Property Record
520 DECATUR ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Benjamin Barrenger House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56666 |
| Location (Address): | 520 DECATUR ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1855 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| 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 TWO-STORY SIDE GABLED HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A RED BRICK EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. STONE LINTELS AND PROJECTING SILLS APPEAR ON THE WINDOWS. A NEARLY FULL-LENGHT, OPEN-DESIGNED FRONT PORCH IS SUSTAINED SECURELY ON A FOUNDATION MADE UP OF LARGE BRICKS. THE HIPPED ROOF OF THE PORCH IS SUPPORTED BY TUSCAN COLUMNS WHICH REST ON FILLED-IN RAILINGS. DISTINCTIVE ELEMENTS OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE ARE THE TRANSOM WINDOW AND THE STONE LINTEL. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. IT WAS BUILT IN 1855. (SEE BIB. REF. A). INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RESIDENCE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: BENJAMIN BARRENGER, FROM 1858 TO 1868; JAMES POLKINGHORN, FROM 1871 TO 1880; JAMES PENHALLEGAN IN 1885; R. J. PENHELLEGAN, SR., FROM 1890 TO 1903; EMMA PENHALLEGAN, FROM 1905 TO 1910; AND MARY JAMES AND HER HEIRS FROM 1915 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. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tour brochure, 2000. Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tours, not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |