Property Record
148 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | THEODORE ENGELS SALOON |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 59666 |
| Location (Address): | 148 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1865 |
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| Additions: | 1869 |
| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | tavern/bar |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
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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: | CONSTRUCTED FROM 1866 TO 1869 (SEE BIB. REF. A), THIS TAVERN/BAR BUILDING WAS DESIGNED IN THE COMMERCIAL VERNACULAR STYLE. ITS STRUCTURAL MATERIALS INCLUDE A STONE FOUNDATION, STONE EXTERIOR WALLS, AND A STONE TRIM. THE PLAN CONFIGURATION IS RECTANGULAR IN FORM, AND THE ROOF IS FLAT IN SHAPE. A DECORATIVE STONE STRING COURSE APPEARS BENEATH THE PROTRUDING CORNICE. DISTINGUISHING THE ONE-OVER-ONE WINDOWS ON THE SECOND STORY ARE PROJECTING STONE LINTELS AND SILLS. THE STRUCTURE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THE THEODORE ENGELS SALOON IS THE HISTORIC NAME OF THIS BUILDING, WHICH ALSO ALLUDES TO THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS HOUSED WITHIN. Engels was born in Germany in 1819, came to the United States in 1845, and settled in Mineral Point in 1847. FROM 1868 TO 1919, SALOON VENTURES OCCUPIED THIS SITE. (SEE BIB. REF. A). THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNATED LOCALLY, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. 2012- " "Th. Engels 1869" is carved in one of the stones beneath the cornice but this building was constructed before 1869, possibly by E.D. Beouchard. Born in Montreal, Beouchard worked for the Hudson Bay Company in the West, came to Prairie du Chien in 1819 as a boatman, then mined in the Lead Region. Fluent in the Winnebago language, he was an interpreter for Henry Dodge in the Black Hawk War. He fought in the Mexican War before settling in Mineral Point. This was also the site of Pesch's Barber Shop; Engel's Lager Beer Saloon; the Monarch Billiard Parlor; McMurrough & Kieffer's saloon; Treweeek Funeral Home;' Martin's Accounting; Gourmet Granny; The Spotted Dog; and Atomic Ice." -from "A Field Guide to Mineral Point" by Nancy Pfotenhauer of the Mineral Point Historical Society, 1st Edition, 2012, Little Creek Press. Covenant/Easement: From 9/18/1979 to 9/17/1984. A 'covenant file' exists for this property. It may contain additional information such as photos, drawings and correspondence. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. |
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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 RECORD, 1840-1900; 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). **THE STYLE OF THIS BUILDING SUGGESTS AN EARLIER DATE, BUT TAX RECORDS AND THE 6 JANUARY 1869 ISSUE OF THE "MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE" INDICATE THE 1868-1869 DATE OF CONSTRUCTION. B. "TH. ENGELS" AND "1869." CARVED IN STONE BENEATH CORNICE. Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tour brochure, 2000. Mineral Point Chamber/Main Street & The Mineral Point Historical Society, Historic Mineral Point Architectural Walking Tours, not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |