Property Record
350 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | PRIDEAUX, W.H. HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60277 |
| Location (Address): | 350 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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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, FRONT GABLED HOUSE WAS BUILT IN C. 1895. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A STONE FOUNDATION, AN ALUMINUM/VINYL SIDED EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. SHINGLES WERE USED ABOVE THE SIDE PORCH ENTRANCE. THE NEARLY FULL-LENGTH FRONT PORCH IS SUPPORTED BY BRACKETED, TURNED POSTS. THE RESIDENCE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DWELLING AND THE DATES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: W. H. PRIDEAUX IN 1895; THOMAS SIMS, FROM 1900 TO 1905; AND MRS. THOMAS SIMS, FROM 1910 TO 1925. (SEE BIB. REF. A). GEORGE WILKINSON OWNED THE PROPERTY FROM 1860 TO 1890, A TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH THIS HOUSE DID NOT EXIST. 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 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 Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |