Property Record
521 DECATUR ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 56667 |
Location (Address): | 521 DECATUR ST |
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County: | Iowa |
City: | Mineral Point |
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Year Built: | 1940 |
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Survey Date: | 19821993 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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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 AND A HALF-STORY HOUSE FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A CONCRETE BLOCK FOUNDATION, AN ALUMINUM SIDED EXTERIOR AND AN ASPAHLT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. INTERSECTING WITH THE MAIN ROOF IS A CROSS GABLE, WHOSE OPEN GABLE END FACES THE FRONT. ONE SIDE OF THE ROOF-LINE OF THIS FRONT GABLE CONTINUES DOWNWARD BECOMING A SHED ROOF. THIS COMBINATION GABLE-AND-SHED SHAPE PROJECTS FORWARD ON THE FACADE, GIVING THE DWELLING A STYLE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TUDOR REVIVAL FORM. AWNINGS APPEAR ABOVE BOTH THE FRONT DOOR AND A FRONT WINDOW. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. IT WAS BUILT IN C. 1940. (SEE BIB. REF. F, G). |
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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. GOERGE 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 |