Property Record
C.423 W COMMERCE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WANGAMAN, JOHN HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56472 |
| Location (Address): | C.423 W COMMERCE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1845 |
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| Survey Date: | 19871993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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 SIDE GABLED, ONE AND A HALF STORY (TWO STORY) HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURAITON, A STONE FOUNDATION, A BRICK EXTERIOR, A STONE TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED, GABLE ROOF. THE STONE AND BRICK MATERIALS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS C. 1845 DWELLING (SEE BIB. REF. A, F) GIVE IT A MASONRY STRUCTURAL SYSTEM. CORNICE BOARDS, MUNTIN BARS IN THE WINDOWS, AND STONE LINTELS AND SILLS ARE OTHER ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS PRESENT IN THE DESIGN. AN ADDITION HAS EXISTED AT THE REAR SINCE 1982. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. (AS A NOTE, ONE OF THE PHOTO CODES FOR THIS DWELLING IS INDICATED AS BEING 23/6, ACCORDING TO THE INTENSIVE SURVEY REPORT, AND AS 23/7, ACCORDING TO THE INVENTORY CARD). PLEASE SEE 423A W. COMMERCE STREET FOR A RELATED BUILDING -- A STORAGE SHED (IA 23/6). INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: JOHN WANGAMAN, FROM 1850 TO 1853; MATTHEW B. McSHERRY, FROM 1856 TO 1890; J. C. MARTI, FROM 1895 TO 1910; J. B. MARTI IN 1915; AND KATE JOHNSTON IN 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 WISCOSNIN, 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 |