| Additional Information: | THIS TWO STORY GREEK REVIVAL HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1839, WITH A SUBSEQUENT REMODELING AND A REAR ADDITION OCCURRING IN 1866 (SEE BIB. REF. H, 1). THE DWELLING FEATURES AN L-SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, LIMESTONE EXTERIOR WALLS, A STONE TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. PROPORTIONALLY LARGE SIX-OVER-SIX WOODEN WINDOWS ARE PRESENT THROUGOUT THE BUILDING. STONE LINTELS AND PROJECTING STONE SILLS FURTHER DISTINGUISH THESE WINDOWS. THE FRONT ENTRANCE IS DESIGNED WITH A TRAMSOM WINDOW AND SIDELIGHTS. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION.
INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: MOSES AND CAROLINE STRONG, FROM 1839 TO 1890; MISS A. STRONG, FROM 1895 TO 1905; AND CHARLES HUTCHISON, FROM 1910 TO 1915. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE HOUSE WAS BUILT FOR MOSES STRONG WHO WAS A PROMINENT LAWYER AND POLITICAL PERSONALITY DURING TERRITORIAL AND EARLY STATEHOOD TIMES. |
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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 HTE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE, PLATTEVILLE, WI.
B. "MINERAL POINT GUIDE." MINERAL POINT: MINERAL POINT HISTORICAL SOCEITY, 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.
H. KENNETH DUCKETT, "FRONTIERSMAN OF FORTUNE." MADISON: STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, 1955; 1866 NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT OF HOUSE REMODELING AND ADDITION.
Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Driving Tour, not dated.
ARCHITECTURE
1. MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE, 10 SEPTEMBER 1866; PERRIN, RICHARD, "HISTORIC WISCONSIN ARCHITECTURE." MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS, 1976, P. 26.
Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976). |
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