Property Record
336 DODGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | BENNETT, JOSEPH HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56753 |
| Location (Address): | 336 DODGE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1909 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | American Foursquare |
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| Wall Material: | Rock-Faced Concrete Block |
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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, AMERICAN FOURSQUARE HOUSE FEATURES A SQUARE SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURAITON, A CONCRETE BLOCK FOUNDATION, A ROCK-FACED CONCRETE BLOCK EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED, TRUNCATED HIP ROOF. LOCATED IN THE ATTIC STORY, AND PROJECTING OUT FROM THE MAIN ROOF IS A HIP ROOFED DORMER. DECORATIVE SHINGLES EMBELLISH THE WALLS OF THIS CENTERED DORMER. PROMINENTLY DESIGNED LINTELS AND SILLS DISTINGUISH THE ONE-OVER-ONE WINDOWS. THE FIRST STORY WINDOWS OF THE FACADE ARE ACCENTED WITH LEADED GLASS. THE NEARLY FULL-LENGHT FRONT PORCH HAS ITS FLAT ROOF SUPPORTED BY TUSCAN COLUMNS. AN OVAL WINDOW IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE FRONT DOOR. THIS RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION; IT WAS BUILT IN C. 1909. (SEE BIB. REF. A). AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING IN 1910 WAS JOSEPH BENNETT. (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 RESERCH 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. BUTTERFILD, "THE HISTORY OF IOWA COUNTY, WISCONSIN." CHICHGO: 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 |