Property Record
716 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CORRELL, JOHN HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 60305 |
| Location (Address): | 716 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Mineral Point |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 19821993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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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. 1900. (SEE BIB. REF. A). IT FEATURES A RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAN CONFIGURATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR, A WOOD TRIM AND AN ASPHALT SHINGLED GABLE ROOF. SOME OF THE FOUNDATION IS COMPOSED OF RUSTICATED CONCRETE BLOCK. AN OPEN-DESIGNED FLAT ROOFED PORCH PROJECTS FORWARD ON THE MAIN FACADE. CORNER BOARDS, FRIEZE BOARDS, A BRICK CHIMNEY AND PROMINENT WINDOW MOLDINGS ARE OTHER ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS. THE DWELLING IS IN GOOD CONDITION. AN INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RESIDENCE FROM 1905 TO 1925 WAS JOHN CORRELL. (SEE BIB. REF. A). FROM 1885 TO 1890, THE JOHN ROSS ESTATE OWNED THE PROPERTY UPON WHICH THIS HOUSE WOULD LATER BE BUILT. IN 1895, THE ROSS BROTHERS TOOK POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY, FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS DWELLING. |
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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 SOCEITY 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 |