Property Record
310 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Ford Garage |
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| Other Name: | POINT AUTO PARTS |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60221 |
| Location (Address): | 310 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1909 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | gas station/service station |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
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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 COMMERCIAL GARAGE, DESIGNED IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY COMMERCIAL STYLE, WAS BUILT IN 1909. (SEE BIB. REF. A, G, H). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A BRICK EXTERIOR AND A FLAT ROOF. ACCORDING TO THE INVENTORY CARD WHICH DESCRIBES THIS PROPERTY, THE SIDE WALLS ARE COMPOSED OF CONCRETE BLOCK AND THE ROOF IS COVERED WITH TAR. A VERY LARGE PORTION OF THE HIGH STREET FACADE IS MADE UP OF A PARAPET. SEGMENTALLY ARCHED DOORWAYS, ONE OF WHICH IS NEARLY SEALED OFF, ARE ACCENTED WITH BRICK LINTELS. THE STRUCTURE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS BUILDING FUNCTIONED AS A GARAGE FROM 1909 TO 1929. (SEE BIB. REF. G, F). (THE HEIRS OF GEORGE MASTER WERE THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY IN 1910). SINCE 1992, IT HAS BEEN USED AS A RETAIL BUILDING BY NAPA AUTO PARTS. (SEE BIB. REF. F). THE BUILDING WAS LOCALLY DESIGNATED, BECOMING PART OF THE MINERAL POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT IN 1972. 2012- "Constructed by George Masten in 1909 on part of the large lot that had previously been used by Sydney Shepard's marble works. The Masonic Temple was built on the corner of this lot ten years earlier. This building was the site of the Ford Garage; later it was the location of Checka's Dry Cleaning, Mitchell's Auto Parts and most recently, High Point Arts." -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. 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. H. SERENA NELSON, INTERVIEW, MAY 1992. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |