Property Record
334 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | TERRILL, JOHN HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | WHITFORD INSURANCE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60262 |
| Location (Address): | 334 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1867 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Other 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 HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1867. IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, A BRICK EXTERIOR, A WOOD AND STONE TRIM, AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED, FLAT ROOF. A SLIGHT PARAPET WITH ANGULAR BRICKS APPEARS ON THE FACADE, AND STONE COPING APPEARS ALL ALONG THE BUILDING. STONE SILLS AND LINTELS DISTINGUISH THE ONE-OVER-ONE WINDOWS. A FRONT PORTICO - DETAILED WITH TURNED POSTS, SPINDLES AND DENTIL TRIM - SHELTERS THE MAIN ENTRANCE. AN ETCHED GLASS WINDOW ADORNS THE FRONT DOOR. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: JOHN TERRILL, FROM 1868 TO 1885; WILLIAM BABCOCK, FROM 1890 TO 1900; AND HEIRS OF FRANK EZENROTH, FROM 1903 TO 1915. (SEE BIB. REF. A). 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. TAX ROLLS FOR THE CITY OF MINERAL POINT. ON FILE AT THE AREA RESEARCH CETNER 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 Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |