Property Record
122 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ALLEN BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | "DR." MCWILLIAMS, CHIROPRACTER |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 59267 |
| Location (Address): | 122 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1897 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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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 TWO STORY RETAIL BUILDING, DESIGNED IN THE ITALIANATE STYLE, WAS BUILT IN 1897. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A BRICK EXTERIOR A BRICK TRIM AND A FLAT ROOF. EMBELLISHING THE FACADE IS A BRACKETED METAL CORNICE. RED BRICK ARTICULATION ADDS ADORNMENT NOT ONLY TO THE AREA BENEATH THE CORNICE, BUT ALSO TO THE SEGMENTALLY ARCHED LINTELS ABOVE THE ELONGATED, SECOND-STORY WINDOWS. THIS STRUCTURE WAS BUILT UPON THE REMAINS OF THE 1857 STONE TOAY AND ALLEN BUILDING DAMAGED BY FIRE IN 1897. (SEE BIB. REF. B). THE HISTORICAL NAMES OF THIS BUILDING INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: ALLEN BUILDING (SEE BIB. REF. A); JOHN R. TOAY GROCERY STORE (SEE BIB. REF. C); AND ZWEIFEL'S GROCERY (SEE BIB. REF. D). THE GROCERY STORE CONDUCTED BUSINESS AT THIS SITE FROM 1897 TO 1929. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. 2012- "Built by Toay & Allen to replace one destroyed by the fire of 1897; the earlier building had been built by them as well. Philip Allen and John Toay came to Mineral Point from Cornwall in 1842. Builders, masons, and plasterers, they were partners in the building trade and in the grocery and boot and shoe business. they also built the Mineral Point Railroad Depot. Other businesses here wer Zweifel's Grocery; A&P Grocery; Dr McWilliams, chiropractor; Dr. Guler, chiropractor." -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. "IOWA COUNTY DEMOCRAT," 6 MAY 1897 [FIRE]; 17 JUNE 1897; 9 SEPTEMBER 1897; 23 SEPTEMBER 1897; MINERAL POINT, TAX RECORDS, 1840-1900; SANBORN INSURANCE MAP, CITY OF MINERAL POINT, WI (NEW YORK: SANBORN MAP CO., 1884-1929). B. EARLIER CONSTRUCTION; TOAY AND ALLEN BUILDING, 1857, "MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE," 8 SEPTEMBER 1857; 10 NOVEMBER 1857; 26 JANUARY 1858; 28 SEPTEMBER 1858; TAYLOR AND WILLITS, MINERAL POINT, IOWA COUNTY [MAP] (CHICAGO: TAYLOR AND WILLITS, 1871); MINERAL POINT, TAX RECORDS, 1840-1900. C. ORIGINAL OCCUPANT: JOHN R. TOAY GROCERY STORE, "IOWA COUNTY DEMOCRAT," 6 MAY 1897; 23 SEPTEMBER 1897; 7 JUNE 1906. D. INFORMATION FROM MINERAL POINT LIBRARY, DIRECTORIES AND BUSINESS LISTS. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |