Property Record
22 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JOHN HADFIELD BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | SCHMITZ'S BAR |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 59254 |
| Location (Address): | 22 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1876 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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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, ITALIANATE STYLED RETAIL BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1876. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE EXTERIOR, A STONE TRIM AND A FLAT ROOF. A HEAVILY BRACKETED CORNICE ADORNS THE FACADE, AS DO UPPER-STORY ROUND ARCHED WINDOW LINTELS AND WINDOWS. ONE FRONT ENTRANCE IS DESIGNED WITH A TRANSOM WINDOW. THE STRUCTURE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS BUILDING WAS HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS THE JOHN HADFIELD BUILDING (SEE BIB. REF. A), AND THE GOOD TEMPLARS HALL (ON SECOND FLOOR [SEE BIB. REF. B]). IT WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE JOHN MARTIN FEED AND FLOUR STORE (SEE BIB. REF. C) FROM 1917 TO 1924. FLOUR AND FEED STORE OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED IN THIS BUILDING FROM 1876 TO 1929 (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE STRUCTURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH COMMERCE IN THE CITY OF MINERAL POINT. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THIS BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARKS DISTRICT IN 1972. 2012- "Born in Derbyshire, England, John Hadfield came to Wisconsin in 1850, moving to Mineral Point in 1855. He had a boot and shoe and hide trading business here for more than 35 years. Other businesses at this location were the Good Templars Hall (upper); J.C. Martin & Co. Feed and flour Store; The Hide House; Joseph E. Phillips, cigar manufacturer; Thrasher Ice & Coal Co.; Schmitz's Bar; Hardy's Fish and Chicken; Paul & Em's Bar; J & R Bar; Reicher's Corner Bar; and the Bohlin Gallery." -from "A Field Guide to Mineral Point" by Nancy Pfotenhauer of the Mineral Point Historical Society, 1st Edition, 2012, Little Creek Press. |
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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. "NATIONAL DEMOCRAT," 28 APRIL 1876; (MINERAL POINT, TAX RECORDS, 1840-1930); SANBORN INSURANCE MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929); TAYLOR AND WILLITS, MINERAL POINT, IOWA COUNTY [MAP] (CHICAGO: TAYLOR AND WILLITS, 1871). B. "NATIONAL DEMOCRAT," 28 APRIL 1876. C. "IOWA COUNTY DEMOCRAT," 25 NOVEMBER 1901; MINERAL POINT, TAX RECORDS, 1840-1930; SANBORN INSURANCE MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI. (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929; PHOTOGRAPH FILE, MINERAL POINT ROOM; MINERAL POINT LIBRARY, MINERAL POINT, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |