORNICE EMBELLISHES THE FACADE. THIS STRUCTURE, BUILT BETWEEN 1875 AND 1880 (SEE BIB. REF. A), IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THE HISTORIC NAMES OF THIS BUILDING INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: THE IVEY BUILDING; THE MINERAL POINT TOWN HALL, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH-SIDE STORE; AND J. J. COLLINS GARAGE. THE GARAGE WAS IN BUSINESS IN 1924. (SEE BIB. REF.C). Originally constructed as a rental property by the Ivey family. In the 1920s, the building served as a garage known as the J.J. Collins Garage. The building was restored in 1991. The building also served as a town hall at one time. [E] 2012- "The builder and original occupants of this building are unknown. It is marked as a harness shop on the 1884 Sanborn map and as vacant on the 1889, 1894, and 1900 maps; by 1908 it is a carpenter shop and by 1929, the Town Hall for the town of Mineral Point. Restored in 1991, it has been the site of The Old Town Hall Quilt Shop; White Pickett Fences; and Replete. The street it stands on was always a busy one, as noted in the reminiscences of a former Mineral Pointer, William Goldsworthy." -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. MINERAL POINT, TAX RECORDS, 1840-1900; SANBORN INSURANCE MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929). B. SANBORN INSURANCE MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI. (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO. 1915, 1929). C. INFORMATION FROM MINERAL POINT LIBRARY, 1924 DIRECTORY. D. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tour brochure, 2000. E. Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tours, not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |