Property Record
518 FOUNTAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | SIMS, SAMUEL HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 57989 |
| Location (Address): | 518 FOUNTAIN ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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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 DWELLING WAS BUILT IN 1904. (SEE BIB. REF. A). ELL SHAPED IN PLAN, THIS STRUCTURE FEAUTRES A STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. DECORATIVE FISHSCALE SHINGLES EMBELLISH THE UPPER PORTION OF THE OPEN GABLE END, THE GABLED WALL DORMER AND THE PORCH GABLE. CHAMFERED CORNERS APPEAR IN THE FRONT, ONE IS DESIGNED WITH CARVED BRACKETS. THE FRONT PORCH IS SUPPORTED BY TURNED POSTS AND DETAILED WITH BALUSTRADED RAILINGS. CORNER BOARDS, FRIEZE BOARDS, A BRICK CHIMNEY AND MUNTINS IN THE WINDOWS FURTHER DISTINGUISH THIS RESIDENCE. THE HOUSE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING FROM 1905 TO 1925 WAS SAMUEL SIMS. (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 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 SOCEITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |