Property Record
321 MINERAL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ARTHUR, WILLIAM HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56706 |
| Location (Address): | 321 MINERAL 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 HOUSE FEATURES AN IRREGULAR SHPAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A BRICK FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR A WOOD TRIM AND A SHINGLED, COMBINATION HIP AND GABLE ROOF. PROJECTING BAYS, ONE ON THE FACADE AND ONE ON THE SIDE FACE, ARE EACH CAPPED BY A GABLE; A ROUND ARCHED WINDOW AND DECORATIVE SHINGLES APPEAR IN EACH OF THE OPEN GABLE ENDS. ONE FRONT CORNER ON THE FIRST STORY AND THE BAY AT THE SIDE HAVE BRACKETED, CHAMFERED CORNERS. AN ENCLOSED, GABLE-ROOFED PORCH ON THE FACADE, A TWO-STORY PORCH ELSEWHERE, CORNER BOARDS, FRIEZE BOARDS AND WINDOW MOLDINGS ARE ALSO PRESENT IN THE DESIGN OF THE DWELLING. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. IT WAS BUILT IN C. 1900. (SEE BIB. REF. F). ALSO FOUND ON THE PROPERTY IS AN OLD GARAGE; NO FURTHER DESCRIPTION WAS GIVEN OF THIS STRUCTURE. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCITION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: WILLIAM ARTHUR, FROM 1905 TO 1910; AUGUSTA PARMLEY IN 1915; AND MABELLE GRAVES 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 SOCEITY, 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 SOCEITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |