Property Record
40 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | R.J. GALLAGHER GARAGE |
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| Other Name: | THE GAS LAMP |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 59263 |
| Location (Address): | 40 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1923 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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 STORY BUILDING, CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1920 AND 1924, IS DESIGNED IN THE COMMERCIAL VERNACULAR AND CONTEMPORARY STYLES. IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A BRICK AND STONE EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND A FLAT ROOF. STONE WAS USED ON THE REAR WALLS, WHILE A CREAM BRICK WAS USED ON THE FACADE. APPEARING AT THE CORNICE LINE IS DECORATIVE, VERTICALLY-ALLIGNED BRICK WORK, WHICH OFFERS CONTRAST TO THE HORIZONTALLY-ALLIGNED BRICK PLACEMENT ELSEWHERE. A CONCRETE BLOCK ADDITION WAS BUILT AT THE REAR. THE BUILDING IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS STRUCTURE WAS HISTORICALLY KNOWN AT DIFFERENT TIMES AS THE R. J. GALLAGHER GARAGE (SEE BIB. REF. A), AND SLICK'S BOWLING ALLEY (SEE BIB. REF. B). THE BOWLING ALLEY WAS IN EXISTANCE IN THE 1950'S. (SEE BIB. REF. B). THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. |
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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. MINERAL POINT, TAX RECORDS, 1840-1930; SANBORN INSURANCE MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI. (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929); GEORGE BRANGER, INTERVIEW WITH JOAN RAUSCH, MINERAL POINT, WI., 2 MAY 1992. B. GEORGE BRANGER, INTERVIEW WITH JOAN RAUSCH, MINERAL POINT, WI., 2 MAY 1992. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |