Property Record
107 DODGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CURRY, HENRY HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56678 |
| Location (Address): | 107 DODGE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1845 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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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 STONE FOUNDATION, AN ALUMINUM SIDED EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. (NOTE: ACCORDING TO THE INVENTORY CARD DESCRIBING THIS DWELLING, THE FOUNDATION MATERIAL IS MADE UP OF RUSTICATED CONCRETE BLOCK). ON THE UPPER STORY PROJECTING THROUGH THE MAIN ROOF IS A GABLED DORMER. EAVE LINE BRACKETS PEER OUT FROM UNDER THE DORMER ROOF. BELOW IT, ON THE LOWER STORY IS A LARGE WRAP-AROUND PORCH WHOSE ROOF IS SUPPORTED BY SHORT, TUSCAN COLUMNS WHICH REST ON MASONARY BASES. THE MAIN ENTRANCE HAS A VERY DISTINCTIVE DESIGN. THE TRANSOM WINDOW AND SIDELIGHTS WHICH SURROUND THE FRONT DOOR EACH CONTAIN MUNTINS. A THREE SIDED HIP ROOFED BAY ALSO APPEARS ON THE FACADE. FURTHER EMBELLISHING THE RESIDENCE IS LEADED GLASS, WHICH IS PRESENT IN SOME OF THE WINDOWS. THIS HOUSE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. IT WAS BUILT IN C. 1845, WITH ALTERATIONS HAVING LATER BEEN MADE TO IT IN C. 1910. (SEE BIB. REF. A, F). INDIVIDUALS ASSOICATED WITH THIS RESIDENCE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: HENRY CURRY, FROM 1848 TO 1851; AMASA COBB, FROM 1853 TO 1873; A. (ALBERT) SPRATTLER, FROM 1875 TO 1877; J. A. SPRATTLER, FROM 1880 TO 1895; J. P. PARMLEY, FROM 1905 TO 1915; AND JOHN SIKHART 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 SOCEITY 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 |