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953 FOUNTAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

953 FOUNTAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
953 FOUNTAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:58338
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):953 FOUNTAIN ST
County:Iowa
City:Mineral Point
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1860
Additions:
Survey Date:1982
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Side Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:THIS ONE STORY, SIDE GABLED HOUSE WAS BUILT IN C. 1860. (SEE BIB. REF. F). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOODEN TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. PROJECTING FORWARD ON THE MAIN FACADE IS A SHED ROOFED SUN ROOM WITH TWO-OVER-TWO WINDOWS. CORNER BOARDS, FRIEZE BOARDS AND A BRICK CHIMNEY ARE OTHER ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS FOUND ON THIS DWELLING. THE RESIDENCE, WHICH IS IN GOOD CONDITION, HAS HAD AN ADDITION MADE TO IT AT AN UNSPECIFED DATE.
Bibliographic References:A. TAX ROLLS FOR THE CITY OF MINERAL POINT. ON FILE AT THE AREA RESEARCH CENTER OF THE LIBREARY 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 SOCEITY 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.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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