Property Record
224A DAVIS ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | ST. MARY'S RECTORY |
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Other Name: | ST. MARY'S RECTORY |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 56650 |
Location (Address): | 224A DAVIS ST |
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County: | Iowa |
City: | Mineral Point |
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Year Built: | 1901 |
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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 LIMESTONE FOUNDATION, A VINYL SIDED EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED, HIP AND GABLE ROOF. ACCORDING TO THE INVENTORY CARD WHICH DESCRIBES THIS PROPERTY, THE FOUNDATION IS MADE OF RUSTICATED CONCRETE, AND THE EXTERIOR FABRIC IS MADE OF WOOD. PROJECTING FROM THE MAIN ROOF ARE VARIOUS GABLED DORMERS. SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS APPEAR ON EACH OF THESE DORMERS: CORNICE RETURNS, DECORATIVE SHINGLES IN THE OPEN GABLE ENDS AND PAIRED, ROUND ARCHED, MULLION DESIGNED WINDOWS. EMBELLISHING THE FACADE ARE CHAMFERED CORNERS AND AN ENCLOSED, SHED ROOFED PORCH. MANY WINDOW AND DOOR OPENINGS THROUGHOUT THE DWELLING DISPLAY PROMINENT MOLDINGS. THIS RESIDENCE, BUILT IN 1901 (SEE BIB. REF. H), IS IN GOOD CONDITION. FANNY COAD AND HER HEIRS WERE THE INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE FROM 1905 TO 1915. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THEN FROM 1915 TO 1929, THE HOUSE BECAME THE RECTORY FOR ST. MARY'S CHURCH. (SEE BIB. REF. G). TO THIS DAY, IT IS KNOWN AS THE ST. MARY'S RECTORY, AND IS STILL USED AS SUCH. |
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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, PLATEVILLE, 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. H. CORNERSTONE. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |