Property Record
434 DOTY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GRABER, FRED HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56860 |
| Location (Address): | 434 DOTY 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: | Two Story Cube |
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| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
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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 HOUSE FEATURES A SQUARE SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, AN ASBESTOS SIDED EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED, TRUNCATED HIP ROOF. ON THE FACADE, AN ATTIC STORY HIP ROOFED DORMER PROJECTS FROM THE MAIN ROOF. ON THE FIRST STORY, A FRONT PORCH IS SUPPORTED BY TUSCAN COLUMNS ON WOODEN BASES. A DECORATIVE, BALUSTRADED RAILING FURTHER DISTINGUISHES THIS OPEN-DESIGNED PORCH. SIMILAR IN STYLE TO THE PORCH, AND LOCATED DIRECTLY ABOVE IT ON THE SECOND STORY IS A BALUSTRADED BALCONY. SIMPLE MOLDINGS ARE USED ON THE WINDOWS AND DOORS THROUGHOUT THE DWELLING. A FRONT WINDOW ON THE FIRST STORY IS ACCENTED WITH LEADED GLASS. THIS RESIDENCE, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1909 (SEE BIB. REF. A, G), IS IN GOOD CONDITION. FRED GRABER WAS THE INDIVIDUAL ASSOCATED WITH THIS HOUSE IN 1910. (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 UIVERSITY 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 HISOTRY 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 |