Property Record
104 FRONT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CARBIS, JAMES HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 58351 |
| Location (Address): | 104 FRONT ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1865 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Cut Stone |
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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 ONE AND A HALF STORY FRONT GABLED HOUSE WAS BUILT IN C. 1865. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, LIMESTONE EXTERIOR WALLS, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. ADDITIONS WHICH WERE MADE TO THE DWELLING AT UNSPECIFED DATES, ARE COMPOSED OF OTHER MATERIALS, SUCH AS CONCRETE BLOCKS AT THE EAST SIDE. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: JAMES CARBIS, FROM 1866 TO 1910; KATE LANYON IN 1915; AND ISSAC SKIDMORE IN 1925. (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 SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |