Property Record
412 W COMMERCE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FRANCIS, JOHN HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56471 |
| Location (Address): | 412 W COMMERCE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1840 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Cut Stone |
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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 STORY, SIDE GABLED HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A STONE EXTERIOR, A STONE TRIM AND A WOOD SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. THE WOOD SHINGLES WERE ADDED TO THE ROOF IN 1974. AFTER A TORNADO WHICH STRUCK IN 1978, THE ROOF HAD TO BE REPLACED. ABOVE THE FRONT DOOR APPEARS A TRANSOM WINDOW. A WOODEN ADDITION IS LOCATED AT THE REAR. AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THE DWELLING WAS RENOVATED (SEE THE OLD PICTURE AMONG THE INVENTORY CARDS DESCRIBING THIS PROPERTY). THE FLOORS WERE LOWERED BY JACKHAMMERING INTO SOLID ROCK. ORIGINALLY BUILT IN C. 1840 (SEE BIB. REF. A, F), THIS RESIDENCE IS PRESENTLY IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: THOMAS JOHNS FROM 1850 TO 1851; JOHN FRANCIS, FROM 1856 TO 1866, AND FROM 1873 TO 1895; CORNELIUS SMITH IN 1868 TO 1871; AND JOHN UNGER SR. AND HIS HEIRS, FROM 1905 TO 1925. (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 ANNE 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 Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |