Property Record
421 FRONT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WALLACE, J.B. HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 58787 |
| Location (Address): | 421 FRONT ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1906 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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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 AND A HALF STORY FRONT GABLED HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1906. (SEE BIB. REF. A, G). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. A GABLED WALL DORMER INTERSECTS WITH THE MAIN ROOF AT THE SIDE FACE. DECORATIVE SHINGLES ADORN THE ATTIC STORY OF THE STREET-FACING OPEN GABLED END. PROJECTING FORWARD ON THE FACADE IS A NEARLY FULL-LENGHT FRONT PORCH; ITS HIPPED ROOF IS SUPPORTED BY IONIC COLUMNS WHICH REST ON SHORT, FILLED-IN RAILINGS. PROMINENT WINDOW MOLDINGS, CORNER BOARDS, FRIEZE BOARDS AND A BRICK CHIMNEY FURTHER DISTINGUISH THIS DWELLING. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. J. B. WALLACE AND HIS HEIRS WERE INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HOUSE FROM 1910 TO 1925. |
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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 |