Property Record
632 COMMERCE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | BLEWITT, W.H. HOUSE |
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Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 56438 |
Location (Address): | 632 COMMERCE ST |
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County: | Iowa |
City: | Mineral Point |
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Year Built: | 1900 |
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Survey Date: | 19821993 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Cross Gabled |
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Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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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 RESIDENCE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A COMBINATION STONE AND CONCRETE BLOCK FOUNDATION, AN ALUMINUM SIDED EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED, MULTI-GABLED ROOF. A LARGE BARGEBOARD APPEARS IN THE UPPER STORY OF THE SOUTH-FACING GABLE END. PROMINENT MOLDINGS ARE PRESENT ON MOST OF THE WINDOWS AND DOORS. A FLAT ROOFED FRONT PORCH, SUPPORTED BY SQUARED, FLAIRED POSTS ON WOODEN BASES, SHELTERS THE MAIN ENTRANCE. A SHED ROOFED PORTICO, COMPLETE WITH TURNED POSTS, IS USED ON A SOUTH SIDE ENTRANCE. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT IN C. 1900 (SEE BIB. REF. F), IS IN GOOD CONDITION. W. H. BLEWITT WAS THE INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING FROM 1905 TO 1910. (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 POINT: MINERAL POINT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, N.D. C. FRANK HUMBERSTONE, JR. AND ANND 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 |