Property Record
114 FOUNTAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HARKER-MARR-GORDON GARAGE |
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| Other Name: | JOB SERVICE |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 57937 |
| Location (Address): | 114 FOUNTAIN ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1947 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | automobile showroom |
| Architectural Style: | Art/Streamline Moderne |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. THIS ONE STORY AUTOMOBILE SHOWROOM WAS BUILT IN 1947 IN THE ART MODERNE STYLE. (SEE BIB. REF. A). RECTANGULAR IN PLAN, THE BUILDING FEATURES BRICK EXTERIOR WALLS, GLASS AND CONCRETE TRIM MATERIAL AND A FLAT SHAPED ROOF. ROUNDED CORNERS AND BRICK STRING COURSES LEND A STREAMLINED QUALITY TO THE DESIGN. GLASS BLOCKS FILL IN CORNER WINDOW OPENINGS. THE BUILDING IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THE STRUCTURE WAS KNOWN HISTORICALLY AS THE HARKER-MARR-GORDON GARAGE. IT FUNCTIONED AS AN AUTO SHOWROOM IN 1947. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE BUILDING WAS LOCALLY DESIGNATED, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. |
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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. MINERAL POINT TAX RECORDS, 1840-1930; SANBORN MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1929, GEORGE BRANGER, INTERVIEW WITH JOAN RAUSCH, MINERAL POINT, WI., 11 APRIL 1992. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |