Property Record
116 DODGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | LANYON, JOSIAH HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56680 |
| Location (Address): | 116 DODGE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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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 STORY, QUEEN ANNE STYLED HOUSE FEATURES AN IRREGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE (RANDOM ASHLAR) FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND A SHINGLED, COMBINATION HIP AND GABLE ROOF. A PEDIMENTED GABLE, DESIGNED WITH AN APPLIQUED WAFFLE-MOTIF TRIM, CROWNS A CHAMFERED CORNERED TWO-STORY BAY ON THE FACADE. APPEARING UNDER THE EAVES AT INTERVALS ALONG THE DWELLING ARE SUBSTANTIALLY-SIZED BRACKETS. DECORATIVE SHINGLES COMPRISE A STRINGCOURSE WHICH VISUALLY SEPARATES THE FIRST AND SECOND STORIES. SHELTERING THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS A FRONT PORCH; ITS SHED ROOF, SUPPORTED BY WROUGHT IRON POSTS, ALSO HAS A PEDIMENT WITH A WAFFLE MOTIF TRIM. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. IT WAS BUILT IN C. 1900. (SEE BIB. REF. A, F). INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: JOSIAH LANYON IN 1915 AND MARY WHITE 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 FIR 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, WISCONSN." 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 |