Property Record
215 DAVIS ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FIELDER, CATHERINE HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56506 |
| Location (Address): | 215 DAVIS ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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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 AND A HALF-STORY, QUEEN ANNE HOUSE FEATURES AN IRREGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP AND GABLE ROOF. CROSS GABLED DORMERS ARE PRESENT IN THE UPPERMOST STORY. APPEARING IN THE OPEN GABLE ENDS OF THESE DORMERS ARE DECORATIVE SHINGLES AND SMALL, ROUND ARCH WINDOWS WITH PROMINENT MOLDINGS. A LARGE, WRAP-AROUND PORCH IS DESIGNED WITH POSTS AND FILLED IN RAILINGS. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT IN C. 1895 (SEE BIB. REF. A), IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: CATHERINE FIEDLER IN 1895; JAMES WILLIAMS IN 1905; E. G. REYNOLDS IN 1910; AND JOHN UNGER JR. 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 LIBRRARY 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 |