Property Record
610 DODGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56781 |
| Location (Address): | 610 DODGE ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | American Foursquare |
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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, AMERICAN FOURSQUARE HOUSE FEATURES A SQUARE SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A CONCRETE BLOCK FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED HIP ROOF. A HIP ROOFED DORMER ECHOES THE DESIGN OF THE MAIN ROOF IN THAT THEY BOTH CONTAIN FLAIRED EAVES. THIS DORMER IS LOCATED IN THE ATTIC STORY AND IS CENTERED ON THE FACADE. ALSO ON THE FACADE IS A NEARLY FULL-LENGHT PORCH SUPPORTED BY SQUARED POSTS. A SQUARE GABLE IS PRESENT ELSEWHERE IN THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. OVER THE YEARS VARIOUS ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE DWELLING. FOR EXAMPLE, A LARGE DECK WAS ADDED TO THE NORTH SIDE; SOME OF THE WINDOW OPENINGS HAVE BEEN ALTERED; AND SOME HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH METAL REPLACEMENT WINDOWS. THIS RESIDENCE IS PRESENTLY IN GOOD CONDITION; IT WAS BUILT IN C. 1930. (SEE BIB. REF. A, F). AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LAND UPON WHICH THIS HOUSE WAS LATER BUILT WAS JAMES HARRIS JR. IN 1925. |
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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 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 |